# Yundong Cao

> Yundong Cao is a startup investor at Gene Capital. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gene Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gene-capital)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Yundong Cao is a startup investor at Gene Capital. Prior to founding Gene Capital, Mr. Cao founded the TAL Education Group and acted as its director and president. In October 2010, the Group was successfully listed on the NYSE under his leadership. Its current market value is about US$3 billion. In June 2011, Mr. Cao founded www.zhen.com. In December 2014, he founded Lexue, which is focused oneducational training. Mr. Cao Yundong is a graduate from Peking University.

## About Gene Capital

VC Fund · Beijing, China

Gene Capital is a venture capital fund founded by Cao Yundong, co-founder of TAL Education Group, in 2014. Their management team consists of successful entrepreneurs and highly experienced investors. They are committed to seeking excellent genes to assist the education industry and startups in the TMT sector to make great dreams come true. GeneCapital aims to help entrepreneurs who are passionate about entrepreneurship, have a deep understanding and acute awareness of the industry’s development trends, and utilize their investment concept to make their dreams come true.Their investment philosophy is to focus on entrepreneurial genes: Excellent entrepreneurial teams have excellent entrepreneurial genes, which are the core factors for long-term business development.

2 contacts available at Gene Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Li Hao | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/li-hao |
| Yundong Cao | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yundong-cao |

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