# Decheng Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Decheng Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 17 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/decheng-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Decheng Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 17 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $149M, Oct 2026 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Life Sciences Healthcare

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 17 on record

Since the last cheque **47** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$35M** Rounds led **3 of 17** Sole investor **6 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 69%**

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## Decheng Capital highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 69% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $19M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Decheng Capital is an investment firm that provides capital and strategic support to early-stage life science companies with revolutionary technologies and growth stage healthcare companies with strong market presence. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Life Sciences Healthcare
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **17 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Nutshell Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutshell-therapeutics)** Series C · CN · TechStartups **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Syneron Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/syneron-bio)** Series B · Ventureburn **$150M** *Led*
- **2024** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Ottimo Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/ottimo-pharma)** Series A · GB · Firms' own news pages **$140M** With 9 others
- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[KeChow Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/kechow-pharma)** Series C · CN · China Money Network **$45M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Mynosys Cellular Devices](https://millionrounds.com/company/mynosys-cellular-devices)** US · Massdevice **$25M** Sole investor
- **May** **[AnHeart](https://millionrounds.com/company/anheart)** Series A · CN · Bioportfolio **$15M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Baoyuan Biomedical](https://millionrounds.com/company/baoyuan-biomedical)** Series A · CN · Voice **$15M** Sole investor
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Sept** **[VelosBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/velosbio)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$58M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Apexigen](https://millionrounds.com/company/apexigen)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$7.3M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Omniome](https://millionrounds.com/company/omniome)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$60M** With 6 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Arcus Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcus-biosciences)** Series C · US · Businesswire **$107M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Aadi Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/aadi-biosciences)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$23M** With 4 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Sept** **[ReadCoor](https://millionrounds.com/company/readcoor)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$23M** Sole investor
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Invitae](https://millionrounds.com/company/invitae)** Series F · US **$120M** With 13 others
- **Jun** **[GeneWEAVE](https://millionrounds.com/company/geneweave)** Series B · US **$12M** With 2 others
- **2013** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Genapsys](https://millionrounds.com/company/genapsys)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$37M** With 2 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **Feb** **[GeneWEAVE](https://millionrounds.com/company/geneweave)** Series A · US · live-pr.com **$12M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **5 named**

FY **Fengying Yu** Manager i Filing they signed

HB **Hongbo Bao** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

XC **Xiangmin Cui** Director of General Partner i Filing they signed

XM **Xiangmin Min** Director of General Partner i Filing they signed

YQ **Yuheng Qiu** Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **18** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$2.7B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**4+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Decheng Capital LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 293073

Funds on its Form ADV

**5** private funds, **$1.8B** in gross assets · filed Aug 2024

Venture **4** Hedge **1**

- Decheng Capital China Life Sciences USD Fund III, L.P. *Venture* 34 investors $612M
- Decheng Capital Global Life Sciences Fund IV, L.P. *Venture* 42 investors $511M
- Decheng Capital China Life Sciences USD Fund II, L.P. *Venture* 38 investors $376M
- Decheng Capital Global Healthcare Fund (Master), L.P. *Hedge* 16 investors $166M
- Decheng Capital China Life Sciences USD Fund I, L.P. *Venture* 21 investors $126M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**29** of 55 we have independently watched raise

[ACELYRIN](https://millionrounds.com/company/acelyrin)[Adaptive Biotechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/adaptive-biotechnologies)[Adela](https://millionrounds.com/company/adela)[Alpine Immune Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alpine-immune-sciences)[AnHeart Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/anheart-therapeutics)[Arcus Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcus-biosciences)[Ark Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark-biosciences)[CG Oncology](https://millionrounds.com/company/cg-oncology)[Cellares](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellares)[Cue Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/cue-health)[EpimAb Biotherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/epimab-biotherapeutics)[Everest Medicines](https://millionrounds.com/company/everest-medicines)[GRIT Biotechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/grit-biotechnology)[Hummingbird Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/hummingbird-bioscience)[IMPACT Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-therapeutics)[ImmPACT Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/immpact-bio)[Invitae](https://millionrounds.com/company/invitae)[KeChow Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/kechow-pharma)[LevitasBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/levitasbio)[Mammoth Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/mammoth-biosciences)[Mirvie](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirvie)[Nalu Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/nalu-medical)[Omniome](https://millionrounds.com/company/omniome)[PackGene Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/packgene-biotech)[Polares Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/polares-medical)[Scynexis](https://millionrounds.com/company/scynexis)[Terns Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/company/terns-pharmaceuticals)[Upstream Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/upstream-bio)[Watchmaker Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/watchmaker-genomics) 3SBio AK Medical Aadi Aadi Accuragen Albireo Pharma BCFoods BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals Bioheng Centricity Vision ConjugateBio Encodia Equillium Bio Firefly Biologics GRAIL Harton Therapeutics Insight Lifetech Kind Pharmaceuticals LYNK Pharmaceuticals Medical Creations SINO Medical Sciences Technology Shanghai Legend Medical Take2 USCI Medical Laboratory VintaBio Zentalis

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[GeneWEAVE](https://millionrounds.com/company/geneweave)** Bought by Roche **$425M** Aug 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$149M**

raised in Oct 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$35M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$19M**

Led 3 of 17 rounds **18%**

- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *7*
- Series B said *4*
- Series C *4*
- Series F *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*
- Pre-IPO said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) 2
- [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) 2
- [XSeed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xseed-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Decheng Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Claremont Creek Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures)[**OrbiMed** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed)[**XSeed Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xseed-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Decheng Capital put money into.

[**Nutshell Therapeutics** Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutshell-therapeutics)[**Ottimo Pharma** $140M · Dec 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/ottimo-pharma)[**Apexigen** $7.3M · Aug 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/apexigen)[**Arcus Biosciences** $107M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcus-biosciences)

## Quick answers about Decheng Capital

### What does Decheng Capital invest in?

Decheng Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences and Healthcare.

### How active is Decheng Capital?

17 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Decheng Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Nutshell Therapeutics (Series C, Sept 2026), Syneron Bio (Series B, Apr 2026) and Ottimo Pharma (Series A, Dec 2024).

### How big are Decheng Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $35M.

### Does Decheng Capital lead rounds?

Yes: it led 3 of its 17 investments on record (18%).

### Where does Decheng Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (69%), China (25%) and the United Kingdom (6%).

### Is Decheng Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Decheng Capital invest alongside?

Most often Claremont Creek Ventures (2 rounds together), OrbiMed (2 rounds together) and XSeed Capital (2 rounds together).

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