Sky9 Capital Announces the Addition of Chay, Teh, Xu, and Zeng to its Advisory Board
August 09 2017 - 6:30AM
Sky9 Capital, a leading China venture capital firm, announced that
China industry veterans KS Chay, Dr. Kok Peng Teh, Bob Xu, and
Jason Zeng have joined its Advisory Board to provide strategic
advice and foster long-term partnerships.
KS Chay is Founder and Chairman of Enspire Capital, and
previously he co-founded Singapore’s first Nasdaq-listed technology
company, Creative Technology Ltd (SGX:C76). Dr. Kok Peng Teh is
currently Senior Advisor and Board Member for China International
Capital Corporation, and he was President of Government of
Singapore Special Investments (GIC) for over a decade until 2011.
Mr. Bob Xu co-founded New Oriental Education & Technology Group
(NYSE:EDU), the largest provider of private education in China, and
is one of China’s most successful angel investors having founded
ZhenFund in 2010. Mr. Jason Zeng co-founded Tencent Holdings Ltd
(HK:0700) and is currently Chairman of the angel-stage investment
firm Decent Capital.
“We are honored to have industry veterans like KS Chay, Dr. Kok
Peng Teh, Bob Xu, and Jason Zeng join our firm as our board of
advisors,” said Ron Cao, Founder and Managing Director of Sky9
Capital. “Mr. Chay and Dr. Teh come from a strong institutional
approach to investing and can provide us with great guidance on how
to continue to build out our organization. Bob and Jason are two of
China’s most successful entrepreneurs, so we gain great insights
from their operational background as well as inspiration on how to
build great businesses together with entrepreneurs.”
Founded by China venture capital veteran Ron Cao, Sky9 Capital’s
mission is to partner with the next generation of entrepreneurs to
create world-class companies that also have societal impact. With
over 17 years of VC experience in both the US and China, Ron has
invested in some of China’s leading technology companies including:
Tujia, China’s largest AirBnB player; FangDuoDuo, China’s largest
online-to-offline real estate transaction platform; PPDai, China’s
largest pure-play microlending platform; and QingCloud, China’s
leading enterprise-grade cloud computing platform. Ron has
been named by Forbes China as one of China’s “Top Venture
Capitalists” over multiple years and is honored by the World
Economic Forum as one of its “Young Global Leaders”.
Sky9 Capital’s senior team consists of additional partners with
strong venture capital and start-up experience. The team of Wei
Hao, Jing Wang, Jonathan Qiu, and Tony Lo, have collectively over
30 years of venture capital experience in the US and China, and
they previously worked at world-class technology companies such as
Intel, Trilogy, Cisco, and Tencent. Their investments include
PinDuoDuo, FaceU, Rong360, ZhaoGangWang, MaMaDaV, FangDuoDuo,
JuMei, JingFuZhi, LuckyPai, and Dianping.
Sky9 Capital has completed six investments in its new fund,
including ZhaoYouWang, the largest B2B marketplace for
petroleum-related products in China; EZbuy, the leading Chinese
cross-border e-commerce platform targeting the Southeast Asia
market; and eBroker, the leading online platform for wealth
management.
About Sky9 Capital Sky9 Capital is a leading
early-stage China-focused technology venture capital firm. With its
mission to partner with bold innovators to build world-class
companies together and to make a positive impact on the world, Sky9
Capital specializes in the consumer Internet, enterprise, and deep
technology sectors. With presence in Beijing, Shanghai,
Shenzhen, and Silicon Valley, our firm approaches investing with a
global perspective and selectively partners with early-stage
companies that have exceptional founding teams, disruptive and
scalable business models, or innovative and transformational
technology. For more information, please visit
www.sky9capital.com.
Contact: Anthony Lo
Phone Number: +86-21-5238-3699
Email: tony@sky9capital.com
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