Young and professional investment team
Monad Ventures has an energetic, stable, young yet experienced investment team, allowing us to understand emerging business models better and seize new investment opportunities. Monad Team always pays special attention to voices from new-generation business leaders in enterprise software and technological innovation. We wholeheartedly offer them exceptional modular post-investment services.
We always pay attention to voices from new-generation business leaders and provide top-notch post-investment support.
Norah Tian
Managing Partner
Norah founded Monad Ventures in 2015. Since then, Monad has invested in approx. 100 early-stage startups, including NewSQL distributed HTAP database provider PingCAP, internet insurance platform Waterdrop, AI customer service SaaS Leyan Tech, industrial & manufacturing parallel robots Robot Phoenix, cloud native data intelligence platform DEEPEXI, DTC e-commerce apparel brand Cider, RPA software platform ShadowBot, and online collaboration office suite Shimo. So far, Norah has supported 100+ startups and many have successfully exited.
As the founding partner of Monad, Norah was named "Venture Capital 100" and "Female Venture Capitalists 20" by Forbes China, "2021 Best Early-Stage Investors TOP 50" by China Venture, "2022 Female Venture Capitalists 50" and "China F40 Young Investors" by Zero2IPO, "2022 Global Outstanding Chinese Power 100 Awards", "2021 36 Venture Capitalists Under 36" and "2021 Venture Capitalist in Enterprise Service Market TOP20" by 36Kr, and 2021 Best Female Investors TOP30 by CyZone, etc.
In 2013-2014, Norah worked at CITIC Capital and participated in late-stage equity investments and buyouts.
In 2009-2013, Norah was Associate Director of the Investment Banking Division at UBS Hong Kong. As a core team member, she participated in many Chinese enterprises' overseas IPO (via red-chip listing or VIE structure) as well as Chinese enterprises' overseas high yield bond issuance.
Norah holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Statistics from University College London.
As the founding partner of Monad, Norah was named "Venture Capital 100" and "Female Venture Capitalists 20" by Forbes China, "2021 Best Early-Stage Investors TOP 50" by China Venture, "2022 Female Venture Capitalists 50" and "China F40 Young Investors" by Zero2IPO, "2022 Global Outstanding Chinese Power 100 Awards", "2021 36 Venture Capitalists Under 36" and "2021 Venture Capitalist in Enterprise Service Market TOP20" by 36Kr, and 2021 Best Female Investors TOP30 by CyZone, etc.
In 2013-2014, Norah worked at CITIC Capital and participated in late-stage equity investments and buyouts.
In 2009-2013, Norah was Associate Director of the Investment Banking Division at UBS Hong Kong. As a core team member, she participated in many Chinese enterprises' overseas IPO (via red-chip listing or VIE structure) as well as Chinese enterprises' overseas high yield bond issuance.
Norah holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Statistics from University College London.
Max Xu
Partner
Max joined Monad Ventures in 2015 and has completed 40+ investments to date. Focused on investing in Application SaaS, globalization of Chinese software and ecosystem opportunities, Max led investments in Unitree, D5 Render, CoCoPIE, and MingJianYun, etc. He also supports investment in DEEPEXI, Shimo, and Xinlue, etc.
Prior to joining Monad, Max was an Investment Analyst at Fortune VC and participated in projects' investment and post-investment, including ATRenew and JollyChic.
Max holds Dual Bachelor's Degree from Zhejiang University.
Prior to joining Monad, Max was an Investment Analyst at Fortune VC and participated in projects' investment and post-investment, including ATRenew and JollyChic.
Max holds Dual Bachelor's Degree from Zhejiang University.
Vivian Zhang
VP
Responsible for industry research, investment and incubation in areas such as smart hardware and global expansionExtensive experience in early-stage and growth-stage investments: Previously worked at Qingbo Fund, leading and participating in investment projects including RingConn Jiuzhi Technology, Sanlv Technology, UniUni, Duozheng Electronics, etc.Worked at Gobi Venture Capital's Hong Kong branch, participating in multiple investment projects including Sleekflow, Rice Robotics, etc.Rich experience in financial analysis and corporate strategy, having worked at PwC and Ping An Leasing.Vivian holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hong Kong
Ada Qi
VP
Responsible for industry research, investment and incubation in areas such as artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technologies.Extensive early-stage investment experience in frontier fields: Worked in the early investment team of Yunkao Capital, leading and participating in investment projects including GWT General Water Purification, LeDong Robotics, KitchenCore Technology, etc.Worked in Tencent's strategic investment team, independently responsible for early-stage investment in software and SaaS fields.Head of a leading AI technology venture capital media, with an annual reading volume of 3 million+, and 100,000+ followers at home and abroad.Holding a Master's degree in Information System Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Heather Jin
Investment manager
Focus on industry research, investment and incubation work in fields such as artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence.Rich experience in early-stage and growth-stage investments: Worked at Vertex Ventures and Zhichun Capital, and led and participated in investment projects including Galaxy General, Xian Technology, and Xingchen Intelligence, etc.Rich early-stage entrepreneurial experience: Founded three companies during college, and completed tasks such as business implementation, acquisition exit, etc.Possessing a double bachelor's degree in music communication and law from China Media University