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We invest in companies that have an innovative business model or disruptive technology, a strong management team, and a big market opportunity. Our sectors of focus include virtual reality/augmented reality, mobile Internet, big data, cloud computing, wearable computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and new materials with environmental or information technology applications. We invest in companies that have an innovative business model or disruptive technology, a strong management team, and a big market opportunity. Our sectors of focus include virtual reality/augmented reality, mobile Internet, big data, cloud computing, wearable computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and new materials with environmental or information technology applications.

COMPANIES

Audacy
BDR
Next Input
Barefoot Network
Good Data
Cohesity

TEAM

FOUNDERS
PROF. SHOUCHENG ZHANG

Prof. Shoucheng Zhang is Founding Chairman of Danhua Capital, member of National Academy of Science and Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a world- renown physicist and a tenured professor at Stanford University since 1993.

DR. ANDREW GU

Dr. Gu is skilled at interdisciplinary and critical thinking. With his academic stands and backgrounds in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, he has published 24 scientific papers and 8 patents to his name.

US TEAM
DOVEY WAN
CHINESE TEAM
KEVIN DING
RACHEL (JING) WAN

NEWS

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Roofr uses satellite imagery to give home owners free estimates for roof replacements. They let property owners accurately estimate the cost of their own roofs in seconds simply by entering the property address.

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The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves – Rana Adhikari of LIGO


Rana Adhikari is a Professor of Physics at Caltech and a member of the LIGO team, who were the first to measure gravitational waves.

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The Customization Curve


A few months ago, I was talking to a startup about how individual customers wanted them to do different things.

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Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC


Elizabeth Iorns is cofounder and CEO of Science Exchange. She’s also an Expert here at YC. She came in to answer some of the most common questions we get from founders in biotech.

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