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Shining Capital

Founders Xiangwei Weng

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Total investments 7
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$25M
Portfolio companies 5
Lead investments 4
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Exits 1
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Retail
  • Lifestyle
  • Shoes
  • Fashion
Summary

The venture was found in Asia in Hong Kong. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Hong Kong.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Food and Beverage, Hospitality. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight TechStyle Fashion Group, Jekun Auto, Winc.

The fund was created by Xiangwei Weng. Besides them, we counted 4 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 47 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2016. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. When the investment is from Shining Capital the average startup value is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Shining Capital works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Shining Capital, startups are often financed by Tiller Partners, TCV, Matrix Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TCV, Matrix Partners, Tyler Mateen. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Trinity Capital Investment, TCV, Michael Yasiejko.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kangpu Bio-Pharma

Biopharma
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$38M10 May 2021 Shanghai, China

Winc

E-Commerce
Hospitality
Wine And Spirits
$17M04 May 2016 Los Angeles, California, United States

Home Chef

Delivery
Food and Beverage
Restaurants
$10M30 Apr 2016 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Automotive
Space Travel
Transportation
$15M01 Jan 2016 Yuexiu District, Guangdong Province, China

Home Chef

Delivery
Food and Beverage
Restaurants
$5M10 Sep 2015 Chicago, Illinois, United States

TechStyle Fashion Group

E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
Retail
Shoes
$55M26 Sep 2013 California, United States

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Total investments 7
Average round size 25M
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.29
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.71

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kangpu Bio-Pharma

Biopharma
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$38M10 May 2021 Shanghai, China

Winc

E-Commerce
Hospitality
Wine And Spirits
$17M04 May 2016 Los Angeles, California, United States

Home Chef

Delivery
Food and Beverage
Restaurants
$10M30 Apr 2016 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Automotive
Space Travel
Transportation
$15M01 Jan 2016 Yuexiu District, Guangdong Province, China

Home Chef

Delivery
Food and Beverage
Restaurants
$5M10 Sep 2015 Chicago, Illinois, United States

TechStyle Fashion Group

E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
Retail
Shoes
$55M26 Sep 2013 California, United States
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