Ying Wu

Founder and VC, bridging startup gaps by investing in overlooked patterns – because I’ve been there.

📍 Beijing, China🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2021
VC🌍 China
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May 2021
RELX International is a multinational electronic cigarette company that markets and sells RELX, Asia’s leading e-cigarette brand. RELX International’s products are available in numerous countries across the world, including the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, and the UAE. Our e-cigarette products are designed at a cutting-edge research and development center, and produced in the world’s largest e-cigarette manufacturing facility. Since our inception, RELX International has been guided by an unwavering dedication to social responsibility. Our mission is to make RELX a trusted brand for adult smokers through state-of-the-art products, industry-leading technologies and scientific advances in collaboration with talented and committed people around the globe. RELX stands for Responsibility, Empathy, Leadership, and eXcellence. These core values are critically important to the foundation of RELX International. Responsibility: We conduct our business with integrity, working with our partners to ensure our products are strictly for adult smokers and vapers only. We are also committed to enriching the communities where we operate. Empathy: We understand the needs of our adult consumers, and our products are designed to provide them with the most satisfying user experience possible. Leadership: We continuously set the bar higher, leading the industry in providing the best solutions in product science, technology and design. (e)Xcellence: Our products combine the power of advanced technology and design with a human approach to provide adult smokers with eXceptional alternatives of the highest quality.
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Nov 2017
Graphcore has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence. Our next generation 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Bow IPU systems are helping AI innovators worldwide to build better, more innovative AI solutions, whether their focus is on language and vision, exploring graph neural networks and LSTMs or creating something entirely new. We believe our IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for artificial intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or building autonomous cars. Our team is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology. What we do, really makes a difference. Were always interested in hearing from exceptional people to join our team.
Investor & board member
2014
CooTek (NYSE: CTK), founded in 2008 and listed on NYSE on September 28th, 2018, is a fast-growing global mobile internet company. The mission of CooTek is to empower everyone to express themselves and enjoy relevant content seamlessly. Through its user-centric and data-driven approach, CooTek has developed appealing products to capture users’ ever-evolving content needs and attract targeted users. CooTek has developed multiple rapidly growing content-rich portfolio apps with news feeds, focusing on the 5 selected verticals of fitness, lifestyle, healthcare, news and short videos, and entertainment. As a content delivery platform, the content-rich apps and news feeds will provide relevant content to targeted users. In September 2018, CooTek’s global products reached an average of 213.7 million monthly active users around the world. Today, CooTek has over 170 patent applications and granted patents worldwide and its product offerings have been recognized with a number of respected awards including the Mobile Innovation Award at the GSMA Global Mobile Awards in 2009, Google Play Best Apps of 2015, and more. Our dedication towards innovation, along with our amazing team, are here to empower your passion and skills. You will have many opportunities to do exciting work and be challenged to solve different problems every day. Headquartered in Shanghai, CooTek offices can be found in Silicon Valley, Beijing, Taipei, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Join our team of over 450 passionate and dedicated employees today to start this exciting opportunity to impact millions of people all around the world.
Investor & board member
2014
TouchPal, Inc., the US subsidiary of CooTek (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:CTK) located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a key driving force for the growth of CooTek’s global business. TouchPal, Inc. strives to advance its high technology and research, which is the backbone of CooTek’s business, and develop CooTek’s global content operation ability and ads ecosystem. It also accounts for the local sales, marketing, and business development in North America. Founded in 2008, CooTek’s mission is to empower everyone to express themselves and enjoy relevant content seamlessly. Our dedication towards innovation, along with our amazing team, are here to empower your passion and skills. You will have many opportunities to do exciting work and be challenged to solve different problems every day. Headquartered in Shanghai, CooTek offices can be found in Silicon Valley, Beijing, Taipei, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Join our team of over 450 passionate and dedicated employees today to start this exciting opportunity to impact millions of people all around the world.
Investor & board member
2014
YITU Technology, founded in 2012, is a Chinese AI company pioneering in artificial intelligence research and innovation to build a safer, faster, and more intelligent world. YITU is committed to integrating state-of-the-art AI technology with business applications. YITU is recognized by the world as a leading Chinese AI company with extremely fast facial recognition algorithms. With a vision to innovative researches in AI, YITU is the one and the only company around the globe to have won both facial recognition tests organized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). To put its cutting-edge algorithms and technology in use, YITU develops customized full solutions in various verticals including public safety, healthcare, banking, retail and AI chips. YITU is engaged in fundamental research of artificial intelligence including computer vision, natural language understanding, knowledge reasoning, and intelligent hardware. Top investors of YITU include China Industrial Asset Management Limited, ICBC International, SPDB International, GC Capital, Yunfeng Capital, Banyan Capital, Sequoia Capital and ZhenFund.
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2021
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May 2021
RELX International is a multinational electronic cigarette company that markets and sells RELX, Asia’s leading e-cigarette brand. RELX International’s products are available in numerous countries across the world, including the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, and the UAE. Our e-cigarette products are designed at a cutting-edge research and development center, and produced in the world’s largest e-cigarette manufacturing facility. Since our inception, RELX International has been guided by an unwavering dedication to social responsibility. Our mission is to make RELX a trusted brand for adult smokers through state-of-the-art products, industry-leading technologies and scientific advances in collaboration with talented and committed people around the globe. RELX stands for Responsibility, Empathy, Leadership, and eXcellence. These core values are critically important to the foundation of RELX International. Responsibility: We conduct our business with integrity, working with our partners to ensure our products are strictly for adult smokers and vapers only. We are also committed to enriching the communities where we operate. Empathy: We understand the needs of our adult consumers, and our products are designed to provide them with the most satisfying user experience possible. Leadership: We continuously set the bar higher, leading the industry in providing the best solutions in product science, technology and design. (e)Xcellence: Our products combine the power of advanced technology and design with a human approach to provide adult smokers with eXceptional alternatives of the highest quality.
2017
Investor
Nov 2017
Graphcore has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence. Our next generation 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Bow IPU systems are helping AI innovators worldwide to build better, more innovative AI solutions, whether their focus is on language and vision, exploring graph neural networks and LSTMs or creating something entirely new. We believe our IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for artificial intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or building autonomous cars. Our team is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology. What we do, really makes a difference. Were always interested in hearing from exceptional people to join our team.
2014
Investor & board member
2014
CooTek (NYSE: CTK), founded in 2008 and listed on NYSE on September 28th, 2018, is a fast-growing global mobile internet company. The mission of CooTek is to empower everyone to express themselves and enjoy relevant content seamlessly. Through its user-centric and data-driven approach, CooTek has developed appealing products to capture users’ ever-evolving content needs and attract targeted users. CooTek has developed multiple rapidly growing content-rich portfolio apps with news feeds, focusing on the 5 selected verticals of fitness, lifestyle, healthcare, news and short videos, and entertainment. As a content delivery platform, the content-rich apps and news feeds will provide relevant content to targeted users. In September 2018, CooTek’s global products reached an average of 213.7 million monthly active users around the world. Today, CooTek has over 170 patent applications and granted patents worldwide and its product offerings have been recognized with a number of respected awards including the Mobile Innovation Award at the GSMA Global Mobile Awards in 2009, Google Play Best Apps of 2015, and more. Our dedication towards innovation, along with our amazing team, are here to empower your passion and skills. You will have many opportunities to do exciting work and be challenged to solve different problems every day. Headquartered in Shanghai, CooTek offices can be found in Silicon Valley, Beijing, Taipei, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Join our team of over 450 passionate and dedicated employees today to start this exciting opportunity to impact millions of people all around the world.
Investor & board member
2014
TouchPal, Inc., the US subsidiary of CooTek (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:CTK) located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a key driving force for the growth of CooTek’s global business. TouchPal, Inc. strives to advance its high technology and research, which is the backbone of CooTek’s business, and develop CooTek’s global content operation ability and ads ecosystem. It also accounts for the local sales, marketing, and business development in North America. Founded in 2008, CooTek’s mission is to empower everyone to express themselves and enjoy relevant content seamlessly. Our dedication towards innovation, along with our amazing team, are here to empower your passion and skills. You will have many opportunities to do exciting work and be challenged to solve different problems every day. Headquartered in Shanghai, CooTek offices can be found in Silicon Valley, Beijing, Taipei, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Join our team of over 450 passionate and dedicated employees today to start this exciting opportunity to impact millions of people all around the world.
Investor & board member
2014
YITU Technology, founded in 2012, is a Chinese AI company pioneering in artificial intelligence research and innovation to build a safer, faster, and more intelligent world. YITU is committed to integrating state-of-the-art AI technology with business applications. YITU is recognized by the world as a leading Chinese AI company with extremely fast facial recognition algorithms. With a vision to innovative researches in AI, YITU is the one and the only company around the globe to have won both facial recognition tests organized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). To put its cutting-edge algorithms and technology in use, YITU develops customized full solutions in various verticals including public safety, healthcare, banking, retail and AI chips. YITU is engaged in fundamental research of artificial intelligence including computer vision, natural language understanding, knowledge reasoning, and intelligent hardware. Top investors of YITU include China Industrial Asset Management Limited, ICBC International, SPDB International, GC Capital, Yunfeng Capital, Banyan Capital, Sequoia Capital and ZhenFund.
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