# Yuechen Zhao

> Yuechen Zhao is a seed investor at Informed Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence and Finance. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Informed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/informed-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 88%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuechenzhao/
- Website: https://x.com/yuechenzhao

Yuechen Zhao is a seed investor at Informed Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Artificial Intelligence and Finance. Yuechen Zhao is based out of San Francisco Bay Area, California and is the partner of Informed Ventures. Yuechen previously worked at Flipboard as a software engineer. Yuechen Zhao attended the Harvard University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 75% |
| Finance | 2 | 25% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| CRM | 1 | 13% |
| Hotel | 1 | 13% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 75% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lexi | Lexi stands to transform AI and community health delivery so that everyone may receive multilingual, relationship-centered care. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Thresh Power | Reducing the time and money needed to develop renewable energy assets by automating M&A due diligence | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Venteur | Venteur is the health insurance operating system designed to end "job lock" and return healthcare agency to the individual. Leveraging the ICHRA model, we enable employers to provide predictable, defined-contribution benefits while giving employees the freedom to choose and own their coverage.By balancing technology-driven scale withpeople-centric advocacy, we service the real-life needs of individuals navigating complex care. Venteur is on a mission to decouple health insurance from employment, building the reliable infrastructure for a personalized, portable healthcare future. | $7.6M | Seed | Aug 18, 2023 |  |
| Akia | Akia provides a guest messaging platform that automates communication across text, email, and social media, consolidating messages into a single inbox. The system supports digital check-in, cashless tipping, pre-arrival upsells, and reputation management. It includes AI-driven agents that handle guest inquiries, generate responses, and createbranded mini-apps for specific interactions. The platform integrates these features to manage communication and operational workflows within hospitality settings. | $6M | Series A | Jan 19, 2023 |  |
| Neuron Mobility | Electric Mobility, Mobility Sharing, Micro-EV charging, Transport IoT | $43.5M | Series B | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Glimpse | Glimpse partners with brands to place their products in luxury short-term rentals as a sales and acquisition channel. Glimpse was founded in 2020 by Kushal Negi, Akash Raju, and Anuj Mehta and was headquartered in New York. | $6.2M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Celential.ai | Celential.ai're an early-stage startup bringing to market AI-driven services to empower people to own their career development and match talented candidates with the best opportunities. Their team has deep expertise in AI & building data/AI-driven products, as well as a stellar track record in recruiting/developing/managingtalents. | $9.5M | Series A | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Akia | Akia provides a guest messaging platform that automates communication across text, email, and social media, consolidating messages into a single inbox. The system supports digital check-in, cashless tipping, pre-arrival upsells, and reputation management. It includes AI-driven agents that handle guest inquiries, generate responses, and createbranded mini-apps for specific interactions. The platform integrates these features to manage communication and operational workflows within hospitality settings. | $1M | Seed | Jun 16, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TSVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsvcap) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRCM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/CRCM) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Data Tech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EDBI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edbi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Informed Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Informed Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage transformative companies across digital health, SaaS, and artificial intelligence applications.

3 contacts available at Informed Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yuechen Zhao | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuechen-zhao |
| Richard Lim | Managing Director & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-lim |
| Sunny Kumar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunny-kumar-21bc |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Yuechen Zhao invest in?

Yuechen Zhao invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Finance and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yuechen Zhao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yuechen Zhao closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co