# Zhou Qi

> Zhou Qi is a seed investor at GSR United Capital backing Marketing and Brand Marketing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GSR United Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr-united-capital)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Zhou Qi is a seed investor at GSR United Capital focused on Marketing and Brand Marketing. Qi Zhou joined GSR United Capital in 2015 and currently serves as the managing partner of GSR United Capital, mainly responsible for investment in TMT and artificial intelligence. He once worked for SONY Ericsson (headquarters in Japan), Huawei Technologies and ZTE. In 2014, he led the acquisition of the Japanese listed company Pondering Electricby Chinese private capital and served as the CEO. Qi Zhou received a bachelor's degree in Scientific Instrument from Zhejiang University and a master's degree in Communication and Computer Engineering from Kyoto University in Japan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Brand Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Content Marketing | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chengguo Vision Technology | Orange Vision is a provider of generative AI content marketing tools that use advanced technical architecture and high-precision models. It focuses on visual content generation and e-commerce brand marketing, serving the overseas content marketing and generative AI industries. |  | Seed | Aug 29, 2025 |  |
| PhotoG | PhotoG is an international GenAI content marketing tool supplier. It operates in the fields of overseas content marketing and generative AI, with a focus on visual content development and e-commerce brand marketing. |  |  |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cloud Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cloud-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Leaguer Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shenzhen-leaguer-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About GSR United Capital

VC Fund · Beijing, China

"Founded in 2009, GSR United Capital focuses on equity investment in high-tech industries, focusing on investment and M&A opportunities in advanced manufacturing, next-generation information technology, industrial Internet/digital enterprise services and other fields. GSR United Capital manages both RMB master funds and industrialfunds established with local governments. Since its establishment, GSR United Capital has received strong support from China's top market-oriented mother fund, government-guided fund, wealth management institutions, global 500 enterprises, listed companies and other institutions. Among them, investors with state capital background include Guochuang Yuanhe, Guochuang Kaiyuan, SDIC Unity Capital, China Merchants Venture, Suzhou Fund, Nanchang Industrial Control, Weifang Financial Holding Group, Dongguan Dongcheng, Zhangjiagang Jincheng Investment & Development Co., ltd, etc. Suzhou GSL Venture Capital Management Company, founded in 2011, is a private equity fund manager of the comprehensive fund of GSR United Capital (referred to as "" GSR United Capital ""), and completed the registration of private equity fund manager on May 20, 2014, with the serial number P1002246.""A+ stage is the main stage, the middle and late stage is the auxiliary"" The company focuses on equity investment in high-tech industry, focusing on the strategy of ""A+"" stage, with a capital allocation ratio of 60%. The project in this stage is between ""engineering"" and ""scale commercialization"", which is the ideal range of ""bargaining power"" and can win a high proportion of relative returns. At the same time, 40% of the project will be allocated in the middle and late stages. The middle and late stages refer to enterprises with IPO expectations within 2-3 years, and the investment will be completed within 60 months in the early stage of the fund investment period (exit will start in the third and fourth years), which will be used as the basic plate for anchoring returns.GSR United Capital has invested in more than 100 high-tech start-ups, including Great Wisdom Software (financial information terminal, 601519), eCARBON (high thermal conductivity graphite heat dissipation material, 603133), TZTEK (Precision, 688003), METRON (Diamond wire material, 603133) 300861), GTEP (sludge treatment and recycling, has started the board meeting), Niu (electric two-wheeler, NASDAQ: NIU), LATTICELIGHTING (LED silicon substrate technology and application), Freetech (unmanned driving), Marknum Technology (big data), xMate (light collaborative robot), TAGEIDRIVER (autonomous driving), HUIRUI (high-precision metal 3D printing), DYSO (CNC machine tool parts), NEWLINK GROUP (energy Internet), and many cross-border enterprises Industries such as LianLian (online payment), Xingyun Group (cross-border supply chain), Tec-Do (outbound brand digital marketing, Guangzhou), LAVA (smart guitar, Guangzhou), Shoplazza (outbound SaaS independent site construction tools, Guangzhou), E-ports (Internet for shipping industry), Chenhaiyun (sea-going compliance), Whalehouse.tech (intelligent warehousing), Huoyan (ABM intelligent marketing), Giiso (intelligent writing) and other excellent projects, which have won excess investment returns and social reputation. At present, the withdrawn projects include Great Wisdom Software (Financial information terminal, 601519), which has been fully withdrawn through listing, with return multiple reaching 8.96x, invested by GSR United Capital Phase I; TZTEK (Precision Measurement, 688003.STAR), fully exited through listing with return multiple reaching 2.74x, invested by GSR United Phase II and Botong Jinshi; eCARBON (high thermal conductivity graphite heat dissipation material, 603133), through the listing of all exit, return multiple reached 5x, invested by GSR United Capital Phase I Institute; METRON (Diamond Wire Materials, 300861), which was partially exited through listing with a return multiple of 4.5X and was invested by GSR United Phase III and Botong Jinshi Institute; Lebo Technology (cross-platform screen investment tool), partially exited through equity transfer, with a return multiple of 4.35x, invested by Botong Jinshi. Giiso (Intelligent Collaboration), which was partially withdrawn through equity transfer with a return multiple of 4.35x, was invested by Botong Jinshi.Zerowaste Asia Pte Ltd (ZA) was invested by Hongcheng RMB Fund, a subsidiary of GSR United Capital, in January 2017. It is committed to developing, producing and selling leading additives for heavy metal treatment. Its products have the characteristics of simple process, high efficiency, safety and environmental protection, and low cost. The company's valuation has grown from $58 million at the time of the investment to $142 million.Since February 2020, GSR United Capital has made more than 30 investments in the main fund. For example, it invested in Yuejing Technology (audio and video collaborative production tool) in February 2021, and the current multiple has reached 3.14 times. In September 2020, it invested in ZHICHUBAO.COM (procurement management SaaS platform), and the current multiple has reached 2.82 times. In April 2020, it invested in Starsee Intelligence (AI enabled military defense), and the current multiple has reached 2.81 times. Nahuo Technology Co., Ltd. received a subsequent round of investment from IDG, ZHICHUBAO.COM received a subsequent round of investment from Shunwei Capital, and Boqing Technology received a subsequent round of investment from KeyTone Ventures and Leaguer Capital."

5 contacts available at GSR United Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Yin | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-yin |
| Luo Lei | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luo-lei-luo-lei |
| Pan Xiaofeng | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pan-xiaofeng |
| Wang Guocheng | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wang-guocheng |
| Zhou Qi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhou-qi-5910 |

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## FAQ

### What does Zhou Qi invest in?

Zhou Qi invests primarily in Marketing, Brand Marketing and Content Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Zhou Qi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zhou Qi closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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