# Moatable

> Moatable is a VC fund in Chaoyang backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chaoyang, China
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/renren.com/
- Website: http://www.renren-inc.com/zh/

Moatable is a VC fund in Chaoyang focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Renren.com is an online social network service that offers an extensive interactive communication platform for Chinese users. The platform has embedded functions such as blogging as well as photo and video sharing that enable users to share their daily lives and thoughts with their friends. With the number of users reaching 200 million, renren.comhas over 30% of its traffic coming from mobile devices. It also owns several subsidiary companies, including Kaixin Farm and Nuomi. Its major competitor is kaixin001.com.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$4.8M |
| Series A | $2.8M–$35M |
| Series B | $2.8M–$77M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 16 | 39% |
| FinTech | 12 | 29% |
| Real Estate | 6 | 15% |
| Mobile | 5 | 12% |
| Finance | 5 | 12% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 13 | 32% |
| Series B | 8 | 20% |
| Seed | 6 | 15% |
| Series C | 5 | 12% |
| Angel | 3 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 46% |
| China | 13 | 32% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Liu | COO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-liu-3 |
| Joe Chen | Founder & CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-yi-zhou-chen |
| Chris Palmer | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-palmer-772a |
| Marissa San Pedro | Digital Account Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marissa-san-pedro |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kaixin Auto Holdings | Kaixin Auto Holdings is a used car dealership company in China. The company started as a tech-enabled financing platform and turns into a nationwide dealer network that combines self-owned and affiliated dealers as well as value added and after-sale services. Kaixin Auto Holdings was founded in 2015. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| BacklotCars | BacklotCars allows auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies to transact without having to go to physical auctions. Through BacklotCars, auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies can transact without having to go to physical auctions. The company’s end to end solution is truly seamless for dealers as BacklotCars providesvehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services.The online marketplace offers a 24-7 “bid-ask” marketplace along with vehicle inspections and is used by dealers in 46 states. It’s designed to make the process of selling cars easier for both buyers and sellers by addressing longstanding pain points of online transactions like certified inspections.BacklotCars was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. | $4.8M | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Simtoo | Simtoo is the creator of world first follow-me and foldable dragonfly drone autopilot by smart watch. Before dragonfly, the core founders of simtoo have spent years’ efforts on developing fly control system for quadcopters. | $10.2M | Series B | Oct 26, 2016 |  |
| 51Autogo | 51Autogo is a mobile app that aims to improve customer experience at gas stations. 51Autogo had developed a CRM system, and the startup aims to expand its cooperating gas stations to over 1,000 by the end of this year to reach daily transaction value of US$1.5 million. | $15M | Series A | Aug 18, 2016 |  |
| Sirin Labs | SIRIN LABS operates on the leading edge of communication technology. Backed by significant investment from some of the most respected players in this arena, the company has been driven by a determination to deliver uncompromising solutions. After over two years of intensive research and development, SIRIN LABS is poised to present our firstproduct, a mobile phone built without restriction or compromise. | $72M | Series A | Apr 24, 2016 |  |
| Omni Prime | Omni Prime provides Lending as a Service solution to retailers. | $46M | Series C | Apr 12, 2016 |  |
| Poplar Homes | Poplar Homes (formerly Onerent) was founded in 2014 in Santa Clara, CA. Poplar is building the next generation real estate brand. Its vision is to be the consumer’s lifetime real estate partner, starting with residential property management. The company aims to make it as easy to manage real estate as you manage your stocks, and to make renting ahome as easy as buying a book off Amazon. It's one of the largest third-party property managers on the west coast, with over $1.4bn in homes managed across 500+ zip codes. Poplar has served over 10,000 homeowners and 50,000 renters since starting. Poplar's end-to-end logistics and supply chain platform gives consumers a more convenient solution at price parity with the incumbents. Meanwhile, Poplar's tech streamlines each step of the rental process from rental applications, home tours, leasing, maintenance, and payments. | $4M | Seed | Mar 24, 2016 |  |
| Poplar Homes | Poplar Homes is a tech-enabled property management company providing renting process for owners and renters. They help to onboard the rental portfolio and get access to an owner dashboard that provides a full view of performance stats and property records. Poplar Homes visit any vacant property and do a 3D scan to make their client's listingsshine. | $4M | Seed | Mar 24, 2016 |  |
| Da Zhangfang | Da Zhangfang provides online and offline financial and taxation solutions for enterprises. | $2.8M | Series B | Mar 07, 2016 |  |
| FiscalNote | FiscalNote is a privately-held company that uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver immediate predictive analytics of governmental action to pinpoint impact.FiscalNote's flagship platform provides real-time legislative predictive capabilities as well as enterprise collaboration and visualization tools for data on campaignfinance, demographics, news, and open data to government relations professionals to help them make faster decisions. | $10M | Series C | Feb 02, 2016 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Wicklow Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wicklow-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RPM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rpm-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Green Visor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-visor-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Morningside](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningside-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Moatable invest in?

Moatable invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Real Estate startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 41 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 Moatable's check size?

Moatable typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4.8M at Seed, $2.8M–$35M at Series A and $2.8M–$77M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Moatable participates in.

### How do I contact Moatable?

Public channels for Moatable include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Moatable?

The team at Moatable includes James Liu (COO), Joe Chen (Founder & CEO) and Chris Palmer (Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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