# Whales Capital

> Whales Capital is a VC fund in Shanghai backing Education and Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.whalescapital.com

Whales Capital is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Education and Apps. Founded in 2009, Whale Capital officially entered the venture capital business in 2015. It is an industrial VC founded by the cultural industry veterans, growing rapidly and evolving.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Whales Capital. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Whales Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/whales-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.6M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Audio | 1 | 13% |
| Solar | 1 | 13% |
| EdTech | 1 | 13% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 7 | 88% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wei Huang | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wei-huang-8ed2 |
| Zhongyan Huo | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhongyan-huo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fourier | Fourier is a semiconductor company. They design a complex structure digital-analog hybrid chip. They provide products that include car audio amplifiers, mid and high-power audio amplifiers, smart audio amplifiers, SPC audio amplifiers, haptic drivers, power management, and more. |  | Series C | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Ma Xiangyuan | Ma Xiangyuan is a food company that focuses on beef noodles in beef bone clear soup, braised mutton skewers, kimchi, and apricot skin water. | $1.4M | Angel | Mar 18, 2022 |  |
| Heartdub | Heartdub is a software startup that provides cloth simulation fashion design solutions to clients in the clothing industry. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| PalFish | PalFish provides an education platform for teachers to teach English in an open market. You can simply imagine PalFish as eBay, but the merchandise being sold are English Classes. They provide people who are fluent in English the opportunity to teach people who want to learn English in their free time, and thus, create a virtuous Englisheducation cycle. | $120M | Series C | Aug 17, 2020 |  |
| GJS Robot | GJS Robot is an AI & Robotics company. | $14.6M | Series B | Sep 19, 2018 |  |
| Misspao | Misspao is a Chinese start-up developing fully-automated mini fitness room. Users can find and make reservations for nearby Misspao fitness room via mobile app, and enter the room by scanning their smartphones. Each of the fitness rooms is equipped with one treadmill, air cleaner, solar power supply system and Internet-connected TV forentertainment. | $11M | Series A | Oct 11, 2017 |  |
| On the Road Store | On the Road Store is a media e-commerce platform | $3.6M | Series A | Jul 24, 2017 |  |
| Landi English | Landi English is a online real-time language course providers in China. |  | Series B | Apr 19, 2017 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Toutoushidao Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toutoushidao-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [China Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Decent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/decent-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EBZY Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everbright-zhongying-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Falcon Angel Investor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falcon-angel-investor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FutureX Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futurex-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Whales Capital invest in?

Whales Capital invests primarily in Education, Apps and Audio startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Whales Capital's check size?

Whales Capital typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$11M 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 Whales Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Whales Capital?

Public channels for Whales Capital include 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 Whales Capital?

The team at Whales Capital includes Wei Huang (Founding Partner) and Zhongyan Huo (Founding 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 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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