# Paul Wu

> Paul Wu is a seed investor at Carota (Taiwan) backing Mobile, Geospatial and Machine Learning. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Carota](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carota)
- Location: Taiwan, China
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pwu01

Paul Wu is a seed investor at Carota in Taiwan focused on Mobile and Geospatial. Paul founded GMobi in early 2011 when he saw the huge demand of mobile content and software services in emerging market. Before founding GMobi, Paul worked for a global internet platform and service development team at MediaTek, responsible for building up mobile service ecosystem with Google/Facebook/Yahoo/Tencent/Baidu forMediaTek chipset. Prior to MediaTek, Paul helped Foxconn to acquire a mobile internet company so it can enter into mobile software business. Before joining Foxconn group, Paul was PocketNet CEO , he successfully turn around the company in three years.During 2000 to 2005, Paul spent 6 years in Beijing working with Tom.com group, a company specialized in mobile content service with Nokia and China Mobile in China, Tom is owned by HK Tycoon Li Kashing Hutchison group.Paul received his MBA degree from Netherlands Rotterdam School of Management and a bachelor degree in Agri-Economics at National Taiwan University

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 67% |
| Geospatial | 2 | 67% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| GovTech | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CITYDATA.ai | CITYDATA.ai simulates the presence and movement of people across 9000 cities around the world. Our geospatial AI builds mobility digital replicas to quantify "how many people" and "what are the movement patterns". Our citizen apps and chatbots engage residents with contextual data for their city.CITYDATA's platformincludes these products:* CITYCOUNT.ai* CITYPARKS.ai* CITYFLOW.ai* CITYSIM.ai* CITYOPS.ai* CITYSURVEY.ai* CITYCHAT.ai* CITYSDK.ai | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 15, 2020 |  |
| LOTaDATA | LOTaDATA curates geospatial ground truth data sets on a global scale. We combine public and private data for discerning customers to help them make smarter decisions. |  | Convertible Note | Jan 04, 2017 |  |
| KDAN | Founded in 2009, Kdan Mobile, a global SaaS (Software as a Service) company, has focused on building mobile software applications and online services that allow users to better leverage their productivity and creativity. With offices in Taiwan, China, the U.S., and Japan, Kdan Mobile’s work has been backed by more than 200 million downloadsworldwide. Our solutions empower the world to create, distribute, and conjoin projects via the use of mainstream digital devices. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 19, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Galactic.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galactic-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MOX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mox-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pinaki Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pinaki-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [True Incube](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-incube) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Carota

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

CAROTA is a global one-stop OTA (Over-The-Air) upgrade and remote diagnostic full solution provider. Our commitment is to provide safe, stable, reliable, and scalable OTA upgrade solutions to OEMs and IoT smart device manufacturers. CAROTA is a significant player in the China market, with over 320 million smart devices installed and upgraded. Thecompany serves customers in more than 20 countries and areas, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the United States, Germany, Japan, Russia, India, and the Southeast Asia region. CAROTA’s investors are Trend Micro, MediaTek, Singtel, CDIB Partners Investment Holding, CID Group, NFC Management Ltd., Delta Electronics, Darwin Venture Management, Global Investment Holdings, and other internationally renowned institutions.

2 contacts available at Carota.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jacky Zhang | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacky-zhang-ee9e |
| Paul Wu | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-wu |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Wu invest in?

Paul Wu invests primarily in Mobile, Geospatial and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note 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.

### What is Paul Wu's check size?

Paul Wu typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.2M 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 Paul Wu participates in.

### When did Paul Wu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Wu closed in Oct 2020. 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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