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James Mi

Founding Partner at Lightspeed China Partners

Shanghai

Overview 

James Mi is the Founding Partner of Lightspeed China Partners, with a background in venture capital, investments, and entrepreneurship. He has a successful track record of investing in notable companies like Laiye and Hesai Technology, and has held key roles at Google and Intel before establishing himself in the venture capital industry. James Mi's career highlights include founding Lightspeed China Partners and investing in a diverse range of sectors including AI, FinTech, and E-commerce, showcasing his expertise in identifying and nurturing successful start-ups in China. His role as a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and prior experience at Google as the Director of Corporate Development highlight his strategic leadership and strong business acumen in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Partner

    2011 - Current

    Lightspeed China Partners is an early stage venture capital firm with about $3B under management. Early stage investments including Pingduoduo (Nasdaq: PDD), Hesai (Nasdaq: HSAI), Innolight (300308.SHE) and FinVolution (NYSE: FINV)

  • Managing Director

    2008 - 2011

    Venture capital investments in US, China, India and Israel

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

  • Director of Corporate Development

    2006 - 2008

    Responsible for Investment and M&A for China and other Asia markets. Investments include Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), Dianping, Ganji (Acquired by 58, NYSE: WUBA), Xunlei (NASDAQ: XNET), and Tianya.

  • Head of Asia Products

    2003 - 2006

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Co-Founder

    1999 - 2003

  • Manager

    1992 - 1999

An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.

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