What ClearVue Partners does

ClearVue Partners is a Shanghai-based private investment firm founded in 2022 that invests in early- and growth-stage consumer companies. The firm focuses on five thematic areas — consumer lifestyle, new brands, health & wellness, mobility, and digital consumer — across both Chinese and cross-border opportunities, with publicly disclosed exposure to PlusAI, a U.S.-focused autonomous trucking company that was the subject of a terminated SPAC business combination in 2024.

The firm is led by Managing Partners Harry C. Hui and William Chen, who collectively claim more than 25 years of operating experience in consumer-facing industries. Their prior track record includes building the first digital payments platform acquired by eBay in 1999 and senior management of Greater China operations for MTV, Universal Music, and PepsiCo. ClearVue positions itself as an operationally-led investor, leveraging this executive background to support portfolio companies on go-to-market, branding, and corporate development rather than as a purely financial sponsor.

As a private fund manager, the firm generates revenue through the standard VC economics of management fees on committed or invested capital plus carried interest on realized returns. AUM, fund size, fee rates, and realized performance are not disclosed in available sources. Co-investment activity alongside Sequoia Capital China, FountainVest Partners, Amazon, and Mayfield in PlusAI indicates the firm is willing to participate in larger syndicated rounds led by tier-one institutions, while its Shanghai domicile and Chinese consumer focus imply a primary LP and portfolio base centered on Greater China.

Name

ClearVue Partners

Legal name

ClearVue Partners

Website

https://cvpcap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ClearVue Partners is a Shanghai-based private investment firm founded in 2022 that invests early- and growth-stage capital into consumer companies across lifestyle, new brands, health & wellness, mobility, and digital consumer themes, led by partners with prior C-suite operating roles at major multinational consumer brands in Greater China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity / Venture Capital

NAICS

All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Media, Entertainment & Gaming Growth Equity (FSANACAI)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Private equity
• Growth stage investing
• Consumer sector
• Portfolio investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

ClearVue Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in early and growth stage companies developing products, services, and technologies for the evolving consumer. The firm invests along themes of changing lifestyle, new brands, health & wellness, mobility, and the digital consumer, providing both investment capital and operational expertise to portfolio companies.

Product overview

ClearVue Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in innovative early and growth-stage companies developing products, services, and technologies for the evolving consumer. The firm focuses on themes of changing lifestyle, new brands, health & wellness, mobility, and digital consumer. Rather than offering a product platform, ClearVue Partners provides investment capital and operational expertise to portfolio companies, leveraging proprietary research and decades of operating experience in consumer industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early and Growth Stage Consumer Investments

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sequoia Capital China: China-focused venture and growth capital firm investing across consumer and technology, and an explicit co-investor alongside ClearVue in portfolio companies. Directly comparable on geography, stage, and consumer/tech vertical focus, though materially larger in AUM.
• FountainVest Partners: One of the largest independent private equity firms in China, with deep consumer and growth-stage exposure. Explicit co-investor with ClearVue in companies like PlusAI, making it a directly comparable consumer-focused China growth investor.
• Hillhouse Capital: Asia-focused investment firm with deep consumer and technology franchise across growth and buyout stages. Operates in overlapping consumer themes (lifestyle, new brands, digital consumer) and comparable stage, though at much greater scale.
• IDG Capital: Pioneering China venture and growth investor with extensive consumer and technology portfolio. Operates at comparable stage and consumer/tech themes as ClearVue, though with substantially larger AUM and longer track record.
• Loyal Valley Capital: China-focused private equity firm investing in consumer, technology, and healthcare growth-stage companies. Highly comparable on geography, stage focus, and consumer vertical emphasis.
• Vision Knight Capital: China growth-equity firm specializing in consumer, technology, and digital transformation. Comparable consumer vertical, stage, and geography, making it a direct peer among emerging China consumer specialists.
• Matrix Partners China: Early and growth-stage venture firm focused on China consumer and technology. Directly comparable on stage, geography, and consumer/digital vertical, with a comparable emerging-manager profile.
• GGV Capital: Global venture firm with strong China consumer and technology franchise. Comparable on stage, consumer vertical, and cross-border orientation, though with broader geographic mandate.

Broad incumbents

• CDH Investments: Established large-cap China private equity firm with a long history of consumer investments. Overlaps with ClearVue on consumer themes but operates across broader sectors and at a more mature/buyout stage.
• CPE (Citic Private Equity): Large diversified China private equity platform with meaningful consumer exposure. Comparable consumer investment activity but operates at materially larger scale and broader sector mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments54 records

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