Manzi CapitalVENTURE CAPITAL
Investments

Investments

Representative investments of Manzi Capital and Xue Manzi, grouped by tech cycle, drawn from his autobiography《蛮子传》. Not a complete list and not a performance promise; undisclosed amounts and returns are not published.

Internet

UTStarcom

Co-founder · vice chairman· Telecom · Little Smart

Formed by merging Unitech and Starcom; backed by SoftBank's Masayoshi Son (USD 160M total). NASDAQ IPO in Mar 2000 — the first Chinese private company on NASDAQ; the source of Xue Manzi's first fortune.

NASDAQ IPO, 2000

Alibaba

Earliest-round investor· E-commerce / B2B

Among the earliest investors in Alibaba, alongside Masayoshi Son (via SoftBank China / SBCVC).

NYSE-listed (BABA)

8848

Investor · chairman· E-commerce

China's first e-commerce site; he brought together SoftBank, IDG and Jerry Yang to invest, and served as chairman.

China e-commerce pioneer

265.com · Cai Wensheng

Angel (with IDG)· Web navigation

Co-invested with IDG in 2004 and helped secure Google funding; later acquired by Google.

Mobile & Mobility

Autohome

Angel · Li Xiang· Auto media platform

Backed Li Xiang; from PCPOP to Autohome, China's leading auto-information platform.

NYSE-listed (ATHM)

Li Auto

Backed founder Li Xiang· EV

Li Xiang's third venture after exiting Autohome.

NASDAQ/HKEX-listed (LI)

Xueqiu

Investor· Investor community

A leading Chinese investor community and markets-social platform.

Crypto & Media

Representative investments drawn from Xue Manzi's autobiography《蛮子传》(he has invested in nearly 100 companies); not a complete list, not investment advice or a performance promise. Separately, in the crypto cycle Manzi Capital established its own quant fund, Quantum Dream Fund I (running on F-Star Protocol) — an in-house fund, not a VC portfolio company.