# Harry Shum

> Harry Shum is a angel investor at Microsoft Research backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Microsoft Research
- Location: Redmond, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryshum
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/harryshum
- Website: https://x.com/harryshum

Harry Shum is an Emeritus Researcher at Microsoft Research. Harry Shum is Microsoft’s resident visionary, pioneering the company’s strategic efforts towards Artificial Intelligence and R&D. In addition to leading Microsoft Research, he oversees AI-focused product groups as well as the Ambient Computing and Robotics teams.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $2.7M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Web3 | 1 | 25% |
| Database | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| China | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hemera | Hemera Protocol is a decentralized account-centric programmable indexing network. | $2.6M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Lifo | We empower creators | $550K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2020 |  |
| Moqun Qukuailian | Moqun Qukuailian is a parallel blockchain contract programming language compilation and execution system that has complete domestic independent intellectual property rights and a development environment that supports a desktop platform from a distributed computing infrastructure provider company. | $3M | Angel | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Asensys | Asensys is a new-generation, high performance system that brings throughput and state put to a new, scalable level. Asensys aims to meet the needs of then modern digital economy with its novel blockchain infrastructure that will enable web users to realize the full potential of the internet by providing the foundation upon which decentralizedapplications can be built. | $2.7M | Angel | Apr 07, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

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## About Microsoft Research

VC Fund · Redmond, United States

In 1991, Microsoft Corp. became one of the first software companies to create its own computer science research organization. Microsoft Research has since developed into a unique entity among corporate research labs, balancing an open academic model with an effective process for transferring its research to product development teams. Today over1,100 world-renowned scientists and engineers work in our 13 Microsoft Research labs around the world to make up one of the largest and most highly respected software research organizations in the world one that will help define and redefine the computing experience for millions of people for decades to come.

5 contacts available at Microsoft Research.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Harry Shum | Emeritus Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-shum |
| Bill Buxton | Principal Researcher | — |
| Christopher Bishop | Laboratory Director and Technical Fellow | — |
| Don Syme | Principal Researcher | — |
| Haiyan Zhang | Innovation Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Harry Shum invest in?

Harry Shum invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and Information Technology startups, most often at Angel and Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Harry Shum's check size?

Harry Shum typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$3M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Harry Shum participates in.

### How do I contact Harry Shum?

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### When did Harry Shum last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Harry Shum closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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