# Light-Up Capital

> Light-Up Capital is a VC fund in Tianjin backing Retail, Software and Health Care. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tianjin, China
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Light-Up Capital is a VC fund in Tianjin focused on Retail and Software. Lighting Investment is an investment organization focused on the angel investments.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $7.1M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Health Care | 2 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Hardware | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 83% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jodell Robotics | Jodell develops intelligent robotic equipment designed to serve in automotive and logistics industries. | $7.9M | Series A | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| SoupMaster | SoupMaster is a Chinese restaurant chain and retail brand. It provides various nutritious soups for pregnant women, patients with a demand for health recuperation, and other people pursuing high-quality life. |  | Series A | Mar 02, 2018 |  |
| Orange Dental | Shanghai based Healthcare company. |  | Series A | Feb 09, 2018 |  |
| PEKON | PEKON provides software, intelligent hardware, consulting services and integrated solutions for the retail industry. | $425K | Angel | Dec 08, 2016 |  |
| Waterdrop | Waterdrop is an insurance platform that plans to solve the problem of high medical fees faced by most patients, especially those with a critical illness. Shuidihuzhu offers three products: mutual insurance, crowdfunding and commercial insurance. All their services are conducted through the platform’s official WeChat account, where users could postcrowdfunding campaigns, buy insurances, or claim indemnities according to their policies. | $7.1M | Series A | May 09, 2016 |  |
| Pumpkin Coach | Pumpkin Coach is an O2O platform that helps users to make online appointments with hairstylists at Pumpkin Coach locations in Shanghai and Hangzhou. The company directly connects hairdressers to customers, facilitating communications, payment, and CRM while maximizing revenues for each hairdresser. Each Pumpkin Coach location features all necessarymachinery, equipment, and supplies. | $10M | Series A | Jan 04, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ZhenFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhenfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaorong Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banyan-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bondshine Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bondshine-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chuxin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuxin-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dalton Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dalton-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Light-Up Capital invest in?

Light-Up Capital invests primarily in Retail, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Light-Up Capital's check size?

Light-Up Capital typically joins rounds of $7.1M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Light-Up Capital participates in.

### When did Light-Up Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Light-Up Capital closed in Mar 2022. 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.

### 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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