# Hongyu Zhang

> Hongyu Zhang is a Series A investor at Magic Capital backing Art, Apps and Music. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Magic Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magic-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hongyu Zhang is a Series A investor at Magic Capital focused on Art and Apps. The founder of PPS, the leading peer-to-peer streaming video network software in China. After PPS was purchased by Baidu for USD 370m, Mr. Zhang served as the co-CEO of Iqiyi, one of the largest online video platform. Hongyu has extensive knowledge in the fields of internet and content streaming in China.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 100% |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Communities | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artand | Artand is a community business platform and an online gallery for artists. | $1M | Series A | Oct 01, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Magic Capital

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

Magic Capital is an investment firm focused on supporting Chinese Internet companies. The company's founders are working cross a broad range of sectors, from education to media to healthcare to SaaS to AI to e-commerce to game to social networking service.

3 contacts available at Magic Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colin Huang | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-huang-2900 |
| Hongyu Zhang | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hongyu-zhang |
| Joe Wu | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-wu-aca4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hongyu Zhang invest in?

Hongyu Zhang invests primarily in Art, Apps and Music startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hongyu Zhang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hongyu Zhang closed in Oct 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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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