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Native name | 北极光创投 |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Venture Capital |
Founded | 2005 |
Founders |
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Headquarters | 2855 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
Products | Investments |
AUM | US$4.5 billion (2020) |
Website |
nlvc |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) ( Chinese: 北极光创投; pinyin: Běijíguāng Chuàngtóu) is a Chinese venture capital firm founded in 2005. It focuses on investing in companies in the technology and healthcare sectors. [2]
NLVC was founded in 2005 by Feng Deng, Jeffrey Lee and Yan Ke. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Feng Deng and Yan Ke were previously co-founders of NetScreen Technologies, an IT Security company that went public on Nasdaq in 2001 and was later acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for $4.2 billion. [3] [5] [7] [8] [9] New Enterprise Associates and Min Zhu (co-founder of WebEx) were initial backers of the firm when it was raising its first fund. [3] [7] [8] Greylock Partners is another early backer of the firm. [7] [8]
NLVC invests 70% of its funds into Series A rounds, 20% in Series B rounds and 10% into Seed rounds. [5] [6] Notable investments include Aerohive Networks, [5] [6] Meituan [5] [6] and VIPKid. [6]
NLVC has offices in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong and several cities in China including, Beijing, Shanghai. [5]
Fund [5] [6] [7] [8] [10] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Northern Light Venture Fund I | 2005 | USD 120 |
Northern Light Venture Fund II | 2007 | USD 350 |
Northern Light Venture Fund III | 2011 | USD 400 |
Northern Light Venture Fund IV | 2015 | USD 400 |
Northern Light Venture Fund V | 2019 | USD 450 |
Northern Light Venture Fund VI | 2020 | USD 375 |
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Native name | 北极光创投 |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Venture Capital |
Founded | 2005 |
Founders |
|
Headquarters | 2855 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
Products | Investments |
AUM | US$4.5 billion (2020) |
Website |
nlvc |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) ( Chinese: 北极光创投; pinyin: Běijíguāng Chuàngtóu) is a Chinese venture capital firm founded in 2005. It focuses on investing in companies in the technology and healthcare sectors. [2]
NLVC was founded in 2005 by Feng Deng, Jeffrey Lee and Yan Ke. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Feng Deng and Yan Ke were previously co-founders of NetScreen Technologies, an IT Security company that went public on Nasdaq in 2001 and was later acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for $4.2 billion. [3] [5] [7] [8] [9] New Enterprise Associates and Min Zhu (co-founder of WebEx) were initial backers of the firm when it was raising its first fund. [3] [7] [8] Greylock Partners is another early backer of the firm. [7] [8]
NLVC invests 70% of its funds into Series A rounds, 20% in Series B rounds and 10% into Seed rounds. [5] [6] Notable investments include Aerohive Networks, [5] [6] Meituan [5] [6] and VIPKid. [6]
NLVC has offices in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong and several cities in China including, Beijing, Shanghai. [5]
Fund [5] [6] [7] [8] [10] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
---|---|---|
Northern Light Venture Fund I | 2005 | USD 120 |
Northern Light Venture Fund II | 2007 | USD 350 |
Northern Light Venture Fund III | 2011 | USD 400 |
Northern Light Venture Fund IV | 2015 | USD 400 |
Northern Light Venture Fund V | 2019 | USD 450 |
Northern Light Venture Fund VI | 2020 | USD 375 |