Yao Capital
VC Fund
Shanghai, China
Yao Capital is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Sports and Gaming. Established in January 2016, Yao Capital(www.yaoweicapital.com) is an CNY 2 billion private equity firm co-founded by NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming and 4 veteran investors including David Han, former Chief Investment Officer of Wanda Group and former Managing Director of the Carlyle Group, and Erik Zhang, team Yao leader. Yao Capital focuses ongrowth and buy-out stage investment opportunities in global sports industry with a China angle.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 77%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Yao Capital invests in
Stages Yao Capital invests in
Countries Yao Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $3M–$75M
- Series B
- $26M–$45M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Sports 6 (46%)
- Gaming 3 (23%)
- eSports 3 (23%)
- Video 2 (15%)
- Training 2 (15%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (38%)
- Seed 3 (23%)
- Series B 3 (23%)
- Series D 2 (15%)
Country
- China 12 (92%)
- Singapore 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Han
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
|
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Seed / Aug 16, 2022 | ||
| WUCG is an e-sports event and e-sports Internet product operator. | Seed / Jun 14, 2019 | ||
| Supermonkey develops and operates a mobile based application that offers fitness services. | $53.6M / Series D / Feb 20, 2019 | ||
| Moviebook is a Chinese startup in the video recognition and online video technology areas. It is committed to developing video interaction platform of revolutionary significance and high commercial value. Driven by technology, its innovation is embracing the online video industry, and is opening a creative development path.Moviebook is based inBeijing, China. | $29.1M / Series D / Sep 25, 2018 | ||
| iQIYI, a provider of high-quality video and entertainment services in China, is established on April 22nd of 2010 in the spirit of “Joy & Quality”. Since its launch, iQIYI has actively promoted innovations in products, technologies, content and marketing to provide Chinese users with rich, smooth and high-definition online video experience.Currently, iQIYI has successfully built up a diversified business model to connect people with services including e-commerce, gaming, movie ticking, live streaming, online reading and so on | $51.2M / Series A / Sep 05, 2018 | ||
Ent. Evolution
|
Xinjiang based Media & Entertainment company. | $57M / Series A / Jun 19, 2018 | |
| EDward Gaming is a professional Esports League of Legends team in China. It is a Shanghai based gaming company. | Seed / May 04, 2018 | ||
| Shankai Sports is a Beijing-based sports marketing service company. It mainly provides sports sponsorship, public relations communication, sports event management and authorization services for international sports organisations. | $45M / Series B / Dec 08, 2017 | ||
| Doing Now provides sports training services for young teenagers aged from 4 to 17. It allows teenagers to achieve better physical abilities and develop their conscious for team spirit and teamwork, building positive, tough, optimistic and healthy personality. Since its establishment in 2011, Doing Now has served nearly one million students andparents. It also has nearly 3,000 coaches and has already operated 18 first-tier and second-tier cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.Doing Now is headquartered in Beijing. | $75M / Series A / Sep 28, 2017 | ||
| Tianzhong Tiyu is a sports event news and gaming application. The company's platform incorporates data analysis and strategy and enables users to exercise their understanding of the game and data analysis capabilities. | $3M / Series A / Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| See all 13 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar stage
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Yao Capital invest in?
Yao Capital invests primarily in Sports, Gaming and eSports startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Yao Capital's check size?
Yao Capital typically joins rounds of $3M–$75M at Series A and $26M–$45M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yao Capital participates in.
How do I contact Yao Capital?
Public channels for Yao 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 Yao Capital?
The team at Yao Capital includes David Han (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer). 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.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
