Yang Zhou

VP & Head of Community @ UpHonest Capital | Venture Capital

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2022
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Aug 2022
UpHonest Capital is an early-stage venture capital based in Silicon Valley. We commit our investments to the most outstanding entrepreneurs and rapidly scaling early-stage startups, applying our considerable resources and networks to catalyze value creation. We are here to help and support game changers for the big greatness. - Stage: Angel to Series A - Investment Landscape: 500+ portfolios, 30 Unicorns - Industries: ConsumerTech, Enterprise, Deeptech - Sectors: New Brand, New Lifestyle, Creative Content, New E-Commerce, Productivity, vSaaS, DevTool, Robotics, Clean Energy, AgriTech, AI+ - Featured Companies: Rippling, Instacart, Hims & Hers, Lime, Ironclad, Astranis, Boom Supersonic, Rescale, Dialpad, Checkr
Investor
Jul 2021
We are State Cashmere, a sustainable brand headquartered in New York City that sources our products responsibly from independent shepherds in Inner Mongolia. Our founder, Hao, comes from generations of shepherds in Inner Mongolia and grew up watching his grandparents raising cashmere goats. He is passionate about sharing his family heritage and the finest cashmere from the heart of his homeland. At State Cashmere, we are committed to sustainability, transparency, and quality. Our cashmere is fair-trade and cruelty-free and we oversee our entire process from start to finish. We only use pure Grade A cashmere and offer the fairest prices without compromising the wages and livelihoods of our shepherds. By using pure cashmere from an uncompromising corner of the world, we offer clothing that balances polish with practicality and sustainability with style. Our wardrobe essentials are classic but not basic and we create versatile pieces that reinvigorate a sense of romance and excitement for cashmere. Learn more at https://statecashmere.com/pages/about-us. We are currently looking for a freelance video editor or someone who has expertise in creating short-form video content on TikTok and other social media platforms. Previous experience working in social media content, particularly in the fashion space, is highly preferred. We would love to receive your resume at marketing@statecashmere.com.
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2022
Investor
Aug 2022
UpHonest Capital is an early-stage venture capital based in Silicon Valley. We commit our investments to the most outstanding entrepreneurs and rapidly scaling early-stage startups, applying our considerable resources and networks to catalyze value creation. We are here to help and support game changers for the big greatness. - Stage: Angel to Series A - Investment Landscape: 500+ portfolios, 30 Unicorns - Industries: ConsumerTech, Enterprise, Deeptech - Sectors: New Brand, New Lifestyle, Creative Content, New E-Commerce, Productivity, vSaaS, DevTool, Robotics, Clean Energy, AgriTech, AI+ - Featured Companies: Rippling, Instacart, Hims & Hers, Lime, Ironclad, Astranis, Boom Supersonic, Rescale, Dialpad, Checkr
2021
Venture Partner
Jul 2021
Beta Fund partners with exceptional technical founders at the inception stage—often before a company or clear idea exists. Unlike traditional investors who wait for traction, we invest at the moment of exploration, when the boldest ideas are still forming. Our focus spans agentic AI, AI-native systems, and AI-powered vertical SaaS—the foundational layers of the next software epoch. Emerging from Beta University’s network of 900+ founders and 300+ industry mentors, Beta Fund provides not just capital, but the community, technical depth, and early belief that compound into enduring advantage.
Investor
Jul 2021
We are State Cashmere, a sustainable brand headquartered in New York City that sources our products responsibly from independent shepherds in Inner Mongolia. Our founder, Hao, comes from generations of shepherds in Inner Mongolia and grew up watching his grandparents raising cashmere goats. He is passionate about sharing his family heritage and the finest cashmere from the heart of his homeland. At State Cashmere, we are committed to sustainability, transparency, and quality. Our cashmere is fair-trade and cruelty-free and we oversee our entire process from start to finish. We only use pure Grade A cashmere and offer the fairest prices without compromising the wages and livelihoods of our shepherds. By using pure cashmere from an uncompromising corner of the world, we offer clothing that balances polish with practicality and sustainability with style. Our wardrobe essentials are classic but not basic and we create versatile pieces that reinvigorate a sense of romance and excitement for cashmere. Learn more at https://statecashmere.com/pages/about-us. We are currently looking for a freelance video editor or someone who has expertise in creating short-form video content on TikTok and other social media platforms. Previous experience working in social media content, particularly in the fashion space, is highly preferred. We would love to receive your resume at marketing@statecashmere.com.
2014
UP ENTERPRISE LLC
Business Owner
Apr 2014