# Joan Wang

> Joan Wang is a Series A investor at SIG China (SIG Asia Investments) backing Sensor and Hardware. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SIG China (SIG Asia Investments)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sig-china)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Joan Wang is a Series A investor at SIG China (SIG Asia Investments) in Beijing focused on Sensor and Hardware. Ms. Joan Wang joined SIG in 2006 and has participated the investment and successful exit of ChinaCache, Polybona, Impression Creative, KuXun, 56.COM, Jiamei Dental, Kanbox and etc. She has invested and is currently responsible for the management of more than 10 portfolio companies including Bytedance, Camera 360, Topone Rental, Damai, Gamebar, NewTech Textile, AdSage, MoyoGame and etc. Initially starting from an engineer at INTELSAT and AT&T Bell Labs, Ms. Wang had gained more than 13 years of experience in telecommunication industry. As an early staff in UTStarcom, she also witnessed the growing process of a start-up to a public listed enterprise. During the past years as a VC professional, Ms. Wang is dedicated to early and middle-stage investment in internet, mobile, entertainment, modern consumer service and high-tech manufacturing industries. She has been committed to strengthening the healthy growth and value maximization of the portfolio companies through close partnership with founding team. Ms. Wang is a MBA graduate from INSEAD and possesses a Master of Science from State University of New York at Stony Brook and Bachelor of Science from Jiao Tong University of Shanghai.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor | 1 | 100% |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Electronics | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer Electronics | 1 | 100% |
| Innovation Management | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sensel | Sensel is developing the next generation of input devices. With their multi-touch, pressure-sensitive technology, they seek to outperform existing industry-standard touch solutions inaccuracy, latency, and power, while offering an extra dimension of control in the form of force sensitivity. In addition to making traditional modes of userinteraction more expressive and intuitive, their technology enables a wide range of new and exciting applications.Ilya Rosenberg and Aaron Zarraga founded Sensel to bring true human touch into computing with the PressureGrid technology. Growing from the two of them to over forty team-members, thousands of customers, and several large-scale enterprise clients, Sensel is working hard to rapidly redefine computer interaction to include pressure sensitivity, multi-touch, and meet the environmental challenges of ubiquitous computing.Sensel’s Pressure Grid is a high-resolution sensor array combined with an efficient drive scheme to capture a rich force image.The company was founded on December 2, 2013, and is based in Sunnyvale, California. | $28M | Series A | Mar 03, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chariot Gold Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chariot-gold-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InnoLinks Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innolinks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morningside](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningside-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morningside](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningside-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Palm Commerce Information Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palm-commerce-information-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SMiT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smit-a062) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SIG China (SIG Asia Investments)

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

SIG's China venture capital and private equity activities are operated through SIG Asia Investments, LLLP (SAI) and its wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) based in Shanghai with a branch office in Beijing. The SIG China team seeks to commit the firm’s capital to venture capital and private equity investments in China.SAI is a member ofthe Susquehanna International Group of companies (SIG), which has evolved over the past 20+years into a leading financial institution focusing on trading and market making, institutional sales and research, private equity, and venture capital. With more than 1,400 employees across offices worldwide, SIG’s professionals develop ideas in an entrepreneurial environment, taking full advantage of SIG’s cutting edge technology and quantitative research.SIG is committed to expanding its global businesses in China. As part of that effort SAI has been mandated to commit SIG's proprietary capital in VC and PE investments in companies operating in the PRC.

5 contacts available at SIG China (SIG Asia Investments).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Chu | China Legal Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chu |
| Hyris Du | Operation Team Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyris-du |
| Jason Sha | Healthcare Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-sha |
| Joan Wang | Sr. Management Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joan-wang |
| Linda Zhang | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linda-zhang-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Joan Wang invest in?

Joan Wang invests primarily in Sensor, Hardware and Electronics startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Joan Wang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joan Wang closed in Mar 2020. 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?

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