JadeValue

Founder Tang Yang is the primary decision-maker and has been since JadeValue's 2015 launch. The firm maintains a lean structure without a publicly named investment committee, and its dual incubator-investor model means Tang is involved in both portfolio selection and the operational support provided to resident startups.

JadeValue was an early-stage investor in Waterdrop, the Chinese online health-insurance marketplace that went public on the NYSE in 2021. The investment was characteristic of JadeValue's model: patient capital into a regulated-sector technology story, placed well before the company became a household name in China's insurtech ecosystem.

No. While Shanghai is its headquarters and primary market, JadeValue operated an office in New York's Financial District and invested in US-based fintech companies, including HealthCare.com. The cross-border footprint distinguishes it from purely domestic Chinese seed funds but is narrower than that of multi-geography global VCs.

JadeValue owns and operates a physical campus in Shanghai's Lujiazui district where portfolio companies receive free office space alongside their investment. This operating-cost subsidy is not typical for standalone venture capital funds; it mirrors the ecosystem-building approach of Chinese internet platforms, but applied at the seed stage by an independent firm.

JadeValue does not publicly disclose current AUM or annual deployment numbers. Given Tang Yang's concentrated governance and the firm's historically low public profile, external visibility into its post-2021 investment cadence is limited. Its most prominent known exits and portfolio companies date from the 2015–2021 period (public record).

There is no public record of JadeValue operating with an institutional LP base. The firm appears to be funded by founder capital, which is consistent with its small team, single-decision-maker structure, and absence from limited-partner data rooms or public fund-close announcements.

JadeValue's historical record shows almost no activity in consumer internet, e-commerce, gaming, or social media — areas that dominated Chinese venture during its most active years. Its disclosed portfolio is concentrated in regulated financial infrastructure: insurance, health-tech, and enterprise tools serving the financial services industry.