Zhang Fan

Name: Zhang Fan Company: Sequoia Capital China Fund position: Founding Partner Profile: Zhang Fan is a founding partner of Sequoia Capital China Fund (SEQUOIA). Previously served in the DFJ Global venture capital fund. DFJ Global venture Capital is a global venture fund with a total of 700 million US dollars and the newest member of DFJ Investment fund company. DFJ Investment fund is a well-known large venture capital company headquartered in Silicon Valley, which manages a total of 2 billion dollars in capital. In its 18-year history, DFJ Investment fund company invested more than 200 start-up companies. The successes of many of these famous companies, such as Hotmail, Cyras, Interwoven, Tradex, goto.com, and parametric Marvell, have created a strong reputation and strength for DFJ investment fund companies. Mr. Zhang was previously one of the two executives in the Asia Pacific region of DFJ Global venture capital, and he was also president of the Greater China region of DFJ Global venture capital fund. In addition to managing the Fund's operations in the Asia-Pacific region and the investment projects in the Greater China region (including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Mr. Fan is also responsible for early and medium-sized High-tech companies born and raised in Silicon Valley, but with huge market and growth potential in the Greater China region. At the same time, Mr. Zhang also assists the DFJ Investment fund company and all its affiliated investment fund companies in the Asia-Pacific region for customer and market promotion, strategic alliances and financing. Zhang Fan also serves as deputy director of the Venture Capital Research Center of Renmin University of China. The Venture capital Research Center of Renmin University of China is actively carrying out research on the subject which has important influence on the further development of Chinese venture capital industry. Prior to joining the DFJ Global venture capital fund, Mr. Zhang worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs Investment banking and focused on financing and mergers and acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region (especially in China). He has served clients including China Mobile, PetroChina, and Kee Whampoa, Singapore Telecom, Philippine long-distance telephone company and so on. Before Goldman Sachs, Mr. Zhang had worked as an engineer in the focus of Graphics, Inc., an electronics company based in Silicon Valley, USA. Mr. Fan holds a master's degree in Business administration from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in Economics (Te Yousen). He also studied in Beijing Tsinghua University, the Department of Computer Science and technology for two years, and received Tsinghua undergraduate first-class scholarship. 2005, Zhang Fan joined the Sequoia Capital China Fund (SEQUOIA) as a founding partner.