Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Jixun Foo is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital, and was with the firm since end 2005. He focuses on internet and mobile technology investments. Having invested and also witnessed the transformation that PC internet has on information services (Board of Baidu from 2000 to 2005), entertainment (Board of Youku-Tudou) and ecommerce (Board of Meilishuo), Jixun Foo believes that mobile internet will have even more profound impact on all businesses in the next 10 years. His investments now include mobile commerce (Meilishuo, Douguo), on-demand services (Grabtaxi, Didi, Yangchediandian) and share economy (Tujia).

Prior to joining GGV Capital, Jixun Foo was a Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures where he led investment efforts in Asia. He also served as a Manager and headed the Investment Group at the Finance and Investment Division of National Science and Technology Board of Singapore, where he focused on investing in venture capital funds and assisting early stage technology companies. Prior to his involvement in venture capital, Jixun Foo served as a R&D Engineer and the Project Group Leader at Hewlett-Packard Company.

He currently serves as the Independent Board Member of Youku Tudou (NYSE:YOKU) . and Qunar (NASDAQ:QUNR), and he also serves as the Board Member of Meilishuo, GrabTaxi, MediaV, Douguo, Tujia, Yangchediandian.

He ranked 35th on “The Forbes Midas List in 2015” by Forbes, has been annually awarded one of “Best Venture Capitalists” by Forbes China since 2006. In 2014 was named as “VC Professional of the Year” by the Asia Venture Capital Journal. He has more than 15 years experience in venture capital investing and working with many successful entrepreneurs.

Jixun Foo has an M.Sc. in Management of Technology from the NUS Graduate School of Business and graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with first class honors in Engineering.