J.C. Qian

Venture Investor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2021
VC🌍 United States
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Dec 2021
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With a 90-year history, Morgan Stanley today operates in 42 countries serving corporations, governments, institutions, families and individuals. Morgan Stanley is a talent business that demands ongoing investment in our people. Key drivers of our success have been the breadth and tenure of our talent, as well as a unique culture and a set of values that guide our employees. We view Morgan Stanley’s talent and culture as a key competitive advantage enabling the Firm to achieve its potential and drive future success. As an integrated firm with scaled capabilities, we partner with clients at every stage of their financial journey. Our ability to do so is grounded in four pillars that define Morgan Stanley: a clear and consistent strategy to help clients raise, manage and allocate capital; a culture grounded in rigor, humility and partnership; financial strength through capital, earnings power and durability; and growth driven by smart, strategic investment globally. These pillars enable Morgan Stanley to provide trusted advice, operate with resilience across market cycles and deliver long-term value to our clients and shareholders. Social Media Disclosures: mgstn.ly/SocialDisclosure
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Apr 2021
Pendulum is committed to developing novel interventions that target the human microbiome to improve the lives of patients suffering from a variety of diseases. Our targeted formulations of natural bacterial strains help to rebalance the microbiome which restores and improve one’s health.
late stageBiotechnology
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Nov 2020
Bestechnic is a fabless IC company engaged in the R&D, design and sales of smart audio SoC, providing customers with edge intelligence platform chips with voice interaction capabilities for use in AIoT scenarios. Bestechnic products are widely used in low-power smart Bluetooth earphones, Type-C earphones, and smart speakers. With its forward-looking R&D and leading IP portfolio, strong technical capability, rapid product development, and seamless customer service, Bestechnic is committed to becoming the world‘s most innovative chip design company.
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Aug 2020
Exceed.ai is a Conversational AI Platform that helps augment marketing and sales capabilities through conversation automation to capture, engage, converse, qualify, and schedule meetings with leads at scale, with a personalized, two-way conversation over Email, Website Chat, and SMS. ​ Exceed.ai discovers more revenue opportunities with your existing pipeline, provides your prospects a better experience, and more time for sales and marketing teams to focus on doing the most impactful work such as building relationships with prospects, having meaningful conversations, and closing deals. ​ Exceed integrates with your CRM and your marketing automation platform. Companies such as Elkem, LTSE, SugarCRM, and Hearst are exceeding their revenue goals using Exceed.ai. How businesses use Exceed.ai Qualify more leads into sales opportunities - Augment your qualification process with AI by automatically asking qualification questions over email, chat and SMS. Book more qualified meetings - Exceed’s AI assistant schedules meetings using automated, personalized and contextual responses and follow ups. Optimize your sales rep time by eliminating tedious back and forth communications. Nurture existing leads to maximize your investment - Revive, re-engage and nurture neglected leads from your CRM with human-like conversations to maximize your marketing efforts and lower CAC. Webchat Bot - Increase your website visitor engagement and deliver a real-time, relevant, personalized experience throughout the entire customer lifecycle. Maximize your ROI on virtual events & webinars - Exceed’s AI assistant engages and nurtures your leads with human-like conversations, over email, chat and SMS. Every lead is followed-up with and qualified meetings are scheduled for your sales reps. Automate renewal process to keep revenue stream flowing - Exceed’s AI assistant is dedicated to managing renewal and upsell conversations.
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May 2020
Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care. We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit grail.com. Community Guidelines: https://bit.ly/3xigb24
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Dec 2019
ASR Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (ASR, 688220.SH)was established in April 2015 and is headquartered at Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai. It operates R&D and support centers in Beijing, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hefei, Dalian, Chengdu, Xi’an and other countries, including the US and Italy. ASR is engaged in wireless communications and manufacturing of semiconductor products. Since its establishment, the company has been focusing on R&D and technological innovation of wireless chips. It has also expanded its business from designing and supplying baseband communication chips and multi-protocol non-cellular IoT chips to high-speed SoC customization and semiconductor licensing services. Our products have a wide variety of uses, from consumer electronics such as smartphones and smart wearable devices to the IoT market, including smart security, smart homes, and autonomous driving. ASR has built high-performing teams in China and abroad to accomplish team and technology integration. The company has also launched a range of products that earned the recognition of customers and the market. ASR will continue to maintain high quality standards to develop next-generation communication technologies and diversify its products. We aim to seize opportunities in emerging markets and become a world-class company based in China. 翱捷科技成立于 2015 年 4 月,总部位于上海张江高科技园区,在北京、南京、深圳、合肥、 大连、成都、西安、美国、意大利等地区建立了多个研发、支持中心。 翱捷科技是一家提供无线通信、超大规模芯片的平台型芯片企业。公司自设立以来一直 专注于无线通信芯片的研发和技术创新,同时拥有全制式蜂窝基带芯片及多协议非蜂窝 物联网芯片设计与供货能力,且具备提供超大规模高速 SoC 芯片定制及半导体 IP 授权服 务能力。公司各类芯片产品下游应用场景广阔,可应用于以手机、智能可穿戴设备为代表的消费电子市场及以智慧安防、智能家居、自动驾驶为代表的智能物联网市场。公司成立以来,已经成功收购了多个海内外团队,出色完成了团队融合和技术融合,推出了一系列有竞争力的产品,得到客户和市场的认可。未来,公司将继续保持高技术壁垒,在新一代通信技术方面不断演进,并不断丰富多元化产品布局,同时继续通过战略收购,整合海内外优质资源,契机进入更多、更有发展前景的新市场,成为一家立足中国的世界级企业。
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Jun 2019
Innoviz is a global leader in LiDAR technology, working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world’s roads. Innoviz’s LiDAR and perception software “see” better than a human driver and reduce the possibility of error, meeting the automotive industrys strictest expectations for performance and safety. Operating across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Innoviz has been selected by internationally-recognized premium car brands for use in consumer vehicles as well as by other commercial and industrial leaders for a wide range of use cases. For more information, visit our website.
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2021
Investor
Dec 2021
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With a 90-year history, Morgan Stanley today operates in 42 countries serving corporations, governments, institutions, families and individuals. Morgan Stanley is a talent business that demands ongoing investment in our people. Key drivers of our success have been the breadth and tenure of our talent, as well as a unique culture and a set of values that guide our employees. We view Morgan Stanley’s talent and culture as a key competitive advantage enabling the Firm to achieve its potential and drive future success. As an integrated firm with scaled capabilities, we partner with clients at every stage of their financial journey. Our ability to do so is grounded in four pillars that define Morgan Stanley: a clear and consistent strategy to help clients raise, manage and allocate capital; a culture grounded in rigor, humility and partnership; financial strength through capital, earnings power and durability; and growth driven by smart, strategic investment globally. These pillars enable Morgan Stanley to provide trusted advice, operate with resilience across market cycles and deliver long-term value to our clients and shareholders. Social Media Disclosures: mgstn.ly/SocialDisclosure
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Apr 2021
Pendulum is committed to developing novel interventions that target the human microbiome to improve the lives of patients suffering from a variety of diseases. Our targeted formulations of natural bacterial strains help to rebalance the microbiome which restores and improve one’s health.
late stageBiotechnology
Investor
Apr 2021
Longcheer, founded in 2002, focuses on the Design, R&D, and Manufacturing of Smart Phones, Tablet/PCs, Virtual Reality and other Smart Products. We provide a complete set of mobile solutions for product planning, concept design, product delivery, and after-sales services. Longcheer aims to be a leading Smart Products service provider. Our well-developed software, hardware and design capabilities ensure that the company continues to meet the diversified needs of our customers. As of 2016, Longcheer has sold more than 300 million products. Longcheer’s headquarters are located in Shanghai, China and we have R&D centers in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Huizhou. Our manufacturing facilities are located in Huizhou and we have business offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, and San Jose, CA (USA).
2020
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Nov 2020
Bestechnic is a fabless IC company engaged in the R&D, design and sales of smart audio SoC, providing customers with edge intelligence platform chips with voice interaction capabilities for use in AIoT scenarios. Bestechnic products are widely used in low-power smart Bluetooth earphones, Type-C earphones, and smart speakers. With its forward-looking R&D and leading IP portfolio, strong technical capability, rapid product development, and seamless customer service, Bestechnic is committed to becoming the world‘s most innovative chip design company.
Investor
Aug 2020
Exceed.ai is a Conversational AI Platform that helps augment marketing and sales capabilities through conversation automation to capture, engage, converse, qualify, and schedule meetings with leads at scale, with a personalized, two-way conversation over Email, Website Chat, and SMS. ​ Exceed.ai discovers more revenue opportunities with your existing pipeline, provides your prospects a better experience, and more time for sales and marketing teams to focus on doing the most impactful work such as building relationships with prospects, having meaningful conversations, and closing deals. ​ Exceed integrates with your CRM and your marketing automation platform. Companies such as Elkem, LTSE, SugarCRM, and Hearst are exceeding their revenue goals using Exceed.ai. How businesses use Exceed.ai Qualify more leads into sales opportunities - Augment your qualification process with AI by automatically asking qualification questions over email, chat and SMS. Book more qualified meetings - Exceed’s AI assistant schedules meetings using automated, personalized and contextual responses and follow ups. Optimize your sales rep time by eliminating tedious back and forth communications. Nurture existing leads to maximize your investment - Revive, re-engage and nurture neglected leads from your CRM with human-like conversations to maximize your marketing efforts and lower CAC. Webchat Bot - Increase your website visitor engagement and deliver a real-time, relevant, personalized experience throughout the entire customer lifecycle. Maximize your ROI on virtual events & webinars - Exceed’s AI assistant engages and nurtures your leads with human-like conversations, over email, chat and SMS. Every lead is followed-up with and qualified meetings are scheduled for your sales reps. Automate renewal process to keep revenue stream flowing - Exceed’s AI assistant is dedicated to managing renewal and upsell conversations.
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