# AngelVest

> AngelVest is a VC fund in Shanghai backing Mobile and Education. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Angelvest-3673947?gid=3673947&mostPopular=&trk=tyah
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AngelVestGroup
- Website: http://angelvestgroup.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AngelVestGroup

AngelVest is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Mobile and Education. AngelVest Group was launched in 2007, in affiliation with the Shanghai chapter of the Asia America Multi Technology Association (“AAMA”), one of Silicon Valley’s leading business networks (www.aamasv.com). Their mission is to help their members identify and invest in compelling early-stage businesses in China. They also provide a venue forentrepreneurs to raise early-stage capital from accredited angel investors. Entrepreneurs typically seek to raise from US $100K to $500K, and can enjoy the benefits of continued interaction and mentorship by their angel investors. Unlike the United States and other developed countries, there are few, if any, institutionalized angel groups in China today. AngelVest has grown to be the leading organized angel investment group in China, with presence mainly in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $365k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 20% |
| Education | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| LGBT | 1 | 10% |
| News | 1 | 10% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 4 | 40% |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 10% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Henry | General Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-henry |
| Bruno Bensaid | Steering Committee Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruno-bensaid |
| David Chen | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-chen-13 |
| Ted Lai | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ted-lai |
| Tori Larson | Program Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tori-larson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The News Lens | The News Lens is an independent media for Chinese readers. The company aims to be a platform where a wide range of Chinese readers can engage in informed debates about important news, social, and political issues. The News Lens was established in August 2013. | $2M | Series B | Mar 23, 2017 |  |
| The CareVoice | The CareVoice is a Shanghai-based international company established in 2014, backed by top VC, Asian and Chinese healthcare investors. It is a health InsurTech company transforming healthcare experience to be more consumer-centric. They bring unique mobile-based and data-driven solutions that digitalize healthcare and insurance journey withconsumers' interest first. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Trainersvault | Trainersvault is building the marketplace technology platform to transform the $300B+ global health and wellness industry. Think iTunes for digital content management, Eventbrite for event management and Paypal for collecting payments, but for personal trainers and fitness consumers. Personal trainers love how we help them streamline all of theirbusiness, collecting appointment bookings, customer referrals, digital downloads, and payments online all in one place. | $30K | Convertible Note | Aug 22, 2016 |  |
| Seeder | Seeder offers zero-cost solar financing solutions for commercial and industrial rooftops and connects these projects to the project investors and structures power purchase agreements to get the building's savings of 10-15% on the electricity. Seeder leverage a diverse network of pre-qualified vendors and has the ability to collect multiplequotes and proposals.Seeder also offers advisory and development services to facilitate on and off-site power purchase transactions for solar and other renewable energy procurement in China. It helps corporations lower their electricity bills by up to 20%, boost their visibility, and reduce their carbon footprint all while achieving their global renewable energy goals | $365K | Seed | Aug 11, 2015 |  |
| misterb&b | Misterb&b is an operator of a property rental marketplace used to connect travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ community. Its marketplace offers a searchable database of short-term rentals of homes, rooms, and apartments for its users as per their preferred locations that enable LGBTQ individuals and allies to monetize from their spare space whileproviding affordable houses in a hassle-free manner.Misterb&b was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2M | Seed | May 04, 2015 |  |
| Scantrust | Scantrust is a connected goods and packaging platform for companies that depend on selling physical products in a connected world. Scantrust protects brands, establishes supply chain awareness, and offers innovative consumer engagement options. We unlock growth potential in the goods companies sell. Learn more or request a demonstration atwww.scantrust.com | $1.2M | Seed | May 04, 2015 |  |
| Cloudcade | Cloudcade is a free-to-play mobile games developer and publisher. We were founded in 2014 with the vision of creating beautiful and innovative games with a global, mass market appeal. Our formula of superior user experience and metrics-driven design led to dramatic success with our initial title Shop Heroes. Through this and our internationalpublishing expertise, Cloudcade has stayed ahead of the competition and reached millions of players around the world.Our mission is to elevate the way players game by creating fun, original and deeply engaging experiences unparalleled in quality and usability. We have over 100 employees worldwide, with operations headquartered in San Francisco and development studios strategically positioned in Lahore and Shanghai.For more information on cloudcade, please visit http://cloudcade.com | $3M | Seed | Oct 08, 2014 |  |
| Vericant | Vericant's China-based team helps institutions identify qualified Chinese applicants through ID verification, verified video interviews, proctored writing samples, and spoken English evaluation. Vericant guarantees there are no coaches behind the scenes, applicants are not given the questions beforehand, and questions are chosen randomly. Wewant you to know the information you get from us is factual and is an accurate representation of each applicant’s abilities. |  | Series A | Sep 04, 2014 |  |
| Waygo Visual Translator | Waygo Visual Translator (formely Waigo Chinese Translator) was created by Translate Abroad, Inc. and is your ultimate tool for navigating life in China.Waygo uses a phone camera to instantly translate text without an internet connection. Just point and translate. The first Waygo app is for Chinese to English translation and is available in theapp store, with more languages on the way.The company built the first iteration while in the Betaspring Accelerator in Providence, Rhode Island in the Summer of 2011. Just having graduated from Batch 5 of 500 Startups Accelerator, Waygo continues to work out of Mountain View, CA, with team members now in Taipei and Shanghai. | $900K | Seed | Jul 16, 2013 |  |
| SmarTots | SmarTots (聪明多) is a Chinese mobile internet education platform built for children aged 2 to 7 years. Through the method of sending learning reports and teachers' reviews, it helps parents and educators understand children's learning situations via mobile devices.SmarTots is dedicated to developing the mobile application recommendationand analysis platform for children aged 2 to 7 years and their parents, as well as educators and mobile application developers from all over the world.SmarTots Congmingduo is the largest children's education application platform all over the world, possessing many educational applications that are appraised and elected by many child education experts.SmarTots was launched in November 2010. |  | Series A | Feb 27, 2013 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Chinaccelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chinaccelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does AngelVest invest in?

AngelVest invests primarily in Mobile, Education and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is AngelVest's check size?

AngelVest typically joins rounds of $365k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AngelVest participates in.

### How do I contact AngelVest?

Public channels for AngelVest include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at AngelVest?

The team at AngelVest includes Brett Henry (General Member), Bruno Bensaid (Steering Committee Member) and David Chen (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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