Backing technology-focused teams with global vision.

We are what is usually called “founder friendly”

All of our partners spent most of their career as operators, and are keenly aware of what help is needed, and what is not needed.

How we work

01

We (try to) make decisions quickly.

We try to give responses back to entrepreneurs quickly (usually a reject decision within days of our first meeting, and an investment decision within weeks)

02

We are transparent

We give real reasons as to whether it is a good fit for us (or not)

03

We believe in the combination of systems and people

We have invested in tools and systems to make support far more efficient. But we are also deeply committed investors who will be personally in the trenches with our founders

04

We believe in the power of our network, and activating it for our founders

Over our history, we’ve invested in over 350 companies. These founders represent a powerful network across domains and technologies. We work hard to build this into a community

05

We are here to build long relationships

We are committed to building enduring partnerships with our founders, offering sustained support throughout their entire journey

What you get

Fast, clear answers: we work at 'entrepreneurial speed'; we move quickly for you

Experienced people, from both our team and our network, who have faced the same issues as you

Systems that we have built to benefit the whole network: recruiting tools, knowledge databases, and more

Support: a partner that you can rely on in good times and bad

Meet the Team

Dr.
 
Xuhui
 
Shao

Yahoo VP, Turn CTO
TEEC Angel Fund II
TEEC Angel Fund III
AI & Enterprise software expert
11 patents


Tsinghua/ U of Minnesota (PhD)
Dr.
 
Jinlin
 
Wang

Auryc CEO, Answers COO
TEEC Angel Fund
TEEC Angel Fund II
TEEC Angel Fund III
Optimization & Enterprise software expert
7 patents

Tsinghua/ U of Connecticut (PhD)
Dr.
 
Michael
 
Jin

IGC & SSI/ iWatt Co-founder
TEEC Angel Fund
TEEC Angel Fund II
TEEC Angel Fund III
Biotech & IC expert
50 patents

Tsinghua/ Stanford (PhD)
 
Charles
 
Ling

Deep Tech Investment Director

Former Investment Banker

Standard Chartered Bank

JP Morgan First Capital


USC/ Washington University (MA)
 
Sophia
 
Yu

Software Investment Associate

Tsinghua University/ Yale (MBA)
Dr.
 
Lu
 
Wang

Life Sciences Investor

PhD in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Bio

Former Application Scientist, ThermoFisher

Former Senior Principal, Linear Capital

CAS (PhD)
 
Phoebe
 
Fan

Operating Partner

Amazon

Deeplearning.ai

AI Fund

IntelliPro

U of Utah (MS)
 
Theresa
 
Dai

Software and Life Science Investment Associate

Former PwC Digital Product Manager and Healthcare Consultant specializing in data analytics

Northwestern/ MIT (MBA)

Venture Partners

Dr.
 
Ning
 
Li
Tsinghua/ Rice (MS, PhD)/ U of Minnesota (EMBA)

Seagate Technology
Petuum Inc., Co-founder
Genesis Medtech
Materials science & Medtech robotics expert
9 patents

Dr.
 
Biao
 
He
Tsinghua (MS)/ UVA (PhD)

UCSF, Professor

ACCB Bio, Co-founder/CTO

Pinpoint Genomics, Co-founder

Oncology, Therapeutics, Diagnostics, & Life science tools/services expert

40+ patents

 
John 
 
Matheny
U of Minnesota/ U of Illinois

Yahoo, SVP & CTO

Microsoft, Partner & GM

WebTV Networks, VP Software

Streetlight Software, Co-founder

Enterprise software expert

22 patents

Dr.
 
Richard
 
Liu
Sichuan/ Tsinghua/ Southern Methodist (MBA)/ U of Florida (PhD)

Google Director

Leap.ai, Co-founder/CEO

Earnin, CTO

Huma, Co-founder/CTO

Web3, Fintech, & AI expert

Dr.
 
Hong
 
Tang
Zhejiang/ UCSB (PhD)

Alibaba Cloud, Founding Chief Architect

Yahoo, Senior Principal Engineer

Ask.com

Cloud infrastructure, High-performance computing, & AI infrastructure expert

 
Wenxiang
 
Ma
Tsinghua/ Yale (MS)

PTC, SVP Product

Arena Solutions, CTO

Oracle

Agile Software

Enterprise software, DevOps, & Compliance expert

 
John
 
Wang
Binghamton University

Dashbase, Co-founder/CEO

Twitter, Engineer (Search)

LinkedIn, Engineer (Search)
Open source, Big data, Enterprise software, Saas, & Observability expert

6 patents

 
James
 
Chen
Tsinghua/ U of Pittsburgh (MS)

Netskope, VP Engineering

BedRock Systems, VP Engineering

AssureSec, Co-founder

Cybersecurity & Cloud expert

20+ filed patents