# IMO Ventures

> IMO Ventures is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. See 65 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 65
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immersion-ventures/
- Website: http://www.imo.vc/

IMO Ventures is a privately held venture capital and seed investing company across China and the US.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for IMO Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at IMO Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/immersion-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $700k–$10M |
| Angel | $709k–$10M |
| Series A | $2M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 20% |
| Blockchain | 7 | 11% |
| Software | 6 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 9% |

78 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 31 | 48% |
| Series A | 10 | 15% |
| Angel | 8 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 9% |
| Series C | 4 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 29% |
| China | 15 | 23% |
| Singapore | 9 | 14% |
| South Korea | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hai Liu | Founding Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hai-liu |
| Thomas Yao | Founding Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-yao-cc76 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FuChe Biotech | FuChe Biotech is a biotechnology startup which Empower a clear future and innovative technology. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| META Pharmaceuticals | META Pharmaceuticals is a cutting-edge drug development company specializing in autoimmune diseases. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 17, 2025 |  |
| Merda Biopharma | Merda Biopharma is a AI-enabled drug discovery technology platform that produces small molecule drugs that helps immune metabolism. |  | Series A | Feb 14, 2025 |  |
| BluWhale | BluWhale's mission is to leverage AI and ML to allow game developers to focus on ways to improve the game rather than wrangling and making sense of astronomical amounts of data. BluWhale's smart automation will do the heavy lifting usually reserved for data analysts and data scientists all in the background, and surface actionable insight |  | Series A | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Vessel Finance | Vessel Finance is a ZK-powered order book exchange, seeks to combine the dependability of DEXs with the speed of CEXs. | $10M | Seed | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| 0G | 0G Labs is a technology business that specializes in blockchain technology, emphasizing decentralization for a range of industries and societal issues. | $35M | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Insight Technology | Insight Technology is an instrument manufacturer and seller company that specializes in instrument sales, intelligent instrument sales, mechanical equipment research and development, and more. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2024 |  |
| Mirror L2 | Mirror L2 is a decentralized proof of stake (POS) BTC L2 that supports EVM and smart contracts while using BTC as GAS. |  | Seed | Mar 04, 2024 |  |
| Hopewell Therapeutics | Hopewell Therapeutics is a Synthetic Lipid-based drug delivery company for gene therapy and gene editing. It is intended to provide and services in the field of novel drug delivery systems. The technology developed by the company is based on novel synthetic lipid-based nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery for gene therapy and gene editing. | $25M | Seed | Jun 02, 2023 |  |
| Playbux | Playbux is an e-commerce metaverse platform that sets up the shop and earns system, allowing users to shop at global merchants and earn cash back. They intended to integrate existing exchanges, loan platforms, and NFTs into the platform so that customers could access all services in one place. | $2M | Seed | Apr 21, 2023 |  |

10 of 65 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital-china) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [5Y Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningsidevc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [K2VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k2-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does IMO Ventures invest in?

IMO Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 65 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 IMO Ventures's check size?

IMO Ventures typically joins rounds of $700k–$10M at Seed, $709k–$10M at Angel and $2M–$50M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IMO Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact IMO Ventures?

Public channels for IMO Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at IMO Ventures?

The team at IMO Ventures includes Hai Liu (Founding Partner) and Thomas Yao (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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