# Ray Yang

> Ray Yang is a Series A investor at Marathon Venture Partners (Beijing) backing Banking and FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Marathon Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marathon-venture-partners)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ray-yang/0/18a/110
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yangruirong
- Website: https://x.com/yangruirong

Ray Yang is a Series A investor at Marathon Venture Partners in Beijing focused on Banking and FinTech. Ray Yang joined NLVC with more than 15 years of experience in direct investments, government agencies and multinational corporations. Prior to NLVC, Ray was an investment director at Orchid Asia Group and helped establish its China operations. He focused on investment opportunities in consumer product and service sectors including education, healthcare, and retail. Before that, Ray was a commodity trader at Louis Dreyfus Corporation, focusing on agriculture commodities. Prior to this, he was a vice commercial consul for the Consulate General of China in Houston, Texas, promoting trade and investment between China and the southern region of the United States. Previously, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation (now the Ministry of Commerce) for four years in Beijing as an operations manager, where he supervised operations of the Economic & Commercial offices of the Chinese Embassies and Consulates.Ray graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, and has a MBA from Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lion Rock FinTech | Lion Rock FinTech is a startup company that provides commercial financing services. | $6.4M | Series A | Dec 13, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Marathon Venture Partners

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

Marathon Venture Partners is an international VC fund that focuses on early and growth stage companies in healthcare and Fintech industry.

5 contacts available at Marathon Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donald Gao | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-gao |
| Hou Zhancai | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hou-zhancai |
| Linna Dong | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linna-dong |
| Ray Yang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ray-yang |
| Tang Yinan | Managing director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tang-yinan |

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## FAQ

### What does Ray Yang invest in?

Ray Yang invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ray Yang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ray Yang closed in Dec 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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