# AEF Greater Bay Area Fund

> AEF Greater Bay Area Fund is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Life Science. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://gobi-admiralty.com/

AEF Greater Bay Area Fund is an investment fund.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$5.1M |
| Series A | $7M–$19M |
| Series B | $14M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 27% |
| Life Science | 2 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 13% |
| Customer Service | 2 | 13% |
| Sports | 1 | 7% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 27% |
| Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 3 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 47% |
| China | 2 | 13% |
| Macao | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sandwich | Sandwich is an online platform that provides real-time trend analysis tools for developing ad campaigns and creating Meta Ads plans. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| SleekFlow | SleekFlow is an AI Suite for Revenue-Driving Conversations.Trusted by over 2,000 enterprises across 70+ countries, we unify WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, SMS, Website Live Chat, Email, Call, and beyond into a complete AI operating system.At the core of SleekFlow is AgentFlow, an AI GTM workforce that learns and improves relentlessly. Theplatform features a unique self-healing knowledge base that observes conversational patterns and identifies data gaps, surfacing one-click fixes for human approval. Beyond automation, SleekFlow’s AI acts as an unbiased data analyst, revealing deep business insights from your real customers’ conversations. From first-click conversion to long-term retention, SleekFlow is redefining the B2C relationship and turning every conversation into a data-backed growth opportunity.Headquartered in Singapore with a global presence in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, the UAE, and the US, SleekFlow is backed by $23.5M in funding from tier-one investors, including Tiger Global and Atinum Investment. | $18.5M | Series A | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| SleekFlow | SleekFlow is an AI Suite for Revenue-Driving Conversations.Trusted by over 2,000 enterprises across 70+ countries, we unify WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, SMS, Website Live Chat, Email, Call, and beyond into a complete AI operating system.At the core of SleekFlow is AgentFlow, an AI GTM workforce that learns and improves relentlessly. Theplatform features a unique self-healing knowledge base that observes conversational patterns and identifies data gaps, surfacing one-click fixes for human approval. Beyond automation, SleekFlow’s AI acts as an unbiased data analyst, revealing deep business insights from your real customers’ conversations. From first-click conversion to long-term retention, SleekFlow is redefining the B2C relationship and turning every conversation into a data-backed growth opportunity.Headquartered in Singapore with a global presence in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, the UAE, and the US, SleekFlow is backed by $23.5M in funding from tier-one investors, including Tiger Global and Atinum Investment. | $7M | Series A | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Scolioscan | Scolioscan focuses on medical imaging technology research & development, self-service production and technology distribution and promotion. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| ORCA-TECH | ORCA-TECH is a manufacturer of self-driving boat. | $14M | Series B | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Realeague | Realeague is an organizer of sports entertainment designed to establish a cross-league basketball tournament in East Asia. |  | Seed | Nov 17, 2023 |  |
| ChaZence | ChaZence is an environmental consulting and biotechnology company that manufactures, innovates, and designs naturally degradable materials for a sustainable lifestyle. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 28, 2023 |  |
| Scolioscan | Scolioscan focuses on medical imaging technology research & development, self-service production and technology distribution and promotion. | $5.1M | Seed | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Fano Labs | Fano Labs provides automatic language detection and multilingual speech recognition, with capabilities for mixed-language transcription. The company’s proprietary automatic speech recognition models are designed for enterprise environments and focus on accuracy in complex, real-world conversations. Fano Labs enables organizations to analyze callrecordings, live chats, and emails to extract insights related to sales performance, compliance monitoring, operational workflows, and customer sentiment. |  | Series A | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| Great Bay Bio | Great Bay Bio Ltd. is a high-tech company that develops blue ocean biopharmaceuticals with a digital platform. It has a long history of biomedical research and development and rich experience in product development. Adhering to the national strategic concept of scientific and technological innovation and coordinated development of the Greater BayArea, Dawan Biotechnology brings together high-quality resources from Europe, the United States, Singapore, and Hong Kong to build a biopharmaceutical development platform centered on AI technology, big data, and Internet of Things technology, which greatly shortens The drug development cycle significantly reduces development costs and has great industry competitive advantages. | $15M | Series A | Sep 13, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gobi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gobi-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alon Capital Ltd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alon-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sun-hung-kai-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sun-hung-kai-financial) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does AEF Greater Bay Area Fund invest in?

AEF Greater Bay Area Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Life Science and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is AEF Greater Bay Area Fund's check size?

AEF Greater Bay Area Fund typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$5.1M at Seed, $7M–$19M at Series A and $14M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AEF Greater Bay Area Fund participates in.

### When did AEF Greater Bay Area Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for AEF Greater Bay Area Fund closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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