ClearVue Partners

ClearVue Partners is a private equity firm based in Shanghai, China, founded in 2012. The firm specializes in providing growth capital, typically ranging from $5 to $30 million, to expansion-stage companies primarily in the consumer sector, with a focus on food and beverage, consumer lifestyle, and internet/mobile sub-sectors. ClearVue Partners aims to support promising local companies in Greater China while facilitating market entry for leading international consumer brands. The investment team possesses over 60 years of combined experience in the consumer industry across Asia and the United States, positioning ClearVue as a knowledgeable partner in developing top-tier brands and businesses.

Cherry Chen

Partner

Chen, William A.

Managing Partner

Harry C Hui

Managing Partner

Lorena Xu

Vice President

Kathleen Ying

Partner

39 past transactions

Point One

Series B in 2022
Point One is a 3D Metaverse user-generated content platform. Using simple no-code tools, users may build personalized 3D interactive content.

BUD

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2019 by former Snap engineers, Risa Feng and Shawn Lin, Singapore-headquartered BUD is building a user-generated open metaverse gaming platform that connects millions of virtual worlds created by our community, made up of 9 million creators. Since its global launch in November 2021, BUD skyrocketed to the list of top 10 social apps in more than 38 countries around the world including North America, Southeast Asia and South America. Millions of 3D content has been created and traded on the platform. BUD has become a digital social hub where millions of people come to create, play and hangout.

Plus

Series D in 2021
Plus is a global provider of highly automated driving and fully autonomous driving solutions with headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, and operations in the U.S. and Germany. Named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Startup Employers and by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, Plus’s open autonomy technology platform is already powering vehicles in commercial use today. Working with leading vehicle manufacturers, fleets, and other technology companies globally, Plus is helping to make driving safer, more comfortable, and more sustainable. Plus has received a number of industry awards and distinctions for its transformative technology and business momentum from Fast Company, Forbes, Insider, Consumer Electronics Show, AUVSI, and others.

Pony.ai

Series C in 2021
Pony.ai develops autonomous driving technology for vehicles. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning for vehicle navigation. Its systems are designed to operate in various driving conditions and environments. Pony.ai collaborates with automotive manufacturers to integrate its technology into commercial vehicles.

VETRESKA

Series B in 2020
VETRESKA is a people pet brand that aims on pushing the boundaries of pet product imagination. Inspired by people's lives, VETRESKA strives to provide pet lovers with a fun yet functional design that allows them to share the joys of life with their pets. The company was established in 2017.

Pony.ai

Venture Round in 2020
Pony.ai develops autonomous driving technology for vehicles. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning for vehicle navigation. Its systems are designed to operate in various driving conditions and environments. Pony.ai collaborates with automotive manufacturers to integrate its technology into commercial vehicles.

1KM

Series C in 2020
1KM is a Shanghai-based self-service car wash solution provider.

Aibee

Series A in 2019
Aibee is an AI startup that develops speech recognition, big data analysis, and natural language processing technologies. Founded by Dr. Yuanqing LIN in November 2017, Aibee is China’s leading AI startup providing AI total solutions and its mission is to empower and upgrade vertical industries with AI. At Aibee, they are working to perfect AI technologies for each industry by building total AI solutions that allow closing the loop among data, algorithms, technologies, and products/services. Aibee applies the most advanced and innovative AI technologies (computer vision, speech recognition, natural language understanding, big data analytics, robotics, etc.) to transform efficiency, productivity, and business value of their target vertical industries by gaining a deep understanding of pain points, needs and objectives of their clients as well as by creating new business opportunities.

VETRESKA

Series A in 2019
VETRESKA is a people pet brand that aims on pushing the boundaries of pet product imagination. Inspired by people's lives, VETRESKA strives to provide pet lovers with a fun yet functional design that allows them to share the joys of life with their pets. The company was established in 2017.

Zhong An

Post in 2018
Zhong An Online is a Chinese property insurance company that sells all its products online along with handling claims. The company offers e-commerce, mobile payment, and financing guarantee for internet businesses and users. Founded in 2013, Zhong An Online offers business opportunities covering various areas, including the internet-based business and household property insurance, cargo insurance, liability insurance, and credit insurance.

Pony.ai

Series A in 2018
Pony.ai develops autonomous driving technology for vehicles. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning for vehicle navigation. Its systems are designed to operate in various driving conditions and environments. Pony.ai collaborates with automotive manufacturers to integrate its technology into commercial vehicles.

Souche

Series F in 2018
Souche, a leading automotive new retail platform in China, is founded by Mr. Yao Junhong, the former CAR Inc. founding team member and vice president, in December, 2012. By August 2018, Souche raised over $1.2 billion from investment or ganizations, including Alibaba group, Ant Financial Services Group, Morningside Venture Capital, Warburg Pincus, Primavera Capital Group, etc. Souche joined '2017 New Global Unicorns Ranking' by Silicon Valley global research organization PitchBook. Souche thrives to become the big intelligent brain of automotive industry. Souche has gradually constructed integrated automotive new retail ecosystem through years of development. Souche is regarded as 'the Alibaba of Chinese automotive industry'. Today, Souche and its relative corporations dedicate in numerous businesses, which include automotive financial leasing platform Tangeche, B2B industrial chain service platform Chehang168, Used-car online trade platform Cheyipai, Car sharing customized platform TIHD, SaaS products for used-car automotive dealers Dafengche and new-car sub-channels automotive dealership network Maicheguanjia, automotive dealership group ERP system provider Breakthrough, Kingdee and automotive supply chain warehouse logistics integrated service provider Iyunche, etc.

City Shop

Series A in 2018
City Shop, established in 1995, is one of the largest chain stores in Shanghai dealing in a most extensive range of gourmet foods from around the globe. With high-quality products and first-class service, City Shop never stops offering you a satisfactory shopping experience.

Citybox

Series B in 2017
Citybox is a China-based smart vending machine operator.

Changingedu

Series D in 2017
Changingedu is a Shanghai-based online education service app maker. Changingedu's mobile apps connects students, parents and teachers to facilitate after-school tutoring service.

Souche

Series D in 2017
Souche, a leading automotive new retail platform in China, is founded by Mr. Yao Junhong, the former CAR Inc. founding team member and vice president, in December, 2012. By August 2018, Souche raised over $1.2 billion from investment or ganizations, including Alibaba group, Ant Financial Services Group, Morningside Venture Capital, Warburg Pincus, Primavera Capital Group, etc. Souche joined '2017 New Global Unicorns Ranking' by Silicon Valley global research organization PitchBook. Souche thrives to become the big intelligent brain of automotive industry. Souche has gradually constructed integrated automotive new retail ecosystem through years of development. Souche is regarded as 'the Alibaba of Chinese automotive industry'. Today, Souche and its relative corporations dedicate in numerous businesses, which include automotive financial leasing platform Tangeche, B2B industrial chain service platform Chehang168, Used-car online trade platform Cheyipai, Car sharing customized platform TIHD, SaaS products for used-car automotive dealers Dafengche and new-car sub-channels automotive dealership network Maicheguanjia, automotive dealership group ERP system provider Breakthrough, Kingdee and automotive supply chain warehouse logistics integrated service provider Iyunche, etc.

ABLife

Series B in 2017
ABLife is a convenience store chain operator.

I Believe

Series B in 2017
I Believe is an e-commerce, logistics and convenience store franchise operator. Unlike traditional convenience stores, the company sources goods directly from manufacturers and provides online order placements, reducing the layer of purchases from whole-sellers.

Chic Fresh

Venture Round in 2016
CHIC Fresh is a global leader in proprietary cold-crafted juice technology.

Quhuo Tech

Series C in 2016
Quhuo provides tech-enabled, end-to-end operational solutions to blue-chip on-demand consumer service businesses in industries with significant e-commerce exposure, including food delivery, ride-hailing, housekeeping and bike-sharing. Quhuo’s platform helps its industry customers mobilize a large team of workers and utilizes a combination of training, performance monitoring and refinement, and incentives to transform them into skilled workers who can follow industry-specific, standardized and highly efficient service procedures.

Yummy Express

Series C in 2016
Yummy Express is a Beijing, China-based O2O solutions provider offering logistics and operations services. Established in 2012 by Yu Yang, Yang Shuyi and Ba Zhen, Yummy Express focuses on meal delivery services for major takeout O2O platforms including China’s largest catering merchants such as Baidu Waimai. Additionally, the company provides fast-moving consumer goods companies with internet-enabled logistics and operational services. Its “3km, 30 min” on-demand service with heat retained records and shares delivery stats information with customers. Yummy Express, which also delivers fresh foods such as cake and fresh fruit from companies such as missfresh.cn, 1mxian.com and xuxian.com, has over 5,000 proprietary “delivery men” with 200,000 daily orders being provided in 18 cities in China. Source: [FinSMEs](http://www.finsmes.com/2016/04/yummy-express-completes-10m-series-c-funding.html)

ABLife

Series A in 2016
ABLife is a convenience store chain operator.

I Believe

Series A in 2016
I Believe is an e-commerce, logistics and convenience store franchise operator. Unlike traditional convenience stores, the company sources goods directly from manufacturers and provides online order placements, reducing the layer of purchases from whole-sellers.

QuanCheng

Series B in 2016
Founded in November 2013, QuanCheng is a SaaS corporate expense management startup, specializing in corporate expense management and vendor management. Zhenghecixi Capital (正和磁系资本),a venture capital founded by top-tier Chinese entrepreneurs was an early investor. QuanCheng’s business covers 50 tierone and tier two Chinese cities. With its headquarters in Shanghai, the company has offices in 17 Chinese cities including Beijing, Guangzhou,Shenzhen, and Wuhan.

Fruitday

Series C in 2015
Fruitday (天天鲜果) is an e-commerce provider that focuses on importing global fresh fruit products and services. It is a website subordinated to the Shanghai Fruitday e-commerce Co., Ltd. Established on April 1, 2009, with its predecessor as the traditional fruit vendor, Fruitday has over 30 years of experience in the food industry. Fruitday's main products are mid- and high-end fruit products, including imported fresh fruits and domestic fresh fruits. Fruitday has built a direct platform between suppliers and consumers with self-built cold storage and cold-chain logistics. It has multiple supply channels, such as website ordering, telephone ordering, TV ordering, direct supply to company, and physical store service. It strives to provide healthy, green, and fresh fruit products and personalized fresh fruit services for consumers.

Intercos

Private Equity Round in 2014
Intercos is the leading global supplier and strategic innovation partner to the color cosmetics and skincare industry with research centers, production sites and marketing offices in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Intercos has an unprecedented ability to scout, anticipate and influence trends in the beauty industry, which, combined with its best-in-class R&D capabilities, puts the Company at the forefront of innovation. As a result, Intercos develops and manufactures cosmetics for the most well-known brands in the industry. The Company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. During the summer 2017, Intercos and Cosmint, leading company in the realization of skin, hair and body care products, announce the signing of a partnership agreement, giving birth to one of the largest B2B groups in the world of beauty.

111, Inc.

Series C in 2014
111,Inc. is a leading digital and mobile healthcare platform in China. By applying advanced Internet and information technology, 111,Inc. is devoted to online medical services and online pharmacy through optimized supply chain and resources. 111,Inc. aims to deliver the best and comprehensive healthcare solutions to Chinese people. The main business lines of 111,Inc. include online B2C pharmacy platform 1 Drugstore, Internet hospital 1 Clinic and online B2B pharmacy platform 1 Drug Mall. Their mission is to build the largest integrated online and offline healthcare platform in China powered by technology through the innovative model of B2B2C to realize integrating development of businesses and consumers, online and offline markets, direct sales and marketplace models, drug and medical service delivery. 111,Inc. is one of the few Unicorn enterprise in the Internet medical health industry.

Weichaishi.com

Series A in 2014
Weichaishi.com (微差事) is a temporary task outsourcing platform in which users can participate in tasks or experience, earn awards, and make money. It is a subordinate product of Shanghai Yiyu Network Technology Co., Ltd. Weichaishi helps the user to develop the value of fragmentary time. Its business mode is to help companies to complete investigation and internal control, and launch accurate interaction of brand through outsourcing. Users are only required to complete some simple tasks with mobile phones, for example, watching a video of a certain brand and answering questions, participating in the user survey, trying new products for free and giving feedback, and more. Then, they can get corresponding cash award. With the help of large amount of user data, the investigation institution is able to complete market researches all over the city.

Handpick

Series A in 2014
Headquartered in San Francisco, Handpick, Inc., is the leading ingredient pairing and meal recommendation engine, as well as the world's largest recipe and food post platform. Their award-winning food discovery app solves the universal problem of what to do with the ingredients you have on-hand by offering millions of recipes and social food posts, as well as proprietary ingredient pairing technology to help consumers minimize food waste. The company recently launched its “Smart Groceries” delivery service, which is a new breed of meal kit solutions based on full-sized ingredients, enabling grocery retailers to sell meal kits with their existing assortment and fulfillment.

1006.tv

Series B in 2014
1006.TV develops mobile games, gaming platforms, and related media, along with media evaluation services and information about these products. It provides mobile game rankings, reviews, news, games, video reviews and other media services. It enables users to find and share more interesting mobile games. 1006.TV also provides mobile product reviews, PC-based gaming versions, and more information and functions. It is a key UGC platform in China. As of June 2014, It has 36 million users and 1.7 million active users. Key features of the platform would be the fusion of expression elements that provides a more realistic gaming experience. It has received funds from ClearVue Partners, Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital, and other venture firms. 1006.TV was established in September 2009, based in Beijing, China.

QuanCheng

Series A in 2014
Founded in November 2013, QuanCheng is a SaaS corporate expense management startup, specializing in corporate expense management and vendor management. Zhenghecixi Capital (正和磁系资本),a venture capital founded by top-tier Chinese entrepreneurs was an early investor. QuanCheng’s business covers 50 tierone and tier two Chinese cities. With its headquarters in Shanghai, the company has offices in 17 Chinese cities including Beijing, Guangzhou,Shenzhen, and Wuhan.

Fruitday

Series B in 2014
Fruitday (天天鲜果) is an e-commerce provider that focuses on importing global fresh fruit products and services. It is a website subordinated to the Shanghai Fruitday e-commerce Co., Ltd. Established on April 1, 2009, with its predecessor as the traditional fruit vendor, Fruitday has over 30 years of experience in the food industry. Fruitday's main products are mid- and high-end fruit products, including imported fresh fruits and domestic fresh fruits. Fruitday has built a direct platform between suppliers and consumers with self-built cold storage and cold-chain logistics. It has multiple supply channels, such as website ordering, telephone ordering, TV ordering, direct supply to company, and physical store service. It strives to provide healthy, green, and fresh fruit products and personalized fresh fruit services for consumers.

111, Inc.

Series B in 2013
111,Inc. is a leading digital and mobile healthcare platform in China. By applying advanced Internet and information technology, 111,Inc. is devoted to online medical services and online pharmacy through optimized supply chain and resources. 111,Inc. aims to deliver the best and comprehensive healthcare solutions to Chinese people. The main business lines of 111,Inc. include online B2C pharmacy platform 1 Drugstore, Internet hospital 1 Clinic and online B2B pharmacy platform 1 Drug Mall. Their mission is to build the largest integrated online and offline healthcare platform in China powered by technology through the innovative model of B2B2C to realize integrating development of businesses and consumers, online and offline markets, direct sales and marketplace models, drug and medical service delivery. 111,Inc. is one of the few Unicorn enterprise in the Internet medical health industry.

FIELDS CHINA

Series A in 2013
Fields China operates as an online grocery store in China. It provides fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry products, fish and seafood, dairy products, bakery products, pantry, wines, beers, organic food, and other beverages. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Shanghai, China.

B5M.COM

Series B in 2013
B5M, “help me buy” in Chinese, is the most comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased Chinese shopping search portal across multiple vertical categories. It offers hundreds of millions of business-to-consumer products, product and merchant reviews, group-buy deals, discount products, and shopping-related web articles, and it’s innovative shopping community features help Chinese consumers make informed purchasing decisions. B5M, founded in 2007, is headquartered in Shanghai with offices in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Seoul. The company also provides e-commerce search and recommendation engines to e-commerce sites to create a better user experience and higher conversion rates. B5M operates its own advertisement network to deliver hundreds of millions of clicks daily from hundreds of premier media sites as well as B5M.com to thousands of E-commerce websites and other advertisers. The company has raised Series A round of $7M, led by Oak Investment Partners, in Feb 2012, and Series B round of $16M, led by ClearVue Partners, in Apr 2013. The company has over 8M UV a day and 60M PV a day through the company’s website, browser plugin, and mobile apps, and the traffic continues to rapidly increase.

Gshopper

Series B in 2013
Backed by several rounds of venture capital funding close to $100M to date, Gshopper is the world's first e-importer for global shoppers. We discover the world's "hottest" products and bring them to our global consumers at great prices. We identify "hot" products by advanced big data and AI technology. Our operation is highly automated using the sophisticated and fully in-house developed ERP system. The products we feature on Gshopper come with a great deal of thought and care. Our mission is to bring all of the popular products from all over the world to online shoppers in any country and help them to become true global shoppers. Gshopper is headquartered in Singapore with subsidiaries in over 16 countries (and expanding) in the world including the United States, China, Japan, Korea, and many EU countries.

Lumi Shanghai

Series A in 2012
Shanghai Lumi Information Technology Limited Company (Lumi胶原蛋白/禄美) is dedicated to research and development of beauty and health series products. Lumi is mainly engaged in the R&D, brand building, and market promotion of brand cosmetology and health products, and it is a matchless brand of collagen protein in the domestic industry. Lumi owns its market by new marketing modes, which now possesses a self-constructed call center with over a 100people and plans to extend the number to more than 200 people within the year.

SteelSeries

Venture Round in 2012
SteelSeries makes high performance gaming gear used by the most demanding, professional gamers worldwide and peripherals that provide superior quality and a competitive edge to gamers of all skill levels. What originally began with two people who recognized the need for superior, high-quality/performance gaming gear that would give gamers a competitive edge, has grown into a global leader in gaming and entertainment gear sought after for their high performance capabilities. Fast-forward to today, and they’ve come a long way since their first glass mousepad. They have global offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, providing an integrated portfolio of products designed specifically for gaming. Fueling Their growth is you, the gamer. While they are proud of Their technology and product innovation, They are even more excited about how these products are developed to meet the needs of gamers. Many companies may claim to develop superior gaming products but few actually do. Instead, they spend countless hours with lab engineers trying to force fit a new technology with bells and whistles and mediocre functionality for the end-user. At SteelSeries, they develop their products with a small internal team and a vast network of technology partners, channel partners, game publishers, and gaming communities around the globe. They aren’t afraid of being challenged and implementing new ideas. Their main goal is to always to listen to the collective feedback of Their professional gaming community. They won’t bore you with cheeky slogans, trying to underline their authenticity as gamers. They fully acknowledge that the best professional gamers in the world know more about what they want and what will make them better, than they do. They are proud to be working with their partners, but They can’t take credit for their invaluable input and feedback. Instead They tell it like it is: they help us. They want to know what works and what doesn’t. For this reason, SteelSeries creates innovative solutions that provide a competitive advantage for all gamers. Critical to their company’s success is also their reinvestment in the gaming communities and the individuals who support them. As a result, their corporate philosophy is to take a substantial portion of their revenue and put it back into the gaming community to help spur industry growth. They support their community in numerous ways, ranging from co-hosting tournaments like Iron Lady and King of the Hill, and supporting gaming competitions of all sizes, to promoting the top and up-and-coming gaming teams/organizations. Put simply, SteelSeries does not claim to invent or reinvent the gaming industry. Nor do they focus on one specific product, copy other companies or follow the crowd.

Yiyao

Angel Round in 2010
Yiyao is also knwon as 111.com.cn. Yiyao is an online drug superstore where patients can buy over-the-counter medications, traditional Chinese remedies, and a variety of other health products including everything from sex toys to diet pills. 111.com.cn operates as an online portal for selling pharmaceutical products.
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