Taishan Invest AG

Name

Taishan Invest AG

Website

https://taishanangel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Closed

Short description

Taishan Invest AG is a Beijing-based angel investment firm, founded in 2008 by Jackie Chen and Sebastian Kuebler, that historically targeted high-growth angel- and early-stage startups in China under the brands Taishan Angel and China Venture Capital.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Angel and Early-Stage Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Angel investing
• Venture capital
• Early-stage startups
• Startup funding
• Private equity

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

Taishan Invest AG is an institutional business angel that invests its own capital into high-growth angel-stage and early-stage startups in China. The firm operates under the brand names Taishan Angel (泰山天使) and China Venture Capital, targeting early-stage companies seeking initial or seed funding in the Chinese market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Angel-stage Investment Equity investment capital provided to high-growth startups at the angel stage in China. For angel-stage and early-stage startup founders seeking initial institutional funding.
• Early-stage Venture Capital Equity investment capital provided to early-stage, high-growth startups in China. For early-stage startup founders seeking growth capital.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 4.cn (金名网)minorOthers4.cn is described as a domain escrow service platform and ICANN-Accredited Registrar used for the domain transaction of taishanangel.com. They provide third-party domain transaction services with a 5-workday process. This is not a business partnership but a transactional service used for selling the domain.

Direct peers

• ZhenFund (真格基金): One of China's most prominent angel funds, investing at the seed and pre-A stage in Chinese startups. Directly comparable to Taishan as a China-focused, early-stage institutional angel with a similar target founder profile.
• InnoAngel Fund (英诺天使): A Beijing-headquartered Chinese angel fund focused on seed and early-stage tech startups. Closely comparable to Taishan in geography, stage focus, and angel-fund mandate.
• Ceyuan Ventures: China-focused early-stage VC writing seed and Series A checks, primarily in Beijing. Directly comparable to Taishan as a domestic Chinese early-stage investor.
• Plum Ventures (梅花创投): Active Chinese angel investor writing seed and pre-Series A checks across consumer, enterprise, and frontier tech. Directly comparable to Taishan on stage, check size, and China-only mandate.
• Innovation Works (创新工场): Beijing-based early-stage investor and incubator founded by Kai-Fu Lee, combining angel-stage capital with operating support. Comparable to Taishan on China focus and early-stage mandate, with a slightly broader incubator overlay.

Broad incumbents

• IDG Capital: One of the longest-tenured foreign-affiliated VC firms in China, investing from seed through growth. Comparable to Taishan on China focus, but operating across a much broader stage range and check-size spectrum.
• AngelList: Dominant global platform for angel syndication and rolling funds. Comparable to Taishan as an angel capital ecosystem player, though at vastly greater scale and with a platform model rather than a single dedicated fund.
• SAIF Partners: Asia-headquartered growth and early-stage investor with meaningful China activity. Comparable as a China-focused institutional capital provider, though historically oriented toward larger growth checks than Taishan's angel focus.

Emerging players

• WeiMao Capital (微茂资本): Beijing-based early-stage investor active in Chinese angel and seed rounds. Comparable to Taishan on stage and geography, with a more recently established platform.

Regional players

• SeedPlus: Early-stage VC operating across Southeast Asia with seed-stage focus. Comparable to Taishan on stage and ticket size, but serving a different geography (ASEAN vs. China).

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments9 records

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