# Hao Cheng

> Hao Cheng is a Series A investor at iVision Ventures backing Semantic Search. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [iVision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ivision-ventures)
- Location: Santa Clara, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haoch

Hao Cheng is a Series A investor at iVision Ventures in Santa Clara focused on Semantic Search and Speech Recognition. Mr. Hao Cheng, also known as Steve, serves as Founding Partner at Shenzhen Songhe Yuanwang Capital Management Co., Ltd. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Xunlei Games Development (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd until January 29, 2016. Mr. Cheng served as General Manager of Xunlei Kankan and Games Business Unit at Xunlei Limited until January 2016.He worked for Baidu, Inc., led its corporate search team and was in charge of its products, services, marketing and sales. Mr. Cheng Co-founded and has been Director of Xunlei Limited since February 2005. Mr. Cheng received a Master's degree in Dcience from Duke University in 1999 and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Nankai University 1997.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semantic Search | 1 | 50% |
| Speech Recognition | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frogsound Technology | Frogsound Technology is an intelligent voice interaction system developer. | $13.9M | Series C | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| Frogsound Technology | Frogsound Technology is an intelligent voice interaction system developer. | $15.4M | Series A | Jan 08, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eastern Bell Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eastern-bell-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GGV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ggv-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Starlight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starlight-capital-f338) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About iVision Ventures

VC Fund · Beijing, China

iVision Ventures is a Chinese venture capital firm.

3 contacts available at iVision Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hao Cheng | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hao-cheng |
| Hongfei Tian | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hongfei-tian |
| Ping Jiang | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ping-jiang-667f |

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## FAQ

### What does Hao Cheng invest in?

Hao Cheng invests primarily in Semantic Search, Speech Recognition and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hao Cheng last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hao Cheng closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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