Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Hong Kong (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Daniel Schryer
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Panama | Seed, Series B, Angel | Software, Internet, Mobile | $25k–$50M |
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Hugo Barra
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Medical, Software | $500k–$100M |
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White Star Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.4M–$60M |
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Ventech China
VC Fund
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1 | China, Singapore, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $1.4M–$52M |
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Ron Cao
Angel
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1 | China, United States, Singapore | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $400k–$130M |
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MSA Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Egypt | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$130M |
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Shakil Khan
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $300k–$12M |
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Fritz Demopoulos
Angel
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1 | Germany, Spain, Hong Kong | Series A, Series B, Seed | Travel, Hospitality, Rental | $4.5M–$21M |
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Index Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $1.5M–$102M |
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Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $5M–$120M |
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Hugo Barra is the Co-Founder of /dev/agents. He previously worked at Detect as a CEO. Hugo Barra attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $500k–$14M; Series A $13M–$100M; Series B $50M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Baskit — baskit | Empowering wholesalers and distributors with the world's first cloud-native all-in-one app
- MEDIVIS — Medivis is a leader in AR for healthcare, using augmented reality and artificial intelligence to advance medical imaging and surgical precision.
- Nucleus — Nucleus provides genetic analysis of greater breadth, depth, and beauty. Users can upload their genetic information obtained through an established company. The proprietary algorithms will calculate polygenic risk scores and measure disease risk based on analysis of genetic variants and display them in a user-friendly platform.
Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 217
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$13M; Series A $5M–$24M; Series B $12M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Fluxco — Procurement, leasing, service and warranty for padmount, substation, and distribution transformers from 100+ global suppliers.
- FINN — At finn our mission is to make mobility fun and sustainable: We help everyone who loves driving their own car but refuses the struggle, commitment and intransparent costs associated with car ownership. We achieve this by offering all-inclusive, immediately available, monthly car-subscriptions. Best thing, yet: While you drive we plant trees asevery journey is CO2 compensated.
- Tetrix — Discover Tetrix, the platform that empowers institutional investors with AI-driven insights for smarter decisions in alternative markets. Automate data collection, enhance investment strategies, and streamline operations with cutting-edge technology.
Ventech Capital was founded in 1998 in France. Ventech is one of the most famous VC funds in Europe and manages four funds. In China, Ventech China manages three funds. Globally, this represents more than USD 1B total asset under management. Ventech China is based in Shanghai. Ventech China 3 is a USD 220 million venture capital fund focused oncommunities, M-commerce, Big Data and Fintech. Its current portfolio companies include Keep, the No.1 fitness training and community app in China, WonderFull, the emerging Japanese product M-commerce platform, Juzi, the leading entertainment news platform, Datawin, the leading big data company in sales leads generation, and Blued, the No.1 gay community app in China. Ventech China is dedicated to growing together with innovative startups and help them to become global leaders in their fields.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$50M; Series A $2.8M–$52M; Series B $7.1M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $150M in 2011
Portfolio highlights
- Outopia — Outopia was established in China by a team of trail running champions and seasoned professionals from international luxury and sports brands. We create products that are engineered for performance and thoughtfully designed. Our goal: to enable meaningful experiences that transcend the gear itself.
- MetaLenX — MetaLenX is a technology-based enterprise focusing on the design, manufacture and application of superlenses.
- Huamei Haolian — Huamei Haolian specializes in providing telemedicine and medical tourism services.
Mr. Ron Cao is a respected venture capitalist and the Founder and Partner of Sky9 capital. During his investment career across Silicon Valley and China, Ron has focused on investing in innovative and disruptive opportunities in consumer internet, industrial internet, enterprise services, deep tech and digital healthcare. He has invested in a numberof technology companies that have grown to become market leaders in their respective industries. Some of these investments include: Meituan/Dianping, PinDuoDuo, TuSimple, Energy Monster, Full Truck Alliance, FinVolution, QingCloud, FangDD, Innolight, Lianluo Interactive, MediaV (acquired by Qihoo), MetroWave (acquired by IPG Photonics), Opulan (acquired by Qualcomm), ShareWave (acquired by Cirrus Logic), Ainemo (acquired by Baidu), 51WORLD, ByteDance, eBroke, Tujia, Doctor Trust, YiAuto, Biren Technology, Starfield, NeoX and Xbiome. Ron has over 20 years of venture capital experience. He was the Managing Director of Lightspeed Venture Partners and started Lightspeed’s China operations from scratch. Prior to Lightspeed, Ron was Managing Director of KLM Capital, where he led the company’s early-stage cross-border investments in Silicon Valley and China. Before entering the investment field, Ron started his career in the US with Motorola, Goldman Sachs and Intel. Ron was named by Forbes China as one of the “Top Venture Capitalists of China” over multiple years. In 2013, Ron was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of its “Young Global Leaders” and served on the Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software and IT. Ron is actively involved with various philanthropic pursuits, especially in the areas of children’s education and impact investing. Ron has been involved on the boards of BEAM Alliance and Maitian Education Foundation. Ron holds bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $400k–$22M; Series A $16M–$30M; Series B $16M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dyad.com — Dyad is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27 Million in university scholarships.
- o1.exchange — Building the next generation NASDAQ and AI Religion to bring human beings together.
- Asia Innovations Group — Asia Innovations Group (AIG) owns a diverse portfolio of live social apps, including Uplive, which allows video social hosts to broadcast to the world, Lamour, the top dating app in global emerging markets, and SupreFans, a fan-centric live social app. AIG leverages cutting-edge technology, advanced streaming capabilities, and a scalable globalinfrastructure to deliver an optimal, seamless, and authentic live social experience. Focused on major emerging markets, AIG has twelve global offices, including in Casablanca, Cairo, Delhi, Tokyo, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Dallas.
MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: China, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Series A $3.5M–$33M; Series B $10M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Sand.ai — Sand AI is an AI company that focuses on producing videos.
- Memory tensor — Memory tensor designed with a focus on systematic innovation, grounded firmly in fundamental principles, serves as a powerful tool for scalable and adaptable intelligence. Its architecture emphasizes three core attributes: low cost, ensuring economic feasibility and accessibility; low illusion, reducing overfitting and minimizing hallucinations ormisleading outputs; and high generalization.
- Westlake Lingxi — Neuralicorn is affiliated with Westlake University and develops BCI chips and Chinese/Mandarin neural decoding for language neuroprosthesis systems.
Shakil Khan is currently Head of Special Projects at Spotify, where he is also personal advisor to founder and CEO Daniel Ek. He has had a number of online businesses in the UK since 2000, was part of the founding team at buy.at, which was acquired by AOL, and he recently founded CoinDesk, a bitcoin news site.Shak has done extensive volunteerwork as an ambassador for charity: water, having helped raise millions of dollars for clean and safe drinking water. He is also a keen supporter and friend of Pencils of Promise, who build schools for those most in need.Having lived in China, Shak speaks Chinese (as well as English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Danish) and currently divides his time between London, San Francisco, New York and airport lounges.Shak is an investor in BitPay, Spotify, Top10, Duedil and YPlan. Shak was also an investor and mentor to Nick D'Aloisio who built and sold Summly, a news curation app that was sold to Yahoo in March 2013.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $510k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.1M; Series A $5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Otta — Only matches tailored to your preferences. Only the most exciting, innovative and fast-moving companies.
- Thingtesting — Explore thousands of new online brands and share your honest reviews so everyone on the internet can shop better. Discover the best brands in personal care, home decor, clothing, food, tech and more.
- Founders Pledge — Founders Pledge is a nonprofit organization committed to helping entrepreneurs, founders and change-makers to the most good with their charitable giving.
Fritz Demopoulos has been an entrepreneur and investor within the media and internet industries for over 10 years. He co-founded Qunar.com, China's largest travel internet company; and Shawei.com, China's largest sports internet company. Fritz also had senior positions at Netease and The News Corporation.
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- Industry: Travel, Hospitality, Rental
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $4.5M–$8.5M; Series B $16M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BibliU — BibliU is an innovative learning enablement platform that gives students access to the course materials they need, from etextbooks to courseware and monographs.
- Perk (formerly TravelPerk) — TravelPerk offers the freedom travelers want, and the control companies need. Enjoy an industry-leading travel inventory, 24/7 support and easy booking.
- Arbio — Arbio is transforming the property management landscape for alternative accommodations by leveraging advanced AI technology. Our solutions drive higher revenue, increased profitability, and superior operational efficiency - setting a new industry benchmark.By combining data-driven insights with seamless automation, we optimize every aspect ofproperty performance, enhancing both owner returns and guest satisfaction.With a vision to redefine how properties are managed and monetized, Arbio is paving the way for a more efficient, profitable, and scalable future in the alternative accommodations market.
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1339
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $5M–$38M; Series B $11M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Anrok — Anrok automates sales tax compliance across your financial stack, so you can grow your SaaS business in any market.
- Pets Deli — PETS DELI is a leading D2C pet food brand in Germany with a clear focus on subscription based eCommerce, headquartered in Berlin. The company’s vision is to become the ultimate biggest and most customer centric D2C pet food brand in its core markets. PETS DELI’s unique business model is based on multiple diversified and recurring revenuestreams: The company markets its superior product offerings via online subscriptions, their online shop, offline flagship stores as well as selected partners in the most dominant retail chains.
- Acutus Medical — Acutus Medical develops medical technologies to treat complex cardiac arrhythmia. The company's platform displays the heart’s true activation pattern, turning the chaos of a complex arrhythmia into a clear vision for electrophysiologists.Acutus Medical is a privately funded company founded in 2011 and based in Carlsbad, California. Itsproducts are co-developed in the U.S. and Europe with an exceptional team of medical scientists, biomedical engineers, and other professionals.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1197
- Round size: Series A $5M–$50M; Series B $11M–$71M; Series C $12M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
- Telogis — Telogis provides a comprehensive cloud-based Mobile Enterprise Management (MEM) software platform for companies that require dynamic routing, real-time work order management, navigation, telematics and mobile integration services for their mobile workforces. Telogis’ consistent innovation drives its ability to provide near-instant return oninvestment while improving driver safety and efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of commercial vehicles. Founded in 2001, Telogis is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif. and has development and support centers in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Europe and throughout North America. Its products and services are used and distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide.
- Miaozhen Systems — Beijing second hand information company (秒针信息) is a provider and evaluator of digital advertising solutions through cloud computing, cloud storage, and artificial intelligence technology. It is also the first digital advertising effect evaluation enterprise specializing in target audiences in China.Founded in 2006, Beijing second handinformation company solves the problem of contact effect of online advertisement by arrival rate, effective frequency, internet gross rating points, audience features, and provides an inter-media effect evaluation and optimization tool.
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Dan Schryer was formerly CEO of DCI Data Centers, a Blackstone backed technology real estate company. Together with Guru Gowrappan, formerly CEO of Verizon Media, he co-founded Bali Venture Partners, LLC to invest in seed and growth stage debt and equity opportunities.
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54gene
— 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions.
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