ZhenFund is a seed fund and venture capital firm established in 2011 by New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang, in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. Based in Beijing, with additional offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Silicon Valley, ZhenFund focuses on investing in innovative startups across various sectors including e-commerce, education, artificial intelligence, fintech, and healthcare. With a portfolio that includes over 800 companies and more than 30 unicorns, ZhenFund emphasizes the importance of exceptional founding teams in building successful businesses. The firm provides entrepreneurs with comprehensive support through mentorship, biannual demo days for networking with top Chinese venture capitalists, and various consulting services. ZhenFund has received recognition as the leading early-stage investment firm for six consecutive years, highlighting its influence and effectiveness in the startup ecosystem.
China World Trade Center (Guomao), No. 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004, China
Yusen Dai
Managing Partner
Anna Fang
Partner and CEO
Grace Gu
Principal and Head of Eastern China
Yuan Liu
Partner
Tianyi Qin
Principal
Yuguang Sun
Investment Associate
Lulu Sun
VP
Debbie Wang
VP
Terry Wang
Venture Partner
Fangzhou Yao
Managing Director
Li Yi
Investment Associate
Emma Yin
Partner
Meng Yuan
Investment Associate
Jack Zheng
Managing Partner
Past deals in Photo Software
Vigo Photon
Angel Round in 2023
Weiwu Photonics creates 3D visual perception modules, algorithms, and solutions. They also develop a monocular 3D snapshot camera based on optical super-surface and computational imaging technologies.
Versa
Seed Round in 2017
Versa is a Chinese artificial intelligence-based video and photo editing app, which can make a photo into the style of oil painting or animation. What is Versa? Is the best visual creation app in the age of artificial intelligence. Is a key to art into the picture of black technology. Is to add some artistic talent to your artifact. You are responsible for imagination, AI is responsible for drawing. Everyone is an artist whose life has been delayed. The origin of Versa? The name comes from Latin vice versa and vice versa. That "anti" meaning. They are bent on tying the heroic dreams to the ordinary life of every ordinary person. Remember, perhaps on the opposite planet parallel to the universe, you saved the world! Who is using Versa? They are Modern Artist of this era, they are also the most active visual creators. Is the freshest and most interesting young people, yes, you and your little friends are!
Polarr
Seed Round in 2015
Polarr, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating photo-editing software, both online and offline. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Polarr focuses on integrating artificial intelligence into photography and video editing. The company provides developers with tools and resources that facilitate the creation of applications designed to inspire and enable users to produce artistic works. Its platform includes an in-browser photo editor capable of processing raw images, allowing users to easily edit photos across various platforms and operating systems. Polarr aims to make the art of photo editing accessible and efficient for everyone.
Beijing Shijie Hexin Network Technology
Series A in 2014
Beijing Shijie Hexin Network Technology is an operator of blink, a photo and video graphic messaging app
Nice
Series A in 2014
Nice allows users to add labels, stickers and screens to photos that they share on social networks. It currently has close to 10 million registered users. First launched in October 2013 by a team of fashionistas turned developers, nice soon found a niche of like-minded users who enjoyed tagging their clothes with the app. Touted as "China's Instagram", Nice has become the leading photo sharing app in mainland China. Nice has a very active and young audience and also has steady international growth, with multi-lingual interface options available in its settings.
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