# Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Asia in October 2023

## Hayden Zou
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Hayden Zou

## James Robertson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

James Robertson

## Hillhouse Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Changyang, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## CPE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology

CPE is a leading alternative asset manager, with asset classes spanning private equity, mezzanine and the public market. Founded in 2008 by a world class team of investment professionals and supported by over 200 domestic and international investors, CPE knows China like no one else and is a globally minded long-term value investor. The firm usesits sector expertise to generate deal flow and drive the value creation work during the post-investment stage. CPE follows a disciplined investment approach to preserve and grow its investors’ capital. The firm’s private equity portfolio of more than 100 companies is highly diversified by sector and stage of investment. CPE takes pride in its forward-looking investment philosophy and works hard to create value over the long-term for its investors and a better world. For more information, please visit www.citicpe.com.

## Simon Szewach
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Simon Szewach - Managing Partner @ The Legats Group

## Lucas Driggers
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Lucas Driggers

## The Hina Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Education

Since The Hina Group's founding in 2003, They have become one of China's leading cross border investment banking and private equity firms. They leverage Their international experience, world-wide network, and local expertise to help China's top enterprises realize their global aspirations while providing Their internationalpartners, investors, and clients with the means to capitalize on emerging opportunities in China.Their team of over 50 professionals cooperates through Their offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and San Francisco to generate value for Their clients and partners by integrating world-class financial advice with in-depth knowledge of the Chinese market. Furthermore, Their investment banking and private equity businesses work synergistically to help Their clients and portfolio companies reach their maximum potential.

## Hejun Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Hejun Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm.

## Jeff Olyniec
- Type: Angel
- Location: Roseville, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Jeff Olyniec has been the CEO of New Vision Display since the company formed in 2012. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration- Marketing from Mississippi State University.Jeff previously worked at International Display Works (which was later acquired by Flextronics and is now the current NVD) in senior management roles includingsales and supply chain. He then moved on to Solar Power Inc, a worldwide leader in the design and construction of solar power generating facilities, overseeing all of the company’s operations in Asia as the EVP of the company.Jeff has lived and worked in China since 1996 and speaks fluent Chinese.

## CITIC Agriculture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage, Drones

CITIC Agriculture serves as the only platform to plan and execute CITIC Limited’s agriculture investment strategy. CITIC Agriculture focuses on agricultural biotechnology with a mission of upgrading China’s agricultural industry. Leveraging CITIC Limited's advantages in capital, branding and internationalisation, CITIC Agriculture today isbuilding and shaping globally competitive agricultural companies.

## Source Code Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Founded in 2014, Source Code Capital is a leading China VC focused on the broad TMT sectors and investing in both early stage start-ups and growth stage companies. With $1.5 billion and RMB 3.5 billion under management, Source Code Capital has been successfully partnering with close to 150 leading Chinese technology founders since inceptionincluding Bytedance, Meituan, Homelink, among many others. Source Code is focused on the “Big 3” fundamental drivers, which are Internet+, AI+, and Global+ , and invests along sectors such as media and entertainment, consumer services, enterprise, finance, retail, transportation, housing, education, and healthcare.

## Nissay Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, Medical

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

## Zhou Hongbiao
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Zhou Hongbiao is the founder of Zhou Mapo

## Huaxin Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Customer Service, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Huaxin Investment is engaged in investment in manufacturing and service industries; project investment management consulting and planning.

## China Millennium Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Changning, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits

China Millennium Capital is a buyout fund and boutique investment banking platform.

## Shuai Wang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Winery, Brand Marketing, Wine And Spirits

Shuai Wang - Chairman of Marketing and Public Relations Committee @ Alibaba Group

## Peakview Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haidian, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Peakview Capital is an entrepreneurial FOF. Shengjing Jiacheng's FOF has covered top-tier funds. It has directly invested in or indirectly participated in more than 2,500 high-quality enterprises. A number of star projects, such as Baby Tree, Steel Mesh, and Shell, are growing rapidly beyond expectations.

## Plum Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Changzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Plum Ventures is a venture capital company that aims to encourage young people to become entrepreneurs. It specializes ins providing seed and early-stage investments in the technology, new media, and telecommunications industry.
The firm was founded in May 2014 and is based in Changzhou, China.

## Far East Holdings International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Customer Service, Wine And Spirits

Far East Holdings International engaged in garments manufacture. T

## Share Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology

Share Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, early, middle, growth capital, and Pre-IPO investments. it primarily invests in big living, medical healthcare, and internet innovation. In medical healthcare, it seeks to invests in pharmaceuticals, innovative equipment, biotechnology, diagnostic testing equipment andreagents, anti-infectives, drug discovery, medical health service, mobile medical services, and informatization.

## SeptWolves
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Electronics, Information Technology

SeptWolves is an apparel and fashion designer and manufacturer company that specializes in the design and clothes manufacturing.

## Bojiang Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services

Bojiang Capital is a global finance services organization.

## 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

## Huachuang Shengjing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haidian, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Big Data, Winery, Hardware

Huachuang Shengjing is an investment management company.

## Seio Nagami
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Task Management, SaaS, Information Technology

Seio Nagami

## South China Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical

South China Venture Capital is a private equity investment fund management as the main business of professional investment management organization. Under the jurisdiction of the three branch of the fund management company: Shenzhen South China Invsetment Management Co.Ltd, South China (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Management Co. Ltd., ShenzhenZhongnan Hongyuan Invsetment Management Co. Ltd.

## Convivialite Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Marketplace

Created in 2017, Convivialité Ventures, is the venture arm of Pernod Ricard and is based in San Francisco . By nurturing entrepreneurship, Convivialité plays a key role in the development of innovative and inspiring new offerings that not only embrace, but also shape, the future evolution of socializing.

## Spiral Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology

Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/

## Wavemaker Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

## Challenjers Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Food and Beverage

Challenjers Capital invests in China, and help build iconic brands of tomorrow. They determined to invest in the start-ups, which create authentic products and services, instead of companies, which inflate their margins with marketing fees.

## Centurium Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series D, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Centurium Capital, founded by former head of Warburg Pincus Asia, is a leading Greater China focused private equity firm.

## Linda Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Linda Group is a large private enterprise that provides investment and financial services.

## Proterra Asia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Waste Management, Wine And Spirits

Proterra Asia - A private equity fund manager focused on investing in Asian Food Sector

## Zhongqi Touzi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Winery, Agriculture, Virtual Reality

Zhongqi Touzi is an investment firm.

## Shunwei Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Shunwei Capital is a venture capital fund that focuses on early to mid-stage investments in local internet industry. It specializes in incubation, startups, early to mid-stage, and growth capital investments. It seeks to invest in the technology, media, telecommunications, high technology, new media, games, internet finance, and rural area internetsectors. Their investors include sovereign wealth funds, fund of funds, university endowment funds, and family offices.Shunwei Capital is a China-based company that was founded in 2011 by Tuck Lye Koh and Lei Jun.

## IDG Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.

## China Capital Investment Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Education

Founded in 1995 with approval granted by the State Administration for Industry, the China Capital Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. (‘CCIG’) is registered in Shanghai with a registered capital of CNY300 million.CCIG seeks to optimize its investment structure as well as enhance its economic growth and competitive edge by fully harnessing theopportunities unleashed by changes in the global economic structure and China’s economic transformation. To this end, CCIG focuses on industry investments and capital operations and manages its assets in a professional and investment-centered manner that is at the same time grounded in industry experience.Currently, CCIG involves a number of areas, including mining, healthcare, real estate, cultural tourism, Information Technology, energy, and finance and securities. With a strong asset structure and abundant operational cash flow, CCIG is slated to grow its financial strength, establish more quality investment programs, implement excellent management and tap on a strong pool of professional talents as its assets take more a more international profile.

## Bit Origin
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yuzhong, Gansu, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Catering, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Bit Origin is an emerging blockchain company managed by a group of experienced business builders across various industry spectrums.

## Country Garden Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Hardware

Country Garden Ventures was established in January 2019. It is a first-level business unit of Country Garden Group. It is responsible for the group's equity investment business in addition to real estate investment.
     Since its establishment, Country Garden Ventures has always adhered to the investment strategy of “industry empowerment andvalue co-creation”, paying equal attention to financial investment and holding investment, and has initially formed a staged, dedicated track, and multi-level investment portfolio. Up to now, the team has accumulatively invested in many star companies such as Shell Search, Qinhuai Data, Ziguang Zhanrui, Penguin Almond, Hobo Pharmaceutical, Blue Arrow Aerospace, Xinruipeng Pet Medical, Lin Qingxuan and so on.

## Future Value Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Changning, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Automotive

Future Value Capital specializes in equity investment and investment management services.

## Linzhang Xian Zhengtong Zichan Jingying Guanli Co., Ltd
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Handan, Hebei, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing

Linzhang Xian Zhengtong Zichan Jingying Guanli Co., Ltd is an asset management company.

## Shanxi Heling Touzi guanli Co., Ltd.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Xian Shi, Shaanxi, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Customer Service, Wine And Spirits

Shanxi Heling Touzi guanli Co., Ltd. is an investment firm.

## Wuliangye Yibin
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yibin, Sichuan, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Corporate Round
- Focus: Retail, Aerospace, Wholesale

Wuliangye Yibin is a Chines liquor company that engages in the production and distribution of liquor and its related products. Through its subsidiaries, the Company also manufactures carbon and lactic acid and has operation in printing and packaging materials businesses.
The company was founded on August 1997 and is headquartered in Yibin, China.

## Kerun Chuangtou
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Customer Service, Wine And Spirits

Kerun Chuangtou is an investment firm.

## Huaibin Chufeng Zixun
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Henan, Henan, China
- Relevant deals: 1

Huaibin Chufeng Zixun provides event planning, exhibition and consulting services.

## Xinyang Development Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Xinyang, Henan, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits

Xinyang Development Investment is an investment firm.

## Missfresh
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1

MissFresh is an E-Commerce platform that specializes in high-quality fresh food. It sells daily grocery products through its mobile-based platform. It offers milk, dairy products, meat, seafood, fruits, and vegetables.
MissFresh also sells eggs, vegetables, drinks, snacks, and other products online.

## Zhongjin Huicai
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Winery, Brand Marketing, Wine And Spirits

Zhongjin Huicai invests in new finance, new media, consumer upgrades, and more.

## Ningxia State Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ningxiang, Hunan, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits

Ningxia State Investment is an investment firm.

## Toru Shimada
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Task Management, Manufacturing, Content

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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