Jenny Zeng

Jenny Zeng or Zeng Yu (Chinese: 曾玉) is a Chinese venture capitalist and a serial entrepreneur. She is the founder and a managing partner at venture capital firm MSA Capital.[2] In 2011 she was named one of China's 30 most influential businesswomen by the China Entrepreneur Magazine.[3][4]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zeng.
Jenny Zeng
Born
China
Occupation
  • Managing Partner of MSA Capital
(since 2014)[1]
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Biography

Zeng was born into a military family in Chongqing, China. She was the third daughter of her parents. She studied international trade at Beijing Electronic Industrial Management Institute and graduated in 1996.[3][4]

In 2002 she became the first Executive Director of China Venture Capital Association (CVCA).[3] She started her first company Maple Valley Investments (枫谷投资) in 2004.[3] Maple Valley gained fame by helping InTime Department Store raise US$90 million of private investment and later go public and attracted many other high-profile clients.[5]

In 2014 she founded MSA Capital which focuses on investing in AI, genomics, mobility, consumer internet and SaaS. Her investments have included Mobike[6] and Uber.[7]

Zeng is a board member of Apple Foundation, the largest non-public charitable foundation in Tibet, and has built libraries, reading rooms and environmental projects in the region.[8] She is also a member of The Nature Conservancy and a board member of Future Forum.

Personal life

Zeng gave birth to a child in the spring of 2010.[5]

References
  1. "Yu Zeng: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "How an Investor in China Opened Doors in Silicon Valley". The Information. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. "Jenny Zeng". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. Wang Yanqing 王燕青 (2012-03-02). "曾玉："投资女侠"是如何炼成的". Tecncent. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  5. Xiang Mei (2010-09-01). ""投资女侠"曾玉". Economic Observer. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  6. Yuan, Li (9 December 2017). "China's Startups Are Only Pawns in the Game". Retrieved 25 April 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
  7. Yuan, Li (1 August 2016). "Financial Pressures Shaped Didi-Uber Deal". Retrieved 25 April 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
  8. "新书《苹果，苹果》记录北京苹果慈善基金会十年援藏路-新华网". Xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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