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Welight Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

Series ASeries BEnterprise ServiceB2BE-commerce

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 8 on record
Since the last cheque2932days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$30MRounds led0 of 8Mostly inChina, 75%
Pitch Welight Capital

Welight Capital highlights

  1. 01

    8 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Series A: 83% of its rounds

What they do

Weiguang Venture Capital was founded in 2015, with investment areas including enterprise services, B2B, e-commerce, finance, education, new retail, and consumption upgrade, with investment rounds mainly from Series A to B.Translated from Chinese, from their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Series ASeries B
Sectors
Enterprise ServiceB2BE-commerce
Based in
China
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first8 appearances

  1. 2018

    5 rounds

  2. Oct
    LinklogisSeries C · CN · AVCJ$220MWith 5 others
  3. Jul
    The Good StuffSeries B · CN · China Money Network$50MWith 7 others
  4. May
    BorderXSeries B · US · FinSMEs$20MWith 4 others
  5. Feb
    OMS EducationSeries B · CN · China Money Network$24MWith 5 others
  6. Jan
    The Good StuffCN · China Money Network$20MWith 3 others
  7. 2017

    3 rounds

  8. Sept
    AbcfintechSeries A · CN · AVCJ$30MWith 5 others
  9. May
    Cheetah MobileCN · FinSMEs$60MWith 5 others
  10. Mar
    KlookSeries B · HK · Tech in Asia$30MWith 1 other

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.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

6 of 12 we have independently watched raise

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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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Welight Capital put money into.

Quick answers about Welight Capital

What does Welight Capital invest in?

Welight Capital invests most often at Series B and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise Service, B2B and E-commerce.

How active is Welight Capital?

8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2018.

What has Welight Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Linklogis (Series C, Oct 2018), The Good Stuff (Series B, Jul 2018) and BorderX (Series B, May 2018).

How big are Welight Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $30M.

Does Welight Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Welight Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in China (75%), the United States (13%) and Hong Kong SAR China (13%).

Is Welight Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2018.

Who does Welight Capital invest alongside?

Most often Qiming Venture Partners (2 rounds together).

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