Xiaoyu Ma
马晓宇
Xiaoyu Ma is a managing director at Gaorong Ventures, where he has worked since 2018 . His investment focus spans consumer brands and AI-driven companies, with notable bets including Southeast Asian beauty brand Y.O.U, US e-bike maker Aventon, AI agent platform MAI, and cross-border e-commerce SaaS Dianxiaomi . He has also backed fintech and AI infrastructure plays such as Opay, Advance.ai, and Wiz.ai . In a 2024 interview with 暗涌Waves, he and Gaorong founding partner Sam Gao discussed AI plus hardware as a key opportunity for Chinese founders amid global upheaval .
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MAI, a Marketing AI Agent, Raises $25 Million to Push AI as the New Operating System for Business Decisions
MAI Agent has helped some clients increase sales by over 40%.
LiblibAI Secures Another Round of Hundreds of Millions of RMB in Funding, Advancing Toward the World's Largest AI Content Creation and Consumption Platform
Expand the platform's reach globally.
"LiblibAI" Closes New Funding Round, AI Image Generation Tool Chosen by Nearly 10 Million Users
China's leading AI image generation platform.
Stepping Inside OPPO in the "Year of AI Phones": *Benfen* Is the Foundation, AI Is the Open Sky | Ronghui
Study OPPO's culture, co-create an intelligent future.
Sam Gao and Xiaoyu Ma of Gaorong Capital: AI + Hardware, China's Opportunity in a World of Upheaval
You can't just gild the lily on the giants' extensions.
"First Collagen Stock" Goes Public, Zero-Carbon Factories and Energy Storage Stars Accelerate Carbon Neutrality Push | Rongbao · October
Major Events of October.
Chips, Energy Storage, and LiDAR Accelerate Commercialization; Robotics and SaaS Expand Globally | Rongbao · May
Sailing through the waves, striving upstream.
US E-Bike Brand Aventon Closes Tens of Millions of Dollars in Series A Funding, Led Exclusively by Gaorong Ventures
Redefining new-energy short-distance mobility products, setting a new trend for outdoor lifestyles.
Southeast Asian Beauty Brand Y.O.U Raises $40 Million in Series C, Leading Emerging Market Beauty Industry
Unlock the full development of emerging-market beauty industries and drive industrial iteration and upgrading.
Gaorong Monthly · October | Gaorong Ventures Named Among Zero2IPO's Top 10 VC Firms of the Year; Nuro Closes Major Series D Round
Autonomous driving, healthcare, and chip sectors see new funding rounds; Genki Forest unveils "Triple Zero Factory" strategy; Dingdong Maicai stabilizes prices and ensures supply.
Gaorong News · December | Gaorong Ventures Named Among "China's Top 3 Best VC Funds of 2019," Ronghui "Youth Innovation Camp" Concludes
The future is bright.
