# Ruby Lu

> Ruby Lu is a seed investor at Atypical Ventures backing Fashion, Shopping and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Atypical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atypical-ventures-bce4)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ruby-lu/4/a91/a4a

Ruby Lu is a seed investor at Atypical Ventures focused on Fashion and Shopping. Ruby Lu is the Founder of Atypical Ventures. She attended the University of Maryland.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Shopping | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| China | 1 | 25% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sprout | Sprout is the first solution in Asia to offer cloud-based, automated Stakeholder Management software as a service. | $3M | Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Flip | Flip is a social shopping app that connects customers to beauty products through video reviews.Flip’s Social Shopping platform blends the power of social media with the buying appeal of e-commerce. Customers receive pieces of clothing based on their preferences, likes, and interactions. The fitting room is flipped into the living room, where theytry on everything and share photos on the Flip social platform to get a thumbs up or down from friends on what looks best. | $28M | Series A | Aug 30, 2021 |  |
| Moqun Qukuailian | Moqun Qukuailian is a parallel blockchain contract programming language compilation and execution system that has complete domestic independent intellectual property rights and a development environment that supports a desktop platform from a distributed computing infrastructure provider company. | $3M | Angel | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| ASMI | ASMI is a B2B venture incorporating AI to finally remove all the friction of live, short and game streaming video monetization with product placement and E-commerce advertisement. User-generated content is uniquely paired with an automated non-invasive ad, providing upside in both UX and ROI for content providers. | $2M | Seed | May 15, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FirsthandVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthandvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dorm Room Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorm-room-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firsthand Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firsthand Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firsthand Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Atypical Ventures

VC Fund · Beijing, China

Atypical Ventures is a venture fund that invests in high-tech and internet sectors. Atypical Ventures was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in Beijing, China.

1 contacts available at Atypical Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ruby Lu | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruby-lu |

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## FAQ

### What does Ruby Lu invest in?

Ruby Lu invests primarily in Fashion, Shopping and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Ruby Lu's check size?

Ruby Lu typically joins rounds of $2M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ruby Lu participates in.

### When did Ruby Lu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ruby Lu closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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