Investing Profile

Brad Bao

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University of California, Berkeley Network

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IBM Network

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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Network

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Tencent Network

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Current Investing Position

Managing Partner

Investments On Record

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Brad Bao's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Generative Alpha	Pre SeedNov 2025
Co-investors: Tim Shi (Sequoia Capital)
Shackle	Series ASep 2023$15M SeedJul 2022$6M	$21M
Co-investors: David Clarke (Frontline Ventures)
Velotric	Series AFeb 2023$7M	$7M
Titan	SeedJun 2022$4M	$190M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Anish Acharya (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Irene Au (Khosla Ventures), Jeffrey Reitman (Canapi Ventures), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Kevin Durant (Unknown Ventures), Henri Deshays (NewFund), Carl Sparks (Interlock Partners), Adrian Aoun (500 Startups Korea), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Mike Krieger (Anthropic), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Joshua Reeves, Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Odell Beckham Jr., Jared Leto
Jupiter	SeedMar 2022$5M	$230M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Idris Sami (Anthos Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Utsav Somani (iSeed Ventures), Pranav Pai (3one4 Capital), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Cristina Nuñez (True Beauty Ventures), Brian Bell (Team Ignite Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Mayank Shiromani (MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd)
Channel AI	Series AMar 2022$20M	$20M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels)
Swimply	Series UnknownDec 2021$40M	$50M
Co-investors: Robin Li (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Edward Yip (Norwest Venture Partners), Manish Chandra (Poshmark), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Conrad Shang (UTIMCO), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), Fidji Simo, Rob Chesnut, Deborah Liu
Doublefin	SeedJul 2021

Brad Bao's Experience

Co-Founder and Exec. Chairman LimeBike2016 - Present

Managing Partner Kinzon Capital2013 - Present

VP business Development - Tencent Games Tencent2012 - 2013

General Manager - US branch Tencent2005 - 2013

Marketing Manager - Summer Intern Yahoo Inc.2004 - 2004

Co-Founder and VP - Sales & Marketing NORICT Beijing2001 - 2003

Client Representative - Industrial Solution Unit / Telecom & Utility IBM2000 - 2001

Senior Technical Marketing Representative Kodak1998 - 2000

Marketing Representative FORMICA1997 - 1998

Brad Bao's Education

University of California, Berkeley Master MBA

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA Business Administration - Innovation Management & Hi-Tech Marketing

Wuhan University BBA International Marketing

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