Eight Roads Ventures

Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm and the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Limited (FIL). It targets technology-enabled companies across stages from early venture to growth and late-stage, with a focus on healthcare IT, information technology, software and services, fintech, consumer and enterprise technology, telecommunications, and related sectors. It operates internationally with offices in Europe (London) and Asia (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai, Bengaluru) and partnerships in Israel, Singapore, and the United States, reflecting a broad geographic scope. It typically invests between modest seven-figures to tens of millions of dollars, seeks to lead or co-lead and often takes a board seat, supporting portfolio companies with strategic and operational expertise. The firm emphasizes long-standing partnerships and a hands-on approach, backed by FIL’s resources.

Umang Agarwal

Principal

Hiroki Ashida

Vice President

Daniel Auerbach

Senior Managing Partner and Head of Global Ventures

Vytautas Balsys

Partner

Helena Barman

Investor

Katy Barnett

Associate

Virginia Bassano

Vice President

Shirish Belapure

Venture Partner

Daniel Benjamin

Investor

Betty Cai

Partner

Ted Chua

Senior Partner

Lucile Cornet

Partner

Kevin Du

Senior Associate

Raj Dugar

Managing Partner, India

Martin Ericsson

Vice President

Tamina Fogelberg

Investor

Siddhant Gandhi

Associate

Elaine Gao

Senior Associate

Antonin Gury-Coupier

Investor

Davor Hebel

Managing Partner

April Hu

Vice President

Tao Huang

Principal

Tammy Huang

Senior Associate

Tao Huang

Principal

Allen Huo

Vice President

Abhishek Jain

Vice President

Deepak Kanvinde

Venture Partner

Michiko Kohyama

Vice President

Shinichiro Komoto

Partner

Kavish Kothari

Principal

Chintan Kothari

Partner

Thomas Lin

Vice President

Xin Liu

Partner

Weimin Liu Ph.D

Partner

Allen Liu

Senior Associate

Maneesh Menon

Principal

Sophie Meralli

Vice President

Chersy Miao

Principal

David Milstein

Managing Partner and Head of Japan

Junichi Murata

Partner

Jens Neisius

Vice President

Dan O'Toole

Vice President

Yosuke Ouchi

Principal

Alexandra Prescot

Investor

Delphine Qiu

Principal

Eyal Rabinovich

Investor

Laura Salesse

Investor

Fuga Sawada

Senior Associate

Shawn Shen

Partner

Sagar Sheth

Vice President

Lei Shi Ph.D

Partner

Arjun Singh

Senior Associate

Michael Stephanblome

Venture Partner

Liena Suzuki MD

Principal

Aditya Systla

Partner

Michael Treskow

Partner

Jarlon Tsang JD

Managing Partner and Head of China

Ashish Venkataramani

Partner

Ashish Venkataramani

Partner

Bo Wang

Senior Associate

He Wang

Vice President

Nancy Xu

Vice President

Cody Yin Ph.D

Partner

Yuan Yuan

Principal

Zang Jialun

Partner

Alston Zecha

Partner

Gordon Zhang

Partner

Zhang Yixiao

Executive Director

Haoming Zhang

Vice President

Feng Zhao Ph.D

Partner

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Series D in 2025
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