Allen Zhu
Managing Director @ GSR Ventures
Shanghai, China
Allen Zhu is a Series A investor at GSR Ventures in Shanghai focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Allen Zhu joined GSR Ventures in 2007 and focuses on investments in Internet, wireless, and enterprise IT. Allen has many investments in the e-commerce space, including Lashou, Lightinthebox(NYSE: LITB), Live by Touch and Moonbasa. He is currently on the boards of Admaster and Moonbasa, and is also actively involved with China Rainbow, and GreatWisdom(SSE: 601519).Prior to GSR, Allen co-founded eBaoTech, a leading provider of insurance core back-end systems. He led the development of the core products, as well as the business division for North and East Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Allen has rich experience in software product development and global expansion.Allen has also worked as a senior consultant for McKinsey Greater China, earning deep consulting and implementation experience in strategy, process re-engineering, cost reduction, and IT systems.Allen holds an M.A. degree in international economics from Fudan University, and a B.S. in telecom from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Allen Zhu invests in
Stages Allen Zhu invests in
Countries Allen Zhu invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (28%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (22%)
- E-Commerce 3 (17%)
- Information Technology 3 (17%)
- Analytics 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (44%)
- Seed 4 (22%)
- Series B 2 (11%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Country
- China 6 (33%)
- Australia 5 (28%)
- Japan 1 (6%)
- Vietnam 1 (6%)
- United States 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Through CorePlan, companies are able to reduce time wasted, improve speed and significantly increase productivity by having one source of truth for the entire team to work on the daily basis. | $3.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Baixing Intelligence provide international trade companies AI workers that are human-level and customisable It offers low-cost, customized AI brains for international trade enterprises using large-scale agent models, | Seed / Sep 28, 2025 | ||
| Termina operates as an energy tech startup. | $3M / Seed / May 23, 2025 | ||
| Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs. | $4.3M / Series A / Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| Nexl believes that CRM systems should be easy-to-use, affordable, and fully automated. They made it their mission to enable law firm's around the world to take back control over their business development efforts and enable them to grow at their full potential. | $4.4M / Series A / Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Through CorePlan, companies are able to reduce time wasted, improve speed and significantly increase productivity by having one source of truth for the entire team to work on the daily basis. | $2.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 24, 2023 | ||
| Deckard Technologies offers software that helps governments monitor and manage properties. Its platform provides real-time data and AI insights to oversee short-term rentals, long-term rentals, and vacant or foreclosed properties. It collects data from many listing and record sources, supports automated compliance workflows, and enablesjurisdictions to improve tax collection and enforcement accuracy. The company also maintains standards around data security and supports municipalities with tools for resident reporting, outreach, and oversight. Deckard is the only provider that monitors over 10,000 STR websites every single day, identifying and validating more than 35% more STRs than any other company. | $3.4M / Series A / Jun 26, 2023 | ||
| Fresh Equities provides access to listed capital raises for institutions, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. | $4M / Series A / May 01, 2023 | ||
| Mutinex is a marketing analytics and econometrics platform that helps marketers make investment decisions. | $5M / Seed / Feb 27, 2023 | ||
| Coolmate is a Vietnamese menswear brand offering a wide range of apparel and accessories for men, from sportswear and office attire to everyday styles. They operate exclusively online through their own e-commerce website and popular e-commerce platforms in Vietnam. The company is headquartered in Hanoi & Hochiminh City, Vietnam. | $2.3M / Series A / Sep 05, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About GSR Ventures
GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3.7 billion across itsfunds.
GSR Ventures Contacts
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Daisy Jiang
Partner
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Zhiwei Yang
Partner
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Alex Pan
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Allen Zhu
Managing Director
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James Ding
Managing Director
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What does Allen Zhu invest in?
Allen Zhu invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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