# CLSA

> CLSA is a VC fund in Hong Kong backing Software and E-Commerce. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/clsa
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/clsainsights
- Website: https://www.clsa.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clsacommunity

CLSA is an investment bank that provides security brokerage and investment banking services.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4M–$6.6M |
| Series B | $5.5M–$600M |
| Series C | $15M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 18% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 18% |
| Retail | 2 | 12% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 24% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Series C | 3 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series D | 1 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 5 | 29% |
| United States | 5 | 29% |
| India | 3 | 18% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 6% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Riddick | Head of Research | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-riddick |
| Donald Skinner | Executive Chairman, CLSA Capital Partners | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-skinner |
| Gary Coull | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-coull |
| Jonathan Slone | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-slone |
| Bofeng Hu | Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bofeng-hu-ac6b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PaXini Tech | All Scenario Application—Haptic Digitization and Tactile Technology |  | Series A | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Changzhou Fuxing Mechanical and Electrical Co. | Changzhou Fuxing Mechanical and Electrical Co. manufactures servo, brushless DC, and hybrid stepper motors. |  | Series B | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| CarTrade | CarTrade.com is India’s leading online automotive market for buyers and sellers of new and used vehicles. Our car auctions take place across more than 80 cities with over 1200 dealers participating in these auctions. This enables us to empower the buyers and the seller to choose the most suitable vehicles at the most affordable prices. | $64.1M | Post-IPO Secondary | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Cello | The makers of India's favorite Cello pens, are a part of Rs.1000 crore Cello Group. Lauded as one of the world's best and India's largest manufacturer of plastic products and an undisputed market leader. Awarded the prestigious PLEXCONCIL AWARD for NO.1 outstanding performance, 18 TIMES in a row . Cello is a trusted house hold nameinternationally and well known for its dynamism and spirit of innovation. Cello ceaselessly endeavor’s to bring in the newest and the best of technology to set new benchmarks in quality and innovates constantly to blaze new trails in the market place. | $68M |  | Oct 27, 2023 |  |
| uBriGene | Ubrigene is driven by the advancement of gene and cell therapy technologies through research and development represented by AAV vectors. It can provide a comprehensive solution for gene therapy industrialization. | $14.7M | Series C | Dec 23, 2022 |  |
| Know Your Customer | Know Your Customer provides end-to-end digital solutions that quickly and accurately identify and verify companies and individuals prior to client on-boarding, wherever they are in the world. It offers quick document collection, Digital ID verification and automated anti-money laundering checks in multiple languages and across multiplejurisdictions, automating 90% of compliance teams’ routine tasks. Know Your Customer’s suite of products helps organisations with compliance, risk and client on-boarding, ensuring companies can accurately and confidently conduct their KYC and AML functions. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 30, 2019 |  |
| Horizon Robotics | Horizon Robotics is a leading provider of ADAS and AD solutions for passenger vehicles with proprietary software and hardware. Our solutions combine cutting-edge algorithms, purpose-built software and state-of-the-art processing hardware, providing the core technologies for assisted and autonomous driving that enhance the safety and experience ofdrivers and passengers. | $600M | Series B | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| NWP Property | Formed in 2015, NWP Retail is a joint venture between PT. Nirvana Development Tbk. (NIRO) and Warburg Pincus, formed to build and develop a best-in-class retail platform in Indonesia. The Venture focuses on developing hypermarket-anchored shopping malls in Indonesia to capitalize on the country’s growth potential which is driven by rapidurbanization, emerging consumption and outsized economic growth. This strategic partnership is founded on a common vision to expand NWP Retail’s footprint across high potential areas for retail development throughout Indonesia. | $200M | Private Equity | Feb 11, 2019 |  |
| Akili Interactive Labs | Akili Interactive Labs their broad pipeline of programs to treat cognitive deficiency and improve symptoms associated with medical conditions across neurology and psychiatry, including attention-deficit hyperactivity and disorder (ADHD), major depressive disorder (MDD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and various inflammatory diseases. |  | Series C | Aug 09, 2018 |  |
| Symphony Communication Services | Symphony Communication Services is a secure and compliant collaboration platform. Symphony offers a secure team collaboration platform that transforms the way users communicate effectively and securely with a single workflow application. Forging a new path in the industry, Symphony is designed to help individuals, teams and organizations of allsizes improve productivity while meeting complex data security and regulatory compliance needs. Symphony was founded in October 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Singapore, Sophia-Antipolis, Stockholm and Tokyo. | $67M | Series D | Apr 10, 2018 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does CLSA invest in?

CLSA invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is CLSA's check size?

CLSA typically joins rounds of $4M–$6.6M at Series A, $5.5M–$600M at Series B and $15M–$22M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CLSA participates in.

### How do I contact CLSA?

Public channels for CLSA 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 CLSA?

The team at CLSA includes Andrew Riddick (Head of Research), Donald Skinner (Executive Chairman, CLSA Capital Partners) and Gary Coull (Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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