Kevin Yin
Managing Partner @ GSR United Capital
Changyang, China
Kevin Yin is a Series D investor at GSR United Capital in Changyang focused on Solar and Battery. Kevin Yin joined GSR Ventures in 2008, with a focus on investments in clean technologies and electronic hardware components and systems. He also covers Mainland/Taiwan cross-strait investment opportunities. Currently, Kevin serves on the boards of C3Nano, Clean Focus, Earthgen, and Sigma Resources. He is also a board observer of Aleees, andactively involved with SEEO.Prior to GSR, Kevin was with Grand River Capital Management. He also held senior positions at Nortel, where he managed the GSM wireless product line in Greater China, and then the Carrier Networks division in Asia. Before coming to China, Kevin worked at Phonetic Systems, a start-up in Bedford, Massachusetts.Kevin holds an MBA in corporate finance from MIT Sloan School of Management, and bachelor and master degrees in applied science and engineering from the University of Toronto.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Kevin Yin invests in
Stages Kevin Yin invests in
Countries Kevin Yin invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Solar 1 (17%)
- Battery 1 (17%)
- Electronics 1 (17%)
- Clean Energy 1 (17%)
- Manufacturing 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series D 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Series C 1 (17%)
- Series E 1 (17%)
Investments
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C3Nano
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C3Nano is the developer of the solution-based, transparent conductive inks and films as direct replacements for indium tin oxide (ITO). C3Nano is the performance leader in Transparent Conductor Films (TCFs) and Activegrid silver nanowire (AgNW) solution-based inks for the touch sensor and display industry. They have raised $37 million in funding todate, which has enabled the company to quickly achieve best in class ink formulations and expanded production capabilities. C3Nano is headquartered in Silicon Valley with an industry-leading manufacturing base in Korea.Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in Hayward, California. | $15M / Series D / Feb 22, 2017 | |
Seeo
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Seeo provides rechargeable lithium-ion batteries based on a nano-structured polymer electrolyte. | $17M / Series E / Dec 09, 2014 | |
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Seeo
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Seeo provides rechargeable lithium-ion batteries based on a nano-structured polymer electrolyte. | $15M / Series D | |
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C3Nano
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C3Nano is the developer of the solution-based, transparent conductive inks and films as direct replacements for indium tin oxide (ITO). C3Nano is the performance leader in Transparent Conductor Films (TCFs) and Activegrid silver nanowire (AgNW) solution-based inks for the touch sensor and display industry. They have raised $37 million in funding todate, which has enabled the company to quickly achieve best in class ink formulations and expanded production capabilities. C3Nano is headquartered in Silicon Valley with an industry-leading manufacturing base in Korea.Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in Hayward, California. | Series C | |
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C3Nano
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C3Nano is the developer of the solution-based, transparent conductive inks and films as direct replacements for indium tin oxide (ITO). C3Nano is the performance leader in Transparent Conductor Films (TCFs) and Activegrid silver nanowire (AgNW) solution-based inks for the touch sensor and display industry. They have raised $37 million in funding todate, which has enabled the company to quickly achieve best in class ink formulations and expanded production capabilities. C3Nano is headquartered in Silicon Valley with an industry-leading manufacturing base in Korea.Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in Hayward, California. | Series B | |
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C3Nano
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C3Nano is the developer of the solution-based, transparent conductive inks and films as direct replacements for indium tin oxide (ITO). C3Nano is the performance leader in Transparent Conductor Films (TCFs) and Activegrid silver nanowire (AgNW) solution-based inks for the touch sensor and display industry. They have raised $37 million in funding todate, which has enabled the company to quickly achieve best in class ink formulations and expanded production capabilities. C3Nano is headquartered in Silicon Valley with an industry-leading manufacturing base in Korea.Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in Hayward, California. | $3.2M / Series A |
Co-Investors
About GSR United Capital
"Founded in 2009, GSR United Capital focuses on equity investment in high-tech industries, focusing on investment and M&A opportunities in advanced manufacturing, next-generation information technology, industrial Internet/digital enterprise services and other fields. GSR United Capital manages both RMB master funds and industrialfunds established with local governments. Since its establishment, GSR United Capital has received strong support from China's top market-oriented mother fund, government-guided fund, wealth management institutions, global 500 enterprises, listed companies and other institutions. Among them, investors with state capital background include Guochuang Yuanhe, Guochuang Kaiyuan, SDIC Unity Capital, China Merchants Venture, Suzhou Fund, Nanchang Industrial Control, Weifang Financial Holding Group, Dongguan Dongcheng, Zhangjiagang Jincheng Investment & Development Co., ltd, etc. Suzhou GSL Venture Capital Management Company, founded in 2011, is a private equity fund manager of the comprehensive fund of GSR United Capital (referred to as "" GSR United Capital ""), and completed the registration of private equity fund manager on May 20, 2014, with the serial number P1002246.""A+ stage is the main stage, the middle and late stage is the auxiliary"" The company focuses on equity investment in high-tech industry, focusing on the strategy of ""A+"" stage, with a capital allocation ratio of 60%. The project in this stage is between ""engineering"" and ""scale commercialization"", which is the ideal range of ""bargaining power"" and can win a high proportion of relative returns. At the same time, 40% of the project will be allocated in the middle and late stages. The middle and late stages refer to enterprises with IPO expectations within 2-3 years, and the investment will be completed within 60 months in the early stage of the fund investment period (exit will start in the third and fourth years), which will be used as the basic plate for anchoring returns.GSR United Capital has invested in more than 100 high-tech start-ups, including Great Wisdom Software (financial information terminal, 601519), eCARBON (high thermal conductivity graphite heat dissipation material, 603133), TZTEK (Precision, 688003), METRON (Diamond wire material, 603133) 300861), GTEP (sludge treatment and recycling, has started the board meeting), Niu (electric two-wheeler, NASDAQ: NIU), LATTICELIGHTING (LED silicon substrate technology and application), Freetech (unmanned driving), Marknum Technology (big data), xMate (light collaborative robot), TAGEIDRIVER (autonomous driving), HUIRUI (high-precision metal 3D printing), DYSO (CNC machine tool parts), NEWLINK GROUP (energy Internet), and many cross-border enterprises Industries such as LianLian (online payment), Xingyun Group (cross-border supply chain), Tec-Do (outbound brand digital marketing, Guangzhou), LAVA (smart guitar, Guangzhou), Shoplazza (outbound SaaS independent site construction tools, Guangzhou), E-ports (Internet for shipping industry), Chenhaiyun (sea-going compliance), Whalehouse.tech (intelligent warehousing), Huoyan (ABM intelligent marketing), Giiso (intelligent writing) and other excellent projects, which have won excess investment returns and social reputation. At present, the withdrawn projects include Great Wisdom Software (Financial information terminal, 601519), which has been fully withdrawn through listing, with return multiple reaching 8.96x, invested by GSR United Capital Phase I; TZTEK (Precision Measurement, 688003.STAR), fully exited through listing with return multiple reaching 2.74x, invested by GSR United Phase II and Botong Jinshi; eCARBON (high thermal conductivity graphite heat dissipation material, 603133), through the listing of all exit, return multiple reached 5x, invested by GSR United Capital Phase I Institute; METRON (Diamond Wire Materials, 300861), which was partially exited through listing with a return multiple of 4.5X and was invested by GSR United Phase III and Botong Jinshi Institute; Lebo Technology (cross-platform screen investment tool), partially exited through equity transfer, with a return multiple of 4.35x, invested by Botong Jinshi. Giiso (Intelligent Collaboration), which was partially withdrawn through equity transfer with a return multiple of 4.35x, was invested by Botong Jinshi.Zerowaste Asia Pte Ltd (ZA) was invested by Hongcheng RMB Fund, a subsidiary of GSR United Capital, in January 2017. It is committed to developing, producing and selling leading additives for heavy metal treatment. Its products have the characteristics of simple process, high efficiency, safety and environmental protection, and low cost. The company's valuation has grown from $58 million at the time of the investment to $142 million.Since February 2020, GSR United Capital has made more than 30 investments in the main fund. For example, it invested in Yuejing Technology (audio and video collaborative production tool) in February 2021, and the current multiple has reached 3.14 times. In September 2020, it invested in ZHICHUBAO.COM (procurement management SaaS platform), and the current multiple has reached 2.82 times. In April 2020, it invested in Starsee Intelligence (AI enabled military defense), and the current multiple has reached 2.81 times. Nahuo Technology Co., Ltd. received a subsequent round of investment from IDG, ZHICHUBAO.COM received a subsequent round of investment from Shunwei Capital, and Boqing Technology received a subsequent round of investment from KeyTone Ventures and Leaguer Capital."
GSR United Capital Contacts
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Kevin Yin
Managing Partner
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Luo Lei
Managing Partner
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Pan Xiaofeng
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Wang Guocheng
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Zhou Qi
Managing Partner
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What does Kevin Yin invest in?
Kevin Yin invests primarily in Solar, Battery and Electronics startups, most often at Series D and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Kevin Yin closed in Feb 2017. Shizune tracks 6 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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