# YuChiang Cheng

> YuChiang Cheng is a seed investor at Zwift (San Francisco) backing eSports and Video Games. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zwift](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zwift)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuchiangcheng
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/yuchiang

YuChiang Cheng is a seed investor at Zwift in San Francisco focused on eSports and Video Games. YuChiang Cheng is the Chief Product Officer of Zwift. YuChiang graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College. He lives in Silicon Valley and, when not playing golf, you’ll find him restoring classic cars, playing hockey and wrestling his dogs.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eSports | 3 | 100% |
| Video Games | 2 | 67% |
| Gaming | 1 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Communities | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VENN | VENN is a new 24/7 post-cable network aimed at gaming, esports and entertainment audiences. Launching in 2020 and broadcasting live from studios in New York and Los Angeles, VENN will be distributed across a broad range of media platforms and offer original programming produced in-house and in partnership with some of the biggest names andcreators across industries. | $17M | Seed | Sep 17, 2019 |  |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports is a World Premier esports club founded by Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodriguez , a former star player in League of Legends and Jens Hilgers. Carlos is the Chief Executive Officer of the club, which currently includes professional teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike:Global Offensive, Hearthstone and Rocket League.The club was built withthe desire to bring new innovation into esports team management and business whilst upholding core values of professionalism. | $17.3M | Series A | Feb 26, 2019 |  |
| Boom.tv | BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs.Their mission is to enable communities to easily produce and partake in virtual Esports. At the core of it all is our self-driving Esports technology layer that provides a one-button solution for anyone to create,participate, and/or spectate Esports content. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 13, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AXiomatic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axiomatic-gaming) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eldridge Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eldridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everblue Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everblue-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zwift

VC Fund · Long Beach, United States

Zwift is a provider of an interactive fitness platform used to transform monotonous solo indoor cycling and running workouts into dynamic and social adventures.Its platform connects users to physical indoor trainers so that cyclists can pedal inside while immersed in any number of virtual landscapes on a screen in front of them that enable usersto join in rides together with friends. Zwift uses gaming technology to bring the outdoor experience indoors, making at-home exercise fun, and engaging. It promotes social experience by connecting cyclists and runners in 3D computer-generated platform. Users of the Zwift platform interact, train, and compete together by wirelessly pairing a bike trainer or treadmill to the Zwift app, to power their in-game avatars.Zwift was launched in 2014 by Alarik Myrin, Eric Min, Jon Mayfield, and Scott Barger and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.

5 contacts available at Zwift.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| YuChiang Cheng | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuchiang-cheng |
| Alarik Myrin | Co-Founder and CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alarik-myrin |
| David Renton | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-renton-1dd9 |
| Eric Min | Co-Founder, Co-CEO and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-min |
| Jon Mayfield | CEO and VP, Product R&D | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-mayfield |

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## FAQ

### What does YuChiang Cheng invest in?

YuChiang Cheng invests primarily in eSports, Video Games and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is YuChiang Cheng's check size?

YuChiang Cheng typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$17M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds YuChiang Cheng participates in.

### When did YuChiang Cheng last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for YuChiang Cheng closed in Sep 2019. 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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