Jenny Zeng
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Jenny Zeng or Zeng Yu (Chinese: 曾玉) is a Chinese venture capitalist and a serial entrepreneur[2]. She is the founder and a managing partner at venture capital firm MSA Capital.[3][4] In 2021 MSA was named named China "Firm of the Year" by PEI Magazine.[5][6] In 2011 she was named one of China's 30 most influential businesswomen by the China Entrepreneur Magazine.[7][8]
Biography
Zeng was born into a military family in Chongqing, China. She was the third daughter of her parents. She studied international trade at Beijing Electronic Industrial Management Institute and graduated in 1996.[7][8]
In 2002 she became the first Executive Director of China Venture Capital Association (CVCA).[7] She started her first company Maple Valley Investments (枫谷投资) in 2004.[7] Maple Valley gained fame by helping InTime Department Store raise US$90 million of private investment and later go public and attracted many other high-profile clients.[9]
In 2014 she founded MSA Capital which focuses on investing in AI, genomics, mobility, consumer internet and SaaS. Her investments have included Yidu, Boss Zhiping, Cider, Mobike[10] and Uber.[11]
Zeng is a board member of Apple Foundation, the largest non-public charitable foundation in Tibet, and has built libraries, reading rooms and environmental projects in the region.[12] She is also a member of The Nature Conservancy and a board member of Future Forum.
Personal life
Zeng gave birth to a child in the spring of 2010.[9]
References
- ^ "Yu Zeng: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Ku, Larissa (6 July 2022). "Profile: MSA Capital's Jenny Zeng". AVCJ. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "How an Investor in China Opened Doors in Silicon Valley". The Information. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "对话和玉资本曾玉：投资不仅是认知的变现，更是价值观的表达 - 城市 - 福布斯中国 | Forbes China". www.forbeschina.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Staff, P. E. I. (2022-03-01). "PEI Awards 2021: Global winners". Private Equity International. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "TMTPost—Insider of China Tech and Business". en.tmtpost.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ a b c d "Jenny Zeng". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b Wang Yanqing 王燕青 (2012-03-02). "曾玉："投资女侠"是如何炼成的". Tecncent. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ a b Xiang Mei (2010-09-01). ""投资女侠"曾玉". Economic Observer. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Yuan, Li (9 December 2017). "China's Startups Are Only Pawns in the Game". Retrieved 25 April 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ Yuan, Li (1 August 2016). "Financial Pressures Shaped Didi-Uber Deal". Retrieved 25 April 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ "新书《苹果，苹果》记录北京苹果慈善基金会十年援藏路-新华网". Xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.