WI Harper Group
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Series C · 22 people tracked
Also known as WI Harper · WI HARPER GROUP INC
Investment thesis
WI Harper follows a diversified, multi-sector investment strategy applying specialized domain expertise to build a curated portfolio of early-stage companies. Active for over 30 years and one of the earliest venture firms in Greater China, it has helped pioneer the region's VC ecosystem and partnered with more than 400 companies in sectors such as AI, biotech, fintech, and sustainability. The firm emphasizes cross-border expertise and a global-local edge, offering hands-on support, strategic networks, and a long-term mindset. Its track record includes over 100 IPO and M&A exits worldwide, and it focuses on backing ambitious founders solving hard problems.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 22 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 19 of 31 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×7Biotech ×5Deep Tech ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Enterprise Software ×4Hardware ×4Digital Health ×3Medical Devices ×3
HQs:United States×5China×2Taiwan×2Canada×1Estonia×1
Investments · 31 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAIRY3D develops depth-sensing technology, including its DepthIQ system integrated onto CMOS image sensors, to give machines 3D perception.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsMontreal, CA
Daniel ButtoninJonathan SaariJi-Ho ChoGuillaume Poirier
Co-investorsIntel CapitalRobert Bosch Venture CapitalTandemLaunchNautilus Venture PartnersR7 PartnersBosch Ventures+3 more
Aeolus Robotics builds aeo, a dual-arm humanoid service robot that performs tasks such as delivering items, cleaning, opening doors, and autonomously using elevators.
HardwareHealthtechRobotics
Alpha Ring develops micro-fusion systems, including a tabletop fusion education device (Alpha-E), an aneutronic proton-boron fusion energy reactor (Alpha-F), and a medical ion beam system for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (Alpha-M).
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Avaamo builds a conversational AI platform for enterprise that deploys autonomous agents across healthcare, customer support, and employee support operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Ram Menon(CEO)in
Co-investors11.2 CapitalIntel CapitalLiquidity CapitalMonta Vista CapitalRembrandt Venture PartnersStreamlined Ventures+1 more
Acoustic Wave Cell Therapy develops an acoustic wave-based investigational medical device, currently limited to investigational use under U.S. federal law.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Tom F. Lue(Co-founder; Principal Scientific Advisor)
Circle Pharma develops cancer treatments using macrocycle therapies designed to reduce side effects compared to conventional therapies.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US
Matthew P. Jacobson(Co-founder)Scott R. Lokey(Director)Matthew Jacobson(Director)David J. Earp(President & CEO)Paul Park(Executive Officer)
BoardThilo Schroeder(Director)in
Co-investorsBerkeley CatalystLifeforce CapitalMission Bay CapitalMission BiocapitalNextech InvestPandect Bioventures+1 more
Described as the world's first e-commerce platform.
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersRho Capital PartnersRho Ventures
Early company that brought sound to personal computers.
Datablau (数语科技) builds AI-oriented data governance and modeling software, including ontology/semantic modeling tools (DOM, DDM, OSM standard) and an agent-driven data governance system (DIG) that automates metadata completion, data classification/grading, quality-rule generation, and data lineage tracking.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
王琤(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsLinear Capital
EdiGene is a biotechnology company developing genome-editing-based therapies, including allogeneic cell therapies and in vivo RNA base editing platforms, alongside a high-throughput genome editing screening platform.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Co-investorsLAVLilly Asia Ventures
Flexcompute develops high-performance simulation technology that scales first-principles physics into foundational physics models.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechWatertown, US
Qiqi Wang(Founder)inZongfu Yu(Executive Officer, Director)John Pease Moore(Executive Officer)Shanhui Fan(Director, Promoter)
BoardWu Wensi(Director)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementG Vision CapitalGGV CapitalWI Harper
Focus Media is an out-of-home (OOH) advertising company operating a network of digital LED screens and large-format static displays across commercial and residential buildings.
AdTechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsBeyond VenturesHuangpu River Capital
GrubMarket is a food tech company operating a B2B and B2C marketplace in the U.S. and Canada, offering both wholesale produce delivery at discounted prices and AI-powered SaaS software solutions for food supply chain businesses including inventory management, warehouse operations, and eCommerce platforms.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mike Xu(Founder/CEO, , President)in
Co-investorsBascom VenturesBattery VenturesBuilders + BackersCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Celtic House Asia PartnersDisruptive Ventures+20 more
Health2Sync offers a mobile app and patient management platform for people managing chronic diseases such as diabetes, letting users log and visualize blood glucose, blood pressure, weight, and activity data.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsVerge HealthTech Fund
Co-investorsInvestcorpPanacea Venture
Lydia AI develops ORCA, an AI engine that takes complex operational problems described in natural language, voice memos, or uploaded files and produces structured deliverables such as reports, entity-relationship graphs, and optimized plans.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS
Anthony LeeChristina CaiFedor Suprychev
Co-investors500 GlobalBeast VenturesKickstart VenturesAccel
Meimaii is a Taiwanese group-buying (團購) e-commerce platform where KOLs and influencers host product campaigns, offering goods such as home appliances, beauty items, apparel, and food to their followers.
Creator EconomyE-commerceMarketplaces
NeuroSky develops single-lead EEG sensors and brainwave headsets that deliver real-time brain-computer interface (BCI) data.
Deep TechHardwareHealthtech
Co-investorsSoftBank Group
NextDrive builds energy management tools that connect across multiple frequencies to collect precise power data, including devices designed for Taiwan Power Company's AMI smart meters.
CleantechEnergyIoT
Resvent (融昕医疗) develops respiratory health medical solutions, including devices for diagnosing and treating chronic respiratory diseases, critical-care mechanical ventilation, and AI and cloud-based digital health systems.
Digital HealthHardwareMedical DevicesShenzhen, CN
Immunwork, a subsidiary of T-E Pharma Holding founded in 2014, develops ultra-long-acting drug candidates using its fatty acid bundle platform to treat endocrine diseases such as diabetes, obesity, acromegaly, and neuroendocrine tumors.
Biotech
Platform that makes programming fun and accessible for children through play.
San Mateo, US
Vikas Gupta(President and Chief Executive Officer)Kent Bates(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardScott Jacobson(Director)inJimmy Lu(Director)George Zachary(Director)
Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupCRV (Charles River Ventures)Maven VenturesTencent Holdings
Swiss wearable health-tech startup focused on clinical deployment of sensing technology.
XWPharma develops internally discovered small-molecule medicines, focusing on new chemical entities that target time-regulated neurobiology to treat neurological conditions.
Biotech
Co-investorsPanacea Venture
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAeolus Robotics · robotsandstartups.substack.com · Apr 11, 2026
GrubMarket · igrownews.com · Feb 3, 2026
Health2Sync (H2) · biopharmaapac.com · Mar 5, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has WI Harper Group made?
- WI Harper Group has 29 tracked investments.
- What stage does WI Harper Group invest at?
- WI Harper Group invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- What is WI Harper Group's typical check size?
- WI Harper Group typically writes checks of $5M – $15M.
- What sectors does WI Harper Group focus on?
- WI Harper Group focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, E-commerce, Energy, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, InsurTech, IoT, Media & Entertainment, Robotics, Semiconductors.
- Where is WI Harper Group located?
- WI Harper Group is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does WI Harper Group co-invest with?
- WI Harper Group most often shares deals with Panacea Venture, Battery Ventures, Canaan Partners, among 50 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 37
Intel Capital is the corporate venture capital arm associated with Intel, investing in and supporting technology companies as they scale.
Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.
Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.
Unknown Ventures is a venture studio based in Austin that provides funding and operational support to early-stage startups at the pre-seed to Series A stage. The firm backs founders seeking to create innovative solutions that improve human experience.
True Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2005 that focuses on early-stage technology companies, with operations based in Silicon Valley.
Sapphire Ventures partners with expansion-stage enterprise software companies aiming to become category leaders.
Resolute Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads pre-seed and seed rounds, backing founders with grit, energy and conviction.
Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund is an early-stage investment vehicle run by founders Todd Goldberg and Rahul Vohra, who write $300k-$500k checks into early-stage startups and help with product/market fit, go-to-market, and future fundraising.
▶25 more co-investors
Sierra VenturesRibbit CapitalGustoUS Venture PartnersChemistryDell Technologies CapitalPrimary Venture PartnersGeneral AtlanticAugust CapitalJavelin Venture PartnersStorm VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Blue Owl CapitalTenOneTen VenturesGigascale CapitalGFT VenturesNational Grid PartnersPrimitive VenturesMolten VenturesOperator VenturesBitwise Asset ManagementHorizon 3 Venture StudioSilicon VenturesPromus VenturesMindful Venture Capital
Firms observed investing alongside WI Harper Group, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with WI Harper Group's recorded portfolio.
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