# Jerry Yang

> Jerry Yang is a Series A investor at HCVC (Tokyo) backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 143 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 143
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmyang1976/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jmyang1976
- Website: https://goo.gl/WESRXN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jerry-Yang/108225819205316?fref=ts

Jerry Yang is an Investor and Advisory Board Member of Sarcura. Jerry Yang attended the National Taiwan University and HEC Paris.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$8.2M |
| Series A | $5M–$30M |
| Series B | $8.5M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 37 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 24 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 18 | 13% |
| Machine Learning | 15 | 10% |
| Big Data | 13 | 9% |

184 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 42 | 29% |
| Seed | 39 | 27% |
| Series B | 26 | 18% |
| Series C | 7 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 5% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 82 | 57% |
| China | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Israel | 2 | 1% |
| Singapore | 2 | 1% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Entire | Entire is developing the world's next developer platform, allowing agents and humans to interact, learn, and ship together. | $60M | Seed | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| NavierAI | Navier AI CFD platform allows aerospace and mechanical engineers to design high-performance machines with ease. | $5.6M | Seed | Dec 15, 2025 |  |
| AnthologyAI | AnthologyAI is the breakthrough Artificial Intelligence Consumer Insights & Predictions Platform with billions of real-time data sourced directly and ethically from consumers. Access previously unavailable levels of intelligence about retail spending, geolocation, media consumption, travel, ride sharing and more — in realtime, at scale. | $15M | Series A | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| Semafor | Semafor is the global news media. | $19M | Seed | May 24, 2023 |  |
| Ronbow | Ronbow is a commercial company that distributes, designs, and manufactures a diverse selection of decorative bathing products, including sinks, vanities, medicine cabinets, and more. The company selects the highest-quality hardwood and puts them through a rigorous 10-step finishing process that is finalized with a comprehensive assembly process.Ronbow offers a dynamic and diverse design spectrum to fit any style home, from ultra contemporary to old world traditional. Their versatile designs allow for interchangeable sinks and countertops in wood, glass, stone & ceramic to match any home decor. The company provides options for interchangeable sizes and materials to inspire a truly unique customizable experience.Ronbow was founded by Jason Chen in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA, USA. | $10M | Series A | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Fairmatic | Fairmatic offers data-driven fleet insurance that rewards safety with savings. Fairmatic uses AI-powered technology in combination with troves of telematics data to create meaningful cost savings for fleets, safer roads, and a profitable business model. Fairmatic helps fleets in proactively managing safety issues with actionable insights. | $46M | Series B | Mar 16, 2023 |  |
| Giraffe360 | Giraffe360 is game-changing subscription product for real estate companies to streamline professional quality photography and high accuracy floor plan creation. | $15.9M | Series A | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| AnthologyAI | AnthologyAI is the breakthrough Artificial Intelligence Consumer Insights & Predictions Platform with billions of real-time data sourced directly and ethically from consumers. Access previously unavailable levels of intelligence about retail spending, geolocation, media consumption, travel, ride sharing and more — in realtime, at scale. | $6M | Seed | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| Sarcura | Sarcura GmbH is an Austrian deep-tech startup developing an instrument platform for the industrial manufacturing of advanced cell therapies. Our platform combines silicon chip technology and microfluidic processing to enable real-time process control and manipulation on a cellular level, enabling a fully automated and modular manufacturing system.. | $7.3M | Seed | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Somewear Labs | Somewear is a satellite communications solution designed for the increasingly digital world. Somewear is building a satellite-powered platform to keep people safe. Somewear gives any remote operative a reliable line to safety and keeps organizations compliant at a fraction of the traditional cost with a combination of compact satellite hotspots andsoftware designed for low-bandwidth applications.It was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $13.7M | Series A | Sep 22, 2022 |  |

10 of 143 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Morado Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morado-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Formation 8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/formation8) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [LeFrak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lefrak-organization) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

## About HCVC

VC Fund · Paris, France

HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.

5 contacts available at HCVC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Flamant | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-flamant |
| Alexis Houssou | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-houssou |
| Aymerik Renard | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aymerik-renard |
| Cyril Abiteboul | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyril-abiteboul |
| Jerry Yang | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerry-j-m-yang |

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## FAQ

### What does Jerry Yang invest in?

Jerry Yang invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 143 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 Jerry Yang's check size?

Jerry Yang typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8.2M at Seed, $5M–$30M at Series A and $8.5M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jerry Yang participates in.

### When did Jerry Yang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jerry Yang closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 143 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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