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 Video
Tiaoyue Intelligent
Angel Round in 2022
Developer of digital marketing using generative AI. The company focuses on five major technologies including AI for video synthesis, lip and body movement synthesis, emotional speech synthesis, dialogue engine and knowledge graph, enabling live streaming and ecommerce platform to solve specific problems such as pre-sale contact, sale and after-sales service.
SOMO Tech
Seed Round in 2019
SOMO is a video conferencing collaboration service provider that provides users with integrated hardware devices for host and camera, desktop real-time shared computer and mobile applications, SOMO remote control APP, and encrypted cloud conference rooms.
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology
Series B in 2018
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology is a video platform operator.
uktimes
Seed Round in 2018
intellectual property, short videos content
Weiba
Angel Round in 2018
Weiba is a short voice and video community for chatting while watching.
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!
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology
Angel Round in 2017
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology is a video platform operator.
Xiaoyu Yilian
Series B in 2017
Xiaoyu Link is an online video conference solution provider. Xiaoyu Link plans to use the proceeds to enhance its sales and marketing efforts, as well as carrying out research in new products and technologies.
Er Geng
Venture Round in 2017
Er Geng video content platform. Er Geng also plans to expand its business in 30 cities across 20 provinces in China.
Xiaoyu Yilian
Series B in 2017
Xiaoyu Link is an online video conference solution provider. Xiaoyu Link plans to use the proceeds to enhance its sales and marketing efforts, as well as carrying out research in new products and technologies.
Jumpcut
Seed Round in 2016
Jumpcut, Inc. is an online education company based in Hollywood, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in creating engaging courses focused on content creation, including topics such as comedy, growth hacking on social media, viral video production, vlogging, and monetizing brand deals. Jumpcut aims to address the low completion rates typical of online courses by implementing entertainment industry practices that enhance user engagement. As a result, the company boasts a 65% course completion rate, significantly higher than the industry average, and retains 90% of its subscribers on a monthly basis. Through its innovative approach, Jumpcut seeks to transform the online learning experience into something more captivating and effective.
Er Geng
Series A in 2016
Er Geng video content platform. Er Geng also plans to expand its business in 30 cities across 20 provinces in China.
Yeecall
Seed Round in 2016
YeeCall Network Limited is a software company based in China that specializes in social networking applications. The company has developed the YeeCall messenger app, which facilitates video and voice calling, as well as free calls and messaging services. Additionally, the app supports location sharing and chatting functionalities, aimed at enhancing user communication and connectivity.
Hyper
Seed Round in 2015
Hyper is a new video magazine for iPad with a clear less is more approach. With daily editions of only 6 to 12 hand-picked videos and a beautiful, minimalist design, Hyper simply provides the best of the newest every day.
Junwu Ciweimian
Seed Round in 2015
Junwu Ciweimian is a military-themed video production company.
FangKuai Xiong
Seed Round in 2015
FangKuai Xiong is an online toy video provider.
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
Swivl
Seed Round in 2013
Swivl, Inc. is a company that offers a robotic video accessory platform designed to enhance video recording and collaboration for educational and professional purposes. Its flagship product, the Swivl Robot, operates without the need for a camera operator, utilizing mobile devices as control centers while improving audio quality with wireless technology. The platform includes a Capture app and cloud services that facilitate the creation and sharing of multimedia videos, compliant with privacy regulations. Swivl's products are applicable across various sectors, including K-12 education for flipped classrooms and student projects, higher education for lecture capture and teacher training, and corporate environments for training and video conferencing. The company sells its products online and through various resellers in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2010, Swivl is headquartered in San Carlos, California.
Shenzhouying Software Technology
Series A in 2013
Xiamen Shenzhouying Software Technology Co. Ltd. (厦门神州鹰) is a Chinese high-tech enterprise focused on the research and development of audio and video compression technologies. The company also offers solutions for the security industry through compression algorithms and perfect platform software. Xiamen Shenzhouying Software Technology uses ultra-low stream lossless compression technologies to overcome the problem of transmitting at the video transmission speed of 64 KB in the upstream broadband in ADSL networks. The doubleline-multipoint services established by the company itself enable users to realize interconnections between Telecom and Unicom and enjoy clearer surveillance videos with more screens. The professional version of this technology can even allow as many as 2000 people online at the same time.
Pianpian
Angel Round in 2013
Pianpian (片片) is a Chinese application owned by Atom Interaction (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., an internet company focused on innovation. It enables users to watch and download high-definition films and television series including different varieties of blockbusters, TV series, variety programs, animated cartoons, and more. The company’s initial staff comes from National University of Singapore, Michigan State University, Tsinghua University, and many other universities. Its members have previous technology and operation experiences of mobile internet. The company aims on developing interesting mobile applications that can change life and affect the living habits, and spreading it to the Silicon Valley as well as the rest of the world. Developed mobile applications of the company are focused on video, social intercourse, entertainment, and many other features. Pianpian is an audiovisual mobile application developed by Yuanzi Hudong. It was launched in October 2012.
Shenzhouying Software Technology
Seed Round in 2012
Xiamen Shenzhouying Software Technology Co. Ltd. (厦门神州鹰) is a Chinese high-tech enterprise focused on the research and development of audio and video compression technologies. The company also offers solutions for the security industry through compression algorithms and perfect platform software. Xiamen Shenzhouying Software Technology uses ultra-low stream lossless compression technologies to overcome the problem of transmitting at the video transmission speed of 64 KB in the upstream broadband in ADSL networks. The doubleline-multipoint services established by the company itself enable users to realize interconnections between Telecom and Unicom and enjoy clearer surveillance videos with more screens. The professional version of this technology can even allow as many as 2000 people online at the same time.
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