5Y Capital
VC Fund
Xuhui, China
5Y Capital is a firm engaged in providing early-stage venture investments. It was formerly known as Morningside Venture Capital. The investment firm manages USD 5bn in dual-currency funds in USD and RMB, backed by world-renowned sovereign wealth funds, family offices, fund of funds, university endowments, pensions, and foundations. It is aninvestment firm of Morningside Group.It was headquartered in Xuhui, Shanghai, China in 2008 by Ken Shi and Richard Liu.
- Total investments:
- 329
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries 5Y Capital invests in
Stages 5Y Capital invests in
Countries 5Y Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $3M–$100M
- Series B
- $10M–$150M
- Series C
- $32M–$400M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 29 (9%)
- Biotechnology 21 (6%)
- Software 16 (5%)
- Health Care 15 (5%)
- Robotics 14 (4%)
Stage
- Series A 54 (16%)
- Series B 44 (13%)
- Series C 27 (8%)
- Seed 23 (7%)
- Angel 12 (4%)
Country
- China 110 (33%)
- United States 18 (5%)
- India 2 (1%)
- Hong Kong 2 (1%)
- United Kingdom 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Elwin Yuan
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
Fisher Zhang
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
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He Kaiyan
investor
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investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Ken Shi
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
Levi Liu
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Differential Robotics
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Differential Robotics is a robotics company providing research, design, and development of aerial robots and intelligent autonomous drones. | Series A / Sep 04, 2026 | |
| ACE Studio is an AI-powered vocal synthesis and music production platform generating studio-quality singing and instruments. | $40M / Series B / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| Arctic Core aims in reducing the design cycle and NRE cost of large-scale and provide low-cost algorithms to server clusters. | Series D / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
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Vector Singularity
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Vector Singularity is a cutting-edge technological business that researches and develops neutral atom quantum computers. | $14.8M / Angel / Aug 14, 2026 | |
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Valhalla Technology
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Valhalla Tech develops full-modal molecular world models to engineer novel proteins, nucleic acids, and small molecules from scratch. The platform integrates generative artificial intelligence with automated high-throughput experimental testing to accelerate molecular and biomolecular design. Its core technology operates across multiple molecularmodalities to simulate complex physical and chemical interactions. The enterprise applies these computational frameworks to solve challenges in drug discovery, therapeutics, and broader scientific research. | $7.4M / Seed / Jul 28, 2026 | |
Deeplore
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Deeplore is an underwater AI-powered nature exploration technology company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of intelligent diving equipment that uses artificial intelligence to enhance underwater exploration, marine observation, and the overall diving experience. | Seed / Jul 15, 2026 | |
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Novasicon
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ChipStar is a chip design service provider that mostly creates semiconductors with AI big models. | Angel / Jul 09, 2026 | |
| Archon Robotics builds a Humanoid Foundation Model (HFM) for whole-body intelligence. | Seed / Jun 29, 2026 | ||
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Qingyu Technology
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Qingyu Technology is a software development service company specializing in the research, development, and sales of intelligent robots. | Seed / Jun 29, 2026 | |
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Fuxi Quantum
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Fuxi Quantum operates as an industrial research and development quantum application computing platform.The company integrates the workflow of industrial problem modeling, algorithm solving, hardware execution, and result verification into corporate research processes. | Angel / Jun 22, 2026 | |
| See all 329 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does 5Y Capital invest in?
5Y Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 329 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is 5Y Capital's check size?
5Y Capital typically joins rounds of $3M–$100M at Series A, $10M–$150M at Series B and $32M–$400M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 5Y Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at 5Y Capital?
The team at 5Y Capital includes Elwin Yuan (Partner), Fisher Zhang (Partner) and He Kaiyan (investor), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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