# Charles Huang

> Charles Huang is a seed investor at Sinovation Ventures backing Software and Wellness. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sinovation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sinovation-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleshuang2/

Charles Huang is a seed investor at Sinovation Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Wellness. Charles is the Co-Founder of Blue Goji Corp and CEO & Co-Founder of Indigo 7 and also the Advisor of Berkeley SkyDeck. He is a former co-founder of RedOctane and the co-creator of the Guitar Hero video game franchise. Guitar Hero launched in 2005 and went on to become the fastest video game to reach $1B in sales. Charles left Guitar Hero in2010 and is currently the co-founder of Indigo 7, a startup focused on brands in fashion apparel and entertainment. He is an active, serial angel investor. Charles immigrated to California as a young child and currently resides in Silicon Valley with his wife and two daughters. He holds a BA in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$1.2M |
| Series A | $7.6M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Wellness | 3 | 21% |
| Gaming | 2 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 64% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BUDDY | BUDDY’s innovative technology delivers a communication network that empowers people to stay connected without cellular or Wi-Fi. BUDDY is committed to transforming the way people connect and experience the world at any time and any place while impacting positive change through innovation. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| Bluwhale | Established in 2022, Bluwhale is a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence platform that specializes in extracting and analyzing comprehensive data from content across various blockchains, as well as contextualizing NFT data for personalization and discovery purposes. This pioneering approach equips DApps and marketplaces with the intelligencenecessary to boost retention, engagement, and revenue. Offering user-friendly tools and analytics, Bluwhale delivers a complete understanding of content, tokens, smart contracts, and wallet activities by employing a graph representation of the underlying data.Through cataloging, labeling, and examining over 200 million NFTs and wallets, Bluwhale enhances on-chain data with valuable contextual information, assisting users in making informed investment decisions and facilitating the seamless integration of data-driven intelligence into their applications. | $7M | Seed | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Nguyen Coffee Supply | Nguyen Coffee Supply is an award-winning roaster and the first specialty Vietnamese coffee company in America importing and roasting in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2018 by 1st generation entrepreneur-activist Sahra Nguyen, the company's mission is to increase economic advancement for Vietnamese farmers through specialty coffee production,while building a diverse and inclusive coffee culture for all. We believe Vietnamese robusta is the future of specialty coffee and sustainable farming. | $2.6M | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| BRIGHT | BRIGHT is a Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator portfolio company that designs wellness products, platforms and experiences based on cutting-edge scientific research. Flagship product, BEACON40®, is a noninvasive device stimulating the brain's activity and rejuvenating healthy brain function with 40Hz light. | $600K | Seed | Feb 11, 2022 |  |
| Three Good | Three Good With the rise of anxiety, depression, and loneliness at the workplace, Three Good's vision is to enable businesses to mitigate the problems that lead to employee turnover. An HCM platform as SaaS was designed to ensure employee mental wellbeing through the three most critically overlooked areas of engagement: cause, care, communityengagement. The platform delivers proven mental wellness insights and analytics for Human Resources to help their employees thrive while making a lasting impact for good. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 27, 2021 |  |
| Preemadonna | Preemadonna builds Physical AI and creative expression infrastructure for nails, bodies, and beyond. Our flagship product, Nailbot, prints custom nail art in five seconds: the first consumer device to make fandom and professional-grade creative output instant, personal, and at home. 1,000+ units shipped. 10+ utility patents. Backed by Version OneVentures, Amazon Alexa Fund, SOSV/HAX, Two Small Fish, and angels | $5.6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| BRIGHT | BRIGHT is a Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator portfolio company that designs wellness products, platforms and experiences based on cutting-edge scientific research. Flagship product, BEACON40®, is a noninvasive device stimulating the brain's activity and rejuvenating healthy brain function with 40Hz light. |  | Seed | Jan 04, 2021 |  |
| Nguyen Coffee Supply | Nguyen Coffee Supply is an award-winning roaster and the first specialty Vietnamese coffee company in America importing and roasting in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2018 by 1st generation entrepreneur-activist Sahra Nguyen, the company's mission is to increase economic advancement for Vietnamese farmers through specialty coffee production,while building a diverse and inclusive coffee culture for all. We believe Vietnamese robusta is the future of specialty coffee and sustainable farming. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 20, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $3M | Series C | Jun 20, 2018 |  |
| NI0 | NIO mission is to through hard work and healthful choices, you can overcome the distractions of the daily grind and outperform the competition. NIO Training is the next level wellness sports tape system that moves beyond prevention and elevates athletic achievement and nutrition. | $500K | Seed | Apr 30, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Halogen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halogen-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SOSV HAX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hax-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Akuna Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akuna-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amazon Alexa Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-alexa-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sinovation Ventures

VC Fund · Beijing, China

Sinovation Ventures is a full-service venture capital firm that actively invests in the Chinese technology market.

5 contacts available at Sinovation Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anita Huang | Operating Partner and Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anita-huang |
| Bob Ren | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-ren-8344 |
| Charles Huang | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-huang-3 |
| Eagle Zhang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eagle-zhang |
| Hua Wang | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hua-wang |

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## FAQ

### What does Charles Huang invest in?

Charles Huang invests primarily in Software, Wellness and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Charles Huang's check size?

Charles Huang typically joins rounds of $500k–$7M at Seed, $1.1M–$1.2M at Pre-Seed and $7.6M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Charles Huang participates in.

### When did Charles Huang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charles Huang closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 14 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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