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Nan Zhou

Investor at Qualcomm Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Nan Zhou is a Deep-tech VC at Qualcomm Ventures, with a notable achievement of being recognized as part of the Forbes North America Chinese Elite Top 60. With a background in finance and investments, Zhou has made significant contributions to various companies through strategic investment decisions and board advisory roles. Zhou has leveraged skills in financial modeling, valuation, and corporate finance to invest in a range of companies across sectors like IoT, Digital Health, and FinTech, while also serving as a board observer for multiple innovative companies in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

Scale AI provides a data-oriented platform that assists in the development of AI applications.

Raised $2,602,620,000.00 from WCM Investment Management, Meta, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Intel Capital, DFJ Growth, NVIDIA, Nat Friedman, Thrive Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.

  • Director

    2020

Qualcomm Ventures is a global investor that assists entrepreneurs in creating revolutionary businesses.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2022

Butlr is a physical AI startup that specializes in wireless anonymous people sensing and occupancy detection solutions.

Raised $68,000,000.00 from Ray Stata, Jason Haider, Pacific Alliance Ventures, Yves Behar, The E14 Fund, Pavan Ongole, GS Futures, Union Labs Ventures, Joi Ito and Carrier.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2022

  • Investor

    2023

Span develops residential energy storage devices that provide renewable electricity and charging services for electric vehicles.

Raised $229,800,000.00 from Wellington Management, Fifth Wall, Amazon Alexa Fund, Congruent Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Munich Re Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, noa, FootPrint Coalition and Angeleno Group.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2021

DeepHow develops an AI-powered learning platform for manufacturing, service, and repair.

Raised $23,120,000.00 from Qualcomm Ventures, Owl Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, Osage Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, Foothill Ventures and Martal Capital.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2021

InVia Robotics develops automation for warehouse operations, focusing on inventory management and order fulfillment processes.

Raised $59,000,000.00 from Embark Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Upfront Ventures, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund and Qualcomm Ventures.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2021

Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company that provides medical devices and neurotherapeutics for managing chronic health conditions.

Raised $198,300,000.00 from Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Lightstone Ventures, Nexus NeuroTech, Reimagined Ventures, Fiscus Ventures, Lux Capital, Action Potential Venture Capital, Ascension Ventures, OSF Ventures and Google Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2021

AliveCor is a FDA-cleared mobile heart solution that helps save lives, save money, and brings healthcare into the 21st century.

Raised $154,284,906.00 from Sweetwater Capital Partners, WP Global Partners, Khosla Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, GE Healthcare and Qualcomm Ventures.

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