OCSF Venture Fund Background

Dr. David Tao and Sean Wang, Managing Partners established overseas Chinese Scholars’ Fund, LLP in early 2002. OCSF is one of the few locally registered Chinese Venture Capital firms that are managed privately. OCSF focuses on early stage technology ventures in Information Technology, Life Sciences and Agricultural Technologies. With the support of the Central and Provincial Government, OCSF’s operates from its Beijing Overseas Chinese Scholars Investment Center.

Headquartered in Beijing, with regional offices in HK, Singapore, and Silicon Valley, OCSF leverages many successful overseas advanced degree scholars from U.S., Europe, and Asia in the development of high-tech private enterprises in China.

Each partner at OCSF have accumulated over 15 years of executive professional and entrepreneurial experience in high-tech engineering, finance, venture capital, multi-national operations, as well as investment banking.

The investment philosophy of Overseas Chinese Scholars’ Fund is to incubate, assess and manage risk. Being an early stage fund in China also means constant mentorship in an incubation environment. Its goals are to teach new entrepreneurs the assessment and management of startup risks.

Overseas Chinese Scholars’ Fund’s relatively early involvement in educational institutions is to specifically instill these values to the next generation of Chinese high-tech entrepreneurs and managers.