Lina Chong
Investment Director @ Target Global
Lina Chong is a seed investor at Target Global focused on SaaS and E-Learning. Lina joined Target Global in 2018 after having worked in product and monetization at ResearchGate, a company aiming to connect the world of science. Prior to ResearchGate, she was an investor at Hasso Plattner Ventures, a fund backed by the Chairman of SAP. Lina began her career as an entrepreneur operating two startups, one of which was acquiredby Living Social.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 64%
Last updated:
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Industries Lina Chong invests in
Stages Lina Chong invests in
Countries Lina Chong invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $55k–$8M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.5M–$5.5M
- Series A
- $11M–$26M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 3 (27%)
- E-Learning 2 (18%)
- Open Source 2 (18%)
- Machine Learning 2 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (36%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
Country
- Spain 2 (18%)
- Germany 2 (18%)
- Nigeria 2 (18%)
- United States 2 (18%)
- United Kingdom 2 (18%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Fifth Dimension AI is to analyze high-value data faster, create better content, and perform performing marketing. | $26M / Series A / May 11, 2026 | ||
| Tzafon's vision is to broaden the lightcone of awareness by pushing the boundaries of machine intelligence, striving to extend the frontier of what intelligent systems can perceive, understand, and contribute. | $5.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 30, 2025 | ||
| The next-generation, open-source, headless e-commerce platform. Fast. Open. Maintainable. | $8M / Seed / Feb 05, 2024 | ||
| Odin enables seamless fundraising from your network in just a few clicks, taking care of all legal and administrative tasks. The platform collaborates with founders, angel syndicates, and emerging fund managers worldwide. It supports investors from almost any location, manages SPVs, handles complex carried interest arrangements, and more. Futureplans include enabling users to raise entire funds on Odin (not just deal-by-deal SPVs) and providing a feature for discovering and joining investment clubs directly through the platform. | $3.1M / Seed / Dec 31, 2023 | ||
| Privately comment your software with zero third-party reliance. Komment documents enterprise code automatically so teams can shift their focus back to building and innovating. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2023 | ||
| The home of Living Assets: NFT 2.0. Evolving - Scalable - Multicurrency - Sustainable - Certifiable.Freeverse’s mission is to bring true ownership of 'living' digital assets (such as NFTs) into the mainstream. Born from a simple idea of allowing gamers to trade their in-game assets among themselves, legally, for real money,Freeverse's ambition is to revolutionize the concept of 'digital ownership', where users truly own their digital assets, yet permitting companies and content creators the right to control how those assets are used within their applications.To accomplish our mission, we have created a platform that allows the creation of 'Living Assets' - NFTs that can be traded freely among users, but whose properties are regulated by their initial creators. We go beyond the concept of 'static'-NFTs (collectibles) and permit NFTs to evolve and change according to how they are actually used. We are funded by leading European tech VCs. | $10.6M / Series A / May 09, 2022 | ||
| Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents. | $3.5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 15, 2021 | ||
| Kippa is a mobile app for African small company owners and bookkeepers that replaces physical record books. With its financial management and payments platform, it is enhancing the lifecycle of small businesses across the country. Small business owners can keep track of their daily income and expense transactions, generate invoices and receipts,manage inventory, and generally monitor how their businesses fluctuate over time. It allows merchants and typical neighborhood shops that already use its bookkeeping app to become a one-stop shop for their customers' essential financial services. | $3.2M / Pre-Seed / Nov 18, 2021 | ||
| Gamestry offers eSports online classes created for students of all skill levels.Their instructors are the best in the world. | $5M / Seed / Sep 06, 2021 | ||
| Conatix is reinventing business research, helping companies to do market, investment and strategic research better, faster and cheaper. Conatix is building a semi-automated business intelligence system based on recent advances in machine learning to enable companies to discover, source, structure and share previously unstructured data andinformation from outside their organizations. The system will be licensed to companies to use for all of their research work on a per-month, per-seat online knowledge management as a service (KaaS) basis.Conatix disrupts the business research value chain: rethinking online search and discovery, organizing the research process, creating a system that learns, and iterating the process to create knowledge that scales. Companies need to do more than one-off keyword searches using an advertising-driven consumer search tool. Conatix does not just sell a technical solution to the narrow problem of internet search, or a search engine. Conatix sells an end-to-end business system solving a business problem to a business customer, developed in response to a real business need. | $55K / Seed / Mar 07, 2013 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Target Global
Target Global is a prominent European technology investment firm with a significant presence in the venture capital landscape, boasting over €3 billion in assets under management. The firm operates out of key tech hubs including London, Berlin, Tel Aviv, and Abu Dhabi, and has a rich portfolio featuring some of Europe's most successful techcompanies such as Revolut, Auto1, Copper, Delivery Hero, Docplanner, and Rapyd.Founding and GrowthTarget Global was established in 2015 by Shmuel Chafets and Yaron Valler, who brought a wealth of experience from their tenure at Hasso Plattner Ventures. Their professional partnership dates back 15 years to their time at Giza Venture Capital, a trailblazer in Israel's investment ecosystem, where they honed their investment acumen and industry foresight.Investment Philosophy and ImpactTarget Global stands out in the European tech industry for its diverse team and its ability to identify and capitalize on unique opportunities. The firm's knack for recognizing potential in the early stages of Germany's tech economy led to the emergence of several unicorns in the 2010s. As the European tech industry evolves, Target Global remains at the forefront, seeking out innovative companies like Robovision, Saleor, and Finom. These recent investments reflect the firm's commitment to supporting cutting-edge technology and business models.Fundraising SuccessesTarget Global's fundraising prowess is evident in its six investment funds, which have collectively raised significant capital. The funds range from Early Stage Funds, focusing on nascent startups, to Growth Funds that support more mature companies scaling their operations. The firm's co-investment strategy has led to over €1 billion in capital deployment across a diverse array of partnerships.Backing and AchievementsWith the backing of investors such as FERI, UBS, Allianz X, Mubadala, and Hermes GPE, Target Global has cemented its reputation as a trusted and successful investment firm. Its portfolio spans over 140 companies at various development stages, with a focus on those targeting trillion-dollar markets.Just a few of the many notable companies in the firm’s portfolio include:- Tarabut, MENA’s leading open banking platform, which was recently featured in Forbes Middle East’s list of Top 50 Fintech Companies.- Flo Health, an AI-driven women’s health product, which is the world’s top health and fitness app by downloads.- Robovision, an easy-to-use AI-driven computer vision platform for users to develop their own deep-learning-based solutions.- Enter, a German company that helps homeowners and businesses reduce their carbon footprint.Target Global's track record includes support for 15 unicorn companies, over 20 exits, and 7 IPOs, showcasing its ability to drive growth and success in the European tech ecosystem. The team, comprised of individuals with founder and operator backgrounds, continues to pursue exceptional opportunities to expand the firm's portfolio and influence.Target Global's journey from its inception to its current status as a key player in European venture capital is marked by strategic investments, a commitment to diversity, and a deep understanding of the tech industry's dynamics. With a clear vision for the future, Target Global is poised to continue its role in shaping the next wave of European tech giants.
Target Global Contacts
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Alex Frolov
CEO and General Partner
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Ricardo Schaefer
Partner
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Anke Hecht
VP of Finance
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Arthur Nafikov
VP Operations
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Bao-Y Van Cong
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FAQ
What does Lina Chong invest in?
Lina Chong invests primarily in SaaS, E-Learning and Open Source startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Lina Chong's check size?
Lina Chong typically joins rounds of $55k–$8M at Seed, $1.5M–$5.5M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$26M 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 Lina Chong participates in.
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When did Lina Chong last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Lina Chong closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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