# Martin Lau

> Martin Lau is a funding round investor in Shenzhen backing Retail and Internet. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 61%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-lau/2/65a/840

Martin Lau is an Executive Director and President at Tencent Holdings since 2007. Martin joined Tencent Holdings in 2005 as the Chief Strategy and Investment Officer and was responsible for corporate strategies, investments, merger and acquisitions and investor relations. In 2006, Martin was promoted as President of the Company to manage theday-to-day operation of the Company. In 2007, Martin was appointed as an Executive Director of Tencent Holdings. Prior to joining the Tencent Holdings Martin was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.’s investment banking division and the Chief Operating Officer of its Telecom, Media and Technology Group. Prior to that, Martin worked at Mckinsey & Company, Inc. as a Management Consultant. Martin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. On 28 July 2011, Martin was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Kingsoft Corporation Limited, an Internet based software developer, distributor and software service provider listed in Hong Kong. On 10 March 2014, Martin was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at JD.com, Inc., an online direct sales company in China, which has been listed on NASDAQ since May 2014. On 31 March 2014, Martin was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Leju Holdings Limited, an online-to-offline real estate services provider in China, which has been listed on New York Stock Exchange since April 2014.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 3 | 17% |
| Internet | 3 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 17% |
| Social Media | 3 | 17% |
| Banking | 2 | 11% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 17% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 17% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 5 | 28% |
| India | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astrocade | Astrocade AI is an AI-powered social gaming platform that allows anybody to create games and interactive experiences. | $12M | Seed | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| Gaana | Gaana is an Indian music streaming application that hosts popular Bollywood, Hindi, regional, and international music. It claims to be India’s largest music broadcasting service. Through its mobile apps and website, it offers free, unlimited, and legal access to all music. It aims to simplify the way a billion users discover, consume, and expressnot only music through innovation, culturally diverse content, and passionate people. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Noida, India. | $40M | Debt Financing | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Nubank | Nubank issues, administrate, processes, and transfers payments related to post-paid credit cards and equity investment in other entities. It serves clients in Brazil. The company launched its proprietary loyalty rewards program ("Nubank Rewards"), as well as a digital account ("NuConta") that is already used by more than 17million people.Cristina Junqueira, David Velez, and Edward Wible founded EO2 Solucoes de Pagamento on May 6, 2013 that became Nubank in on June 25, 2013. It has its headquarters in São Paulo in Brazil. | $400M | Series G | Jan 28, 2021 |  |
| Gaana | Gaana is an Indian music streaming application that hosts popular Bollywood, Hindi, regional, and international music. It claims to be India’s largest music broadcasting service. Through its mobile apps and website, it offers free, unlimited, and legal access to all music. It aims to simplify the way a billion users discover, consume, and expressnot only music through innovation, culturally diverse content, and passionate people. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Noida, India. | $51.2M | Debt Financing | Sep 02, 2020 |  |
| Farfetch | Farfetch operates an e-commerce website that unites various independent fashion boutiques. It offers bags, coats, dresses, jackets, jewellery, swimwear, trouser, shoes, knitwear, suits, shorts, and accessories. They operate a modular end-to-end technology platform purpose built to connect the luxury fashion ecosystem worldwide. Their vision wasto create a single operating system that could address the complex demands of consumers and luxury sellers alike. Their platform is built on an API-enabled proprietary technology stack, which provides the foundation for the three main components: applications, services and data. Farfetch serves women, men, and kids. Jose Neves founded the company in 2008, with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. | $250M | Post-IPO Debt | Jan 30, 2020 |  |
| Udaan | Udaan is a B2B trade platform that brings manufacturers, traders, retailers, and wholesalers into a single platform. The platform is about making business easy in India, about making B2B commerce convenient and efficient. They believe B2B is the new B2C in India. It connects retailers with wholesalers and traders who sell more than 15 lakh productsranging across categories from electronics and apparel to grocery and fresh produce.Udaan chat feature allows users to have a personal and secure conversation in real-time, in a language of your choice. It enables a direct connection between buyers and sellers which allows one-on-one discussions to negotiate terms of trade between transacting parties. India has 50m+ SMBs, who form the core of the Indian economy and society. They are the entrepreneurial pulse of India. They believe the internet is a great equalizing platform. They want to bring their energies together in bringing the power of the Internet to these millions of entrepreneurs.Udaan was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $585M | Series D | Oct 02, 2019 |  |
| Nubank | Nubank issues, administrate, processes, and transfers payments related to post-paid credit cards and equity investment in other entities. It serves clients in Brazil. The company launched its proprietary loyalty rewards program ("Nubank Rewards"), as well as a digital account ("NuConta") that is already used by more than 17million people.Cristina Junqueira, David Velez, and Edward Wible founded EO2 Solucoes de Pagamento on May 6, 2013 that became Nubank in on June 25, 2013. It has its headquarters in São Paulo in Brazil. | $400M | Series F | Jul 26, 2019 |  |
| Second Home | Second Home owns and operates an office space for entrepreneurs and creative businesses. Rohan Silva, Samuel Aldenton, and Robin Klein founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom. | $26.2M |  | Nov 28, 2018 |  |
| Wattpad | Wattpad is a digital entertainment company providing an online social storytelling platform for original stories.The company utilizes the power of community and technology to enable the creation and distribution of content across a variety of formats. Its flagship app, Wattpad, is home to a community of more than 65 million people who spend over20 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers short, chat-based stories in over a dozen languages. Wattpad Studios co-produces stories for film, television, digital, and print, together with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Millennial and Gen Z consumers.It was established by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006. | $51M |  | Jan 17, 2018 |  |
| Weipinhui | Weipinhui (formerly Vipshop) is a Chinese online discount retailer for brands.The company offers quality branded products to consumers throughout China at a significant discount from retail prices. Weipinhui has successfully created and proven that there is a third e-commerce model that can provide tremendous scale and profitability. By providingspecial offers and large discounts on branded products, the company has pioneered the online discount retail model in China.Weipinhui has approximately 4.9 million cumulative customers and partnerships with over 5,800 domestic and international brands.Weipinhui was founded in August 2008. The company raised $50 million in Series B from DCM and Sequoia Capital after securing 20 million in its Series A. On March 23, the company raised USD 72.64 million through its IPO. | $863M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 18, 2017 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dragoneer Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragoneer-investment-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JD.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jd-com) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ribbit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ribbit-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Martin Lau invest in?

Martin Lau invests primarily in Retail, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Martin Lau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martin Lau closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 18 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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