Mr Raymond Yang

KANDO id: 7524

Bio

Raymond has more than 25 years of investment and entrepreneurial experience in the US and China technology sector. Prior, Raymond was Founding Partner of Taishan Invest, the leading institutional angel fund in China. Earlier, he was also Managing Partner at Navi Capital Partners and a Venture Partner at Northern Light Venture Capital. Prior, Raymond was the CEO of Linktone (NASDAQ: LTON), the leading wireless value-added services provider in China, where he led the company through a turnaround situation and took the company public on NASDAQ in 2004. Before Linktone, Raymond was a senior executive and entrepreneur at several high-technology companies in Silicon Valley and China, including Founder and CEO of RivalWatch and Founder and CEO of Saratoga Technology Inc. Raymond is a Delegate Member of the World Economic Forum Davos Global Agenda Council and a former Chairman of the prestigious Tsinghua University Entrepreneur and Executive Club (TEEC). Raymond serves on the Board of Directors for WSC portfolio companies Unity Technologies and serves as an Observer at Couchbase and Mirantis. He also served as a former Board member for Maginatics (acquired by EMC in 2014), and co-led the WestSumnit’s investment in Twitch (acquired by Amazon.com in 2014), Ninebot and Ximalaya. Raymond holds a Bachelors from Tsinghua University and a Masters from the Graduate School of China EPRI. Notables “China Top 10 CEOs” “China Top 10 IT Leaders” 2007 Best Angel Investor in China. 2005 Most Influential People to New Economy 2005 Linktone awarded as “China’s Best Employer” 2007 Chairman of TEEC, Tsinghua Entrepreneur & Executive Club

Career


WestSummit Capital Management - founder

Growth stage venture capital firm.

Northern Light Venture Capital Ltd

China-focused venture capital firm targeting early and early growth stage TMT, advanced technology and healthcare opportunities.
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Education