Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Hong Kong in October 2024
A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social startups based in Hong kong. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social companies from Hong kong. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Hong Kong in October 2024
Investor | Social Hong Kong investments |
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Ron Cao | 1 |
Fritz Demopoulos | 1 |
Shakil Khan | 1 |
White Star Capital | 1 |
Index Ventures | 1 |
Daniel Schryer | 1 |
Kleiner Perkins | 1 |
MSA Capital | 1 |
Ventech China | 1 |
Hugo Barra | 1 |
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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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, Hong Kong, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- NodeReal — NodeReal empowers developers and investors to explore blockchain with most reliable solutions, and enable enterprises to generate business opportunities.
- Chen Xianggui — Chen Xianggui is a catering brand and servicer that makes Lanzhou ramen and snacks, braised beef skewers, mutton, and other products.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Travel, Hospitality, Tourism
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Germany, Spain, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Tourlane — Tourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world.The company combines the first-hand experience of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online product. Its apps bring travel consultancyto a state-of-the-art level of tech and design and thereby will shape the future of individual and adventure trips. Its product matches travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, making the booking of individual and adventure trips comparable, fast, and easy.
- BibliU — BibliU is an innovative learning enablement platform that gives students access to the course materials they need, from etextbooks to courseware and monographs.
- TravelPerk — TravelPerk offers the freedom travelers want, and the control companies need. Enjoy an industry-leading travel inventory, 24/7 support and easy booking.
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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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong
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 — Home | Founders Pledge
Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- RedStone — RedStone delivers frequently updated, reliable and diverse data for your dApp and smart contracts.
- Autoverse Studios — Autoverse Studios offers Auto Legends, a competitive social auto racing game, focusing on car culture and player engagement, offering a multi-platform experience for real-time tuning and customization.
- Blueberry Protocol — Blueberry is an interface for interacting with the rest of DeFi with the ability to leverage and hedge by borrowing from an internal lending 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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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Apron — Sort, pay and reconcile your invoices in seconds.
- Jump — Jump takes the hassle out of being a freelancer. We accompany hundreds of freelancers in their daily lives by securing their adventure. Relax, we take care of everything.
- Harmonic — Harmonic builds mathematical superintelligence. The company develops Mathematical Superintelligence (MSI), a next-generation artificial intelligence based on mathematical principles that ensures accuracy and eliminate hallucinations.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, India, Panama
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- SOS Hydration — Rescue yourself from dehydration with SOS, doctor formulated rapid hydration with 80x less sugar than sports drinks and only 3g carbs and 10 calories.
- Evry Health — Evry Health makes healthcare affordable and high quality again by providing expanded benefits at an affordable price. The company is responding to the need to make healthcare affordable and accessible again. Evry Health is based in Mountain View, California and was founded in 2017.
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Weights — Weights is a social AI Creation Platform. Create audio, images, chat, and more for free, and share with your friends!
- Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
- Glean — Glean is the work assistant with intuition. Find exactly what you need, right when you need it. So you and your team can get big things done.
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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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- China, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
- DP Technology — DP Technology is a global leader in the "AI for Science" research paradigm, where AI learns scientific principles and data, then tackles key challenges in scientific research and industrial R&D.DP's commitment to interdisciplinary research has led to the creation of the DP "Particle Universe", an array of pre-trainedlarge science models designed to bridge foundational research with practical industrial applications. DP's software suite includes the Bohrium® Scientific Research Space, Hermite® Computational Drug Design Platform, RiDYMO® Dynamics Platform, and Piloteye® Battery Design Automation Platform. Together, these platforms form a robust foundation for industrial innovation and an open ecosystem for AI in science, fostering advancements in key areas such as drug discovery, energy, material science, and information technology.
- DP Technology — Deep Technology uses a new generation of molecular simulation technology to tackle micro-scale industrial design difficulties. Founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing China.
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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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, Big Data
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, Japan, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- ACGBOX — ACGBOX is an anime snack food supplier, specialized in producing anime snack foods.
- Huafa Geometry — Huafa Geometry is a pet smart ecosystem brand that specializes in providing fish tanks and aquarium with smart technology. It is a brand of Beijing Yuanyibai Technology Co., Ltd.
- Huamei Haolian — Huamei Haolian specializes in providing telemedicine and medical tourism services.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Brazil, Hong Kong
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.
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