AMINO CAPITAL - Key Persons
Dr. Sue Xu is a Managing Partner at Amino Capital, and her focus areas of investment include data-driven solutions. She was interim CEO of CandyHouse and CyteSi. Since 2012, she has involved with more than 260 investments mostly in seed and Series A, with 13 unicorns, including Chime Bank, Webflow, Rippling, Weee, Headspin, Grail (acquired by Illumina), OmiseGo and DFINITY (launched with $45B market cap), Mobike (acquired by Maituan), and industry leading fast growing startups, such as Wyze, Avail MedSystems,, Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), GrokStyle(acquired by Facebook), Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Yiqixie (Acquired by Kuaishou), Dataform (acquired by Google), Voyage (acquired by Cruise) and et al.
Dr. Sue Xu began her early stage entrepreneurship when she was the founding scientist of GlycoMira (also involved in undergrad and PhD laboratory spin-offs). She has three patents and over 20 journal publications, and previously was a Postdoc fellow at Stanford University.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Managing Partner
- NEWS
Larry Li is a Founder and Managing Partner at AMINO Capital. He leads investments in companies mostly in seed and Series A, with success exits and high growth , such as Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Mobike (acquired by Meituan/Tencent), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Yiqixie (Acquired by Kuaishou/Tencent), Voyage, AIFI.io, Vicarious, Paperspace, Skycatch, Webflow, Chime Bank (Invested in 2013, and $14.5B valuation in 2020), Grail and et al. Larry also co-founded TAF (invested in ZOOM in 2011), and featured on TechCrunch List for first check and lead VCs in 2020.
Larry completed his B.E degree from Tsinghua University, attended Tsinghua Graduate School of Economics and Management in 1987, and completed M.E degree at University of Florida. Larry started his career at Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), and came to Silicon Valley joining Veritas Technologies in 2000. Larry is a founding contributor of Tsinghua 100 Education Fund.
"I believe every encounter is an opportunity to create value. While our fund is selective, we strive to provide value to every team we meet through thoughtful feedbacks and network introductions."
"I was once an entrepreneur and a business executive. I became an investor by accident when I invested in Zoom with a few friends. Then I fell in love with being a venture capitalist. It's an amazing opportunity to work with a variety of talented individuals and help them materialize their visions."
Larry Li is a Founder and Managing Partner at AMINO Capital. He serves on the boards of String Lab (incubated Dfinity, and Phi), SkuChain, Candy House, Battlefy, etc. and leads investments in companies with success exits or growth, such as Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Mobike (acquired by Meituan), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Human Longevity Inc, Skycatch, Skuchain, Webflow and Grail. He has backed next generation blockchain protocol since 2014, and led the seed and A round of String Labs, which incubated one the most anticipated ICOs in 2018, DFINITY, and also participated in pre-sales and ICO of DFINITY, NuCypher, Kyber, 0X, Grid+, OmiseGo, which later became known as the first ICO unicorn. Larry also co-founded TAF (invested in ZOOM) in 2010, and currently serves on the board of TEEC.
Larry completed his B.E degree from Tsinghua University, attended Tsinghua Graduate School of Economics and Management in 1987, and completed M.E degree at University of Florida. As a successful investor, Larry also actively gives back to the societies by contributing to many nonprofit communities. He is a founding contributor of Tsinghua 100 Education Fund, Vice Chairman of TEEC North America, and Vice President of Tsinghua Business School Alumni Association at US West. He also serves on the board of UCAHP. Larry is a frequent speaker at international investment conferences, and a mentor for incubator programs, such as StartX at Stanford University. Larry was appointed as the Visiting Professor for Zhejiang University Business School in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Advisor at Airkast, Inc
- Chief Executive Officer of Proximex Corporation
Mr. Jack Smith is a Partner at AMINO Capital and co-founded Hotmail in 1996, acquired by Microsoft.
Jack is currently an Advisor at Airkast, Inc. Since 2007, Mr. Smith has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Proximex Corporation, acquired by ADT. He was a co-founder of Valley Inception, LLC. Mr. Smith also co-founded Windows Live Hotmail in 1996 and served as its Chief Technology Officer. His earlier background includes semiconductor design and various technical positions at Apple Computer and FirePower Systems, a subsidiary of Canon Computer Systems. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Smith seed funded, advised, and/or directed early stage tech startup companies.