# Xi Cao

> Xi Cao is a seed investor at Monolith Management (Shanghai) backing Biotechnology and Robotics. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Monolith Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monolith-management-95ee)
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 74%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xi-cao-59918398/

Xi Cao is a seed investor at Monolith Management in Shanghai focused on Biotechnology and Robotics. Xi Cao, Managing Director of Sequoia Capital China. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2013, Mr.Cao worked for Cowin Venture Capital Investments Ltd.,as TMT investment director and had led several investments. Before setting his foot in Venture Capital, Mr. Cao worked as a product manager in Kingsoft and Tencent. Mr. Cao got his bachelor’s degreefrom Peking University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 16% |
| Robotics | 2 | 11% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 11% |
| Medical | 1 | 5% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 16% |
| Angel | 3 | 16% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 8 | 42% |
| United States | 2 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LeXiang Intelligence | LeXiang Intelligence is a robotics company that specializes in the development of intelligent consumer-grade robots. | $73.6M | Seed | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Creao AI | Creao AI is a leading provider of AI-powered agent automation and virtual environments, specializing in the development of intelligent systems that streamline business operations, enhance user interactions, and simulate realistic digital experiences. | $10M | Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Grace Investment Machine | Grace Investment Machine is a next-generation, self-evolving intelligent agent investment platform designed to continuously learn from market dynamics, adapt its strategies in real time, and deliver data-driven insights that help investors optimize portfolio performance, manage risk effectively, and make smarter, faster investment decisions in anever-changing financial landscape. |  | Angel | Mar 22, 2026 |  |
| LeXiang Intelligence | LeXiang Intelligence is a robotics company that specializes in the development of intelligent consumer-grade robots. | $28M | Angel | Sep 28, 2025 |  |
| Creao AI | Creao AI is a leading provider of AI-powered agent automation and virtual environments, specializing in the development of intelligent systems that streamline business operations, enhance user interactions, and simulate realistic digital experiences. |  | Seed | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| LeXiang Intelligence | LeXiang Intelligence is a robotics company that specializes in the development of intelligent consumer-grade robots. | $13.9M | Seed | May 26, 2025 |  |
| LeXiang Intelligence | LeXiang Intelligence is a robotics company that specializes in the development of intelligent consumer-grade robots. |  | Angel | Dec 22, 2024 |  |
| LeXiang Intelligence | LeXiang Intelligence is a robotics company that specializes in the development of intelligent consumer-grade robots. |  | Angel | Dec 22, 2024 |  |
| Xingmai Innovation | Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots. |  | Series A | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| GravityXR | GravityXR is an XR chip developer and a terminal equipment manufacturer serving the XR (AR/VR/MR) field, providing chip platforms for virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality as well as supporting hardware solutions, including platforms A complete set of technical services including software and technology suites includingapplication interfaces, key component selection, product prototype development support, etc. |  | Series A | Oct 10, 2023 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsg-cap) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Matrix Partners China](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-china) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital-china) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Vivo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vivo-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Oasis Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oasis-capital-4c81) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [37 Interactive Entertainment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-interactive-entertainment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Monolith Management

VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Monolith Management is an investment manager focused on growth companies in public and private markets. The firm invests in the technology, software, consumer, and healthcare sectors.

1 contacts available at Monolith Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Xi Cao | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xi-cao |

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## FAQ

### What does Xi Cao invest in?

Xi Cao invests primarily in Biotechnology, Robotics and Semiconductor startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Xi Cao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Xi Cao closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 19 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?

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