# Qi Lu

> Qi Lu is a pre-seed investor in Greater Seattle Area backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qilu1/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/qilu
- Website: https://18salisbury.capital

Qi Lu is a pre-seed investor in Greater Seattle Area focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Dr. Qi Lu works for Microsoft as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu leads Microsoft’s efforts in search and online advertising and all the company’s online information and communications services. Dr. Lu reports directly to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.Dr. Qi Lu has also served as executive vice president ofengineering for Search and Advertising Technology Group at Yahoo where he leads development efforts around Yahoo's Web search and monetization platforms. Prior to joining Yahoo in 1998, Dr. Lu was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. Before that, Dr. Lu worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a Research Associate, and at Fudan University in China as a faculty member. He holds 20 U.S. patents, and received his B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Fudan University and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$1.1M |
| Series A | $5M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 50% |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Robotics | 2 | 17% |
| Developer Tools | 2 | 17% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 17% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| China | 4 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Humanify | Humanify focuses on developing next-generation human-like models and an AI-native operating system. |  | Seed | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| Zeabur | Zeabur is a PaaS which enables developers to deploy their services with one click. | $2M | Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| 01.SPACE | An AI-HCI startup building next-gen creative tools for photoreal volumetric media and interactive experiences. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| BitEnergy AI | LLM Agent & Data Composer | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| HydroX AI | HydroX AI is an AI-based security platform that provides a one-stop solution for risk control and data protection for large models from cyber threats and ethical hackers. | $4M | Angel | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| Jacobi Robot | Jacobi Robot creates generic artificial intelligence and cross-embodiment control methods for robots. It applies AI/AGI to the physical environment, allowing intelligent robots to assist a variety of sectors and households. |  | Seed | Aug 18, 2023 |  |
| Zeabur | Zeabur is a PaaS which enables developers to deploy their services with one click. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Merico | Merico develops code analytics technology to support engineering teams in understanding and optimizing productivity and code quality. It uses advanced program analysis and machine learning to provide users with software engineering, human resource, and information resource management services that enable clients to gain deep insight, optimizeresource allocation, and boost team productivity.Merico was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $12.4M | Series A | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Matterverse | Matterverse is a revolutionary on-chain platform and metaverse creation tool that aims to address some of the main complaints about the metaverse - lack of high-fidelity visuals, confusing creation tools, and hardware restrictions. The core of the Matterverse experience is unbound creativity that’s not limited by toolsets or software. Matterverseis cloud-rendered, meaning creations can be shared via simple website URLs and experienced via any web browser and device. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Sep 30, 2021 |  |
| AiMall | AiMall develops artificial intelligence technology designed to transform the traditional mall experience. |  | Series A | Aug 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MiraclePlus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qiji-chuangtan) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anonymous angel investor 1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anonymous-angel-investor-1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atom Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atom-capital-9bc2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ava-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Qi Lu invest in?

Qi Lu invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Robotics startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Qi Lu's check size?

Qi Lu typically joins rounds of $300k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Qi Lu participates in.

### When did Qi Lu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Qi Lu closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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