Top 10 Social Media Angel Investors in China in December 2024
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Social media startups based in China. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social media companies from China. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Media Angel Investors in China in December 2024
Investor | Social Media China investments |
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Minhong Yu | 2 |
Jed Rose | 1 |
William Bao Bean | 1 |
Hailong Xiang | 1 |
Peter Kellner | 1 |
O.D. Kobo | 1 |
Ron Zuckerman | 1 |
Xiaolai Li | 1 |
Kebin Dai | 1 |
Zhu Li | 1 |
Minhong Yu is the founder, Chairman and CEO of New Oriental, a company providing a comprehensive range of educational services. Yu is also the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Young Entrepreneurs Association and Vice Chairman of the Committee of Education of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. Prior to founding New Oriental, Yu was anEnglish instructor at Peking University between 1985 and 1991. Yu received his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Peking University. Minhong Yu is the Director of Kidstone.
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Investment focus
- Education, Social Media, Mobile
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Bottomsup — Bottomsup engages in the production of online education content.
- Kuaipeilian — Kuaipeilian is an online piano training platform
- Pingo Space — Pingo Space is a mobile platform that connects locals to expats through in-person experiences.
Jed Rose
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, Art
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- United Kingdom, China
Portfolio highlights
- Dyad.com — Dyad is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27 Million in university scholarships.
- AlphaLoops — The future of Investors Relations or Investors Relations reinvented
- Blend — Engaging the next-generation of frontline workers though short form video and gamification - think TikTok for workplace training!
William Bao Bean is Managing General Partner of Orbit Startups the first and longest-running startup program in Asia with over US$180m in assets under management. Orbit provides hands-on support for growth, partnerships, fundraising and user acquisition combined with an initial investment package. Our focus is on digitalization across emerging andfrontier markets to drive efficiency in e-commerce, fintech, media, health, education, and logistics. Orbit's consumer ecosystem has helped our startups scale to 218m monthly active smartphone users. William joined Orbit from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director supporting China investments. Prior to that William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a VC backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China and South East Asia. William started his career in equity research most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was a top ranked analyst for Asia Internet and China Tech, Media and Telecom and worked on the IPOs for Alibaba, Kingsoft, eLong (Expedia China), OnMobile, Rediff and Infoedge Naukri.In 2005, he was ranked #3 stock picker in China/Hong Kong and #1 for Technology, Media and Telecom by Thomson Reuters Starmine. In 2006 he was ranked #3 equity research analyst in Asia for Software and IT Services by Institutional Investor Magazine for his work on China Internet. William has done over 300 early stage investments including Bitmex in blockchain, UShopal in ecommerce, VideoVerse in media, italki in edtech, Carota in mobility, Flickstree in media, ELSA Speak in edtech, Tappytoon in media, Coutloot in ecommerce, and Dastgyr in fintech. He currently sits on the board of directors of Supplynote, Scantrust, Boost Capital, Pandabus, Fleksy, Goama, italki, and SRT as well as non-profit Blair Academy. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- HengZhi — HengZhi is a China-based, Invite-only Business Social Network.
- ZOTH — ZOTH brings Secured & Stable yield from emerging markets for defi investors
- Tokiva Technologies — Tokiva - Expat's Mobile Carriers. Low cost international calls - on both mobile and landline.
Hailong Xiang joined Baidu in February 2005. He serves as Vice President in charge of Baidu’s commercial operations.Xiang served as Vice President of Baidu’s direct sales for its search marketing business, from April 2007 to July 2011.Mr. Xiang graduated from East China Normal University in 2000 with a degree in computer science.In 2001, Mr.Xiang established Shanghai Qilang, an Internet services firm, and served as its general manager.He joined Baidu with the acquisition of Shanghai Qilang in February 2005. Since joining, Mr. Xiang has led his team in completing the transformation of Baidu’s direct sales organization, effectively improving its structure, business processes, incentive systems, and marketing methods.He now oversees commercial product development, service management, and the Baidu Union.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Parenting, Mobile Apps
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Dooluu — Duolu is a social app that allows parents, relatives, and friends to record and share adolescent’s growth moments from thousands of miles away. It is also an interactive tool for homeschooling in the field of early childhood development. Family members can see the class dynamics posted by the teacher every day, and always understand the progress ofthe adolescent’s learning and growth.
Peter Kellner is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Richmond Global. He previously worked at Richmond Global Compass as a Founder and CEO. Peter Kellner attended Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- Analytics, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, China, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
- Scout Finance — Scout Finance is the best mobile app for accessing company documents and fundamentals on your iPhone and iPad. A must-have for any serious investor.
- OpenSponsorship — Join 19000+ brands connecting to 11000+ athletes, teams and events globally, on OpenSponsorship to drive marketing and sales using sports; proven to deliver 7x ROI.
O.D. Kobo is an accomplished entrepreneur with over twenty-years of demonstrated history working in the financial services and technology sector.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Broadcasting, Video
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- China, Israel, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
- GiveHope —
- Totally Bored —
Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Video, Marketplace
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Israel, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Cymbio — Connect to hundreds of digital sales channels via Cymbio's automated multi channel e-commerce platform to increase sales & elevate revenue.
- Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
- Safeguard Applied Innovation — Safeguard Applied Innovation provides a mobile performance management platform for construction enterprises. It designs its solution to enable decision-making for successful project planning and execution, delivering effective control regardless of project complexity or national regulations.
BitFund was founded in the middle of 2013 by Xiaolai Li, started from as little as $3.5 Million, and within one year, BitFund became the most influential Venture Capital related to crypto-currency in China. Xiaolai Li, a middle-aged retired formal teacher, a life-long learner, an individual who has always been curious about innovations andenthusiastic on efficiency, Li is the first individual in China who has been publicly collecting bitcoins without trying to remain anonymous (everyone puts great emphasis on anonymity of bitcoin when they first know about bitcoin), therefore he is well-known in China, and became even more influential after the BitFund founded.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Social Media, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- China, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- WYAN — WYAN develops a stranger red social app that provides social services for users.
- Zhongmei Group — A Media & Entertainment Company based in Hangzhou,China.
- MASS MEDIA HOLDING GROUP — MASS MEDIA HOLDING GROUP integrates media operations, reputation management, media advertising, and integrated marketing.
Kebin Dai is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lietou.com, a high-end talent community-based recruitment site. He is an expert in recruitment marketing in China.Considered as an expert in recruitment marketing, Dai served at many established companies including P&G and was in charge of the branding operations for Ariel, whisper,Crest and Oral-B brand.Dai resigned P&G as Brand Manager of Greater China and founded Lietou.com in 2008.In 2010, Dai successfully entered the 2010 Asia America Multi-technology Association Cradle Plan. In 2012, Mr. Dai was acclaimed as one of top 10 most influential innovative entrepreneurs in human resources in China.Dai graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in Finance.
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Investment focus
- News, Social News, Social Media
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- pencilnews — The authenticity and trustworthiness of China media have been challenged by foreign press for decades. Media or reporters are often paid (bribed) to write articles on “customers” behave. The truth is, the local people doubt about media as well and in the startup world, it is no exception. The founder of PencilNews, Fang Wang, has experienced itfirsthand and changing the immorality and the unprofessionalism becomes his passion. he mission of PencilNews is to provide the true information about early stage startup. PencilNews has no ads, no paid articles, no articles based on speculation and of course, reporters are restrictedly prohibited to receive money or any incentive for writing. As the slogan “The pencil never lies, the legend never dies”, PencilNews has been VC’s favorite media in China and has funded by SoftBank, Bertelsmann, K2VC, ZhenFund, InnoAngel and etc. for approximately 15M RMB in total.Every PencilNews article is written by our own reporters and interview founders directly through phone conversation or face-to-face meeting with voice recording to back up the authenticity of articles. Because of the diversity of startup and the flourishing ecosystem in China, PencilNews has covered startups from the agriculture, fish, livestock industry to the entertainment, gaming, education, manufacturing, smart devices and full of diverse industries. The trustworthy articles have caught investor’s needs to discover early stage startups and became the first choice for startups to understand the market situation and customer needs.
Zhu Li is the founder of Uusee, an online TV streaming service.
Li has shown potential from an early age by winning first prize and the National Youth Inventions competition while still in high school. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Micro Electronics from Tsinghua University.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Internet, Recruiting
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- MoSeeker — MoSeeker is an AI based social recruitment tool that provides recruiting technology solutions for talent acquisition teams to help them identify, attract, and engage candidates. It offers integration with all ATS systems, including Taleo, Kenexa, Lumesse, and Successfactors. MoSeeker is launched in 2014 and is based in Shanghai, China.
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