Hike Capital was incorporated in December 2015. Its founding partners are Mark Yang, the founder of Ganji.com and Guazi.com, and Anna Xu, NetEase’s former GM of mobile Internet and founder of NetEase News app.
Formed by entrepreneurs who built their success at the cutting edge of the Internet development, Hike Capital has since its inception been sharing its own expertise in strategic management with new entrepreneurs, and helping them to gain insight in the industry trends and better define their own rhythm of growth. It is a fund that reaches further beyond financing as a mentor for new entrepreneurs and accompanies them on their road to success.
Hike Capital has under its management USD and RMB funds, covering extensively from Angel to Series B funding rounds, with a primary focus on the Series A rounds. The key investment sectors include technology innovations, e-commerce platforms and general entertainment and lifestyle.
The Fund’s investments include that in Guazi.com, CYCARES, polyv.net, wilddog.com, Baby English, Shimo Docs, and Downstairs.
Co-founder
Mark Yang
Starting up a business is a journey of hiking to the tall mountains. Hike Capital will accompany the new entrepreneurs in their endeavors in reaching to the top.
—— Mark Yang
Co-founder
Anna Xu
Establishing Hike Capital for us is a dream come true and challenges ahead. We will be there for the new challengers along the way as they grow into top entrepreneurs.
—— Anna Xu
A new venture created by the founder of ganji.com, Mark Yang. Guazi.com was officially launched online on November 27, 2014 and has soon grown into the largest platform for used cars trading, directly linking buyers and sellers. In September 2017, guazi.com consolidated its existing business divisions and was upgraded to Chehaoduo Group. In the same month, Chehaoduo Group launched its new retail platform for new cars trading based on finance lease model, the maodou.com. As an important step in the strategy to upgrade the automobile ecosystem, maodou.com and guazi.com will together create synergy in the group to provide one-stop solutions for users to travel smart.
Tuzuu.com is an online distribution and service management system under the Tuzuu Tourism Group. It is advantaged with its patent SAAS system that leads the industry, as well as the one-stop tourism trading service platform. The company is dedicated to providing online distribution and IT solutions for tourism product suppliers and distributors using the Internet information technologies.
At https://shimo.im/, people can work on cloud-end documents, forms and PPTs collaboratively in real time. The next-generation cloud Office kit is the best choice to achieve teamwork.
International customized medical service expert, developed from CY Doctor, the largest doctor-patient interactive platform in the world. The company offers clients with international, high-standard, individualized health management services, and other value-adding services such as overseas treatment and premium physical examinations etc.
Polyv.net has patented video cloud computing service platform. The company upholds its mission to “create value with videos” and provides stable, secure and fast enterprise-level cloud video services.
Baby English is a pioneer in early English education for young children who learn the language in the company of their parents at home. It created a leading brand of English education for young children by advocating the education principles of family companionship and interaction in learning. The courses on offer are well aligned with the characteristics of young children’s language development stages and their cognitive abilities through these stages, and are featured with learning through rhymes and online class participation. Over a million families and their babies have benefited from the Baby English courses.
