# Keytone Ventures

> Keytone Ventures is a VC fund in Beijing backing Mobile and Software. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $300M
- Last fund: Aug 2010
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1112264
- Website: http://www.keytonevc.com/

Keytone Ventures is a China-focused venture capital firm. Keytone was founded in 2008 when it acquired a portfolio of seven investments from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Keytone's investment team includes Joe Zhou, former Founding Managing Partner at KPCB China, and Stella Jin, former partner at IDG-Accel China Growth Fund.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 6 | 15% |
| Software | 6 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 10% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 9 | 23% |
| Series B | 7 | 18% |
| Series A | 6 | 15% |
| Series C | 6 | 15% |
| Angel | 4 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 16 | 40% |
| United States | 11 | 28% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |
| South Korea | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Zhou Zhi Xiong | Founder and Managing Partner | 6 | — |
| Eric Tao | Partner | 0 | — |
| Qi Li | Operations Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moffett AI | MoXin is an AI chip designer, providing terminal and cloud AI chip acceleration solutions. | $147.5M | Series C | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Mirxes | MiRXES offers discover, develop, and deliver accurate preventive healthcare solutions for cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic and infectious diseases, and make them accessible to all. | $87M | Series C | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Mirxes | MiRXES offers discover, develop, and deliver accurate preventive healthcare solutions for cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic and infectious diseases, and make them accessible to all. | $77M | Series C | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| PyrAmes, Inc. | PyrAmes has developed a paper thin, flexible, ultra low power device for non-invasive monitoring of blood pressure | $6M | Series A | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| Moffett AI | MoXin is an AI chip designer, providing terminal and cloud AI chip acceleration solutions. | $14.2M | Seed | Mar 26, 2021 |  |
| Moffett AI | Moffett is building the world’s next generation AI computation platform, from ground up. They pioneer in deep learning algorithms and build computation platform that the world has never seen - powerful, fast and extremely energy efficient. | $14.2M | Seed | Mar 26, 2021 |  |
| Moffett AI | MoXin is an AI chip designer, providing terminal and cloud AI chip acceleration solutions. | $15.3M | Seed | Mar 26, 2021 |  |
| BD Gene Therapeutics | BD Gene Therapeutics is a provider of a gene-editing platform for the treatment of genetic diseases. It uses mRNA delivery technology to achieve safe and efficient delivery of gene-editing tools such as CRISPR. In addition, BD-mRNA technology has important application prospects in the fields of tumor immunity and regenerative medicine. It also usesthe fourth-generation lentiviral vector platform for all types of cells. It has developed antiviral eyedrops and others. | $1.4M | Angel | Jun 22, 2020 |  |
| Moffett AI | Moffett is building the world’s next generation AI computation platform, from ground up. They pioneer in deep learning algorithms and build computation platform that the world has never seen - powerful, fast and extremely energy efficient. | $10M | Angel | Mar 06, 2020 |  |
| Moffett AI | MoXin is an AI chip designer, providing terminal and cloud AI chip acceleration solutions. | $10M | Angel | Mar 06, 2020 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Keytone Ventures invest in?

Keytone Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Keytone Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Keytone Ventures?

The team at Keytone Ventures includes Joe Zhou Zhi Xiong (Founder and Managing Partner), Eric Tao (Partner) and Qi Li (Operations Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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