JM

James Mi

Founding Partner of Lightspeed China Partners

Shanghai

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $8,000,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Investments
Private Equity
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups
Mergers
doing business in China
Internet
Corporate Development
Product Management
China Business Development
Mobile Devices
Business Development

Education

Work Experience

Lightspeed China Partners

2011

  • Founding Partner

    2011

    Lightspeed China Partners is an early stage venture capital firm with about $3B under management. Early stage investments including Pingduoduo (Nasdaq: PDD), Hesai (Nasdaq: HSAI), Innolight (300308.SHE) and FinVolution (NYSE: FINV)

  • Managing Director

    2008 - 2011

    Venture capital investments in US, China, India and Israel

2003 - 2008

  • Director of Corporate Development

    2006 - 2008

    Responsible for Investment and M&A for China and other Asia markets. Investments include Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), Dianping, Ganji (Acquired by 58, NYSE: WUBA), Xunlei (NASDAQ: XNET), and Tianya.

  • Head of Asia Products

    2003 - 2006

iTelco Communications

1999 - 2003

  • Co-Founder

    1999 - 2003

1992 - 1999

  • Manager

    1992 - 1999