# Rui Ma

> Rui Ma is a startup investor at Startup Grind (Beijing). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Startup Grind](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-grind)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruima
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ruima
- Website: https://x.com/ruima
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ruima

Rui Ma is a Venture Partner at 500 Startups, a leading accelerator and seed investment fund in technology companies, where she is in charge of all investment activity in the Greater China region. Prior to 500, she worked for nearly a decade in private equity and mergers & acquisitions roles at the Raine Group, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynchin both Silicon Valley and China. She is based in Beijing and has been living and working in China since 2007. Rui holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

## About Startup Grind

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. We bring like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. We do this daily through our local events, flagship conferences, startup program, partnerships, and online media + content - collectively reachingover 3.5 million individuals worldwide.The company hosts monthly events in more than 600 cities and 125 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. The company's monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. Started by Derek Andersen and Spencer Nielsen in February 2010 in a small office in Mountain View California, the original goal to bring together friends who would help each other has spread across the world.

5 contacts available at Startup Grind.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kateryna Dehtyar | Director of Kiev Chapter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kateryna-dehtyar |
| Marian Gazdik | Director, Europe | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marian-gazdik |
| Rui Ma | Director of BeiJing Chapter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rui-ma-2 |
| Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit | Barcelona Chapter Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-bacardit |
| Can Kagitcibasi | Country Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/can-kagitcibasi |

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