Qiming Venture Partners () is a

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

based

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firm. It primarily invests in Technology, Internet and Healthcare related companies across China. It was an early investor in

ByteDance ByteDance Ltd. () is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing social network ...

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Meituan Meituan (, literally "beautiful group"), formerly Meituan-Dianping, is a Chinese shopping platform for locally found consumer products and retail services including entertainment, dining, delivery, travel and other services. The company is headq ...

and Bilibili.

Background

Qiming Venture Partners was founded in 2006 by Gary Rieschel and Duane Kuang. Rieschel and Kuang were previously with

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and

Intel Capital Intel Capital is a division of Intel Corporation, set up to manage corporate venture capital, global investment, mergers and acquisitions. Intel Capital makes equity investments in a range of technology startups and companies offering hardware, s ...

respectively. It is headquartered in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

with offices in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

and

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. It mainly focuses on investments in China. In 2017, it set up its American branch, Qiming Venture Partners (USA). The branch is headquartered in

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with offices in

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and

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Funds

USD Funds

RMB Funds

Notable investments

* Bilibili *

Zhihu Zhihu is a website where questions are created, answered, edited, and organized by the community of its users. Originally based in Chengdu, with creators being from Sichuan, China, its website, zhihu.com, was launched on January 26, 2011. The n ...

* CanSino Bio * Schrödinger, Inc. * UBtech Robotics * Insilico Medicine *

Megvii Megvii () is a Chinese technology company that designs image recognition and deep-learning software. Based in Beijing, the company develops artificial intelligence (AI) technology for businesses and for the public sector. In 2019, the company wa ...

* APUS Group * RedDoorz * Mogujie

References

External links

www.qimingvc.com
(Company Website) {{authority control Financial services companies established in 2006 Venture capital firms of China Venture capital firms of the United States