# Engage Capital

> Engage Capital is a VC fund backing Media and Entertainment and Education. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Huangpu, China
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.engage-capital.com/index.html

Engage Capital (Yilian Capital) is a highly entrepreneurial venture capital firm focused on entertainment, education, consumer upgrades and early investment opportunities in the mobile Internet sector, with US dollar funds and RMB funds, and offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $425k–$425k |
| Series A | $1.4M–$14M |
| Series B | $2.8M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 6 | 16% |
| Education | 5 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 14% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |
| Software | 3 | 8% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 41% |
| Series B | 12 | 32% |
| Angel | 4 | 11% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |
| Seed | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 24 | 65% |
| United States | 2 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Xueling Li | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-xueling-li |
| Simon Wang | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-wang-650d |
| William Zhao | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-zhao-0db5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xingchen Optoelectronics | Xingchen Optoelectronics is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of existing laser communication payload solutions and fostering the development of high-speed satellite laser communication networks. |  | Seed | May 25, 2025 |  |
| Sainte | Sainte is a company which provides professional nutritional solutions for babies with different nutritional needs |  | Series B | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Feng1 | Fengyi Technology is a smart vending machine company. Fengyi Technology focuses on the office field and uses AI smart cabinets as a carrier to provide urban white-collar workers with a wealth of breakfast, afternoon tea, snacks, beverages, and other commodity sales services. |  | Series B | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Lanjiang Technology | Lanjiang Technology is a developer of agricultural robots for field planting management. | $1.4M | Series A | Oct 14, 2024 |  |
| NLX | NLX enables organizations to build and manage next generation conversational experiences - personalized conversations that are automated, integrated, measurable, highly scalable and available anytime and anywhere. | $12M | Series A | Feb 26, 2024 |  |
| Zendure | Zendure is a company dedicated to innovative technology and sustainable energy solutions, and our products have received widespread recognition and praise globally. Our main product, the Balcony Energy Storage System, has gained 100,000 users in Europe, which brought $70 million in revenue. Our products have a leading market position in Germany,France and the Netherlands, and will enter more European countries in the future.Plug-and-play household balcony energy storage, without complicated installation process and high labor costs, can store extra electricity generated by photovoltaic power, saving electricity bills for users | $13.9M | Series A | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Changjin Biotechnology | Changjin Biotechnology engages in the research, development, and industrialization of microbial synthetic proteins. |  | Series A | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| WATTMAN | WATTMAN specializes in artificial intelligence technology and is prominent in the realm of smart industrial intelligence technologies such as industrial robots, machine vision, 3D intelligent perception, and motion planning control. |  |  | Oct 21, 2022 |  |
| WATTMAN | WATTMAN specializes in artificial intelligence technology and is prominent in the realm of smart industrial intelligence technologies such as industrial robots, machine vision, 3D intelligent perception, and motion planning control. |  | Series B | Oct 21, 2022 |  |
| WATTMAN | WATTMAN specializes in artificial intelligence technology and is prominent in the realm of smart industrial intelligence technologies such as industrial robots, machine vision, 3D intelligent perception, and motion planning control. |  | Series B | Oct 21, 2022 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Engage Capital invest in?

Engage Capital invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Education and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Engage Capital typically joins rounds of $425k–$425k at Angel, $1.4M–$14M at Series A and $2.8M–$100M 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 Engage Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Engage Capital?

Public channels for Engage 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 Engage Capital?

The team at Engage Capital includes David Xueling Li (Founding Partner), Simon Wang (Founding Partner) and William Zhao (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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