# Alex Liang

> Alex Liang is a seed investor at Oriza Ventures (San Francisco) backing Mobile and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oriza Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oriza-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-liang-0a78954

Alex Liang is a seed investor at Oriza Ventures in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Internet. Alex Liang is the Co-Founder, Founding Partner, and Chief Strategist, Product Hacker of Oriza Ventures. He previously worked as a Venture Partner at SAIF Partners, the Founder and CEO at PICA Mobile, and Vice President at Pacnet. Alex attended the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and the University of Electronic Science andTechnology of China.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 50% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 50% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mila | Mila is all about providing access to progress. The world around us is moving fast. Technical and digital innovations appear daily. There’s no way they can all keep up with this development. Perhaps you don’t have time or you’re just not up to a technical challenge. Still, everyone should be able to benefit from technological progress. Mila enablespeople to find an expert partner in their neighborhood on demand. Conveniently and easily, at a fair price. | $2M | Seed | May 31, 2022 |  |
| HireTeamMate | HireTeamMate is an employment agency developing a recommended tool throughout the recruiting community. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Born2Grow](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/born2grow) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oriza Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oriza-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Oriza Ventures

VC Fund · Santa Clara, United States

Oriza Ventures is a venture capital fund that primarily invests in early stage technological companies in the United States.Our partners were previously series entrepreneurs, angel investors, and are current professional venture capitalists; thus, we fully understand the startup process, unique culture, and the specific set of skills needed inorder to successfully grow a start-up company. Oriza was founded through the philosophy of nurturing business founders through the ups and downs of starting a company with our own experiences and resources. Oriza seeks to back talented entrepreneurs with emerging, innovative, and disruptive technological pursuits, or creative business ideas. We pride ourselves in our long-term approach to investment, and we invest in the entrepreneurs who deeply understand their market, are passionate about their product, and have the drive to cultivate their businesss towards success. Our team brings together a unique combination of a strong operating background, extensive investment experience, cross-border business development ecosystems, and well-connected networks in China and Silicon Valley.

3 contacts available at Oriza Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Liang | Co-Founder, Founding Partner, and Chief Strategist, Product Hacker | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-liang |
| John Yu | Co-Founder and Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-yu |
| Yao Xiao | Vice President, Product Hunter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yao-xiao |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Liang invest in?

Alex Liang invests primarily in Mobile, Internet and Recruiting startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Liang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Liang closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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