Northern Light Venture Capital

Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) (Chinese: 北极光创投; pinyin: Běijíguāng Chuàngtóu) is a Chinese venture capital firm founded in 2005. It focuses on investing in companies in the technology and healthcare sectors.[2]

Northern Light Venture Capital Development Limited
Native name
北极光创投
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture Capital
Founded2005 (2005)
Founders
  • Feng Deng
  • Jeffrey Lee
  • Yan Ke
Headquarters2855 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California, U.S.
ProductsInvestments
AUMUS$4.5 billion (2020)
Websitenlvc.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Background

NLVC was founded in 2005 by Feng Deng, Jeffrey Lee and Yan Ke.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Feng Deng and Yan Ke were previously co-founders of NetScreen Technologies, an IT Security company that went public on Nasdaq in 2001 and was later acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for $4.2 billion.[3][5][7][8][9] New Enterprise Associates and Min Zhu (co-founder of Webex) were initial backers of the firm when it was raising its first fund.[3][7][8] Greylock Partners is another early backer of the firm.[7][8]

NLVC invests 70% of its funds into Series A rounds, 20% in Series B rounds and 10% into Seed rounds.[5][6] Notable investments include Aerohive Networks,[5][6] Meituan[5][6] and VIPKID.[6]

NLVC has offices in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong and several cities in China including, Beijing, Shanghai.[5]

Funds
Fund[5][6][7][8][10] Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
Northern Light Venture Fund I 2005 USD 120
Northern Light Venture Fund II 2007 USD 350
Northern Light Venture Fund III 2011 USD 400
Northern Light Venture Fund IV 2015 USD 400
Northern Light Venture Fund V 2019 USD 450
Northern Light Venture Fund VI 2020 USD 375

References
  1. "Form ADV" (PDF). SEC. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. Cheung, Sonja. "Healthy Dose of Capital: Northern Light to Up Health-Care Investments". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. "Is China the New Silicon Valley? | Buyouts". 2021-11-29. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  4. "Northern Light's Jeffrey Lee seeks $200m for new Korean venture fund". 2022-03-13. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. Temkin, Marina (2019-03-04). "Northern Light Venture Capital raises nearly $450 mln for fifth fund". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  6. "China-focused Northern Light Looks to Raise $375m for New VC Fund - Caixin Global". www.caixinglobal.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  7. Basich, Zoran. "Riding China 'Mega-Trends,' Northern Light VC Closes $400M Fund". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  8. "Firms use old strategyfor China entry". Pensions & Investments. 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  9. Duffy, Jim (2004-02-09). "Juniper acquires NetScreen". Network World. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  10. "Northern Light Venture Capital | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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