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Ferry Venture Capital
Ferry Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. It focuses on the Internet, mobile network, new material, and energy...
Ferry Venture Capital
Ferry Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. It focuses on the Internet, mobile network, new material, and energy conservation industries. The firm has made 63 investments, including a Series A investment in Shifang Technology on January 05, 2025.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2010
Location
Region
Asia
Country
China
City
Shanghai
Corporate office
Shanghai, China
Principals
戴建春
合伙人
王学峰
合伙人
黄竖
合伙人
古一思
投资合伙人
张宏
投资合伙人
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who co-founded Ferry Venture Capital and what backgrounds do they bring?
黄竖, 戴建春, and 王学峰 co-founded Ferry in 2010. 黄竖 previously built and sold a Silicon Valley network-security company to TrendMicro; 戴建春 worked in capital markets at Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong; 王学峰 came from management consulting at Accenture and BearingPoint. All three share Tsinghua University degrees, giving the firm a deeply technical and academic network.
How does Ferry Venture Capital source its deal flow?
Ferry runs a direct-origination model. Its website openly solicits business plans at bp@ferryvc.cn, which indicates founder-led inbound sourcing rather than third-party feeder or fund-of-funds pipelines. Many investments trace to the partners’ extensive Tsinghua alumni and Silicon Valley networks.
Is Ferry Venture Capital structured as a family office or a venture fund?
Ferry is a third-party venture capital fund manager — not a family office or corporate venture arm. Its Chinese legal entity is 源渡股权投资管理（上海）有限公司, which registers, raises, and manages capital on behalf of external limited partners.
What investment stages does Ferry typically target?
The firm concentrates on early-stage deals: seed, startup, and occasionally expansion rounds. Portfolio composition suggests Series A is the most common entry point, though the firm will write seed checks when it has a strong technical read on the founding team.
Which sectors does Ferry explicitly invest in?
Ferry invests in hard tech that digitizes or automates traditional industries. Documented positions fall into semiconductors (卓胜微电子, 兆易创新), artificial intelligence (秘塔), robotics and industrial automation (翼菲自动化, 灵西机器人), and enterprise software. No consumer internet or fintech holdings appear in its disclosed portfolio.
Which notable exits has Ferry Venture Capital achieved?
Two flagship exits anchor the track record: 卓胜微电子, a radio-frequency chip designer now listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (300782), and 兆易创新, a flash-memory and microcontroller company traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603986). Other liquidity events include 趣致集团’s Hong Kong IPO (00917.HK) and the acquisition of 点点乐 by 天润控股.
Has Ferry Venture Capital received any third-party industry recognition?
Yes. Ferry has been included multiple times in Zero2IPO’s annual “China Top 30 Early-Stage Investment Institutions” ranking between 2019 and 2024 (per Zero2IPO, 2019–2024), signaling sustained peer acknowledgment inside the Chinese venture community.
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