GGV Capital IX

GGV Capital IX is a venture capital fund managed by GGV Capital, a global firm founded in 2000 that focuses on investing in local founders across various sectors. The firm specializes in seed-to-growth stage investments, targeting industries such as Consumer/New Retail, Social/Digital & Internet, Enterprise/Cloud, and Frontier Tech. GGV Capital manages a total of $6.2 billion across 13 funds and has a diversified portfolio that includes notable companies like Airbnb, Alibaba, and Peloton. With offices in key locations such as Beijing, San Francisco, and Shanghai, GGV Capital aims to provide expansion capital ranging from $5 to $25 million for initial investments in both the United States and China. The firm's approach is to support innovative entrepreneurs and emerging technologies that can shape the future of their respective industries.

Jixun Foo

Global Managing Partner

Jenny Lee

Managing Partner

Haojun Li

Partner

Joshua Wu

Partner

Eric Xu

Managing Partner

Past deals in Open Source

Cocos

Series B in 2022
Cocos is a developer and provider of gaming software, specializing in an open-source engine designed for game developers and industry users. The company offers a comprehensive platform that allows developers to build, distribute, monetize, and analyze their games efficiently. Its products include an open-source engine framework and a versatile game engine, which enables the creation of compatible games across multiple major platforms, including Windows, Facebook, HTML5, iOS, and Android. This integrated approach supports developers throughout the entire game development process, enhancing their ability to reach diverse audiences and optimize game performance.

Taichi Graphics

Series A in 2022
Taichi Graphics builds open-source graphics infrastructure and cloud platforms. Taichi programming language is a popular open-source graphics framework of Taichi Graphics.

Jina Ai

Series A in 2021
Jina AI, founded in 2020 and based in Beijing, China, specializes in cloud-native neural search solutions. The company offers an open-source deep learning-powered search framework designed for enterprises and developers to efficiently manage and search through vast amounts of diverse data, including text, images, and videos. Jina AI aims to empower users to create customized neural search platforms that can swiftly and accurately retrieve valuable information from large datasets. By promoting an inclusive and open-source approach, Jina AI enables developers globally to address unique industry challenges and enhances the overall efficiency of information retrieval. The company's mission emphasizes the importance of making search technology accessible and effective, fostering innovation and productivity across various sectors.

Orca Security

Series C in 2021
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

Orca Security

Series C in 2021
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

Gitlab China

Series A in 2021
Developer of a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool in China. The company's software provides a Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and continuous integration and deployment pipeline features to help clients throughout a software development lifecycle.

Kong

Series D in 2021
Kong Inc is a cloud connectivity company specializing in application programming interfaces (APIs) and microservices. It offers a popular open-source API Gateway along with its enterprise solutions, which are designed to manage, monitor, and scale APIs effectively. The platform includes features such as API gateways, developer portals, and analytics tools, allowing development teams to distribute, monetize, manage, analyze, and utilize their APIs efficiently. Kong has received funding from prominent venture capital firms and notable investors, further solidifying its position in the industry.

EMQ Technologies

Series B in 2020
EMQ is an open-source software company providing highly-scalable, real-time messaging and streaming engines for IoT platforms & applications in the 5G Era. In 2013, EMQ launched on GitHub as an open-source project. At present, EMQ has become the most widely used open-source distributed MQTT message broker in the world. In 2017, driven by rapidly increasing demands, we launched EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd to accelerate deployment in production and provide professional tech support for our global clients.

Orca Security

Series B in 2020
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

PingCAP

Series D in 2020
PingCAP, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Beijing, China, develops TiDB, an open-source distributed Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) database. TiDB is designed to provide a comprehensive solution for both online transactional processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP), offering infinite horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability. The database is cloud-native and features SQL compatibility, allowing for seamless integration with existing systems. By focusing on open-source technology, PingCAP aims to provide a robust platform for users seeking efficient and stable database management for their online transactions and analytical needs.

Jina Ai

Funding Round in 2020
Jina AI, founded in 2020 and based in Beijing, China, specializes in cloud-native neural search solutions. The company offers an open-source deep learning-powered search framework designed for enterprises and developers to efficiently manage and search through vast amounts of diverse data, including text, images, and videos. Jina AI aims to empower users to create customized neural search platforms that can swiftly and accurately retrieve valuable information from large datasets. By promoting an inclusive and open-source approach, Jina AI enables developers globally to address unique industry challenges and enhances the overall efficiency of information retrieval. The company's mission emphasizes the importance of making search technology accessible and effective, fostering innovation and productivity across various sectors.

Merico

Series A in 2020
Merico Inc. is a technology company that specializes in code contribution analytics, providing tools to help software companies analyze their code repositories. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Merico serves a diverse clientele, including executives, management, and developers. Its platform leverages advanced program analysis and machine learning to deliver insights into software engineering practices, optimize resource allocation, and enhance team productivity. By focusing on metrics related to individual contributions within development teams, Merico enables clients to improve overall code quality and efficiency in their engineering processes.

Merico

Seed Round in 2020
Merico Inc. is a technology company that specializes in code contribution analytics, providing tools to help software companies analyze their code repositories. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Merico serves a diverse clientele, including executives, management, and developers. Its platform leverages advanced program analysis and machine learning to deliver insights into software engineering practices, optimize resource allocation, and enhance team productivity. By focusing on metrics related to individual contributions within development teams, Merico enables clients to improve overall code quality and efficiency in their engineering processes.

Synack

Series D in 2020
Synack, Inc. provides a crowdsourced security platform for penetration testing. It offers Synack that enables customer data integrity, privacy, and confidentiality. The company’s military-grade virtual private testing environment platform allows the global security community accessible to enterprises and engages global security researchers to test systems in virtual private testing environments, as well as provides secure manual security assessment. Synack, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Redwood City, California.

HashiCorp

Series E in 2020
HashiCorp, Inc. is an open-source software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company develops multi-cloud infrastructure automation software that facilitates the provisioning, securing, connecting, and running of infrastructure for diverse applications. Key products include Terraform, which allows users to manage cloud infrastructure as code; Vault, a tool for securing sensitive data; Nomad, a workload orchestrator for deploying applications across multiple environments; and Consul, which supports service discovery and orchestration. HashiCorp also offers Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments and Packer for generating consistent machine images. The company’s solutions enable organizations to efficiently navigate cloud adoption challenges and standardize workflows across public and private cloud environments. HashiCorp serves both open-source and commercial markets, helping developers, operators, and security professionals manage distributed application infrastructure effectively.

Orca Security

Series A in 2020
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

WPS Office

Post in 2019
Established in 1989, KINGSOFT Office is a leading global developer of office software solutions, developing productivity applications for the consumer and enterprise markets. With over 1 Billion users worldwide, its flagship product WPS Office (“best Microsoft Office alternative…” – CNET) is one of the world’s most popular cross-platform office suites supporting iOS and Android, as well as Windows and Linux PCs.

Kong

Series C in 2019
Kong Inc is a cloud connectivity company specializing in application programming interfaces (APIs) and microservices. It offers a popular open-source API Gateway along with its enterprise solutions, which are designed to manage, monitor, and scale APIs effectively. The platform includes features such as API gateways, developer portals, and analytics tools, allowing development teams to distribute, monetize, manage, analyze, and utilize their APIs efficiently. Kong has received funding from prominent venture capital firms and notable investors, further solidifying its position in the industry.

Opendoor

Series E in 2019
Opendoor operates an online real estate marketplace designed to simplify the home buying and selling process. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows sellers to receive offers without the need for listing or showing their homes, thereby eliminating the typical hassles associated with traditional sales. Buyers can browse available properties and gain instant access through the company's application, facilitating a seamless transaction experience. Opendoor generates revenue primarily from home sales, alongside additional income from various real estate services.

HashiCorp

Series D in 2018
HashiCorp, Inc. is an open-source software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company develops multi-cloud infrastructure automation software that facilitates the provisioning, securing, connecting, and running of infrastructure for diverse applications. Key products include Terraform, which allows users to manage cloud infrastructure as code; Vault, a tool for securing sensitive data; Nomad, a workload orchestrator for deploying applications across multiple environments; and Consul, which supports service discovery and orchestration. HashiCorp also offers Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments and Packer for generating consistent machine images. The company’s solutions enable organizations to efficiently navigate cloud adoption challenges and standardize workflows across public and private cloud environments. HashiCorp serves both open-source and commercial markets, helping developers, operators, and security professionals manage distributed application infrastructure effectively.

Opendoor

Series E in 2018
Opendoor operates an online real estate marketplace designed to simplify the home buying and selling process. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows sellers to receive offers without the need for listing or showing their homes, thereby eliminating the typical hassles associated with traditional sales. Buyers can browse available properties and gain instant access through the company's application, facilitating a seamless transaction experience. Opendoor generates revenue primarily from home sales, alongside additional income from various real estate services.

HashiCorp

Series C in 2017
HashiCorp, Inc. is an open-source software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company develops multi-cloud infrastructure automation software that facilitates the provisioning, securing, connecting, and running of infrastructure for diverse applications. Key products include Terraform, which allows users to manage cloud infrastructure as code; Vault, a tool for securing sensitive data; Nomad, a workload orchestrator for deploying applications across multiple environments; and Consul, which supports service discovery and orchestration. HashiCorp also offers Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments and Packer for generating consistent machine images. The company’s solutions enable organizations to efficiently navigate cloud adoption challenges and standardize workflows across public and private cloud environments. HashiCorp serves both open-source and commercial markets, helping developers, operators, and security professionals manage distributed application infrastructure effectively.

Jovo

Convertible Note in 2017
Jovo is a development framework that facilitates the creation of cross-platform voice applications, including those for Alexa and Google Assistant. This open-source framework supports developers in building multimodal applications, allowing them to integrate voice with other user interfaces effectively. Jovo provides essential resources, including tutorials and documentation, to assist clients in the voice application development process, enhancing their ability to create interactive and functional voice experiences.

Synack

Series C in 2017
Synack, Inc. provides a crowdsourced security platform for penetration testing. It offers Synack that enables customer data integrity, privacy, and confidentiality. The company’s military-grade virtual private testing environment platform allows the global security community accessible to enterprises and engages global security researchers to test systems in virtual private testing environments, as well as provides secure manual security assessment. Synack, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Kubos

Seed Round in 2017
Kubos Corporation is a satellite software company based in Denton, Texas, founded in 2014. It develops an open-source space flight software platform designed for building and operating satellite constellations on various hardware. The KubOS Platform includes essential flight-critical functions, such as a Linux kernel, hardware APIs, and a suite of onboard services, facilitating the development of satellite applications. Key features of the platform enable users to send commands to satellites, monitor telemetry data, and perform remote updates. Additionally, Kubos provides service level agreements to satellite operators, ensuring support for missions through guaranteed response times and onsite integration during satellite operations.

Opendoor

Series D in 2016
Opendoor operates an online real estate marketplace designed to simplify the home buying and selling process. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows sellers to receive offers without the need for listing or showing their homes, thereby eliminating the typical hassles associated with traditional sales. Buyers can browse available properties and gain instant access through the company's application, facilitating a seamless transaction experience. Opendoor generates revenue primarily from home sales, alongside additional income from various real estate services.

HashiCorp

Series B in 2016
HashiCorp, Inc. is an open-source software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company develops multi-cloud infrastructure automation software that facilitates the provisioning, securing, connecting, and running of infrastructure for diverse applications. Key products include Terraform, which allows users to manage cloud infrastructure as code; Vault, a tool for securing sensitive data; Nomad, a workload orchestrator for deploying applications across multiple environments; and Consul, which supports service discovery and orchestration. HashiCorp also offers Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments and Packer for generating consistent machine images. The company’s solutions enable organizations to efficiently navigate cloud adoption challenges and standardize workflows across public and private cloud environments. HashiCorp serves both open-source and commercial markets, helping developers, operators, and security professionals manage distributed application infrastructure effectively.

Opendoor

Series C in 2015
Opendoor operates an online real estate marketplace designed to simplify the home buying and selling process. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows sellers to receive offers without the need for listing or showing their homes, thereby eliminating the typical hassles associated with traditional sales. Buyers can browse available properties and gain instant access through the company's application, facilitating a seamless transaction experience. Opendoor generates revenue primarily from home sales, alongside additional income from various real estate services.

Opendoor

Series B in 2015
Opendoor operates an online real estate marketplace designed to simplify the home buying and selling process. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows sellers to receive offers without the need for listing or showing their homes, thereby eliminating the typical hassles associated with traditional sales. Buyers can browse available properties and gain instant access through the company's application, facilitating a seamless transaction experience. Opendoor generates revenue primarily from home sales, alongside additional income from various real estate services.

Opendoor

Series B in 2015
Opendoor operates an online real estate marketplace designed to simplify the home buying and selling process. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows sellers to receive offers without the need for listing or showing their homes, thereby eliminating the typical hassles associated with traditional sales. Buyers can browse available properties and gain instant access through the company's application, facilitating a seamless transaction experience. Opendoor generates revenue primarily from home sales, alongside additional income from various real estate services.

Synack

Series B in 2015
Synack, Inc. provides a crowdsourced security platform for penetration testing. It offers Synack that enables customer data integrity, privacy, and confidentiality. The company’s military-grade virtual private testing environment platform allows the global security community accessible to enterprises and engages global security researchers to test systems in virtual private testing environments, as well as provides secure manual security assessment. Synack, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Redwood City, California.

HashiCorp

Series A in 2014
HashiCorp, Inc. is an open-source software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company develops multi-cloud infrastructure automation software that facilitates the provisioning, securing, connecting, and running of infrastructure for diverse applications. Key products include Terraform, which allows users to manage cloud infrastructure as code; Vault, a tool for securing sensitive data; Nomad, a workload orchestrator for deploying applications across multiple environments; and Consul, which supports service discovery and orchestration. HashiCorp also offers Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments and Packer for generating consistent machine images. The company’s solutions enable organizations to efficiently navigate cloud adoption challenges and standardize workflows across public and private cloud environments. HashiCorp serves both open-source and commercial markets, helping developers, operators, and security professionals manage distributed application infrastructure effectively.

SoundCloud

Series D in 2014
SoundCloud is a social sound platform that enables users to create, upload, and share audio content, including music. Launched in 2008 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, it serves as a hub for a diverse community of creators and listeners. The platform allows sound creators to instantly record and distribute their works while providing them with detailed statistics and feedback from the community. SoundCloud connects artists with their fans globally, facilitating the promotion and sharing of music through blogs, websites, and social networks. This open platform not only helps artists distribute their work but also enhances the music discovery experience for users.

SoundCloud

Series C in 2012
SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and share sounds. It allows people to discover and enjoy the largest selection of music from the world’s most diverse creator community. This is made possible by an open platform that directly connects creators and their fans across the globe. Sound creators can use the platform to instantly record, upload, and share sounds across the internet, as well as receive detailed stats and feedback from the SoundCloud community. SoundCloud was launched in 2008 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss.
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