# Nan Zhou

> Nan Zhou is a Series C investor at Qualcomm Ventures (San Francisco) backing Hardware and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qualcomm Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualcomm-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nan-zhou-3ba97213

Nan Zhou is a Series C investor at Qualcomm Ventures in San Francisco focused on Hardware and Software. Nan is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures, based in Santa Clara. Her current investment focus is Artificial Intelligence. Nan holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and B.A. of Economics from University of Maryland at College Park.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 67% |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Robotics | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Span | Span.IO develops products to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy and deliver an intuitive interface for the home. They are a group of engineers with a passion for building products that can deliver a positive impact on the environment while enhancing the consumer experience. They believe that developing intelligent hardware and softwarethat provides visibility and control at the edge of the grid will be transformational to the energy sector. The company is backed by domain experts in energy, software, hardware, and consumer finance. They leverage their teams' collective experience in power generation, energy conversion, controls, and system integration to develop core products focused on enabling the rapid adoption of renewable energy. | $96M | Series B | Mar 03, 2023 |  |
| R-Zero | R-Zero offers smart building technology that delivers real-time insights on optimizing indoor spaces to improve workforce productivity, predict real estate needs, and create operational efficiencies, including reducing energy costs. R-Zero’s smart building solutions include IAQ and comfort monitoring, high-efficiency HVAC filtration, spaceutilization sensors, occupancy-based building controls, and real estate performance analytics. R-Zero’s connected platform is easy-to-use, secure, and scalable, enabling owners, operators, and their tenants, to prepare their buildings for tomorrow's challenges. | $105M | Series C | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| InVia Robotics | inVia Robotics provides the next generation of robotics warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce distribution centers and supply chains. As the developer of the world's first "Robotics-as-a-Service" autonomous mobile robot picking and goods-to-person system, inVia is powering the future of warehouse productivity withoutdisrupting the ecosystem of a business's operations. | $30M | Series C | Jul 28, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Upfront Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upfront-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [World Innovation Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wil) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Akilia Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akilia-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amazon Alexa Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-alexa-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [noa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-o-proptech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bedrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bedrock-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qualcomm Ventures

VC Fund · San Diego, United States

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventureshelps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

5 contacts available at Qualcomm Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Albert Wang | Senior Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albert-wang-2 |
| Hanyang Wang | Director, Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanyang-wang-ea13 |
| Nan Zhou | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nan-zhou-7b2b |
| Richard Tapalaga | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-tapalaga |
| Boaz Peer | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boaz-peer |

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## FAQ

### What does Nan Zhou invest in?

Nan Zhou invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Internet of Things startups, most often at Series C and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nan Zhou last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nan Zhou closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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