# Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in Hong Kong in October 2023 ## Loyal VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries. ## Bold Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology A collection of entrepreneurs, engineers, physicists, doctors, surfers, and musicians who are committed to helping entrepreneurs achieve their dreams of changing the world. ## Lever VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology Lever VC is a U.S.-Hong Kong venture capital fund founded by Managing Partner Nick Cooney and investing in early stage companies in the alternative protein sector (plant-based and “clean”/cell-based meat, egg and dairy companies). Lever VC operates globally, with offices in Hong Kong and the U.S. and staff in the US, Hong Kong, Europe, andIsrael. Entrepreneurs and startups interested in connecting with Lever VC about possible investment can reach the team and submit information about their company at http://www.levervc.com.Managing Partner Nick Cooney is the Co-Founder and former Managing Trustee of New Crop Capital, a private venture capital trust vehicle investing in the alternative protein space, and is Co-Founder of the Good Food Institute, the world’s largest non-governmental organization working to grow the alternative protein space. The General Partners at Lever VC have deployed over $1.5 billion in capital over the past decade across a variety of sectors, including over thirty deals in the alternative protein space. ## PT Medion - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Agriculture, Biotechnology PT Medion is a venture capital investment firm. ## Artesian VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund. ## Whist Subholdings - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Agriculture, Biotechnology Whist Subholdings is a venture capital investment firm. ## FHB Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Medical, Agriculture, Biotechnology FHB Ventures is a venture capital firm. ## CPT Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology Investing in the Future of Protein.We invest in visionary founders creating the future of food and materials. ## Gobi Partners GBA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Central and Western, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Hospitality Gobi Partners GBA is part of the Pan-Asian venture capital platform Gobi Partners. Gobi GBA is the sole general partner (GP) of the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF) as well as the AEF Greater Bay Area Fund (AEF GBA Fund) and has formed strategic partnerships with other renowned financial institutions such as HSBC and Hang Seng Bank.Gobi GBA has invested in over 70 start-ups across the Greater Bay Area and has fostered the growth of 7 unicorns including Airwallex, Amber, Animoca Brands, GoGoX, Prenetics, and more. ## Arkansas Development Finance Authority - Type: VC Fund - Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Fashion Welcome to Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), your source for safe, decent, affordable housing in Arkansas. Contact us at (501) 682-5900 to secure your dream home today! ## Simmons Foods - Type: VC Fund - Location: Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Agriculture, Biotechnology Simmons Foods is a leading supplier of poultry, pet and ingredient products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. ## Juvenescence - Type: VC Fund - Location: Douglas, NA - Isle of Man, Isle of Man - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Debt Financing - Focus: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care Juvenescence is extending healthy human lifespan through aging research, development of therapies to counter age-related diseases & our ketone ester drink, Metabolic Switch. ## Vectr - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services Vectr is a venture firm based in Hong Kong. They combine investment, creation and growth to deliver game-changing impact to teams ready to tackle global issues, transform industries and improve the lives of millions.That combines capital, creation and partnership to deliver game-changing impact. We strive to be the ideal partner for founders thatare building transformation products and looking to expand their businesses into asia. ## Tiger Jade Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Central and Western, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Biopharma, Life Science, Biotechnology Tiger Jade Capital is a Private Equity fund focused on global healthcare industry. It is a comprehensive healthcare fund covering new drugs, CRO, medical equipment, etc. ## Pavilion Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology Provides growth equity to market leading companies in the United States and China ## WI Harper Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and early expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1993. Made 300+ investments with 80+ exits. Manages 9 funds and over $1B in capital through 19 dedicated investment professionals located in Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco.Thefirm's focus is technology, clean technology and healthcare. Its track record includes ## Venturra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Health Care Empowering outstanding entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia in creating the next defining technology companies. ## Good Startup - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Retail Good Startup is a venture firm focused on the alternative protein sector. ## Gobi Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from the early to growth stages and focuses on emerging and underserved markets.Founded in 2002, Gobi has raised 15 funds to date, invested inover 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. Gobi has grown to 15 locations across key markets in Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya.As a Participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Gobi Partners is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption to ensure long-term value creation and sustainability across our portfolio. ## Prox Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care Proxima Ventures focuses in the healthcare industry, supporting outstanding enterprises with innovative technologies or service models that have tremendous potential.They manage multiple funds in RMB and US dollar, covering from seed to growth stages. Their team members with multidisciplinary backgrounds and resourceful networks, have many yearsof remarkable venture capital experience and achievements. They believe that active and effective collaboration with entrepreneurs will make substantial economic returns while bring meaningful improvements in public health. ## Apis Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Payments, FinTech Apis Partners LLP backs growth financial services innovators who create transformative impact in their communities. ## Innovation and Technology Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Logistics, Financial Services The HK$2 billion ITVF was set up by the Hong Kong Government with a view to creating a vibrant local innovation and technology eco-systems ## The International Medical - Type: VC Fund - Location: Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Hospitality, Biotechnology The International Medical is an investment firm ## S2G Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Biotechnology S2G Ventures is is a multi-stage venture fund investing in food and agriculture. We're harnessing the power of food innovation to create better outcomes for people and the planet. ## Merrill Lynch - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has the financial advisors and expertise to help you achieve your goals at any stage of your life or career. ## Alon Capital Ltd - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rosh Ha'ayin, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Biopharma, Life Science, Biotechnology Make the right startup move by using our startup tools, guides, calculators and templates. Learn from other successful entrepreneurs by reading our case studies ## Jim Mellon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage Jim Mellon is an international investor with interests in several industries. After leaving Oxford, where he studied PPE, (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) he worked in Asia and the United States for two fund management companies, GT and Thornton, before establishing his own business in 1991. His business operations include two components, alisted fund management company called Charlemagne Capital, and an Asian mining group, Regent Pacific.In addition, Mr. Mellon is Co-Chairman of West African Minerals Corporation and Regent Pacific Group. He is on the board of a number of public quoted companies, including Brazilian Gold Corporation, Charlemagne Capital Limited, Manx Financial Group, Plethora Solutions, Polo Resources, Port Erin Biophara Investments Limited, and the Speymill plc. He is the life tenant of a trust which owns the Burnbrae Group, which has substantial assets in the biotechnology, financial services, property, mining and leisure sectors. Mr. Mellon spends most of his time working on startup ideas and investing. His book, “Wake Up!” was published in 2005; his second book "10 Investments for the Ten Years Ahead" was published in 2008. In 2012, he co-wrote "Cracking the Code" which focuses on the biotechnology sector and how to profit from it. Mr. Mellon lives in the Isle of Man, Brussels and Ibiza and is an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. ## Thia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Genève, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science WE ARE AN EARLY-STAGE INVESTOR IN ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC AND ESSENTIAL FIELDS OF CURRENT HUMAN ENDEAVOR WE BRING ROBUST INVESTOR MUSCLE TO EARLY-STAGE VENTURES INVESTOR A specialized and focused investor Resources Powerful industry, substance and business resources Experience Wide networks and longstanding experience Team Yet, adaptability and speed of a lean, self-financed team ## Human Longevity and Performance Impact Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology Human Longevity and Performance Impact Venture Fund is a longevity focused early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to providing resources, insight, and leadership to companies whose mission is to improve human health and drive longevity through technology, predictive analytics, research, and patient care. HLPIVF is establishing a synergisticecosystem of longevity and performance-focused companies to dramatically increase the volume and effectiveness of life-affirming diagnostics and therapeutics. ## 208 Seed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Columbia, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology 208 Seed Ventures provides early-stage investments in frontier technologies. 2SV brings Midwestern leaders, investors, and operators together and invests in startups pushing current technological limits. Their network provides smart capital and resources for companies with big ideas to accelerate growth. ## China Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series B, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Information Technology China Venture Capital is a venture capital industry trade group. ## Longevity Vision Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Longevity Vision Fund is a $100M investment fund dedicated to making longevity affordable and accessible to all. The fund accelerates longevity breakthroughs by investing in companies that develop technologies, products, and services that extend healthy human lifespans and overcome the negative effects of agingLongevity Vision Fund provides Seedto Series C funding to biotech and life extension-focused companies that have demonstrated affordable longevity potential and vision of milestones driving up the value of the company and market validation. ## Beyond Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care A US$60M startup fund aiming at revitalizing HK’s ecosystem of innovation by connecting local venture capitalists and entrepreneurs to invest in ideas and startups. It is co-founded by Hony Capital, eGarden Ventures & several successful HK entrepreneur ## AEF Greater Bay Area Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Biopharma AEF Greater Bay Area Fund is an investment fund. ## Markus Haefeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology Markus Haefeli is Chairman of PTG Food and Regal Springs. ## Proxima Ventures Ltd - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics Proxima Ventures is focused on the management of investment portfolios for its customers. It offers them with financial products and consulting services. Proxima Ventures was acquired by Soluto in October 2013. Proxima Ventures was founded by Chaim Venezia and Uri Ra'anan and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. ## Ping An - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series E - Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Finance Ping An Insurance Company is a holding company deals with insurance, banking, and financial service. ## ETP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical ETP Ventures ## Emerging Technology Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Founded in 2000, Emerging Technology Partners (“ETP”) is a life sciences focused investment fund with a cross border investment focus. ETP was founded with a simple mission: to provide capital and assist management in building and commercializing breakthrough diagnostic and therapeutic products in the fields of life sciences, while providingsuperior returns to their investors.ETP supports their portfolio companies facilitate strategic alliances including cross-border partnerships, recruit management, and acquire new products and technologies to accelerate growth in both US and China. They have investment partners in San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, and Beijing. ## StartUp Health - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical Organizing and investing in a global army of entrepreneurs committed to achieving health moonshots ## Hillhouse Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Changyang, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Hillhouse Capital Group is an investment management firm that invests with a long-term time horizon. Hillhouse owns companies across equity stages, spanning the range from new start-ups to the world’s most established public companies. It may invest in a company as a start-up and continue to hold it in the portfolio as a public equity investment.This stage-agnostic investment style allows them to focus on multi-year results, rather than on quarterly earnings.Hillhouse Capital Group invests globally, with a particular focus on Asia. Independent, proprietary research lies at the heart of our investment process. Our team members are sector experts in consumer, Internet, media, and healthcare. Hillhouse Capital Group was founded in 2005 and is based in Beijing, China. ## WuXi AppTec - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable companies in the pharmaceutical. ## Formic Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Formic Ventures is a diversified venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in biotechnology startups focused on human longevity as well as technology startups and companies that make human lives more meaningful. ## Capital Union Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Genetics, Software Capital Union Investments is a leader in private investment for early stage, growth, mezzanine, and pre-IPO capital. Headquartered in Hong Kong; and with offices in China and the US, the Firm's investment philosophy has been to create value by identifying leaders and innovators, whose businesses that can be developed in Asia. Our approach ofproviding unique investment insights, local knowledge and value-added operating capabilities, differentiates us from many traditional private investment funds. ## Coent Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Travel Coent Venture Partners provides seed and venture-stage funding to brilliant entrepreneurs and companies across all sectors in Asia. The company backed these entrepreneurs and companies with unparalleled support in funding, management, overseas business development, and exposure to their network. ## AngelHub - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services Hong Kong's first SFC licensed startup investment platform for professional investors and global startups raising growth capital ## LongeVC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics With more than 30 portfolio companies across AI, pet health, ageing medicine and more, LongeVC provides venture capital for the biotech and longevity sectors. ## Joel Neoh - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Wellness Joel Neoh is the Founder and CEO of Fave. He attended Monash University. ## Particle Accelerator Limited (ParticleX) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software Particle Accelerator Limited (ParticleX) was founded in late 2017 by Shine Works. ParticleX is a tech-based startup investor and accelerator based in Hong Kong. ParticleX combines network, capital and research resources, accelerating the pace of innovative technology and helping the early-stage startups to win cross-border opportunities acrossAsia. ## A-Level Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software Founded in 2015, A-Level Capital is a student-run venture capital firm that aims to empower Johns Hopkins University's entrepreneurial community through funding and support. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co