Kai-Fu Lee
Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer @ Sinovation Ventures
Beijing, China
Kai-Fu Lee is a Series B investor at Sinovation Ventures in Beijing focused on Medical and Manufacturing. Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and President of Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute. Sinovation Ventures, managing US$1.7 billion dual currency investment funds, is a leading technology investment firm focusing on developing the next generation of Chinese high-tech companies. Prior to foundingSinovation in 2009, Kai-Fu Lee was the President of Google China. Previously, he held executive positions at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple. Kai-Fu Lee received his Bachelor degree from Computer Science from Columbia University, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Carnegie Mellon and the City University of Hong Kong. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Kai-Fu Lee is the author of seven top selling books in Chinese and launching new book AI Superpowers (www.aisuperpowers.com/) internationally in fall 2018, and has over 50 million followers on social media.In the field of artificial intelligence, Kai-Fu Lee founded Microsoft Research China, which was named as the hottest research lab by MIT Technology Review. Later renamed Microsoft Research Asia, this institute trained the great majority of AI leaders in China, including CTOs or AI heads at Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Lenovo, Huawei, and Haier. While with Apple, Kai-Fu Lee led AI projects in speech and natural language, which have been featured on Good Morning America on ABC Television and the front page of Wall Street Journal. He has authored 10 U.S. patents, and more than 100 journal and conference papers. Altogether, Kai-Fu Lee has been in artificial intelligence research, development, and investment for more than 30 years.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 71%
Last updated:
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Industries Kai-Fu Lee invests in
Stages Kai-Fu Lee invests in
Countries Kai-Fu Lee invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Series A
- $2.1M–$52M
- Series B
- $14M–$62M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Medical 3 (21%)
- Manufacturing 3 (21%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (21%)
- Internet 2 (14%)
- Software 2 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (43%)
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Seed 2 (14%)
- Angel 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Project AI 2.0 is a large language model platform, dedicated to building a brand new AI2.0 platform and AI-first productivity applications. | Seed / Mar 19, 2023 | ||
| J-Elephant develops intelligent mobile robot products and industrial automation products. J-Elephant develops forklift AMR, providing flexible manufacturing internal logistics solutions for clients in the manufacturing industry. | Angel / Apr 27, 2022 | ||
| Elixir Clinical Research is a technology-based full-featured clinical CRO. | $52M / Series A / Apr 22, 2022 | ||
| Kilala has a product line of color pupils and its surrounding areas to meet the full range of needs of customers. | $61.7M / Series B / Aug 17, 2021 | ||
| MediTrust Health is a leading medical innovation payment service brand in China. | Series B / Mar 05, 2021 | ||
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Defeng Technology
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Defeng Technology is dedicated to providing cloud service, digital twin, PHM, faults diagnosis, safety production early warning and pre-judgment system, digital application and other services for large energy and power companies, petrochemical companies, tobacco companies and manufacturing companies. | $11.3M / Series A / Jun 22, 2020 | |
| Vedeng provides a platform connecting upstream manufacturers with medical equipment dealers and private clinics. At present, the firm has established a comprehensive digital infrastructure including front-end marketing, procurement systems, logistics, after-sales service and back-end commodity databases, covering 970,000 grassroots and privatemedical customers. | $14.1M / Series B / May 11, 2020 | ||
| Hangzhou Hexiang Network Technology Co., Ltd., established in May 2017, with the mission of “providing effective and interesting universal education for children”. It is an online education focusing on quality education for children aged 3-12. the company. Adopting the “AI+ Education” model, it integrates innovative technologies such as imagerecognition, voice assessment, intelligent matching, human-computer interaction and big data analysis, and independently develops courses. With the core of "Large Language Comprehensive Literacy", we have launched star products such as writing, calligraphy and fine arts, and are committed to helping children improve their comprehensive quality. | $28M / Series B / Aug 26, 2019 | ||
| Zhuiyi Technology develops an artificial intelligence based chatbot for interactions between humans and enterprises. The company offers YiBot, which focuses on deep learning and natural language processing in customer service, big data analysis, and personalized services. The company caters to finance, Internet, tourism, retail, real estate, andeducation sectors. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. | $41M / Series C / Apr 02, 2019 | ||
| Hangzhou Guoxin focuses on chip design and system solution development in the fields of digital TV, home multimedia and artificial intelligence. The company has developed digital TV chip products all over the world and is one of the world's leading suppliers of set-top box chips. | $22.4M / Series B / Feb 25, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Sinovation Ventures
Sinovation Ventures is a full-service venture capital firm that actively invests in the Chinese technology market. It is formerly known as Innovation Works.
Sinovation Ventures Contacts
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Hua Wang
Co-Founder, Co-CEO and Managing Partner
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Anita Huang
Operating Partner and Chief Marketing Officer
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Bob Ren
Executive Director
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Charles Huang
Venture Partner
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Eagle Zhang
Partner
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FAQ
What does Kai-Fu Lee invest in?
Kai-Fu Lee invests primarily in Medical, Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Kai-Fu Lee invest in?
Kai-Fu Lee typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$52M at Series A and $14M–$62M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kai-Fu Lee's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kai-Fu Lee took part in.
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When did Kai-Fu Lee last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kai-Fu Lee closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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