Ron Cao is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sky9 Capital, a global venture firm with $2 billion under. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Ron Cao is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sky9 Capital, a global venture firm with $2 billion under management, following a 26-year career that included co-founding Lightspeed China Partners and leading its China operations starting in 2006. His investment thesis targets early-stage opportunities in consumer internet, artificial intelligence, deep tech, and fintech, primarily within China but with a global perspective spanning Silicon Valley and Asia. Sky9 Capital specializes in seed, Series A, and Series B investments, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not explicitly detailed in public profiles. Notable portfolio companies include ByteDance, Pinduoduo, Webull (NASDAQ: BULL), and WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD), with several others like Energy Monster and XtalPi achieving public listings. Cao has publicly emphasized that venture capital “doesn’t have to be dog-eat-dog,” advocating for collaborative founder relationships, and he has written an open letter establishing Sky9’s collaborative fund philosophy in 2016. He holds B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and has been named a Top Venture Capitalis
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