Number of Portfolio Companies 8
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
  • Primary Job Title Co-founder & CEO
  • Primary Organization 
    Lime
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture

Brad Bao is a Co-Founder and Chairman at Lime (formerly LimeBike), the global leader in micromobility. Prior to Lime, he cofounded Kinzon Capital, a cross-border fund that investing in early-stage technology companies in both US and China, focusing on mobile and internet-related investments. Prior to that, Brad established Tencent's

international footprint, led its internationalization over the course of 8 years, served as GM for Tencent America, and VP-BD for Tencent Games.

Brad holds MBA degree from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Number of Investments 9
Brad Bao has made 9 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Shackle on Sep 26, 2023, when Shackle raised
£12M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 26, 2023
Shackle
Series A - Shackle
£12M
Jul 16, 2022
Shackle
Seed Round - Shackle
$5.5M
Jun 9, 2022
Aware Healthcare
Seed Round - Aware Healthcare
$4.2M
Mar 8, 2022
Jupiter
Seed Round - Jupiter
$5.3M
Dec 15, 2021
Swimply
Venture Round - Swimply
$40M
Aug 30, 2021
KiwiDrop
Pre Seed Round - KiwiDrop
Jul 1, 2021
Doublefin
Seed Round - Doublefin
Dec 6, 2018
Firefly
No
Seed Round - Firefly
$21.5M
Jan 20, 2015
Remark
Seed Round - Remark
$1.5M
Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Apr 27, 2015
inui Health
Tencent
Yes
Series B - inui Health
$35M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Brad Bao is the Co-founder & CEO at Lime. Additionally, Brad Bao has had 3 past jobs including General Manager at Tencent America.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Tencent America
General ManagerMay 1, 2005Jul 1, 2013
Tencent
General Manager - US BranchMay 1, 2005May 1, 2013
Fosun RZ Capital
Managing PartnerAug 2013
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
Brad Bao holds 7 board and advisor roles including board of advisor at UNL, Board Member at Chosen, and Board Member at Connect.
Brad Bao studied at Wuhan University and UC Berkeley, Haas Business School.
Number of Events 2
Brad Bao has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Web Summit 2019 on Nov 4, 2019.
Number of News Articles 11
Funding RoundSep 26, 2023
Shackle raised £12,000,000 / Series A from Brad Bao and 3 other investors
Funding RoundJul 16, 2022
Shackle raised $5,500,000 / Seed from Audeo Ventures and 6 other investors
Funding RoundJun 9, 2022
Aware Healthcare raised $4,200,000 / Seed from Abstract Ventures and 8 other investors
Funding RoundMar 8, 2022
Jupiter raised $5,300,000 / Seed from Anand Chandrasekaran and 13 other investors
Funding RoundDec 15, 2021
Swimply raised $40,000,000 / Series Unknown from Alvin Salehi and 10 other investors
Funding RoundAug 30, 2021
KiwiDrop raised an undisclosed amount / Pre Seed from Brad Bao and 9 other investors
Funding RoundJul 1, 2021
Doublefin raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from AME Cloud Ventures and 4 other investors