# CoCoon Ignite Ventures

> CoCoon Ignite Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Education. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cocoon-ignite-ventures/about/
- Website: http://www.cocoonignite.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HKCoCoon

CoCoon Ignite Ventures is a theme-based early stage fund that invests in entrepreneurs who have a unique vision of the new economy and can create value from decentralized networks and new business models.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Education | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| Art | 1 | 10% |
| Music | 1 | 10% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 30% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roland Yau | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roland-yau |
| Theodore Ma | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theodore-ma |
| Erica Ma | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erica-ma |
| Simone Chao | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simone-chao-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IrisGo.AI | IrisGo combines powerful AI with intuitive design to create a digital butler that anticipates your needs and handles tasks before you even ask. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| EVE | EVE is the first Inbox Revenue Engine for small and mid-sized B2B businesses — an AI platform that connects directly to email, documents, and calendars to uncover hidden revenue. By autonomously identifying overlooked leads, stalled deals, and buying signals, EVE helps companies recover 20–30% of revenue typically lost in daily communication gaps.EVE is building the default revenue operating system for the next generation of SMBs — turning ordinary inboxes into real-time revenue engines.Backed by leading investors, including Firsthand.VC, Founders Future, A16Z Scout Fund, and founders of Slack and Hugging Face, EVE is redefining CRM for SMBs by bringing automation and intelligence to where business actually happens — the inbox. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| Lanturn | Lanturn provides one-stop online corporate services. | $3M | Seed | Oct 08, 2020 |  |
| Talkpush | Talkpush is making volume hiring fun and personal again. Talkpush is a recruitment platform that leverages the power of messaging and social media. The solution consists of Stanley, a recruitment chatbot compatible with Facebook and WeChat, which conducts interviews and an application management tool, which allows recruiters to evaluate and hirecandidates faster than ever before. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2020 |  |
| KidPass | KidPass is the leading destination for parents to discover and book amazing children’s activities. | $5.5M | Series A | May 31, 2019 |  |
| KidPass | KidPass is the leading destination for parents to discover and book amazing children’s activities. | $5M | Seed | May 23, 2017 |  |
| Gobee.bike | Gobee.bike is the leading dock-less bike sharing company outside mainland China. They aim to solve your last mile destination problems by making bicycles easily accessible and affordable in your locality. At the tap of a button, you can simply unlock one of their bright green bikes spotted near you and ride to your destination of choice and drop itoff there. Convenience, fitness, and leisure can now be integrated into your daily commute. With GoBee's latest technology, cycling has once again been made fun and cool again! Gobee.bike is available in Hong Kong, France, Italy, Belgium. |  | Seed | Apr 19, 2017 |  |
| Cafe X Technologies | Cafe X Technologies is focused on increasing productivity in the service industry through automation. Cafe X Technologies is a privately backed company with funding from Khosla Ventures, Social Capital, Jason Calacanis, Felicis Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and The Thiel Foundation. | $4M | Seed | Jan 30, 2017 |  |
| KidPass | KidPass is the leading destination for parents to discover and book amazing children’s activities. | $800K | Seed | Sep 28, 2016 |  |
| Soundbrenner | Soundbrenner - making music practice addictive. Over 1 billion people have tried learning an instrument and failed. More than 90% of people who start playing music give up in less than a year. Enter Soundbrenner. By combining wearables with great software, Soundbrenner creates a music practice experience that is fun and rewarding, allowing anyoneto learn and master any instrument.To date we shipped over 80,000 wearables and are in music stores in over 40 countries. Our mobile apps are used by over 500,000 musicians every month. We're headquartered in Hong Kong and operate an additional office in Berlin. While we are proud of the progress we made so far, we still consider ourselves to be at the very beginning of what is to come. | $500K | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Javelin Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javelin-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RiverPark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverpark-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does CoCoon Ignite Ventures invest in?

CoCoon Ignite Ventures invests primarily in Software, Education and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 CoCoon Ignite Ventures's check size?

CoCoon Ignite Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$5M 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 CoCoon Ignite Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact CoCoon Ignite Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at CoCoon Ignite Ventures?

The team at CoCoon Ignite Ventures includes Roland Yau (Managing Partner), Theodore Ma (Managing Partner) and Erica Ma (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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