# PurpleSky Capital

> PurpleSky Capital is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Apps. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/purplesky-capital/
- Website: http://purpleskycap.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/biz/PurpleSky-Capital-1778936979030995/

PurpleSky Capital is a premier angel and early stage venture capital firm focused on the areas of mobile internet, digital media and entertainment, FMCG, clean energy, and other sectors. It favors start-ups with disruptive technology, business models, and a strong management team that provides solutions and services to a sufficiently large marketthat is not sufficiently served or discovered.PurpleSky Capital is based in Shanghai.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 18% |
| Apps | 1 | 9% |
| Video | 1 | 9% |
| Mobile | 1 | 9% |
| Rental | 1 | 9% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 45% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Zhang | Partner & General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-zhang |
| Kimi Ding | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kimi-ding |
| Nichole Han | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nichole-han |
| Unnamed Unnamed | Sales | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-zheng |
| Will Chen | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-chen-4 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| appMagics | appMagics is a AR and VR technology platform. |  | Series B | May 06, 2020 |  |
| Coastline Education | Coastline Education is a provider of educational consulting services to students who seek overseas education opportunities. Coastline Education focuses on career and personality assessment, extracurricular planning, application assistance, and overseas living support and supervision. |  |  | Aug 13, 2018 |  |
| LOOK | Fashion discovery and e-commerce platform based in Beijing. | $22M | Series A | Mar 21, 2018 |  |
| Chic Yuanzui | Chic Yuanzui is an internet media platform that aims to improve social skills for women. | $2.8M | Series A | Aug 18, 2017 |  |
| appMagics | appMagics is a AR and VR technology platform. |  | Series A | Jun 22, 2017 |  |
| Smartisan | Smartisan Technology Co., Ltd. (Smartisan Technology) is a company that creates mobile devices. Smartisan Digital Co., Ltd. (Smartisan Digital) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Smartisan Technology, whose business focuses primarily on the sale of digital products and providing related services.Our mission is to draw upon a spirit of artisanshipand perfectionism to create consumer electronic products (primarily smartphones) that offer a first-rate user experience, and to improve people's quality of life.The English name "Smartisan" is a portmanteau of "smart" and "artisan," signifying "artisanship in the smartphone era."In the Android™ smartphone field, where there is a lack of innovative spirit and ability, our team stands out for its exceptional talent both in the design of graphical user interfaces and user experience and in the industrial design of hardware.Smartisan Technology was founded in May, 2012, and Smartisan Digital was established in June, 2014. | $42.5M | Series C | Nov 21, 2016 |  |
| Future Wise | Future Wise is a large robotics developers. | $1.4M | Angel | Nov 18, 2016 |  |
| Wukong Zuche | Wukong Zuche is a Beijing-based car rental company that focuses on the tourism sector. Wukong Zuche operates a mobile Internet based on the B2P full time shared car rental platform that provides time rent, short rent, long rent and other diversified travel services.Wukong car rental is currently a well-known domestic investment institutionsZuihui venture, Jinke Jun Chong, city people loans, Bo will capital, real money fund, 360 founder and CEO Zhou Hongyi's financial and resource support, financing up to tens of millions The And hundreds of media to establish a good cooperation, have been the voice of the Central Economy, China Central Television, Beijing TV, Shenzhen TV, tourism, television and other in-depth coverage; the same time, Wukong also won the MBA leaders annual business ten major projects, Tsinghua University MBA Entrepreneurial Competition Champion, Linc National Automobile Entrepreneurship Competition Best Popularity Award, the impact of China's top ten growth in 2015 brand, high-tech enterprises in Zhongguancun and many other honors.Founded in August 2014 by four senior executives from the automotive and Internet industry, Peking University / Tsinghua alumni co-founded in Beijing, Wukong is committed to creating the whole process of mobile Internet car rental experience, 7 / 24 hours self-help to take the car's ultimate convenient car rental service. |  | Series A | Jun 13, 2016 |  |
| Inke | Inke is a Chinese mobile app allowing users to watch live video broadcast on smartphones. |  | Series A | Sep 02, 2015 |  |
| Smartisan | Smartisan Technology Co., Ltd. (Smartisan Technology) is a company that creates mobile devices. Smartisan Digital Co., Ltd. (Smartisan Digital) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Smartisan Technology, whose business focuses primarily on the sale of digital products and providing related services.Our mission is to draw upon a spirit of artisanshipand perfectionism to create consumer electronic products (primarily smartphones) that offer a first-rate user experience, and to improve people's quality of life.The English name "Smartisan" is a portmanteau of "smart" and "artisan," signifying "artisanship in the smartphone era."In the Android™ smartphone field, where there is a lack of innovative spirit and ability, our team stands out for its exceptional talent both in the design of graphical user interfaces and user experience and in the industrial design of hardware.Smartisan Technology was founded in May, 2012, and Smartisan Digital was established in June, 2014. | $25.5M | Series B | Apr 14, 2014 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does PurpleSky Capital invest in?

PurpleSky Capital invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Video startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact PurpleSky Capital?

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### Who are the partners at PurpleSky Capital?

The team at PurpleSky Capital includes Frank Zhang (Partner & General Counsel), Kimi Ding (Investment Manager) and Nichole Han (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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