# Zhiwei Yang

> Zhiwei Yang is a Series A investor at GSR Ventures (Beijing) backing Mobile and Android. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GSR Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr-ventures-management)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/zhiwei-yang/2/46a/b32

Zhiwei Yang is a Series A investor at GSR Ventures in Beijing focused on Mobile and Android. Zhiwei Yang is based out of Beijing, Beijing and is the partner of GSR Ventures. Zhiwei previously worked at GreatGate Networks as a president. Zhiwei Yang attended the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Android | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Genetics | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qianglian Zhichuang | Qianglian Zhichuang is the first high-tech company in China to focus on the pain points of cerebrovascular disease treatment. | $15.7M | Series C | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| General Biosystems | General Biosystems is a biotechnology company that focuses on high-quality, high-throughput, automated production of DNA constructs. The company through its passion in understanding how genetic information is stored and programmed in the DNA develops innovative technologies and instruments to program and physically write or print new genetic codes.The new codes will create blueprints for new or enhanced biological and biological functions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 17, 2021 |  |
| iBoxPay | Iboxpay is a mobile payment solutions and services provider.Iboxpay provides a new, convenient, and secure mobile payment platform that strictly follows UnionPay’s technology and business specification. Iboxpay enables consumers and businesses to make and receive payments both online and offline with a UnionPay card.Iboxpay plugs itsindependently developed audio encryption card reader into mobile terminals’ headphone jack. After downloading and registering the Iboxpay application, users are able to select appropriate financial services and swipe the card at any place and any time. An Iboxpay user can also help other Iboxpay users to complete payment processes once he or she is granted authorization.Iboxpay was first carried out by Shenzhen Iboxpay Information Technology Corporation Limited. | $10M | Series B | Jul 01, 2013 |  |
| iBoxPay | Iboxpay is a mobile payment solutions and services provider.Iboxpay provides a new, convenient, and secure mobile payment platform that strictly follows UnionPay’s technology and business specification. Iboxpay enables consumers and businesses to make and receive payments both online and offline with a UnionPay card.Iboxpay plugs itsindependently developed audio encryption card reader into mobile terminals’ headphone jack. After downloading and registering the Iboxpay application, users are able to select appropriate financial services and swipe the card at any place and any time. An Iboxpay user can also help other Iboxpay users to complete payment processes once he or she is granted authorization.Iboxpay was first carried out by Shenzhen Iboxpay Information Technology Corporation Limited. | $1.9M | Series A | Jun 01, 2012 |  |
| Borqs Technologies | Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software platforms and end-to-end service platform solutions for operators, terminal manufacturers, and chip manufacturers in the global mobile internet industry.Borqs Technologies specializes in the development and industrialized promotion of holistic solutions for themobile Internet terminal basic infrastructure software, application software, and end-to-end software. Established in September 2007, the company has 600 personnel in Borqs, more than 90% of whom are technical and 50% of whom have a master’s degree, along with a 70% engineer population with more than 5 years of experience in research and development. The core members of the team mainly comes from terminal designers and manufacturers, providers of switching technology, internet service providers, software and hardware manufacturers and other global enterprises. The core members of the team mainly comes from terminal designers and manufacturers, providers of switching technology, internet service providers, software and hardware manufacturers and other global enterprises. The management team of Borqs consists of domestic and international experts in wireless communications, telecommunications, and semiconductor industries. | $17.4M | Series B | Jul 09, 2009 |  |
| Borqs Technologies | Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software platforms and end-to-end service platform solutions for operators, terminal manufacturers, and chip manufacturers in the global mobile internet industry.Borqs Technologies specializes in the development and industrialized promotion of holistic solutions for themobile Internet terminal basic infrastructure software, application software, and end-to-end software. Established in September 2007, the company has 600 personnel in Borqs, more than 90% of whom are technical and 50% of whom have a master’s degree, along with a 70% engineer population with more than 5 years of experience in research and development. The core members of the team mainly comes from terminal designers and manufacturers, providers of switching technology, internet service providers, software and hardware manufacturers and other global enterprises. The core members of the team mainly comes from terminal designers and manufacturers, providers of switching technology, internet service providers, software and hardware manufacturers and other global enterprises. The management team of Borqs consists of domestic and international experts in wireless communications, telecommunications, and semiconductor industries. | $2M | Series A | Mar 01, 2008 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Poly Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/poly-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ancheng Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ancheng-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsg-cap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keytone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keytone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GSR Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3.7 billion across itsfunds.

5 contacts available at GSR Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daisy Jiang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisy-jiang |
| Zhiwei Yang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhiwei-yang |
| Alex Pan | Affiliated Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-pan |
| Allen Zhu | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-zhu |
| James Ding | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-ding |

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## FAQ

### What does Zhiwei Yang invest in?

Zhiwei Yang invests primarily in Mobile, Android and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Zhiwei Yang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zhiwei Yang closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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