Sinovation Ventures

Venture Partner

Clement Song is a Venture Partner of Sinnovation Ventures, and Chairman of Clement and Xinxin Foundation. Prior to entrepreneurship, Clement worked at Microsoft Xbox team and participated in the development and release of Xbox360, Xbox Live, and Xbox Live Vision products. In 2008, he returned to China and founded eCitySky as CEO, creating the world's first web3D virtual world platform "GameXiu." ECitySky merged with YY in 2011 and successfully listed on NASDAQ in 2012. In 2014, he founded AiNemo as CEO and launched "Xiaoyu@Home" and "Xiaodu@Home". AiNemo was later acquired by Baidu in 2020 for 600 million USD. Clement was also the co-founder of XYLink, a spinoff from AiNemo, now a leading cloud video conferencing company in China. Clement angel-invested in high-tech unicorn companies in China and US, such as global Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider Agora (Nasdaq"API"), smart agriculture company XAG, and AI-powered translation service company Lilt, etc. Clement graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering as a Rodman Scholar.

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Zhang is a world leading expert in machine learning. He obtained BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Cornell University, and MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. He is a professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Previously Tong Zhang was a full professor at Rutgers University, and worked at IBM, Yahoo as research scientists, and Baidu as the founding Director of Big Data Lab. He was also the founding Director of Tencent AI Lab. Dr. Tong Zhang was an ASA fellow and IMS fellow, and has served as the chair or area-chair in major machine learning conferences such as NIPS, ICML, and COLT, and has served as associate editors in top machine learning journals such as PAMI, JMLR, and Machine Learning Journal.

Chairman & Managing Partner, WI Harper Group

With over 30 years of venture capital experience, WI Harper Group Chairman Peter Liu is widely regarded as a venture capital pioneer in Asia. In 1985, Peter co-founded Walden International. Then, in 1993, he founded WI Harper Group, a boutique venture capital firm focused on early-stage TMT and health care technology investments. Additionally, he has personally invested in hundreds of rising tech companies based in the United States and Greater China, many of which became publicly listed in major global exchanges. His investments include DivX, Creative Technology, CommerceOne, Intraware, S3, ISSI, and many other publicly listed companies. Beyond his investment history, Peter is also heavily involved with a number of influential organizations. He is a Director on the Fifth Council of the China Overseas Exchange Association, one of China’s most powerful non-partisan organizations. He is also a Foundation Member of the World Economic Forum, actively sharing ideas with the world’s greatest economic and political minds to foresee and shape the future.

Senior Vice President of AI Institue/ Dean of Greater Bay Area Research Center

Mr. Jeremy Chau is the Senior Vice President and Dean of Sinovation AI Institute Greater Bay Area Center. He leads the technology team focusing on AI infusion enabling new technologies for traditional businesses. He joined Google in the year 2000 as its 103rd employee at its small office in Silicon Valley. He was the first engineer of Google AdWords. He also developed various products during his 8-year career at Google: Gmail, Maps, China Music. He started doing angel investments in China in 2008 and one portfolio company lightinthebox.com was listed on NASDAQ in 2013. Other notable investments are Papaya Mobile, instreet.cn, the movie One Night Surprise. He started Jide.com in 2014 to develop an enterprise OS based on Android for PC equipment like laptops and desktops. He started Zeegle in 2018 to provide AI consulting services to enterprises and government in China. Jeremy received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Executive Dean of Nanjing Research Center

Dr. Ji Feng is the Deputy Dean of Nanjing Research Center. Dr. Feng is the recipient of 2020 CCF Best Dissertation Award. Currently he is in charge of empowering investment using AI technology. Dr. Ji Feng graduated from Nanjing University under the supervision of Prof. Zhi-Hua Zhou, with a focus on developing novel deep learning models. His academic activities include the vice-chair of IEEE federated machine learning standard working group, member of China Computing Federation's Ethics Committee and PC member of top international AI conferences including NeurIPS-19/20, AAAI-18/19/20, ICML-19 etc.

Chief Scientist

Dr. Ming Zhou is the Chief Scientist of Sinovation Ventures AI Institute. Dr. Zhou is a world leading AI scientist and a pioneer in Chinese NLP. Before joining Sinovation, Dr. Zhou was the Assistant Managing Director at Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), Chair of Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL) China. He is vice president of China Computer Federation (CCF) and steering committee member of Chinese Information Processing Society of China. He is also a doctorial advisor in Harbin Institute of Technology, Tianjin University, Nankai University, Beihang University, University of Science and Technology of China.

Dean of AI Institute

Mr. Yonggang Wang is the dean of Sinovation Ventures AI Institute. He is the co-founder of AInnovation, a spin-off from AI Institute, as well as the founder of DeeCamp, a students non-for-profit AI deep learning training camp. Previously, he served as staff software engineer in Google for over 10 years, the projects he had participated or been responsible for research and development include desktop search, Google Pinyin input method, product search, knowledge graph, Google Homepage Doodles, etc. He has a deep experience accumulation in knowledge graph, distributed systems, input method, HTML5 animation, game engine and other technical fields. Yonggang graduated from Peking University.

President & Partner

Ms. Tina Tao serves as the President and Partner of Sinovation Ventures, leading the operations and professional services teams including fund raising, finance, legal, marketing, business development, and investor relations. Prior to Sinovation Ventures, Tina had worked for years at the Chinese headquarters Microsoft, IBM and Google China. She has held leadership roles in product management, marketing, strategy and operations. Ms. Tao holds a B.A. and M.A. in Information Management from Peking University and a Master in Business Administration from Yale University.

Operating Partner

Ms. Xiuping Liu joined us in 2010 and serves as Operating Partner, overseeing the investor relations and fund raising of our RMB funds. She was nominated by the China FoF Alliance as one of the Top 20 Best Female IR in China for two consecutive years in 2021-2023. Xiuping has over 20 years of experience in finance and tax. She served as a financial controller at H-Line Ogilvy Communications, a leading public relations agency. Previously, Ms. LIU served as the Finance Director at Beijing Photoelectric Technology, a subsidiary of the Lenovo Group. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Renmin University.

CMO & Operating Partner

Ms. Anita Huang joined us in 2016 and serves as the Chief Marketing Officer. She directs Sinovation Ventures’ branding, entrepreneurs’ community and training programs, public relations, marketing activities, and new business development on the portfolio management side. With 12 years of large scale Internet media platform experience in the Greater China region, Anita has worked with Tudou, Google and Yahoo! in the Greater China region with responsibilities ranging from marketing management, business development, product management, P&L management, and data analytics. Between 2014 to 2016, she founded Taiwan Startup Stadium that work with tech startups to go global, training over 150 startup companies and built a network of 15 top global accelerators, investors, tech conferences in the ecosystem. Anita holds M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Northwestern University.

General Counsel & Operating Partner

Ms. Ying Lin joined us in 2011 and serves as the General Legal Counsel. Ying leads the legal team to provide legal support at Sinovation Ventures. She is also responsible for all legal matters related to the fund raising, compliance and management. Her team has received ALB Award as "Top In-house Team in China" in 2014, 2015 and 2016. She personally was awarded by China IP Magazine as "China Outstanding In-house IP Manager" in 2013 and by ALB as "Top 15 In-House Lawyer" in 2016 and 2017. She was previously a Partner at Dacheng, the largest law firm in China, specializing in corporation, private placements, private funds, M&A and securities. Previously, Ying was a lawyer at King & Wood Mallesons. She graduated from the University of International Business and Economics, with a Bachelor in International Trade and a Master and a Ph.D. of Law in International Economics Law.

Partner & General Manager, Eastern China

Mr. Peter Wu joins Sinovation Ventures with 10+ years of investment, M&A and marketing experience in the healthcare industry. During 2013 to 2020, he worked in SBCVC responsible for healthcare investments in China. He led and participated in several deals including New Horizon Health, Ankon Health, Annoroad, Lifotronic Technology, Codoon, etc.. Before investment career he previously worked at GE Healthcare and GE Consumer & Industrial for 7 years in marketing, business development, and global sourcing roles. Peter Wu graduated from Tongji University with B.A. in Material Science and Engineering as well as MBA degree in Vanderbilt University. He was awarded with “40 Under 40 Investors” by Cyzone in 2019 and “Top 10 Healthcare Investors” by VCBeat in 2017.

Partner & General Manager, Southern China

Mr. Hao Xiong, Partner and General Manager of Southern China office, joined Sinovation Ventures in early 2017. Hao is responsible for sustainability tech, advanced manufacturing, logistics and supply chain investments, including MyMRO, EP-ZL, Worldwide Logistics, Enkris Semiconductor, Zuoyebang, Youdao, etc. He worked for Cowin Capital and Legend Capital from 2011 to 2016, with a focus on technology and consumption upgrade. Prior to Sinovations, he made investments in Chinese startups across edtech, sports, technology, e-commerce, and consumer areas. Before becoming an investor, he was a research scientist at NIST, Maryland, working on microelectronics and emerging technologies. He had over 30 publications on IEEE Transactions, APL, and JAP etc. Hao received his B.A. degree from Tsinghua University (1999), Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University (2004), and MBA degree from Yale University (2010).

Operating Partner

Mr. Will Xie joined us in 2018 as Operating Partner. He had worked in government offices for nearly 10 years. At present, he mainly assists the Chairman’s office in operational management, RMB fund raising and portfolio management. Will Xie obtained a Bachelor's degree in Science and Law and a Master's degree in Procedural Law from the People's Public Security University of China, and a Ph.D. in Law from the China University of Political Science and Law.

Executive Director

Nero Wang, Executive Director of Sinovation Ventures, focuses on deep tech (AI, IoT, Semiconductor, etc.). Nero has led investments in National Chip, DPI, XYZ Robotics, Prophesee, Suirui, Transn, Y-semi, Flagchip, WeRide, AInnovation, Jing OS, Broadlink, Langboat, Nanostep, Kalman, 01.AI among others. Nero was the former leader of 360 hardware ecosystem, Co-founder of MUSES incubator, Founder of GuoYuan Delivery, Founder of College Students Sponsorship Web, Founder of the National College Students New Media Development Forum. He also worked at Microsoft, Qihoo 360 and Weibo. Nero graduated from Queen Mary University of London in Telecommunication & Management, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Executive Director & General Manager, Frontier Tech Fund

Bob Ren joins Sinovation Ventures with 6+ years of investment experience in the technology sector. During 2017 to 2020, he worked in Baidu Ventures (BV) as Principal, responsible for advanced biotech & healthcare and industrial AI sectors in China. He led in 10+ deals including Uml-Tech, Insilico Medicine, Airlook, Sensoro and AI-Prime, etc. He also led AI Lab and fund-raising functions in BV. He previously worked at several investment institutions including Tsing Capital, focusing on clean-tech and new materials. Bob Ren graduated from Ohio State University with B.A. in Finance as well as Master degree of Finance from Johns Hopkins University.

Executive Director

Mr. Wenchao Shen, Executive Director, joined Sinovation Ventures in early 2015. Wenchao focuses on enterprise software and disruptive technology. He led investments in 4Paradigm, Waterdrop Inc, Tongyu Technology, Xunce Technology, etc. Prior to Sinovation, he worked in BAI and invested in UCloud. Before being an investor, he was a software engineer at Baidu. Wenchao received his bachelor’s and master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Partner

Mr. Hao Xiong, Partner and General Manager of Southern China office, joined Sinovation Ventures in early 2017. Hao is responsible for sustainability tech, advanced manufacturing, logistics and supply chain investments, including MyMRO, EP-ZL, Worldwide Logistics, Enkris Semiconductor, Zuoyebang, Youdao, etc. He worked for Cowin Capital and Legend Capital from 2011 to 2016, with a focus on technology and consumption upgrade. Prior to Sinovations, he made investments in Chinese startups across edtech, sports, technology, e-commerce, and consumer areas. Before becoming an investor, he was a research scientist at NIST, Maryland, working on microelectronics and emerging technologies. He had over 30 publications on IEEE Transactions, APL, and JAP etc. Hao received his B.A. degree from Tsinghua University (1999), Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University (2004), and MBA degree from Yale University (2010).

Partner

Ms. Christine Lang is a Partner at Sinovation Ventures focusing on Consumer & Internet vertical. She has more than 10 years of investment and industry research experience in the Chinese TMT space and led numerous strategic consulting projects for top-notch investment and TMT companies including Morgan Stanley, MIH, Warburg Pincus, WR Hambrecht, China Mobile, China Telecom, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Tencent, Baidu, etc. She had also previously worked for UNIDO UK as Head of Projects and earlier on she was Beijing’s Section Manager for Fuhwa Securities. Christine was elected #2 of TOP 10 Angel Investors by Zero2IPO and serves as admission interviewer Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. She leads the investments in 40+ companies, including Zhufaner, WD Tech, The One Smart Piano, Moji Weather, VivaVideo, Songguo, Qinbaobao, etc. Christine has bachelor degree in Beijing University of Technology and MBA from Peking University.

Senior Partner

Richard is a Senior Partner at Sinovation Ventures, focusing on growth and venture capital investments. Previously, he was with Sinovation's venture funds as an advisor and then a Partner. He has 18 years of experience in technology entrepreneurship and investments. Richard focuses on the technologies and services in health and productivity sectors worldwide. He manages an active portfolio of 30+ companies such as Meditrust 镁信健康, Insilico Medicine 英矽智能, XAG 极飞, Megarobo 镁伽, and Glinx 基灵. Richard graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. His passion is working with talented founders and teams, applying social and historical studies to investments, and supporting charities in children's and women's rights.

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