# Martin Li

> Martin Li is a seed investor at Markato (Hong Kong) backing Logistics and Transportation. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Markato](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markato)
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://hk.linkedin.com/in/martinzli
- Website: http://www.zfhold.com

Martin Li is a seed investor at Markato in Hong Kong focused on Logistics and Transportation. Entrepreneur and Investor based in Hong Kong. Attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$6.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 2 | 29% |
| Transportation | 2 | 29% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |
| Content | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| China | 1 | 14% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kyt | Kyt is an early-stage EdTech startup building a world-class online-first academy for extra-curricular courses, designed by the best instructors from around the world and offering individual and small group live classes for ages 5 to 15 years.They believe that interests and hobbies aren’t just extra – they are essential to all-round development.Nurturing interests outside the world of academia equips children with essential life skills. Plus, access to reputable institutions and respected teachers paves the way for a life-long love for learning.They want the children who sign up for classes to find something that interests them and wish to pursue whole-heartedly.Kyt is backed by Asia's marquee venture capital and industry veterans, that have just embarked on this journey and are excited to change how a child learns. | $5M | Series A | Jan 06, 2021 |  |
| Kyt | Kyt is an early-stage EdTech startup building a world-class online-first academy for extra-curricular courses, designed by the best instructors from around the world and offering individual and small group live classes for ages 5 to 15 years.They believe that interests and hobbies aren’t just extra – they are essential to all-round development.Nurturing interests outside the world of academia equips children with essential life skills. Plus, access to reputable institutions and respected teachers paves the way for a life-long love for learning.They want the children who sign up for classes to find something that interests them and wish to pursue whole-heartedly.Kyt is backed by Asia's marquee venture capital and industry veterans, that have just embarked on this journey and are excited to change how a child learns. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| Sinoiov | SINOIOV is a data technology company that takes data as its core and uses artificial intelligence technology to help the road freight industry reduce costs and increase efficiency and provide comprehensive services for the road freight industry. Up to now, the company has accumulated rich experience in commercial vehicle networking operationmanagement and service, and has established national vehicle networking industrial bases in Beijing and Chongqing, with more than 40 provincial branches covering the whole country |  | Series B | Oct 10, 2019 |  |
| Kargo Technologies | Kargo Technologies is a freight logistics marketplace covering the entire Indonesian archipelago. The Company enables shippers, transporters, and truckers to connect, transact, and track shipments in real-time on a platform, which they can access via the website and mobile app.With Kargo Technologies, users can expand their shipping businessnetwork and increase revenue. |  | Seed | Mar 20, 2019 |  |
| Beam | Beam is a micro-mobility startup that encourages users to park their e-scooters in pre-determined parking spots via its app by offering incentives, instead of parking it anywhere randomly on the street. | $6.4M | Seed | Oct 23, 2018 |  |
| Sandbox VR | Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience.The company combines motion capture in real time with virtual reality technology to create a new medium that is the closest thing to the Star Trek holodeck that exists. The company was founded in 2016 and has presence in the Bay Area and HongKong |  | Seed | Dec 14, 2017 |  |
| EquitySim | EquitySim uses simulations to understand behaviors and thought patterns of hiring candidates. They currently focus on the financial markets industry.They envision an education system where students are no longer limited to learn through classrooms, textbooks, memorization and exams.Instead, they’re building an educational curriculum leveragingtechnology to gamify education. They believe simulations are the future due to their hands on, engaging and immersive nature.They see that increasing access to quality education is the key to fixing societies inequalities, improving global productivity & efficiency, and unlocking humanity’s next level of potential. |  | Series A | Sep 22, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Surge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surge-ahead) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10100 fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10100-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Startups Vietnam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups-vietnam) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agaeti Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agaeti-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Markato

VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Markato offers an all-in-one online wholesale platform for businesses and stores in Asia to source from hundreds of premium, independent brands from the United States, Europe, and Australia.

1 contacts available at Markato.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Li | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-li |

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## FAQ

### What does Martin Li invest in?

Martin Li invests primarily in Logistics, Transportation and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Martin Li's check size?

Martin Li typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$6.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Martin Li participates in.

### When did Martin Li last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martin Li closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 7 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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