# Michael Mao

> Michael Mao is a Series C investor at Yunqi Partners (Shanghai) backing B2B and Credit. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yunqi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yunqi-partners)
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mao-076554145

Michael Mao is a Series C investor at Yunqi Partners in Shanghai focused on B2B and Credit. • With 19 years of experience working in China’s venture capital industry, Mr. Michael Mao has witnessed the industry going from scratch to high-speed growth. He has long focused on early and mid-term investment opportunities in the fields of mobile internet, fintech, AI, industrial Internet and consumption upgrading, and invested in almost 100outstanding Chinese startups. In addition, he has rich experience in the capital operations and business analysis of startups. Mr. Michael Mao has played a leading role in various iconic investment projects• Before founding Yunqi Partners, Mr. Michael Mao worked at IDG Captial, the earliest venture capital institution in China from 1999 to 2014, serving as its partner and investment decision committee member and etc. In 2014, Mr. Michael Mao and Mr. Yipin Ng co-founded Yunqi Partners.• Prior to joining IDG Captial, Mr. Michael Mao worked at Unilever Group, taking charge of its financial and business analysis in Greater China. He holds an EMBA from Tsinghua UniversityPBC School of Finance, an MBA from CEIBS and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University.• In 2017, Mr. Michael Mao won “Best Venture Capitalist in China” granted by Forbes.• During his spare time, Mr. Michael Mao is a sports fan, with basketball and tennis as his hobbies. He also likes history, reading and travel.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| Credit | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |
| Textiles | 1 | 14% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IceKredit | Founded in 2015, IceKredit is a high-tech company providing business-level services with its cutting edge Artificial Intelligence technologies. After several years of development, IceKredit has become a leading AI service provider with a focus on credit risk management for both individuals and financial institutions. Headquartered in Lujiazui,Shanghai, the company's business covers the United States, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and other places. At present, the total investment has exceeded $163.2M. | $33M | Series C | Nov 24, 2020 |  |
| Baibu | Founded in December 2013, the company is the first mobile Internet company in China to reform the traditional trading model of the textile industry. Headquartered in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou City, the first to O2O mode transformation of the traditional textile trades behind the trading model is the B2B under the rising star of the vertical.As one of the leading B2B enterprises in China, Baidu is the only B2B self-operating platform in the industry. Since its formal operation, Baibu has demonstrated its considerable strength in B2B leading enterprises in the steel and chemical industries. Its core team members are from Alibaba, the United States Mission, where, Yan Man, Qiushuiyiren and industry veteran experts, well-known fabric production, distribution channels, clothing production and marketing of all aspects of textile supply chain upstream and downstream parties to master resources.100 based on the textile industry in the field of information services, the textile market in the fierce competition in the fierce battle to get a foothold, and the performance of the state of steady growth. Since the products on the market so far, has settled in the success of the shops reached more than 5,000, the number of buyers up to more than 20,000. In 2016, the scope of services extended to Foshan, Guangdong, Dongguan, Zhejiang Hangzhou, Keqiao, Huzhou and other regions, the rapid establishment of a sound textile market channels. | $300M | Series D | Dec 17, 2019 |  |
| IceKredit | Founded in 2015, IceKredit is a high-tech company providing business-level services with its cutting edge Artificial Intelligence technologies. After several years of development, IceKredit has become a leading AI service provider with a focus on credit risk management for both individuals and financial institutions. Headquartered in Lujiazui,Shanghai, the company's business covers the United States, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and other places. At present, the total investment has exceeded $163.2M. | $47M | Series C | Sep 06, 2019 |  |
| Baibu | Founded in December 2013, the company is the first mobile Internet company in China to reform the traditional trading model of the textile industry. Headquartered in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou City, the first to O2O mode transformation of the traditional textile trades behind the trading model is the B2B under the rising star of the vertical.As one of the leading B2B enterprises in China, Baidu is the only B2B self-operating platform in the industry. Since its formal operation, Baibu has demonstrated its considerable strength in B2B leading enterprises in the steel and chemical industries. Its core team members are from Alibaba, the United States Mission, where, Yan Man, Qiushuiyiren and industry veteran experts, well-known fabric production, distribution channels, clothing production and marketing of all aspects of textile supply chain upstream and downstream parties to master resources.100 based on the textile industry in the field of information services, the textile market in the fierce competition in the fierce battle to get a foothold, and the performance of the state of steady growth. Since the products on the market so far, has settled in the success of the shops reached more than 5,000, the number of buyers up to more than 20,000. In 2016, the scope of services extended to Foshan, Guangdong, Dongguan, Zhejiang Hangzhou, Keqiao, Huzhou and other regions, the rapid establishment of a sound textile market channels. | $100M | Series C | Nov 22, 2018 |  |
| Baibu | Founded in December 2013, the company is the first mobile Internet company in China to reform the traditional trading model of the textile industry. Headquartered in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou City, the first to O2O mode transformation of the traditional textile trades behind the trading model is the B2B under the rising star of the vertical.As one of the leading B2B enterprises in China, Baidu is the only B2B self-operating platform in the industry. Since its formal operation, Baibu has demonstrated its considerable strength in B2B leading enterprises in the steel and chemical industries. Its core team members are from Alibaba, the United States Mission, where, Yan Man, Qiushuiyiren and industry veteran experts, well-known fabric production, distribution channels, clothing production and marketing of all aspects of textile supply chain upstream and downstream parties to master resources.100 based on the textile industry in the field of information services, the textile market in the fierce competition in the fierce battle to get a foothold, and the performance of the state of steady growth. Since the products on the market so far, has settled in the success of the shops reached more than 5,000, the number of buyers up to more than 20,000. In 2016, the scope of services extended to Foshan, Guangdong, Dongguan, Zhejiang Hangzhou, Keqiao, Huzhou and other regions, the rapid establishment of a sound textile market channels. | $30M | Series C | Aug 29, 2018 |  |
| Baibu | Founded in December 2013, the company is the first mobile Internet company in China to reform the traditional trading model of the textile industry. Headquartered in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou City, the first to O2O mode transformation of the traditional textile trades behind the trading model is the B2B under the rising star of the vertical.As one of the leading B2B enterprises in China, Baidu is the only B2B self-operating platform in the industry. Since its formal operation, Baibu has demonstrated its considerable strength in B2B leading enterprises in the steel and chemical industries. Its core team members are from Alibaba, the United States Mission, where, Yan Man, Qiushuiyiren and industry veteran experts, well-known fabric production, distribution channels, clothing production and marketing of all aspects of textile supply chain upstream and downstream parties to master resources.100 based on the textile industry in the field of information services, the textile market in the fierce competition in the fierce battle to get a foothold, and the performance of the state of steady growth. Since the products on the market so far, has settled in the success of the shops reached more than 5,000, the number of buyers up to more than 20,000. In 2016, the scope of services extended to Foshan, Guangdong, Dongguan, Zhejiang Hangzhou, Keqiao, Huzhou and other regions, the rapid establishment of a sound textile market channels. | $23.4M | Series B | Aug 10, 2017 |  |
| IceKredit | Founded in 2015, IceKredit is a high-tech company providing business-level services with its cutting edge Artificial Intelligence technologies. After several years of development, IceKredit has become a leading AI service provider with a focus on credit risk management for both individuals and financial institutions. Headquartered in Lujiazui,Shanghai, the company's business covers the United States, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and other places. At present, the total investment has exceeded $163.2M. | $4M | Angel | Jun 17, 2015 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chengwei Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chengwei-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Source Code Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/source-code-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bull Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bull-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cyber Creation Ventures (CCV)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-creation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frees Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freesfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shanghai GuoHe Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guohe-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Yunqi Partners

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

Yunqi Partners sharpen its focus on technology empowered industries. Yunqi is systematically investing in digital transformation of industries and industrialisation of technologies covering areas such as cutting-edge technology, advanced manufacturing, IoT, SaaS and B2B supply chain.

5 contacts available at Yunqi Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emily Jiang | VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-jiang-e255 |
| Feng Yao | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/feng-yao-7adb |
| Michael Mao | Co-founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-mao |
| Yi Pin Ng | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yi-pin-ng |
| Yu Chen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yu-chen-b2af |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Mao invest in?

Michael Mao invests primarily in B2B, Credit and FinTech startups, most often at Series C and Angel stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Mao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Mao closed in Nov 2020. 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.

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