Our Team

Raymond has more than 30 years of investment and entrepreneurial experience in the US and China technology sector. Prior, Raymond was Founding Partner of Taishan Invest, the leading institutional angel fund in China. Earlier, he was also Managing Partner at Navi Capital Partners and a Venture Partner at Northern Light Venture Capital.

Prior, Raymond was the CEO of Linktone (NASDAQ: LTON), the leading wireless value-added services provider in China, where he led the company through a turnaround situation and took the company public on NASDAQ in 2004. Before Linktone, Raymond was a senior executive and entrepreneur at several high-technology companies in Silicon Valley and China, including Founder and CEO of RivalWatch and Founder and CEO of Saratoga Technology Inc.

Raymond is a Delegate Member of the World Economic Forum Davos Global Agenda Council and a former Chairman of the prestigious Tsinghua University Entrepreneur and Executive Club (TEEC).

Raymond serves on the Board of Directors for WSC portfolio companies Unity Technologies and serves as an Observer at Couchbase and Mirantis. He also served as a former Board member for Maginatics (acquired by EMC in 2014), and co-led the WestSumnit’s investment in Twitch (acquired by Amazon.com in 2014), Ninebot and Ximalaya.

Raymond holds a Bachelors from Tsinghua University and a Masters from the Graduate School of China EPRI.

Notables

• “China Top 10 CEOs”
• “China Top 10 IT Leaders”
• 2007 Best Angel Investor in China
• 2005 Most Influential People to New Economy
• 2005 Linktone awarded as “China’s Best Employer”
• 2007 Chairman of TEEC, Tsinghua Entrepreneur & Executive Club

David Wang is a Partner at WestSummit Capital. David has over 25 years experience in investment and business operations in China and North America.

David has led a series of investments in well-known high-tech companies and serves as the WestSummit Board representative for portfolio companies including GigaDevice, Anji, VeriSilicon, and Union Optech.

Prior to joining WestSummit, David served as Deputy Director of China Horizon Investment Group, responsible for formulation and implementation of the Company’s investment strategy, and helped with the Company’s business development efforts in China.

David also worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs Group, involved in various IPO and M&A transactions totaling about $2 billion in transactions. Previously, David worked in the M&A Group at Intrawest, a dual-listed Canadian company, responsible for analyzing and recommending investment opportunities in the Asian market and to assist in the Company’s acquisition and joint venture deals.

David holds a Bachelors degree from Tsinghua University and an MBA from University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Kelly has more than 14 years of investment and start up experience in China & US and is experienced in sectors of TMT, New Media and Consumer. She joined WestSummit in 2012, co-led investments in Twitch, Ximalaya, Ninebot and managed portfolio Unity.

Prior to WestSummit, Kelly was an Investment Director at Taishan Angel Fund. Taishan Angel Fund is a leading institutional angel fund in China. As the first member of the founding team of Taishan Angel Fund, Kelly was deeply involved in all aspects of Taishan’s investment process, interviewing, evaluating and investigating more than 1,000 deals in the sectors of Internet, Mobile, New Media and Consumer. Moreover, Kelly actively participated in portfolio companies’ strategic, operational and financial planning, accumulating extensive expertise in investment and operational management.

Earlier, Kelly was a General Manager at Overseas Department of China Finance Net and worked on PIDINVER CHINA, which was held by ICEX in 2007 and EU-China Partenariat in 2006. Kelly has experience in international cooperation, government projects and public relations. Moreover, Kelly had been an active entrepreneur since university.

Kelly holds a Bachelors from Sichuan International Studies University and MBA from China Europe International Business School. She also completed the Entrepreneurship Program at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.

Notables

• 2022 Top 30 Best Investors in Advanced Manufacturing
• 2022 Top 30 Most Promising Direct Investment Fund Investor
• 2021 40 Under 40 Investor Award
• 2021 F 40 Investor Award
• 2020 F 40 Investor Award

Mingjie has more than 27 years of experience as a seasoned local executive and entrepreneur in China’s high-tech sector.

During the past two decades Mingjie helped a few Western high-tech startup companies successfully land in China market and eventually became local business leaders including Blue Coat Systems, In-Fusio, News Republic, and MotionLED. Mingjie also held executive roles in a few MNCs such as Ampnova Technologies, Prosten Technology (HK GEM listed), Linktone (Nasdaq listed), Aspire Technologies (a China Mobile company).

Mingjie holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from Tsinghua University.

Mr. Du has 17 years experience in Semiconductor R&D, operations and investments in China and has served as a Board of Director for several technology companies globally.

Prior to joining WestSummit Capital, Bo Du served as Managing Director and Head of Semiconductor Investment at Galaxy Capital. Previously, Bo Du served as Senior Management at HDSC, one of top 10 IC design companies in China, and was responsible for leading investment and strategy development. Previously, Bo Du worked with AMD and Centec as a senior R&D engineer.

Bo Du holds Bachelor and Master degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Sean has more than 20 years of experience in marketing business development and team management for China’s wireless communications and semiconductor industries.

Prior to WestSummit, Sean was a Senior Vice President of Sales at Unisoc (formerly Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.)

Sean led the sales team to achieve significant growth in sales revenue for 6 consecutive months during the global pandemic in 2020, and was responsible for the cumulative shipment of more than 1 billion sets of products.

Sean holds a Bachelors in Applied Electronic Technology from North China University of Technology and is currently a Master Candidate in EMBA of China Europe International Business School.

Notables

• “Spreadtrum Outstanding Team Award” in 2010
• “Spreadtrum Outstanding Manager Award” in 2005