Zhen Cao
Crypto-native entertainment investor | Partner - Asia at Republic
San Francisco, California
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2018
Partner - Crypto Fund
2018
A crowdfunding platform with 3M users and invested over $2.5B into 2000+ companies. Equity portfolios from Republic including Robinhood, SpaceX, Carta, Brex, Credit Sesame, Chime, etc. Democratizing investing and level out the fundraising landscape for founders and investors alike. SEC-registered, FINRA-licensed, and if you’re at all interested in startups, you’ve heard of our past work: Republic is part of a family of startup platforms together with AngelList, Product Hunt, and CoinList — one of the most trusted online startup ecosystems in the world.
2003
Gamer
2003
As a MMORPG gamer from 2003, Zhen is passionate about human computer interface paradigm shift of the technology and humanity. Heavy player of CrossGate, StoneAge from 2003 League of Legends from 2010
2018 - 2020
Partner
2018 - 2020
Founded in 2007, JD Capital (九鼎投资) is a leading Chinese PE Group, with $9 Billion AUM - the only Chinese private equity company listed on a major stock exchange (600053.SH). JD Capital has 400+ employees globally, has 100+ publicly traded portfolio companies, and makes both primary and secondary investments in leading companies from seed to pre-IPO. Since 2017, JLAB, the blockchain investment division of JD Capital has invested in over 50 leading blockchain companies through token sales across media, exchanges, protocols. JLAB has also partnered with Huobi Labs to incubate new innovative projects. http://mobile.jdcapital.com/about1/#about
2018 - 2020
Partner, Venture Team
2018 - 2020
2016 - 2018
Investment Manager
2016 - 2018
Facebook Oculus acquired BigBoxVR(acquired by Meta), a battle royal multiplayer game Outpost Capital is the first Silicon Valley based Venture Capital fund that focuses on XR and frontier technologies, while having a strong presence in China. Zhen invested a dozen XR and Blockchain companies while she was there. Including Fable Studios(Virtual beings), TheWaveXR (Virtual Concerts), Modal VR ( Atari Nolan location based entertainment), Quantstamp, Akash, etc.
2017 - 2017
Content Development
2017 - 2017
- Growing VR ecosystem from investment to distribution, partnership, marketing, worked on Fallout 4 VR, Skyrim, Doom (Bethesda), StarTrek (Ubisoft), Million Arthur (Square Enix), Ready Player One(Warner Brothers) etc. - Producing high quality content in different verticals for VR including AAA gaming, education, medical, enterprise, government, military, etc.
2015 - 2016
Media Lab Researcher
2015 - 2016
- Under Professor Ken Perlin (2006 Oscar technical award), responsible for the production of Holojam, a multiplayer VR headset with motion-capture capabilities - Produced several virtual and augmented reality experiences with interactive storytelling
2015 - 2015
Project Manager
2015 - 2015
- Produced 12 series of branded items for film Monkey King: Hero Is Back, built partnerships with Alibaba and JD.COM, generated $16M in revenue and achieved 9× ROI by aligning interests of IP owners, designers, and manufacturers
2014 - 2014
Market Research Analyst
2014 - 2014
2013 - 2013
Associate Director
2013 - 2013