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Alpha Startups

Founders Alex Jiang Richard Xu

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 11
Rounds per year 1.50
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Key employees 3

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • Retail
  • Information Technology
  • Professional Services
Summary

Alpha Startups appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2015. The venture was found in Asia in China. The main department of described VC is located in the Beijing.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Mars Rabit, Hummingbot, Xinren Xinshi. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Consumer, Ethereum. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - China. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

The current fund was established by Alex Jiang, Richard Xu.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 participants. Despite the Alpha Startups, startups are often financed by Microsoft Accelerator Beijing. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ZhenFund, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund), Sinovation Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Kingdee.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HiDreamai

Content
Developer Platform
Software
12 Dec 2023 Futian, Guangdong, China

Nebula Brands

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Retail
$50M06 Dec 2021 Beijing, Beijing, China

Whale

Consulting
Food and Beverage
Information Technology
Internet
Marketing
Professional Services
Retail
Software
$25M01 Sep 2020 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Hummingbot

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
FinTech
Trading Platform
$3M24 Sep 2018 Mountain View, California, United States

Mars Rabbit

Consumer
$3M09 Jul 2018 China, Dongcheng District

Whale

Consulting
Food and Beverage
Information Technology
Internet
Marketing
Professional Services
Retail
Software
$6M01 Jul 2018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xinren Xinshi

Corporate Training
Human Resources
Internet
SaaS
Service Industry
$13M21 Mar 2018 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Qokka

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
SaaS
Software
01 Mar 2018 Mountain View, California, United States

Wand Trip

Rental
06 Feb 2018 China, Dongcheng District

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Total investments 12
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 1.50
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.08
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HiDreamai

Content
Developer Platform
Software
12 Dec 2023 Futian, Guangdong, China

Nebula Brands

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Retail
$50M06 Dec 2021 Beijing, Beijing, China

Whale

Consulting
Food and Beverage
Information Technology
Internet
Marketing
Professional Services
Retail
Software
$25M01 Sep 2020 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Hummingbot

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
FinTech
Trading Platform
$3M24 Sep 2018 Mountain View, California, United States

Mars Rabbit

Consumer
$3M09 Jul 2018 China, Dongcheng District

Whale

Consulting
Food and Beverage
Information Technology
Internet
Marketing
Professional Services
Retail
Software
$6M01 Jul 2018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xinren Xinshi

Corporate Training
Human Resources
Internet
SaaS
Service Industry
$13M21 Mar 2018 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Qokka

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
SaaS
Software
01 Mar 2018 Mountain View, California, United States

Wand Trip

Rental
06 Feb 2018 China, Dongcheng District
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