Edith Yeung - Venture Capitalist

Edith Yeung is a Chinese/American venture capitalist and partner at 500 Startups.

500 Startups aims to discover the most talented entrepreneurs worldwide and help them create successful companies at scale while building flourishing international business ecosystems. Whereas RaceCapital focuses exclusively on investing in Pre-Seed and Seed-stage funding rounds, 500 Startups invests specifically in select Series A-stage companies.

Yeung is also a mentor at FoundersHK, a nonprofit, focusing on building community and support for entrepreneurs in the tech community in both Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. She also taught the ‘Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Venture Capital’ course at the University of California, Berkley for six years.

She is credited with launching The China Internet Report, an annual report documenting tech trends in the style of Mary Meeker. The report dissects Chinese and American brands in terms of technology in shopping, payments, ride-sharing, and messaging.

Prior to her role at 500 Startups, Yeung worked for the Sequoia-backed mobile browser company, Dolphin, as VP of marketing and business development. She also founded a seed-stage investment company called RightVentures and BizTechDay, a small business market research company, and has worked extensively with industry giants like Oracle, AT&T, Siebel, and Autodesk.

Location

Based in the United States and China, Edith Yeung’s varied investments stretch across both countries. Yeung has a major interest in developing companies in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Malaysia. The investor completed her education in the United States, where she received a Certificate with Distinction in Project Management from the University of California, Berkeley, a BS in Industrial Management, and an MIS in Marketing from Purdue University. Yeung also took part in the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University and completed a course on Private Equity and Venture Capital at Harvard Business School.

Remarkable Investments

In 2016, Edith Yeung joined the Series A funding of Althea Inc., a premier beauty e-commerce site that offers the latest products to the Southeast Asian Market. Funding of US$3.5 million was raised through her efforts. In 2017, she joined other investors in raising US$4 million of a total of US$20 million in the venture round of the United States-based next-generation app and game demo platform AppOnboard. Yeung also took part in raising US$7 million in the consumer electronics company Prynt during the A funding series round. To date, a total of US$9.2 million has been raised for the company. Other major investments made by Yeung include Solana, Placer.ai, and Lightning Network, as well as the following:

• Artificial Intelligence – Zya, Original Stitch, Sense AI, Ingrain.io, Quick.ly
• Internet of Things – Silky Labs, Cesanta, Piper, Kindara, Roomkey, Powercore
• Virtual/Augmented Reality – Penrose Studio, Cryworks, Prynt
• Finance – Xfers
• Analytics – MobileAction, AppTopia
• Travel – Anyroad, WeTravel
• Mobile – Andy OS, Human, Check I’m Here, Pack, Switch, Trocafone, Telepathic, DayDayCook, Magic Bus, Bento, X Empire, Althea, East Meet East
• Blockchain – Nervos

Yeung has a special interest in investments in mobile, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, travel, analytics, and blockchain technology.

Latest News

Known for her insights into cross-border investments and the dynamics between the US and Chinese tech sectors, Yeung expresses deep concern in response to the Biden administration’s new restrictions on US investments. “This is a major blow not only for the Chinese startup ecosystem [but] also to the venture capital industry,” said Yeung.

Yeung spoke at the world’s leading tech conference, Web Summit in Lisbon 2024, and at Techcrunch, 2024.

Towards the end of 2025, Edith participated in the Finoverse podcast to share a few tips on how to grow as an entrepreneur and investor.