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Scott Bonham
Partner | Silicon Valley
Scott Bonham is a founding partner of GGV Capital and has been instrumental in helping the firm’s portfolio companies navigate technology and marketing hurdles for more than a decade. Recently Scott has been focused on enabling mobile solutions and is involved in Heptagon, Xenon Technologies, and Inside Secure. He led the firm's investments in NetScaler (acquired by Citrix Systems), Sirna (acquired by Merck), Ironwood (NASDAQ: IRWD) and GENBAND, and formerly served on the board of directors for Netli (acquired by Akamai), Ku6.com (NASDAQ: KUTV), P-Cube (acquired by Cisco Systems), Ageia Technologies (acquired by NVIDIA) and Zettacom (acquired by Integrated Device Technologies).
Prior to joining GGV, Scott was a Vice President at Capital Group Companies and a consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Scott also spent four years at Silicon Graphics in various marketing roles and started his career as a systems engineer and maintenance foreman at a General Motors assembly plant. Scott earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (First Class Honors) from Queen's University, Canada and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Jixun Foo
Partner | Shanghai
Jixun is a Partner in the GGV Capital and joined the firm in 2006. He has more than 12 years experience in venture capital investing and working with Asian entrepreneurs. Jixun focuses on the Internet and Mobile sectors, and currently serves on the board of directors for Qunar, Youku-Tudou (NYSE: YOKU), MediaV, and Douguo. He is also very actively involved with Meilishuo.com, UCWeb, AAC Technologies, Chaoli and Meihua (600873.SS). Prior to joining GGV Capital, Jixun was a Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures where he led investment efforts in Asia such as Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Longcheer (SGX:L28). Prior to DFJ ePlanet, Jixun headed up the Investment Group with the Finance & Investment Division, National Science & Technology Board of Singapore (NSTB), and was an R&D project group leader at Hewlett Packard before that. Jixun graduated from National University of Singapore with First-Class Honors degree in Engineering and received a M.Sc. in Management of Technology from the University's Graduate School of Business.
Jixun ranked 11th on “The Midas List 2007” by Forbes, has been annually awarded one of “Best Venture Capitalists” by Forbes China since 2006. In 2012, Jixun was recognized as one of the Top 10 Venture Capitalists by Zero2IPO and also named to the 2012 Venture Capital 100 by Always-On.
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Jessie Jin
Partner | Shanghai
Jessie Jin joined GGV Capital in 2008 as a Partner. Jessie is a Founding Partner of SIG Capital Partners, an investment management and advisory firm in China that manages Venture Star. She currently serves as a Director on the boards of XTL Packaging Material Co. and Qingdao Savor and her other investments include New Summit Biopharma, Buchang Pharma and TZ Heavy Industrial Machinery.
From 2002 to 2005, she was Vice President of Vertex China Investment, the China division of the leading venture capital firm in Singapore. From 1995 to 2002 Jessie worked with Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited (HKSE: 363). She took an instrumental role to take the company public in Hong Kong and then led its Strategic Investment Department, completing more than 20 direct investments in China. From 1992 to 1994, she was a member of the International Division of Shanghai International Securities, then the largest securities firm in China.
Jessie holds Bachelor and Master of Management degrees from Fudan University.
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Jenny Lee
Partner | Shanghai
A Partner at GGV Capital, Jenny joined the firm in 2005 and was instrumental in setting up the GGV presence in China. Jenny’s areas of focus are on SAAS/Business Services and Internet/Digital Media companies. Jenny led GGV’s investments in hiSoft (NASDAQ: PACT), 21Vianet (NASDAQ: VNET), SinoSun (SHE: 300333), YY (NASDAQ: YY) and successfully helped them go public in the last three years. Jenny also serves on the board of other innovative private companies like China Talent Group (CTG), SocialTouch, UCWeb, Chukong, 7k7k, and Ali Animation.
Jenny’s previous operating and finance work experience with Singapore Technologies Aerospace, Morgan Stanley and JAFCO Asia enhanced her role as a preferred board mentor and investor to many entrepreneurs in China. Jenny graduated from Cornell University with a Masters and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Jenny was recognized by Forbes Magazine as the top female venture capitalist in the world in 2013 and #36 overall. In her spare time, Jenny enjoys golf, outdoor activities, testing out new gadgets and hanging out with entrepreneurs.
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Hany Nada
Partner | Silicon Valley
Hany Nada is a founding partner of GGV Capital and has worked as a long-term partner with more than 150 companies over the past decade to build companies that can succeed in today's global marketplace. He is a trusted resource to public and private company CEOs and management teams on global market development, customer introductions and M&A/IPO guidance across US and Asian markets. Hany has also been recognized as a member of the 2012 Venture Capital 100 by Always-On.
Hany made his first investment in China in 2001, and has led the firm’s successful investments in athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN), Endeca (acquired by Oracle) Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU), Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive), Turbine (acquired by Time Warner) and Xfire (acquired by Viacom). Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for PlayHaven, Vocera Communications (NYSE: VCRA), BandPage, Glu Mobile, and Wild Tangent, and also led the firm's investment in Houzz. In addition to actively making investments in the mobile and digital media sectors in the US and China, Hany is responsible for one of the industry’s most successful China/US investment teams as well as general oversight of the firm's funds.
Before entering the venture capital business, Hany spent ten years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst at Piper Jaffray focusing on Internet software and infrastructure. Hany is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where he earned a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science.
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Thomas Ng
Partner | Singapore
Thomas is a founding partner of GGV and led the firm’s investment in Alibaba (1688.HK), AAC Technologies (2018.HK), hiSoft (NASDAQ: HSFT), Si2i (formerly Media Ring), Oculex Pharmaceutical (acquired by Allergan) and InVisage Technologies. He currently serves on the board of directors of Chaintea Holdings, Heptagon, Mediacorp and Reebonz.
Before starting GGV, Thomas was the founding Managing Director of Venture TDF, a venture fund established by the Government of Singapore under National Science and Technology Board. He held senior management positions at DuPont and Genelabs Technologies (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline) and conducted basic research at the National Research Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI) under the Department of Energy and at the DuPont Experimental Station.
Thomas earned a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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Yi Pin Ng
Partner | Shanghai
Yi Pin Ng is a Partner at GGV Capital and works on Advance Manufacturing, Mobile Solutions (Hardware & Software), Clean Technology and Logistics Services, etc.
Yi Pin joined GGV in 2004 in the Menlo Park office where he focused on hardware and systems. In 2008, Yi Pin moved to GGV’s Shanghai’s office where he increased his focus to include advance manufacturing, mobile solutions, clean technology as well as logistic services. Some of his China investments include Mei Hua Group Co, AAC Acoustics, Heptagon, Rong Qing Cold Chain Logistics, Sinosun & Xenon Technologies etc. Prior to GGV, Yi Pin served at the Private Equity/VC Group at Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).
As a venture capitalist, Yi Pin leads investments in Xfire (acquired by Viacom), Placeware (acquired by Microsoft), Arbortext (acquired by Parametric Technology Corp, PTC), G-Log (acquired by Oracle), Ageia (acquired by Nvidia), Wayport (acquired by AT&T), Teranetics (acquired by PLX) , AAC Acoustics (HKSE: 2018), MeiHua Group (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600873), and Rong Qing (acquired by Pamoja) etc.
Before joining GIC SI in 2000, Yi Pin held operations planning and operational management positions at Sun Microsystems covering the Asia Pacific region. He is also a commissioned officer in the Republic of Singapore Navy. Yi Pin holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering & Math from University of San Francisco, an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Nanyang Business School, Singapore. Yi Pin is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
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Jeff Richards
Partner | Silicon Valley
A Partner at GGV Capital, Jeff joined the firm in 2008 after spending 13 years as an entrepreneur and operating executive in the US and Asia. Jeff focuses on the Internet, Software and Mobile sectors, and currently sits on the boards of Appirio, BlueKai, Citrus Lane, Evolv OnDemand and Percolate. Jeff led GGV’s investments in Buddy Media (acquired in 2012 by Salesforce.com) and Spreecast, and is actively involved in GGV’s investments in 21ViaNet (VNET),hiSoft (HSFT), Qunar, SocialTouch, Square, and MediaV. Prior to joining GGV, Jeff founded two software companies (R4, acquired by VeriSign, and QuantumShift) and spent 3 years as an executive at VeriSign. Jeff graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was a four year letterman on the varsity basketball team.
Jeff has been recognized as a member of the 2012 Venture Capital 100 by Always-On. Check out Jeff’s blog where he frequently talks about his experience as an entrepreneur, follow Jeff on Twitter, or check out his LinkedIn profile for more.
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Glenn Solomon
Partner | Silicon Valley
Since joining GGV Capital as a Partner in 2006, Glenn has led GGV’s investments in Pandora (NYSE: P), Successfactors (NYSE: SFSF/Acq by SAP), Isilon (NASDAQ: ISLN/Acq by EMC), Quinstreet (NASDAQ: QNST), Square, Conviva, DOMO, Nimble Storage, Gridstore and Zendesk, helping the first four successfully navigate the initial public offering process. He is also actively involved with GGV’s investments in Appirio, BlueKai, Buddy Media (acquired by Salesforce.com), Qunar, MediaV and China Talent Group (CTG). Glenn focuses on enterprise software-as-a-service (Saas), cloud infrastructure and mobile. He has been a member of the Forbes Midas list since 2009.
Prior to GGV, Glenn was a General Partner with Partech International, where he led successful investments in Broadbase Software (acquired by Kana), Datacenter Technologies (acquired by Veritas/Symantec), Digital Island (acquired by Cable & Wireless), Pentasafe (acquired by NetIQ) and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN). Earlier in his career, Glenn worked with Goldman Sachs and also with SPO Partners, a San Francisco-based private investment partnership. Glenn graduated from Stanford University, where he started on three NCAA championship tennis teams, and also earned an M.B.A from Stanford where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He co-founded and remains active with The Spotlight Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding social entrepreneurs focused on education.
Check out Glenn’s blog where he discusses the intersection of technology and finance, follow @GlennSolomon, or check out his profile LinkedIn.
Recent Interviews
Glenn Solomon Talks Expansion Stage, China, and 2013 Outlook with TechCrunch TV [video]
Glenn Solomon discusses his outlook for tech IPOs on Bloomberg TV's Money Moves [video]
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Bruce Yu
Partner | Shanghai
Bruce Yu has over 20 years of experience in corporate world as well as direct investment. He started his career in mining and was a corporate Director at Jiangxi Copper – the largest copper mine in Asia. He switched to venture investment in 1999 and was a member of the Board of Supervisors at Shanghai Science & Technology Investment Co. Ltd. Bruce joined GGV in 2008 and is a Managing Director at GGV Venture Star and Partner of GGV Capital. He focuses on investment of Clean Tech, Eco protection and Modern Agriculture in China. Presently, Bruce sits on the board of Sunfor LED, Aegis Water Technology, YuanSen Camellia Oil company and CSD Water.
He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also has an MBA from Fudan University. In 1996, he spent a year as a visiting scholar at University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign. -
Fumin Zhuo
Partner | Shanghai
Fumin Zhuo has 38 years of experience in enterprise management, fund management, assets integration and strategic M&As of public companies. He joined GGV Capital in 2008 as a Partner and focuses primarily on consumer-related investments in China. Zhuo is also a founding partner of SIG Capital, a Chinese investment management and advisory firm that manages Venture Star, one of the first domestic RMB venture capital investment companies in China.
Prior to founding SIG, from 2002 to 2005, Zhuo was Chairman and CEO of Vertex China Investment, the China division of the leading venture capital firm in Singapore, where he was responsible for the listing of a number of companies including Linktone (NASDAQ: LTON) and China Finance Online (NASDAQ: JRJC).
From 1995-2002, Zhuo served as CEO, Executive Director, and Vice-Chairman of Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited (HKSE: 363), where major investments included Shanghai Bright Dairy & Food Co. (SSE: 600597), Shanghai Jahwa Cosmetics (SSE: 600315), Lian Hua Supermarket (HKSE: 980), Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (NYSE: SMI), SIIC South Pacific Hotel Co., Ctrip.com International (NASDAQ: CTRP), and Clear Media (HKSE: 100). Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited (HKSE: 363) is now a constituent stock of HSHKCI, the CTICI S&P 30 Index.
From 1987 to 1995, Zhuo was the Senior Director of the Shanghai Office of Economic Reform.
Zhuo graduated from Jiao Tong University and received a Masters degree in Economics from Fudan University.
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Joel Kellman
Venture Partner | Silicon Valley
Joel Kellman is a co-founder of GGV Capital. Previously, he was a founder and longtime partner of the Silicon Valley law firm, Fenwick & West LLP. Joel also co-founded Fenwick & West investments, KLM Capital (a cross-border venture capital fund), and Utah Ventures (now called Pelion Ventures).
Joel is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton and St. John’s University Law School and received an LLM in Foreign and Comparative Law from NYU Law School.
Outside of GGV, Joel does bikram yoga and skis in Deer Valley. He continues to be active with Onevoice, a Palestinian-Israeli peace organization and has a hands-on active role at Binghamton University in activities in China, with its Center for Excellence in Small Scale Systems and on the President’s Roadmap Committee on international activities. -
Kheng Nam Lee
Venture Partner | Shanghai
Kheng Nam Lee was the President of Vertex Management, a global venture capital firm, for 20 years. He is a director of several private and public corporations, including Creative Technology and China Finance Online Co Ltd, and had served as a Director of several other corporations engaged in the technology and telecommunication sectors including Centillium Communications, Chartered Semiconductor, GRIC Communications, Gemplus International, ActivCard, SMIC and United Test Assembly and Centre. Kheng Nam is based in Singapore and assists GGV Capital in the semiconductor sector and in China generally.
Kheng Nam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Degree (First Class Honors) from Queen's University, Canada and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research & Systems Analysis from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
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Ray Hu
Vice President | Shanghai
A VP at GGV Capital, Ray joined the firm in 2007. Ray focuses on Internet, Mobile and Software sectors and currently holds board / observer seats at Meilishuo, Douguo and MediaV. Ray is also actively involved in GGV’s investments in Qunar, 21Vianet (VNET) and hiSoft (HFST). Prior to GGV, Ray has spent four years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he helped various international and local clients with M&A, market entry and sales and marketing strategies. Ray holds an M.B.A. degree from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He has also received M.A. and B.A. degrees in Economics from Fudan University in Shanghai. Follow Ray on Sina Weibo, or check out his LinkedIn profile for more.
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Lihan Chen
Associate | Silicon Valley
Lihan Chen is an Associate in GGV Capital's Silicon Valley office. Prior to joining GGV, Lihan was an Associate with Francisco Partners focusing primarily on investments in the software and services sectors. Previously, Lihan worked as an analyst with Morgan Stanley’s Global Technology Group.
Lihan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration.
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Vita Gu
Associate | Shanghai
Vita Gu is an Associate based in GGV's Shanghai office, focusing on investments in consumer and service sectors. Prior to joining GGV, Vita was an Associate at Business Development Asia where she gained numerous execution experience in cross-board M&A transactions across diverse sectors including chemical, consumer goods, food service and advanced manufacturing in the Great China region. Vita previously was a Research Analyst at Cameron Partners, the leading independent investment firm in New Zealand.
Vita graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia (Master of Commerce, Finance) and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Bachelor of Commerce, Finance and Postgraduate in Applied Finance). She is fluent in Mandarin and English.
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Andrew Manoske
Associate | Silicon Valley
Andrew "Andy" Manoske is an Associate in GGV Capital's Silicon Valley office. Prior to GGV, Andy was a Product Manager at NetApp where he managed the roadmap and strategy for product security, cryptography, and government and regulatory compliance. He also served in a variety of technical product roles at NetApp, SAP, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts.
Andy holds with a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Computer Science from San Jose State University. During college he was a national finalist in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition for developing Tesla, a carbon footprint and electrical consumption monitoring suite for large-scale computer networks.
In his spare time he enjoys Kendo (Japanese fencing), programming, writing, gaming, and travelling. He is proficient in speaking and reading Latin, which without a time machine is an unfortunately underutilized skill.
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Lei Sheng
Associate | Shanghai
Lei Sheng is an Associate based in GGV's Shanghai office, focusing on investments in clean-tech and advanced manufacturing sectors. He has played a active role in GGV’s investments and portfolio management in companies such as Aegis, CSD Water, Chaoli Hi-tech and many others.
Prior to joining GGV, Lei was an Analyst at one leading independent research firm—Pacific Epoch where he covered 15 listed and private companies in clean-tech sector for global institutional investors by providing fundamental research services including market research, technology evaluation, policy analysis, and financial projection. Lei also obtained credit banking experience from working in Global Banking Market division with ABN AMRO Bank.
Lei graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai with Masters degree in Material Physics and Chemistry, and was a CFA Level III candidate. In his leisure time, Lei likes badminton, fitness and traveling.
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Terry Tian
Associate | Shanghai
Terry Tian is a Senior Associate in GGV Capital’s Shanghai office. She focuses on investments in the consumer as well as healthcare sectors. Terry is actively involved in GGV’s investment of several deals.
Prior to GGV, Terry worked at both The Monitor Group and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, with a focus on consumer, healthcare and industrial goods sectors. She helped various international and local clients in identifying and developing China growth strategies, market entry strategies and optimizing sales and marketing approaches.
Terry holds an M.B.A. degree from the Anderson school of Management, UCLA. She also received a B.S. degree in Engineer from Fudan University in Shanghai. In her spare time, Terry enjoys watching movies and traveling with friends.
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Joshua Wu
Associate | Shanghai
Joshua WU is an Associate based in GGV's Shanghai office, focusing on investments in the TMT sector. Prior to GGV, Joshua was a Hong Kong-based equity research associate at Jefferies & Company, one of the largest independent, full-service investment banks all over the world. Before Jefferies, He was an associate director of Tencent. He oversaw strategy and data mining efforts in Tencent's portal and media sales business. He was the winner of Best Leadership Award of Tencent. Prior to that, He was with Yahoo! China, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, where he held the positions of product manager and data analyst of search results optimization.
Joshua WU received his bachelor’s degree from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in 2004. In his spare time, Joshua WU enjoys backpacking, jogging and reading. -
Stephen Hyndman
Chief Financial Officer | Silicon Valley
Steve Hyndman has 30 years of financial, venture capital, and operational experience in Silicon Valley-based technology enterprises. He was previously CFO of Prospero Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies, and CFO of the U.S. subsidiary of ASCII Corporation, a Tokyo-based technology and media company making strategic investments throughout North America. Steve also served as CFO of a publicly traded software company, and held various financial and operating positions.
Steve is a graduate of Santa Clara University, where he earned a B.S. Commerce (cum laude) and Juris Doctor. He also studied international business at the Instituto de Estudios Europeos in Madrid, Spain.
Steve speaks Spanish and French, and just enough Portuguese and Mandarin to get in and out of trouble. He and his wife travel internationally with their two teenage children nearly every summer and head for the slopes whenever possible during ski season. He plays guitar much less than he used to.
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Erin Harrell
Investor Relations | Silicon Valley
Erin joined GGV Capital in 2013 to lead the firm's limited partner relations and fundraising activities. She brings more than 12 years of venture capital and private equity experience to the team. Previously, Erin was a Managing Director in Blackstone's investor relations and business development group, and prior to that, spent five years leading 3i's limited partner relations team and that firm's fund raising activity. Her limited partner relations career began when she joined IK Investment Partners in Stockholm, after having been a venture capital investment manager. She trained as a telecom & media investment banker at Chase Securities.
Erin is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and pursued a master's program in International Economic Policy at Universidad de Belgrano as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.