The Arena Capital
VC Fund
Shanghai, China
The Arena Capital is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Sports and Consumer Goods. The Arena Capital has been jointly established by Guiren Bird (603555), Tigers Sports and Jinglin Capital Management Co., Ltd., focusing on sports industry investment. The mobile domain believes that the sports industry is becoming the core driving force for China's economic growth. It is believed that the people's consumption power isimproving, and Internet technology and reform dividends constitute an opportunity for the outbreak of the sports industry. The dynamic team relies on deepening the accumulation of resources in the sports industry for more than 10 years, and is committed to working with entrepreneurs to promote the brilliant future of Chinese sports.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries The Arena Capital invests in
Stages The Arena Capital invests in
Countries The Arena Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.4M–$1.6M
- Angel
- $485k–$1.6M
- Series A
- $3.1M–$5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Sports 3 (25%)
- Consumer Goods 3 (25%)
- Mobile 2 (17%)
- Retail 2 (17%)
- Fitness 2 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (42%)
- Seed 4 (33%)
- Angel 2 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheng Hang
Managing partner
|
Managing partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jiang Wei
Managing partner
|
Managing partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Lin Sien
partner
|
partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Lizhi XIE
Mangaging Partner
|
Mangaging Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Yin Yi
Investment manager
|
Investment manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Next World Culture
|
Next World Culture is a startup focusing on creating AI-generated virtual humans. | $5M / Series A / Oct 25, 2021 | |
| Happiewatch is aretail company that provide a wide range of luxury goods and jewelry. | Seed / Jul 20, 2021 | ||
| Teasure is a new modern casual teahouse that offers healthy drinks. It specializes in providing high-end milk tea with lychee, matcha, tangerine, strawberry, and jasmine flavors.Teasure has three stores located in Beijing APM, Youtang, and Xi'an, which are designed by designers from the original research institute, China, and the UnitedStates. It is a company that belongs to Beijing Boiled Leaf Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. | Series A / Feb 18, 2019 | ||
| GOGO STORE (动咖啡) is a mobile coffee car franchise operator, providing customers with coffee made from high quality raw materials such as Arabica beans, imported fresh milk, and moline syrup. GOGO mobile shopkeepers can use the company's mobile application to facilitate business, analyze operations, and more. | Seed / Mar 30, 2018 | ||
| Shanghai Shizhuang Information Technology is the new generation of development trendy online shopping, footwear trade, other platforms. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| Maia Active is an athleisure sportswear brand that makes sportswear clothes and outfits for Asian girls. | $1.4M / Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Xiao Lizi is a sales platform for sporting goods. | $3.1M / Series A / Mar 01, 2016 | ||
| Dongshi Yun is a mobile internet audio and video cloud platform and technical service company. | $1.6M / Angel / Oct 01, 2015 | ||
| Supermonkey develops and operates a mobile based application that offers fitness services. | $1.6M / Seed / Oct 01, 2015 | ||
| Qing Cheng Keji is a leading management system service provider in the fitness industry. | $3.2M / Series A / Jul 31, 2015 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does The Arena Capital invest in?
The Arena Capital invests primarily in Sports, Consumer Goods and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is The Arena Capital's check size?
The Arena Capital typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$1.6M at Seed, $485k–$1.6M at Angel and $3.1M–$5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Arena Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at The Arena Capital?
The team at The Arena Capital includes Cheng Hang (Managing partner), Jiang Wei (Managing partner) and Lin Sien (partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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