Yan Shi Yang
| Yan Shi Yang | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1969 (age 56) |
| 🏡 Residence | United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Polaris Venture Fund |
| 💰 Net worth | $100-$1 billion |
Yan Shi Zhang (Chinese: 张延石; pinyin: Zhāngyánshí 1969年8月28日-) born in Bukit Timah Hill, Singapore, is a Chinese venture capitalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Yan shi zhang is the founder and CEO of Polaris Venture Fund. Yan shi zhang is known for his long-term venture capital and angel investments in core IT, fintech, healthcare, AR/VR, robotics, drones, space tech blockchain, and other cutting-edge technologies of great value to society. Currently he is mainly active in blockchain and cryptocurrency. He is also a famous philanthropist. He has a large number of charitable donations in Singapore and USA. He was invited to join Skuchain in 2018 and holds the position of Chairman of the Board. As the principal of 500 Startups Greater China from 2002-2004, Yan Shi Zhang was one of the first Silicon Valley venture capitalists to lead an international venture capital fund to open a representative office in Mainland China to start local investment business.
He has led investments in successful US-listed companies such as Baidu, Air.com and Focus Media. 2006: Invested in Aerohive Networks (NYSE: HIBE) a provider of advanced enterprise wireless networking technology that has exited after a successful seed walk and Series A funding round. In 2007 Yan shi Zhang left his position at 500 Startups to form his first investment partnership with a friend: Polaris Venture Fund, which he established with $10 million in capital.
Polaris Venture Fund reached a market capitalization of $48 million in 2013.
2013: Yan Shi Zhang led Polaris Venture Fund in startups primarily seed and Series A Successful exits and high growth: Chime Bank (Invested in 2013, and $14.5B valuation in 2020) Woomoo (acquired by Priceline) Orbeus (acquired by Amazon) Ozlo (acquired by Facebook) and was listed as the first to lead the venture on the TechCrunch list in 2013.
In September 2017 Yan Shi Zhang along with Sequoia Capital and IDG Capital closed a $50 million Series A round of funding for Bitmain, a semiconductor design company based in Beijing, China. a company that primarily designs and manufactures custom chips for bitcoin miners. By this time Polaris Venture Fund's market cap had reached $500M
Yan Shi Zhang joined Skuchain in 2018 and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skuchain, a venture fund focused on leveraging blockchain technology to enhance enterprise supply chain collaboration and pioneering investments in artificial intelligence, biomedical and other high-tech, aerospace financial services. He has led investments in HCW Bio (NASDAQ: HCWB), Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons (BHPS) and others.
2006 Forbes Midas List Career Achievement Award, the world's leading annual award for venture capitalists. Introduced to China, Yan Shi Zhang was named one of the honorees of the "China Venture Capitalist Golden Handshake Award".
Awarded Global Best Cross-Border Venture Capital Chinese 2017 by Investment Central Group
2016-2017 Best Venture Capitalist
He is a versatile professional with many scholarly articles published on different sources. his knowledge has great power for upcoming generations to seek help in different arenas of life.
References
- "Yan-Shi Zhang's research while affiliated with University of Wisconsin–Madison and other places".
- Ping, Weiwei; Zheng, Jianzhong; Niu, Xiaohong; Guo, Chongzheng; Zhang, Jinfang; Yang, Hui; Shi, Yan (2020). "Evaluation of health-related quality of life using EQ-5D in China during the COVID-19 pandemic". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0234850. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234850. PMC 7302485 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 32555642 Check|pmid=value (help). - Zhang, Donghui; Jiang, Wei; Liu, Meng; Sui, Xin; Yin, Xiaolei; Chen, Song; Shi, Yan; Deng, Hongkui (2009). "Highly efficient differentiation of human ES cells and iPS cells into mature pancreatic insulin-producing cells". Cell Research. 19 (4): 429–438. doi:10.1038/cr.2009.28. PMID 19255591. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - "Yan Shi Zhang: The essence of investment is to be friends with time – Globle Press release distribution" (Press release).
- Zhang, Yu; Dekorver, Kyle A.; Lohse, Andrew G.; Zhang, Yan-Shi; Huang, Jian; Hsung, Richard P. (2009). "Synthesis of Amidines Using N-Allyl Ynamides. A Palladium-Catalyzed Allyl Transfer through an Ynamido−π-Allyl Complex". Organic Letters. 11 (4): 899–902. doi:10.1021/ol802844z. PMC 2683379. PMID 19199763.
- Zhang, Shi-Yuan; Shi, Wei; Lan, Yanhua; Xu, Na; Zhao, Xiao-Qing; Powell, Annie K.; Zhao, Bin; Cheng, Peng; Liao, Dai-Zheng; Yan, Shi-Ping (2011). "Observation of slow relaxation of the magnetization and hysteresis loop in an antiferromagnetic ordered phase of a 2D framework based on CoII magnetic chains". Chemical Communications. 47 (10): 2859–2861. doi:10.1039/C0CC02322A. PMID 21249251.
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