# Eric Xu

> Eric Xu is a Series C investor at GGV Capital (Shanghai) backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GGV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ggv-capital)
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-xu-51b361172

Eric Xu is a Series C investor at GGV Capital in Shanghai focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Eric Xu joined GGV Capital as Managing Partner in 2017. He is passionate about innovative ideas championed by promising entrepreneurs and determined to help them come true. Eric believes entrepreneurship goes hand-in-hand with innovation - the ability to produce new ideas; provide better solutions; and pioneer new products. The most successfulentrepreneurs are not simply the hardest working, they’re the most innovative.Eric has significant experience in working with early stage Chinese companies. He was most recently Managing Director with SIG Investment Asia where he led investments in the consumer Internet and FrontierTech sectors. At SIG, as an early stage investor Eric led the investments and served as board members with Babytree, XimalayaFM, 51Credit, Fruitday, Fanli, TouchPal, Meiyou, Kanghui (NYSE:KH), Bicon(SZ:002411), Adsame, ETCP, etc. Before SIG, he was an investment professional at CITIC Capital and TDF Capital (TDF formed an alliance with KPCB in China in 2007), where he led the first institutional investment intoChineseAll (300364.SZ) and VisualChina(000681.SZ). Before the career of venture capital, Eric was an investment banker at CLSA and its JV in China. He is a graduate of Shanghai University of Finance & Economics and holds a Master of Finance from the University of Manchester (UK) School of Business and UMIST, respectively.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 45% |
| Retail | 4 | 20% |
| Industrial | 2 | 10% |
| B2B | 1 | 5% |
| Fuel | 1 | 5% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 6 | 30% |
| Series A | 5 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TONGYU AUTOMOTIVE | TONGYU AUTOMOTIVE is an intelligent driving system development company. | $70.5M | Series B | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Dian Xiaomi | Dian Xiaomi provides one-stop services for global e-commerce sellers. | $110M | Series D | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Dian Xiaomi | Dian Xiaomi provides one-stop services for global e-commerce sellers. | $100M | Series C | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Nice Tuan | Nice Tuan is an e-commerce platform that provides daily groceries and miscellaneous products. | $196M | Series C | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| Wanwu Dezhi | Wanwu Dezhi is a social e-platform mainly for antique sellers and customers. | $80M | Series C | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| Nice Tuan | Nice Tuan is an e-commerce platform that provides daily groceries and miscellaneous products. | $80M | Series C | Jul 29, 2020 |  |
| Nice Tuan | Nice Tuan is an e-commerce platform that provides daily groceries and miscellaneous products. | $81.4M | Series C | May 30, 2020 |  |
| JD Industry | JD MRO specializes in industrial maintenance, repair and operations (MRO). JD MRO is a subsidiary of JD.com. | $230M | Series A | May 18, 2020 |  |
| Rongyisuan | Rongyisuan, a Chinese startup that provides customized tax and accounting solutions for corporate customers. . | $14M | Series A | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Wanwu Dezhi | Wanwu Dezhi is a social e-platform mainly for antique sellers and customers. | $17M |  | Nov 05, 2019 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Qiming Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qiming-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CDH Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdh-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Huaxing Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/huaxing-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [INCE Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ince-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Joy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joy-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blue Lake Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-lake-capital-ag) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About GGV Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that separated into two distinct firms and separate brands as of March 29, 2024. The Asia partnership, Granite Asia, is headquartered in Singapore and invests in the APAC region, including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia. The U.S. partnership, Notable Capital, is based in SiliconValley with offices in San Francisco and New York, and invests in the U.S., Israel, Europe, and Latin America.

5 contacts available at GGV Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denise Peng | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denise-peng |
| Dimitra Taslim | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimitra-taslim |
| Eric Xu | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-xu-2 |
| Glenn Solomon | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glenn-solomon |
| Hans Tung | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-tung |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Xu invest in?

Eric Xu invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Industrial startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Eric Xu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Xu closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 20 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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