# James Mi

> James Mi is a Series A investor at Luminous Ventures (former Lightspeed China Partners) backing Apps. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Luminous Ventures (former Lightspeed China Partners)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-china-partners)
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmi1

James Mi is a Series A investor at Luminous Ventures (former Lightspeed China Partners) in Shanghai focused on Apps and Mobile Apps. James Mi - Founding Partner @ Luminous Ventures (former Lightspeed China Partners)

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 11% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 11% |
| Transportation | 2 | 11% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 2 | 11% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 28% |
| Series B | 4 | 22% |
| Series C | 3 | 17% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 9 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laiye | Laiye is a digital workforce platform that empowers organizations by integrating AI Agents to boost employee productivity and creativity. The platform combines various intelligent automation capabilities, including RPA and IDP, to streamline operations and enhance business outcomes. | $70M | Series C | Apr 18, 2022 |  |
| MKSEMI | MKSEMI is a low-power ultra-wideband (UWB) company, provides a complete high precision location solution for device OEMs and ODMs. | $12.8M | Series A | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Hesai Technology | Hesai Technology designs a laser radar that facilitates autonomous driving. It uses smart sensing technology to develop laser radar for autonomous cars and natural gas leak detection systems, enabling car companies to monitor mixed gas composition, control industrial processes, and detect hazardous gas leaks.Hesai Technology was founded in 2014and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | $300M | Series D | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| Laiye | Laiye is a digital workforce platform that empowers organizations by integrating AI Agents to boost employee productivity and creativity. The platform combines various intelligent automation capabilities, including RPA and IDP, to streamline operations and enhance business outcomes. | $50M | Series C | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| MingMed | MingMed is a Chinese cancer therapy and vision care firm. | $60M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| Laiye | Laiye is a digital workforce platform that empowers organizations by integrating AI Agents to boost employee productivity and creativity. The platform combines various intelligent automation capabilities, including RPA and IDP, to streamline operations and enhance business outcomes. | $42M | Series C | Feb 23, 2020 |  |
| Hesai Technology | Hesai Technology designs a laser radar that facilitates autonomous driving. It uses smart sensing technology to develop laser radar for autonomous cars and natural gas leak detection systems, enabling car companies to monitor mixed gas composition, control industrial processes, and detect hazardous gas leaks.Hesai Technology was founded in 2014and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | $134.9M | Series C | Jan 07, 2020 |  |
| Laiye | Laiye is a digital workforce platform that empowers organizations by integrating AI Agents to boost employee productivity and creativity. The platform combines various intelligent automation capabilities, including RPA and IDP, to streamline operations and enhance business outcomes. | $35M | Series B | Jun 27, 2019 |  |
| Plus | Plus.ai develops self-driving trucks to enable large-scale commercialization of autonomous transport. Based in Silicon Valley, Plus.ai was founded in 2016 by a group of Stanford PhD classmates who saw the strong potential of artificial intelligence to make a big impact on business and society. With trucking being the primary means of shipping inAmerica, the founders decided to focus on self-driving technology to transform the trillion-dollar commercial trucking industry. Plus.ai specializes in developing full-stack self-driving technology to enable large scale autonomous commercial fleets. We are one of the most advanced autonomous trucking companies today in terms of technological progress and were the first to obtain California’s Autonomous Testing License. The company has since been working on improving the robustness and safety of its fully functional Level-4 autonomous trucks. Plus.ai closely collaborates with the largest OEMs to build self-driving trucks that are safer than human-operated vehicles. The company operates a fleet of autonomous trucks in pilot programs with the top freight shipping companies. |  | Series A | Jun 11, 2018 |  |
| Hesai Technology | Hesai Technology designs a laser radar that facilitates autonomous driving. It uses smart sensing technology to develop laser radar for autonomous cars and natural gas leak detection systems, enabling car companies to monitor mixed gas composition, control industrial processes, and detect hazardous gas leaks.Hesai Technology was founded in 2014and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | $40M | Series B | Aug 04, 2017 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Gaorong Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banyan-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Qiming Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qiming-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital-china) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wu Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wu-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Luminous Ventures (former Lightspeed China Partners)

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

Lightspeed China Partners was founded in 2011 as an independent venture capital group and began operating as Luminous Ventures in November 2025. Luminous Ventures is a leading venture capital firm serving entrepreneurs as a lead investor in early stage and emerging growth companies. It has offices in Shanghai,Beijing and Hong Kong.

5 contacts available at Luminous Ventures (former Lightspeed China Partners).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stella Zhao | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stella-zhao |
| Guo Bin | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guo-bin |
| Herry Han | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/herry-han |
| Hu Peipei | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hu-peipei |
| James Mi | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-mi |

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## FAQ

### What does James Mi invest in?

James Mi invests primarily in Apps, Mobile Apps and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Mi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Mi closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 18 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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