BlueRun Ventures' Cao Wei Named to FOFWEEKLY's "Top 100 People in Equity Investment 2022"
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Recently, FOFWEEKLY released its "2022 Annual 100 People in Equity Investment" list, recognizing outstanding individuals who drive sustainable industry development and shape value creation.
Wei Cao, Partner at BlueRun Ventures, was named to the "Top 30 Young GP Leaders."
Cao joined BlueRun Ventures in 2010. He focuses on early-stage investments in hard tech and consumer technology, and has led investments in early-stage projects including Waterdrop (NYSE: WDH), Gaussian Robotics, Youibot, LLVision, Nolo VR, and Tian Cheng Technology.
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Originating in Silicon Valley, BlueRun Ventures was founded in 2005 as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups.
The firm currently manages multiple USD and RMB dual-currency funds in China, with assets under management exceeding RMB 15 billion, making it one of the largest early-stage funds domestically. It invests primarily at the Pre-A and Series A stages across hard tech and innovative interaction, enterprise technology, new consumer, and healthcare sectors. BlueRun has invested in over 150 startups, including Li Auto, Waterdrop, QingCloud, Guazi Used Car, Qudian, Songguo Mobility, Ganji.com, Energy Monster, Yuntu Semiconductor, Machenike, CloudSaints Intelligence, Anxin Shield, and BioMap.
BlueRun Ventures has been ranked #1 on Zero2IPO's "China Top 30 Early-Stage Investment Institutions" and ChinaVenture's "China Best Early-Stage VC Firms Top 30," and was named to Preqin's Global Top 10 VC Fund Managers for Sustained High Returns.
The firm has also received consecutive recognition from Forbes China, 36Kr, Cyzone, Caixin Media, CBNweekly, Jiemian, and other media organizations as "China's Best Early-Stage Firm of the Year," "China's Top Venture Capital Firm," "Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Early-Stage Firm of the Year," and "Most Influential Early-Stage Firm of the Year."