Robert Shen
Managing Director @ H&Q Asia Pacific
Robert Shen is a Series C investor at H&Q Asia Pacific focused on Automotive and Industrial. Dr. Robert Shen, Managing Director of H&Q Asia Pacific Shanghai, is responsible for investments in the U.S. and Greater China. Dr. Shen has been with the firm since 2001, and brings over 30 years of high-technology industry experience. Prior to joining H&Q Asia Pacific, Dr. Shen was the Chief Technical Officer and General Manager at LucentMicroelectronics. In late 1995, Dr. Shen founded Enable Semiconductor and three years later, spun off Enable's Mobile business to form NanoAmp Solutions and sold the rest of Enable to Lucent Technologies. Before founding Enable, Dr. Shen was the President of 8x8 Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT). Prior to that, Dr. Shen spent 6 years at VLSI Technology as ASIC General Manager. Dr. Shen began his career at Texas Instruments. Dr. Shen received a Bachelor of Science degree from National Cheng-Kung University, a Master of Science degree from Marquette University, and a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, all in Electrical Engineering.
- Total investments:
- 1
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- Lead investor:
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Industry
- Automotive 1 (100%)
- Industrial 1 (100%)
- Electronics 1 (100%)
- Manufacturing 1 (100%)
- Transportation 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Efficient Drivetrains Inc. (EDI) designs and manufactures high-efficiency continuously variable transmissions (CVT) for electric vehicle developers, manufacturers, and suppliers. EDI's hybrid electric drivetrain systems and technologies provide significant cost and efficiency advantages by using parallel drivetrain architectures, uniquecomponents, proprietary control software and algorithms. The company's products have direct applications in Electric Vehicles (EVs), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), and Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), across nearly all platforms classes and configurations including trucks, buses and cars. | $7.9M / Series C / Jun 20, 2016 |
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About H&Q Asia Pacific
H&Q Asia Pacific (H&QAP) is a leading Asian private equity firm. Originally founded by Dr. Ta-lin Hsu as a division of U.S. investment banking firm Hambrecht & Quist, H&QAP is currently an independent organization that conducts both later-stage control investments and earlier-stage venture capital investments. It focuses on growth sectors including technology, technology manufacturing, consumer brands and financial services. The firm's offices are located in the principal markets of Asia as well as in the Silicon Valley, providing it with a unique combination of local market presence and global perspective. H&QAP is dedicated to identifying superior commercial potential in Asia and working closely with companies to unlock that untapped potential. Throughout its rich history, H&QAP has developed an extensive network specifically geared towards helping its portfolio companies emerge into global business leaders.
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Jung Jin Lee
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Mark Hsu
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What does Robert Shen invest in?
Robert Shen invests primarily in Automotive, Industrial and Electronics startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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