Chinese venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur
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Yu Zeng (Chinese: 曾玉), commonly known as Jenny Zeng, is a Chinese venture capitalist and a serial entrepreneur. She is the founder and a managing partner at venture capital firm MSA Capital.[1] In 2011 she was named one of China's 30 most influential businesswomen by the China Entrepreneur Magazine.[2][3]
Zeng was born into a military family in Chongqing, China. She was the third daughter of her parents. She studied international trade at Beijing Electronic Industrial Management Institute and graduated in 1996.[3][5]
In 2002, she became the first executive director of China Venture Capital Association.[5] She started her first company Maple Valley Investments in 2004.[5] Maple Valley gained fame by helping InTime Department Store raise US$90 million of private investment and later go public and attracted many other high-profile clients.[6]
In 2014, she founded MSA Capital which focuses on investing in AI, genomics, mobility, consumer internet and SaaS. Her investments have included Mobike[7] and Uber.[8]
Personal life
Zeng gave birth to a child in the spring of 2010.[6]