Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 20
CB Rank (Investor) 60,289
  • Primary Job Title Global Managing Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    GGV Capital
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Jixun Foo is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital, and was with the firm since end 2005. He focuses on internet and mobile technology investments. Having invested and also witnessed the transformation that PC internet has on information services (Board of Baidu from 2000 to 2005), entertainment (Board of Youku-Tudou) and ecommerce (Board of

Meilishuo), Jixun Foo believes that mobile internet will have even more profound impact on all businesses in the next 10 years. His investments now include mobile commerce (Meilishuo, Douguo), on-demand services (Grabtaxi, Didi, Yangchediandian) and share economy (Tujia).

Prior to joining GGV Capital, Jixun Foo was a Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures where he led investment efforts in Asia. He also served as a Manager and headed the Investment Group at the Finance and Investment Division of National Science and Technology Board of Singapore, where he focused on investing in venture capital funds and assisting early stage technology companies. Prior to his involvement in venture capital, Jixun Foo served as a R&D Engineer and the Project Group Leader at Hewlett-Packard Company.

He currently serves as the Independent Board Member of Youku Tudou (NYSE:YOKU) . and Qunar (NASDAQ:QUNR), and he also serves as the Board Member of Meilishuo, GrabTaxi, MediaV, Douguo, Tujia, Yangchediandian.

He ranked 35th on “The Forbes Midas List in 2015” by Forbes, has been annually awarded one of “Best Venture Capitalists” by Forbes China since 2006. In 2014 was named as “VC Professional of the Year” by the Asia Venture Capital Journal. He has more than 15 years experience in venture capital investing and working with many successful entrepreneurs.

Jixun Foo has an M.Sc. in Management of Technology from the NUS Graduate School of Business and graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with first class honors in Engineering.

Number of Partner Investments 83
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 3
Jixun Foo has 2 current jobs as Global Managing Partner at GGV Capital and Partner at TNF Ventures. Additionally, Jixun Foo has had 3 past jobs including R&D Engineer and Project Group Leader at HP.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
HP
R&D Engineer and Project Group Leader
TNF Ventures
Partner
Threshold
Director
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 20
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Jixun Foo holds 20 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Baidu, Board Member at Xpeng Motors, and Board Member at Iwjw.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Shandong Rongqing
Board Member
UCWeb
Board Observer
Number of Events 4
Jixun Foo has participated in 4 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, RISE Hong Kong 2019 on Jul 8, 2019.