GSR Ventures

Founded in 2004, GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology. The firm invests globally, backing entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses with the potential to dominate large markets.

Haichen Hu MD

Partner

Daisy Jiang

Partner

Sunny Kumar

Partner

Richard Lim

Managing Director

Jiaojie Ren

Partner

Past deals in Social Network

Nametag

Seed Round in 2022
Nametag develops a web3 platform that enables users to claim and showcase digital collectibles on websites. It bridges the gap between traditional social media and web3, allowing users to preview verified credentials and badges collected by others, share their collections, and earn rewards.

Fr. App

Series A in 2021
Fr. App is a filter-free social media platform designed for best friends. Fr. App’s key features centre around SEQUEL, which encourages users to continue each other’s real-life moments with their own take, and WIDGET, which allows instant messaging between friends on the smartphone’s Home Screen. Gaining Gen Z's favour, Fr. App has championed over four million friendships globally and continues to grow as the social media app of choice for the Gen Z generation, with no filters or masks involved.

Marknum Technology

Series B in 2020
Marknum Technology is a cybersecurity-focused firm specializing in artificial intelligence solutions for internet security and public safety. The company develops and operates a big data collection and analysis platform that emphasizes public safety through internet auditing. It provides smart law enforcement tools designed for the public security sector, including systems for counter-terrorism and social network analysis. By leveraging big data analytics and AI, Marknum Technology aims to enhance surveillance and improve security measures on the internet, addressing key challenges in the realm of public safety.

Run The World

Seed Round in 2020
Run The World, Inc. is a digital platform that specializes in facilitating live online events, enabling users to plan, host, and attend engaging virtual gatherings. Founded in 2019 and based in Mountain View, California, the company provides a variety of customizable event templates that allow organizers to easily create and manage events. Its platform promotes interaction among attendees through features such as attendee lists, fireside chats, and networking opportunities, creating a space for meaningful conversations and collaboration. Run The World aims to help professional organizations conduct more frequent meetings and engage members effectively, all while minimizing financial and time constraints. By leveraging proprietary technology, the platform offers innovative formats that enhance the online event experience, making it accessible to a global audience.

Leke Dujiaoshou

Series A in 2020
Like Dujiaoshou creates an Internet community ecosystem for entrepreneurs, helping entrepreneurs to connect capital, link resources, and provide educational services.

Fenxiang

Seed Round in 2020
Fenxiang Social E-Commerce is a new type of social e-commerce platform. Based on its own merchant resources and Jingdong supply chain, it selects global good goods and focuses on community sharing. It provides services for groups such as promoters, shopping guides, treasure moms and logistics personnel. Group social e-commerce services

Qunjielong

Series A in 2019
Qunjielong is a technology company that offers an online platform specializing in group tools for WeChat users. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Nanning, China, the company provides services that facilitate sign-in, collection, and statistical analysis within WeChat groups. Initially focusing on basic group functionalities, Qunjielong has expanded its offerings to include various interactive features such as group purchases and community engagement activities. The platform caters to personal users, groups, and suppliers, emphasizing community group buying and enhancing user experience through diverse gameplay options, including registration, interaction, and fee management.

Qunjielong

Seed Round in 2018
Qunjielong is a technology company that offers an online platform specializing in group tools for WeChat users. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Nanning, China, the company provides services that facilitate sign-in, collection, and statistical analysis within WeChat groups. Initially focusing on basic group functionalities, Qunjielong has expanded its offerings to include various interactive features such as group purchases and community engagement activities. The platform caters to personal users, groups, and suppliers, emphasizing community group buying and enhancing user experience through diverse gameplay options, including registration, interaction, and fee management.

Ready Go

Series A in 2018
Ready Go is a developer of entertainment products that specializes in creating casual puzzle games and educational materials for children. The company focuses on research and development to innovate in children's gaming, striving to merge entertainment with educational value. Ready Go emphasizes social interaction within its games and aims to produce high-quality, boutique gaming experiences. Additionally, the company operates a game recommendation platform and sharing community through its WeChat applet, "Play ReadyGo," which offers users access to both domestic and international game information.

Mvoicer

Angel Round in 2018
Mvoicer Co., Ltd, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, focuses on developing gaming applications centered around board games. The company operates a gaming community platform that enhances the board gaming experience by promoting interactive engagement among players. Through its platform, users can access community features, an encyclopedia of board games, guides, videos, and essential materials, all designed to foster communication and understanding of game rules and culture. Mvoicer's services mainly incorporate the WeChat applet and a dedicated app, enabling real-time interaction among board game enthusiasts.

Woshimi

Angel Round in 2018
Woshimi is an online murder reasoning social app. They offer online script-killing interactive entertainment methods, and has derived many new mechanisms and new ways of playing, such as mechanism books, comic books, map books, etc.

Xiaohongshu

Series D in 2018
Xiaohongshu, founded in 2013 and based in Shanghai, China, is a lifestyle sharing platform that allows users to share experiences through text, images, and videos. Initially aimed at assisting overseas travelers with shopping, it has transformed into a vibrant community focused on various lifestyle areas, including cosmetics, fashion, food, travel, entertainment, reading, fitness, and childcare. The platform serves as a social e-commerce space where users can post their favorite products, share shopping experiences, and discover global merchandise, particularly in luxury and beauty sectors. By fostering user-generated content, Xiaohongshu encourages a collaborative environment for lifestyle enthusiasts to exchange insights and recommendations.

Yongwang Keji

Series A in 2018
Yongwang Keji is the China-based knowledge sharing interactive entertainment service platform.

Jiaoliudian

Series A in 2017
HolAChat is a home for communities and friends on urmoli.com. It enables users to stay in touch and have fun via text, voice, and video chat.

Wozaijia.com

Series A in 2017
Wozaijia is a social e-commerce platform for home furniture. "I am at home" is a trustworthy home to share direct purchase platform. Here, people can discover, experience, buy, share their favorite home products, we change the home to share economic practice of buying methods. "I am at home" believes that the world will be better if we can always get a better life with less cost.

Jiaoliudian

Angel Round in 2017
HolAChat is a home for communities and friends on urmoli.com. It enables users to stay in touch and have fun via text, voice, and video chat.

Lizhiweike

Series A in 2017
Lizhiweike is a Shenzhen-based public knowledge-sharing platform.

Next Entertainment

Series A in 2016
Next Entertainment is a venture-funded company dedicated to transforming how individuals discover, view, and engage with video content. Founded by Andy Zhong, the company offers MeMe, a mobile application designed for live broadcasting that allows users to stream content, connect with their audience, and cultivate a following while monetizing their efforts. The platform facilitates interactive experiences, enabling viewers to engage with performers and fellow users, thereby enhancing their visibility and influence. Next Entertainment's services encompass the uploading and downloading of live and recorded video, audio content, and various multimedia materials, providing a seamless environment for interaction and entertainment.

Inke

Series A in 2015
Inke is a Beijing-based operator of mobile live streaming platforms in China. The company runs live streaming apps, including Inke App and Jimu App, and provides online advertising, value-added telecommunications services, internet cultural services, and online audio and video program services, along with talent agency services. It also offers supporting services to manage and scale mobile livestreaming platforms, technology and consulting services, and engages in online game development and investments in internet entities. Founded in 2015, Inke focuses its activities on the Chinese market, delivering live video content and related services to users and advertisers.

Jaha

Seed Round in 2014
Jaha was founded with a mission to bring local people together through the interest of fitness, hence the motto “Where fitness people meet.” Stemming from problems in the market of mundane and non-social apps tied to fitness trackers and community driven apps that were only created for hardcore users. Jaha was created to target casual fitness users to enhance their “fitness life” experiences as if users were working out and training virtually with fitness enthusiasts to better their lives online and offline

LESDO

Angel Round in 2014
LESDO operates a social networking application designed to enhance the lives of lesbians by facilitating connections and fostering community. Developed under the Beijing Music Degree Technological and Cultural Limited, the application enables users to meet others in their vicinity, thereby promoting social engagement. The team behind LESDO comprises experienced professionals from prominent technology companies, including Google, Tencent, Alibaba, and Sina. Their mission is to leverage technology to build both online and offline communities, ultimately improving the living environment for their users.

Youjia

Series B in 2013
Youjia (友加) is a social interaction platform that integrates with entertainment elements. At present, Youjia has over 17 million users and almost 1 million Yuan turnover per month. Youjia's entrepreneur team is formed by senior practitioners with years of industry and entrepreneurial experience.

Youjia

Series A in 2012
Youjia (友加) is a social interaction platform that integrates with entertainment elements. At present, Youjia has over 17 million users and almost 1 million Yuan turnover per month. Youjia's entrepreneur team is formed by senior practitioners with years of industry and entrepreneurial experience.

Baihe

Series C in 2011
Baihe.com is a prominent online dating service provider in China, established in May 2005 as an evolution of Heiyou.com, a social networking site. The company specializes in marriage matchmaking and friend-making services, introducing a unique feature called "spiritual matches." This innovative approach utilizes scientific and professional psychological tests to assist users in identifying partners who meet their emotional and spiritual needs. Baihe.com has grown rapidly, becoming the largest serious matchmaking platform in China, with around 5 million active users and thousands of new registrations daily. Over the years, it has facilitated the connections of approximately 60 million registered singles seeking long-term relationships. Additionally, Baihe.com offers a range of services, including emotional counseling and business cooperation, further enhancing the user experience in finding compatible partners.

Lashou.com

Series C in 2011
Lashou.com is a location-based social commerce platform that facilitates online-to-offline transactions for users in China. Founded in March 2010, the company has become the largest group-purchasing website in the country, serving over 500 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Lashou provides merchants with effective marketing solutions while allowing users to access discounts and coupons through group buying. The platform has experienced significant growth, boasting approximately 3 million registered users and over 30 million monthly visits. Lashou aims to expand its services into Southeast Asian markets, including Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore, in the near future. The company has successfully raised $55 million from various investors, contributing to its estimated market value of $1.1 billion.

Lashou.com

Series B in 2010
Lashou.com is a location-based social commerce platform that facilitates online-to-offline transactions for users in China. Founded in March 2010, the company has become the largest group-purchasing website in the country, serving over 500 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Lashou provides merchants with effective marketing solutions while allowing users to access discounts and coupons through group buying. The platform has experienced significant growth, boasting approximately 3 million registered users and over 30 million monthly visits. Lashou aims to expand its services into Southeast Asian markets, including Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore, in the near future. The company has successfully raised $55 million from various investors, contributing to its estimated market value of $1.1 billion.

Lashou.com

Series A in 2010
Lashou.com is a location-based social commerce platform that facilitates online-to-offline transactions for users in China. Founded in March 2010, the company has become the largest group-purchasing website in the country, serving over 500 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Lashou provides merchants with effective marketing solutions while allowing users to access discounts and coupons through group buying. The platform has experienced significant growth, boasting approximately 3 million registered users and over 30 million monthly visits. Lashou aims to expand its services into Southeast Asian markets, including Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore, in the near future. The company has successfully raised $55 million from various investors, contributing to its estimated market value of $1.1 billion.

Baihe

Series A in 2005
Baihe.com is a prominent online dating service provider in China, established in May 2005 as an evolution of Heiyou.com, a social networking site. The company specializes in marriage matchmaking and friend-making services, introducing a unique feature called "spiritual matches." This innovative approach utilizes scientific and professional psychological tests to assist users in identifying partners who meet their emotional and spiritual needs. Baihe.com has grown rapidly, becoming the largest serious matchmaking platform in China, with around 5 million active users and thousands of new registrations daily. Over the years, it has facilitated the connections of approximately 60 million registered singles seeking long-term relationships. Additionally, Baihe.com offers a range of services, including emotional counseling and business cooperation, further enhancing the user experience in finding compatible partners.
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