Francis Kao
Private Equity Investor chez Lightspeed China Partners
Profil
Francis Kao is Partner of Lightspeed China Partners.
He joined the team in 2020 and is based in Shanghai office.
He has 8 years of venture capital experience and 10 years of industry experience.
He focuses on investment opportunities in multiple sectors including enterprise services, medical technology and digitalization of traditional industry.
His key investments include Bluepha, Convertlab, Linkedcare, METiS, Stepone, Textiles Future, Stonewise, Bestsign, Boohee Health, BFxiaoke, Gago Bigdata, SequoiaDB, Tungee, Udesk, etc.
Francis previously worked as Investment Director at Alibaba Group.
While working with Alibaba, Francis led the group’s efforts in innovative technology investment and e-commerce business strategy investments.
Prior to Alibaba, he was Investment VP of DCM Venture Partners.
Prior to DCM, he worked with Amazon and Asus where he held positions in sales, marketing, and product management in the United States, India and Greater China.
Francis was honored as the “40 under 40 Top Investor” by Cyzone in 2017 and 2020.
In 2021, he was honored as the “F40 Chinese Young Investor” by the PE Daily.
Francis holds a B.A.
in International Business Management from National Taiwan University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.
Postes actifs de Francis Kao
Sociétés | Poste | Début |
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Lightspeed China Partners
Lightspeed China Partners Investment ManagersFinance Lightspeed China Partners ( Lightspeed China Partners ) is a venture capital subsidiary of Lightspeed Management Co LLC founded in 2011 by Da Rong Cao, James Mi and Herry Han. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | Private Equity Investor | 01/02/2020 |
Anciens postes connus de Francis Kao
Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
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ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED | Private Equity Investor | 01/02/2020 |
Doll Capital Management, Inc. (Beijing) | Private Equity Investor | 30/11/2017 |
Formation de Francis Kao
National Taiwan University | Undergraduate Degree |
Kellogg School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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Sociétés cotées | 1 |
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ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED | Retail Trade |
Entreprise privées | 2 |
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Doll Capital Management, Inc. (Beijing) | Finance |
Lightspeed China Partners
Lightspeed China Partners Investment ManagersFinance Lightspeed China Partners ( Lightspeed China Partners ) is a venture capital subsidiary of Lightspeed Management Co LLC founded in 2011 by Da Rong Cao, James Mi and Herry Han. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | Finance |