EMPOWER INNOVATORS

Bob Xu

FOUNDER

Bob Xiaoping Xu is the founding partner of ZhenFund(真格基金)，a leading early-stage fund which has been ranked number one in top “Early-stage Investment Firms of the Year” by Zero2IPO Group for 5 consecutive years. He is known as one of China’s pioneering angel investors with the following distinctions including “2010 Most Respected Angel Investor” from The Founder Magazine, “2013 Best Angel Investor” from The Founder Magazine, “2014 Best Angel Investor” from CV Source, “2014 Chinese Business Leaders Award” from Phoenix TV. Forbes Magazine also selected him into Midas List, as one of the world's top 100 investors of the year for four consecutive years since 2016.

Prior to founding ZhenFund, Bob was a co-founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private education in China.

Bob received his bachelor’s degree from China Central Conservatory of Music and obtained a master's degree of University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is currently the president of China Angel Club, China’s top angel investor organization, and President of China Angel Committee by CSRC (China Securities Regulatory Committee).

Victor Wang

CO-FOUNDER

Victor Qiang Wang is the co-founder of ZhenFund, and also the chairman of 17zuoye and Happy Juzi.

Prior to ZhenFund, Victor was a co-founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private education in China. In addition to being a respected entrepreneur, he is also a famous collector and lover of rare books. Besides, Victor is a well-known humanities scholar, who has published two books of essays — Reading Reconstructs Me, and A Bookworm’s Summer in Oxford.

Victor is now the council member of the Centre for China & Globalization (CCG), a leading Chinese independent think tank based in Beijing. He is also the director of 2005 Committee, and the donor of Future Science Prize.

In 2015, Victor Wang was honored with the foundation fellow of Harris Manchester College of Oxford University.

Anna Fang

PARTNER & CEO

Anna Fang is the CEO and Partner of ZhenFund, an early stage venture capital firm in China. Anna oversees the fund’s investments, portfolio management and operations. Anna’s investments include e-commerce, AI and education companies such as RED (XiaoHongShu), Mia, Club Factory, Perfect Diary, Yitu, Mobvoi, Horizon Robotics, and VIPKID.

Before joining ZhenFund, Anna worked at GE China in Corporate Business Development, responsible for GE’s M&A and BD efforts in China. Anna started her career as an investment banker at JPMorgan New York office covering consumer and retail companies.

Anna was made Forbes’ “The Midas List 2019”, named “Top 10 Early-stage Investors of the Year 2018” by Zero2IPO Group, voted “2018 China's 100 Best Investors” by entrepreneurs on 36Kr, and selected Forbes’ Midas Brink List in 2016. She was also named a Young Global Leader in 2016. 

Anna received an undergraduate degree from Columbia University in Economics and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. She is currently an advisory board member of Columbia College and Columbia’s Global Centers; she also leads the Beijing chapter of Stanford GSB.  

Zhaoyu Zheng

PARTNER

Zhaoyu Zheng is a partner at ZhenFund, where he has invested and managed companies such as Meicai, EasyFlower, 51talk, Zhaogang, Locals, etc. 

Prior to joining ZhenFund, Zhaoyu was the Vice President of the Education International Corporation, one of China’s leading providers in overseas study. He also served as the Principal of the Taiyuan New Oriental School. Zhaoyu was named one of the 40 Under 40 Investors by China’s Entrepreneur Magazine in 2015. 

Zhaoyu received a Masters Degree in Management from Peking University.  

Yusen Dai

PARTNER

Yusen is a partner of ZhenFund. He led investments of Xiaodaka, Chanjinglu, Ontology, Thunder, etc.

Before joining ZhenFund, Yusen dropped out of Stanford in 2009 and cofounded Jumei(NYSE: JMEI). Jumei is the leading Chinese cosmetics e-commerce retailer and one of the largest Chinese e-commerce companies. Yusen oversaw Jumei's product design and development, operation management, online marketing, and management of several categories. Yusen was one of the youngest cofounders to list their companies on NYSE.

Yusen attended Stanford University Graduate School, and received his bachelor degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing.

Wei Jiang

VENTURE PARTNER

Wei Jiang is a venture partner at ZhenFund. His investment portfolio includes Leap.ai, Subtle Medical, Citcon, etc.

Wei held leadership positions in a number of world class internet companies. Prior to ZhenFund, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Google Greater China. Wei had founded startups in both US and China.

Wei graduated from Peking University with a bachelor degree in Information Systems. He also holds an MBA from William E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester.

Olivia Wang

HEAD of US

Olivia is the head of ZhenFund US office. She focuses on internet finance companies and US deals. She also manages US-China partnerships for ZhenFund.

Prior to joining ZhenFund, Olivia was an Asia equity sales analyst at Credit Suisse, where she specialized in Chinese internet, led investor participation in 12 IPOs, and served the Asia/China -focused funds in North America.She also worked at Huobi, which is the largest bitcoin exchange in China.

Olivia graduated from Johns Hopkins University, where she received a B.A. in International Studies and Political Science.

Arthur Zhang

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Arthur Zhang is a Managing Director of ZhenFund, with featured deals including ofo bicycle, X-charge, UISEE, ShebaoTong, Lyncmed Medical, etc. 

Prior to joining ZhenFund, Arthur was with Baidu Investment, M&A Department, and Booz&Company in both US and China. 

Arthur holds a Ph.D. in Transportation & Operations and a Master's degree in Economics from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Tsinghua University. 

Yuan Liu

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yuan Liu is a Managing Director at ZhenFund, having led investments in Momenta, CastBox, Yi23, Xinshixiang, 12 Sigma, TongSoon, and other companies. 

Prior to ZhenFund, Yuan worked at Greenspring Associates responsible for fund investments and late stage direct investments globally. Yuan also serves as a member of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Board of Trustees. 

Yuan received his Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Washington and Lee University. 

Grace Gu

PRINCIPAL & HEAD of EASTERN CHINA

Grace Gu is the Principal & Head of Eastern China. Her Investments include Qingtengyun,  Data Grand, Jike, FlowerPlus, Papitube, Panda TV, etc. 

Before joining ZhenFund, Grace was a senior investment analyst at Shanda Innovations, where she participated in several mobile Internet deals for sourcing, execution and portfolio management. 

Grace graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Hong Kong. 

Justin Guan

VP & HEAD of SOUTHERN CHINA

Justin Guan is the Vice President & Head of Southern China of ZhenFund, having led the investments of Meipian, Baoji, Versa, Qianyu Islands, and other companies. 

Justin received his Bachelor's degree from City University of Hong Kong.

Emma Yin

VP

Emma Yin is a Vice President of ZhenFund. She led investments of Chaitin Tech, SYNYI AI, AutoX, Flexiv Robotics, Stratifyd, etc. 

Emma received her Bachelor's degree with a double major in Accounting and Economics from Illinois Wesleyan University and obtained a Master's degree in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.