WE ARE FOUNDERS
We don’t just claim to be founder-friendly, all the partners at Haitao are serial entrepreneurs - we’ve built 12 Global businesses in over 14 countries ourselves since 1996.
We know that true founders are a special breed, driven by optimism and a lifelong search for a better way.
WE ARE CONTRARIANS
While they said it best, they're not the only ones. We stand by our judgement even when it goes against the masses because we have principles, clarity of thought & data to validate.
As founders we kept going, even when most didn’t understand. And now as investors, we back those who dare - even if the crowd shoots them down.
HAITAO CHINA MACRO
Target Investment Stage: Seed to B Round
Investment Focus: We invest in promising companies operating across healthcare & wellness; AdTech & new retail; travel, entertainment & education; and disruptive technologies in fintech, transport, Agriculture Tech & food safety.
Investment Strategy: The fund monitors and projects Chinese economic, geopolitical, technology and monetary policies. We build the portfolio around predictions and projections of the impact of these policies and large-scale events around the globe. Chinese companies are increasingly competing on the global stage, yet the next batch of winners continue to develop largely under foreign investors' radars.
The same is also true of smart Western companies that have identified massive China macro "niches" where a natural competitive or historical advantage provides the foundation for hyper-growth alongside China, companies like The CareVoice, Autonomous.ai, 247Media and DayDayCook. These are ultimate examples of Standing on The Shoulders of Giants.
see portfolioHAITAO BLOCKCHAIN
Target Investment Stage: Seed, Private Pre-Sale, Post ICO.
Investment Focus: 70% Global China, 30% ROW. We invest in companies building their businesses at the blockchain protocol & infrastructure level. This could include exchanges and asset transfer protocols, stable coins, smart contract platforms, digital currencies and utility tokens for high growth industries.
Investment Strategy: We believe that blockchain technology will enable drastic changes in the way we engage with consumers, across organisations, governments and with each other. Fundamental changes in the way we view the concept of ownership of data, task allocations underpinned by the principle of decentralisation. We look at projects through a founder, technical and business lens – analysing the market and technology fit. It is clear to us that China, being the only nation that fully understands centralisation of power, data, resources and capital is best poised to take the lead in the blockchain revolution. As the Chinese government continues its aggressive push towards blockchain adoption, this massive macro is a force multiplying unfair advantage that we would be fools to overlook.
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