Charles Shao
General Partner @ TSVC
Los Altos, United States
Charles Shao is a seed investor at TSVC in Los Altos focused on Robotics and Health Care. Charles Shao is the General Partner at TSVC.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Charles Shao invests in
Stages Charles Shao invests in
Countries Charles Shao invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 5 (33%)
- Health Care 2 (13%)
- Medical Device 2 (13%)
- B2C 1 (7%)
- Dental 1 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (73%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
- Convertible Note 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 11 (73%)
- Israel 1 (7%)
- Norway 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Datastrato is building the open data fabric platform to accelerate trusted AI. The company is the original creator of Apache Gravitino, unified metadata platform for AI - multi-cloud, multi-engine and multi-modal. | Seed / Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| Building the world's best Computer Use model, Lux | Seed / Sep 12, 2025 | ||
| RemBrain is a software company that provides robot training, development tools and data management solution. | Seed / Sep 01, 2025 | ||
| Ridge Security is a computer and network services company that offers web app and server testing, and network infrastructure solutions. | $500K / Series A / Oct 19, 2023 | ||
| Oculi accelerates and improves computer/machine vision by integrating intelligence in the sensor beginning at the pixel, the actual edge. The OCULI SPUTM is the only single chip Software-Defined Vision SensorTM that provides Real-Time Vision Intelligence (VI) with Source Privacy. | $1M / Seed / Sep 11, 2023 | ||
| Leadoptik is a California-based company is currently operating in stealth mode. | $5.2M / Seed / May 22, 2023 | ||
| Ridge Security is a computer and network services company that offers web app and server testing, and network infrastructure solutions. | $500K / Seed / Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| 2Pi is a platform technology for optical metasurfaces that offers a new class of optical components and systems with exceptional performance, ultra-compactness, light-weight, and novel functionality for use in consumer electronics, industrial automation, automotive, and other applications. | Seed / Jul 28, 2022 | ||
Discure Technologies
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Discure Technologies is developing a minimally invasive, implantable bioelectronic device designed to treat and reverse degenerative disc disease (DDD), healing the disc, reducing pain, and restoring function to patients. | Seed / Apr 11, 2022 | |
| Next-Generation Surgical Navigation and Robotics | $8.8M / Seed / Mar 10, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About TSVC
TSV Capital (TSVC), founded in 2010 and formerly known as TEEC Angel Fund, is a Silicon Valley seed-stage venture firm focused on backing exceptional technical founders at the earliest stages of company building. Founded by serial entrepreneurs and engineers, TSVC has invested in more than 200 early-stage companies, helping build over 10 unicorns and several publicly listed firms, including Zoom, Carta, and Ginkgo Bioworks. We are known for partnering early with founders tackling difficult technical challenges and building companies with global impact. Today TSVC focuses on the next wave of innovation at the intersection of AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and energy systems. We believe the coming decade will see artificial intelligence expand beyond software into what we call the Physical AI economy—where intelligent machines, autonomous systems, and next-generation infrastructure reshape the real world. At TSVC, we partner with founders who have the ambition to build the defining companies of that future.
TSVC Contacts
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Charles Shao
General Partner
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Chiu Chau
Venture Partner
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Chun Xia
Founding Partner
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Chun Xia
Founding Partner
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David Duan
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does Charles Shao invest in?
Charles Shao invests primarily in Robotics, Health Care and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Charles Shao last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Charles Shao closed in Oct 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.
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