# James Liu

> James Liu is a Series A investor at Moatable (Beijing) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Moatable](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renren-inc)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-liu-65476

James Liu is a Series A investor at Moatable in Beijing focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Mr. James Jian Liu is Chief Operating Officer, Director of Renren Inc. He has served as director since January 2008 and chief operating officer since February 2006. Before joining our company, he was the co-founder and chief executive officer of UUMe.com, one of the earliest social networking service websites in China. He served as productmanagement director at Fortinet in its early years and held a senior product manager role at Siebel Systems. Mr. Liu started his career as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in China. Mr. Liu holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a M.B.A. degree from Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 50% |
| Life Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Consumer Lending | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SoFi | SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services. The company primarily caters to early-stage professionals and offers variable and fixed rate parent, personal, and MBA loans, mortgage refinancing, and more. They create modern financial products and services that help people borrow, save, spend, invest, andprotect their money better so that they can achieve financial independence and realize their ambitions from owning a home to saving for retirement, paying off their student loans, and more.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1B | Series E | Sep 30, 2015 |  |
| Sindeo | Sindeo changes the mortgage industry from the ground up by offering home buyers a straightforward path to homeownership and refinancing. It is a startup that’s bringing mortgages into the modern world. They’re changing the way to get a mortgage with their truly unbiased Mortgage Advisors, their high-tech, transparent process, and their low-coststructure. | $5M | Series A | Feb 18, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chang Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-com-0014) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RPM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rpm-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Third Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-point-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Thirdstream Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thirdstream-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Moatable

VC Fund · Chaoyang, China

Renren.com is an online social network service that offers an extensive interactive communication platform for Chinese users. The platform has embedded functions such as blogging as well as photo and video sharing that enable users to share their daily lives and thoughts with their friends. With the number of users reaching 200 million, renren.comhas over 30% of its traffic coming from mobile devices. It also owns several subsidiary companies, including Kaixin Farm and Nuomi. Its major competitor is kaixin001.com.

4 contacts available at Moatable.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Liu | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-liu-3 |
| Joe Chen | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-yi-zhou-chen |
| Chris Palmer | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-palmer-772a |
| Marissa San Pedro | Digital Account Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marissa-san-pedro |

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## FAQ

### What does James Liu invest in?

James Liu invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Real Estate startups, most often at Series A and Series E stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Liu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Liu closed in Sep 2015. 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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