# Yin Cao

> Yin Cao is a seed investor at Digital Enlightenment Capital (Shanghai) backing Software and Music. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Digital Enlightenment Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-enlightenment-capital)
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caoyin/

Yin Cao is a seed investor at Digital Enlightenment Capital in Shanghai focused on Software and Music. Yin Cao - Co-Founder @ Digital Enlightenment Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| France | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pianity | Pianity is a music NFT platform where musicians and their community gather to create, share, trade, and collect limited-edition tracks. Pianity was founded in 2021 and is based in Paris, France. | $6.5M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| KnownOrigin | KnownOrigin is an artist-driven NFT platform that makes it easy for creators to authenticate, showcase and sell the digital artwork they produce. | $4.7M | Series A | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Ref Finance | Ref Finance is a DeFi platform built on NEAR Protocol that costs less than $0.01 for transactions. | $4.8M | Initial Coin Offering | Feb 17, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [D1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d1-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jump Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-crypto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ld-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ArkStream Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkstream-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arweave](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arweave) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Digital Enlightenment Capital

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Digital Enlightenment Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yin Cao | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yin-cao |

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## FAQ

### What does Yin Cao invest in?

Yin Cao invests primarily in Software, Music and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yin Cao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yin Cao closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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