# John Renk

> John Renk is a Series A investor at Gaorong Capital backing Information Technology and Medical. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gaorong Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banyan-capital)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhen-zhang-5a159b

John Renk is a Series A investor at Gaorong Capital in Beijing focused on Information Technology and Medical. John Renk focuses primarily on wireless, Internet and entertainment investments. He has actively involved in assisting early stage companies developing their business. Prior to joining IDG Capital, John Renk was a co-founder of China Enterprise Standard Website and Beijing Create Consulting Inc. China Enterprise Standard Website was subsequentlyacquired by Infohighway Co. Ltd. John Renk has been called to the Chinese Bar. John Renk has received Master degree in management. and dual Bachelor's Degrees in Engineering and Laws from Tsinghua University.Johrenk7@gmail.com

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| Medical | 1 | 10% |
| Parking | 1 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 10% |
| Health Care | 1 | 10% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |
| Series C | 3 | 30% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 4 | 40% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MingMed | MingMed is a Chinese cancer therapy and vision care firm. | $50M | Series A | Sep 09, 2021 |  |
| AIpark | AIpark is provides a smart parking management solution. AIPark upgrades traditional parking spaces into “smarter ones” for local governments or businesses by leveraging on its in-house visual recognition technologies. | $42.4M | Series C | Jun 29, 2020 |  |
| AIpark | AIpark is provides a smart parking management solution. AIPark upgrades traditional parking spaces into “smarter ones” for local governments or businesses by leveraging on its in-house visual recognition technologies. |  | Series B | Oct 31, 2019 |  |
| Advance Intelligence Group | Advance Intelligence Group is an AI-driven technology company in Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2016, it leverages innovative technology and partnerships to build an ecosystem of products and services serving consumers, enterprises, and merchants. | $80M | Series C | Sep 20, 2019 |  |
| PDD Holdings | Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China. | $1.4B | Series D | Apr 11, 2018 |  |
| Danke Apartment | Danke Apartment (蛋壳公寓) is a leading internet enabled apartment management startup in China. Founded in Jan 2015, Danke is managing over 320K apartment units in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, etc | $100M | Series B | Feb 26, 2018 |  |
| AIpark | AIpark is provides a smart parking management solution. AIPark upgrades traditional parking spaces into “smarter ones” for local governments or businesses by leveraging on its in-house visual recognition technologies. | $14.2M | Series A | Dec 28, 2017 |  |
| PDD Holdings | Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China. | $213.7M | Series C | Feb 01, 2017 |  |
| PDD Holdings | Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China. | $110M | Series B | Jul 20, 2016 |  |
| PDD Holdings | Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China. | $8M | Series A | Sep 01, 2015 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital-china) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tencent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tencent) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cathay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathaycapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vision Plus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vision-plus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Banyan Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banyan-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Gaorong Capital

VC Fund · Wangjing, China

Gaorong Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and growth stage investments in TMT, including AI and frontier technologies.

5 contacts available at Gaorong Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bin Yue | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bin-yue |
| Han Rui | partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/han-rui |
| Hu Shuo | partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hu-shuo |
| John Renk | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhen-zhang |
| Kevin Yang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-yang-ab83 |

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## FAQ

### What does John Renk invest in?

John Renk invests primarily in Information Technology, Medical and Parking startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Renk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Renk closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 10 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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