Nick Yang
Angel Investor
Detroit, United States
Nick Yang is a Venture Partner with the Beijing office. Mr. Yang is a co-founder, president, Director and Chief Technology Officer of KongZhong, a successful ePlanet portfolio company.Prior to establishing KongZhong in 2002, Mr. Yang served as Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer of Sohu.com Inc., which merged with ChinaRenInc., a company co-founded by Mr. Yang in 1999.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Nick Yang invests in
Stages Nick Yang invests in
Countries Nick Yang invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $300k–$445k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 1 (33%)
- Aerospace 1 (33%)
- E-Commerce 1 (33%)
- File Sharing 1 (33%)
- Social Media 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
Country
- China 1 (33%)
- Singapore 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ehang is a technology enterprise focused on R&D and production in airplane and aircraft field. With the combination of software and hardware techniques, it self-developed the communication and real-time viewing hardware and a smartphone operation system. Its product, Ghost, is accepted as the first truly smartphone app operated intelligentrobot, which is widely used in geographical information surveying, professional television aerial filming, roadshow displaying, disaster rescuing and delivery, surveillance and monitoring, and even expected to play important role in the future logistics areas.Ehang was founded in 2014 by makers from China, America, and Singapore who are enthusiastic about drone flying. The enterprise’s core members graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Duke University in America. | $300K / Seed / Aug 08, 2015 | ||
| Ehang is a technology enterprise focused on R&D and production in airplane and aircraft field. With the combination of software and hardware techniques, it self-developed the communication and real-time viewing hardware and a smartphone operation system. Its product, Ghost, is accepted as the first truly smartphone app operated intelligentrobot, which is widely used in geographical information surveying, professional television aerial filming, roadshow displaying, disaster rescuing and delivery, surveillance and monitoring, and even expected to play important role in the future logistics areas.Ehang was founded in 2014 by makers from China, America, and Singapore who are enthusiastic about drone flying. The enterprise’s core members graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Duke University in America. | $10M / Series A / Dec 30, 2014 | ||
| Makers of The Sharing Engine (http://TheSharingEngine.com), a white-label solution for building sharing economy sites.The Sharing Engine helps entrepreneurs and startups in the collaborative consumption and sharing economy space get their marketplaces online as quickly as possible. The Sharing Engine also helps to manage keyback-office functions like calendars, payment processing and payment support. | $445K / Seed / Aug 01, 2011 |
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FAQ
What does Nick Yang invest in?
Nick Yang invests primarily in Robotics, Aerospace and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Nick Yang invest in?
Nick Yang typically joins rounds of $300k–$445k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nick Yang's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nick Yang took part in.
How do I contact Nick Yang?
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When did Nick Yang last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nick Yang closed in Aug 2015. 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.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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