
Feng Deng
Founding Managing Director 北京Mr. Feng Deng founded Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) in 2005. He currently manages over US$ 4.5 billion with 5 US$ funds and 5 RMB funds. He has led and backed nearly 200 companies, focusing on 4 main sectors: TMT (technology, media and telecom), clean technology, healthcare and consumer. The portfolio companies that Feng invested and manages include APUS, ThunderSoft, Macrosan, Meituan, Baihe, LineKong, ChineseAll, GigaDevice, BGI, China Music, LianLian, Burning Rock Biotech, Hillstone Networks, Spreadtrum, CITIC Pharma, Aerohive Networks, etc.
Prior to NLVC, Feng was a co-founder of NetScreen Technologies, which went public on NASDAQ and was later acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for US$ 4.2 billion. Feng is recipient of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2002) and CRN Innovator of the Year (2003) awards. He has extensive technical and managerial experiences in computer, communication and data networking industries.
Feng holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, a MS degree in computer engineering from the University of Southern California, and a MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He also holds numerous patents of invention in computer system architecture and IC design.
Feng serves on the Board of Directors of Tsinghua University Foundation, the Director of Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University, the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Tsinghua University, the Chairman of Asia Advisory Board of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the Advisory Board member of Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), the member of Asia Council of Wharton School, the Director of Brookings Institution, the member of China Council of Harvard GSAS, the member of China Entrepreneur Club, and the member of Founding Council of Future Forum, etc.
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Spreadtrum (exited)
Year funded: 2005
Public (NASDAQ: SPRD)
USD Fund Shanghai, ChinaSemiconductor company that develops baseband and RF processor solutions for wireless communications.
http://www.spreadtrum.com -
Aerohive Networks
Year funded: 2006
Public (NYSE: HIVE)
USD Fund Sunnyvale, CA USACloud-enabled Wi-Fi and routing solutions provider
http://www.aerohive.com -
ThunderSoft (exited)
Year funded: 2010
Public (ChiNext: 300496)
Investment by strategic independent affiliate [Alpha Achieve Limited]
Beijing, ChinaWorld's leading provider of mobile OS and smart device solutions
http://www.thundersoft.com/cn -
Baihe (exited)
Year funded: 2006
Public (NEEQ:834214)
USD Fund Beijing, ChinaMulti-channel (online and offline) matchmaking service provider in China
http://www.baihe.com -
BGI (exited)
Year funded: 2013
Public (ChiNext: 300676)
USD fund Shenzhen, ChinaThe largest genomic organization in the world focusing on research and applications in the healthcare, agriculture, conservation, and environmental fields.
http://www.genomics.cn/index -
Koowo (Exited)
Year funded: 2008
Private USD Fund Beijing, China
Leading online music entertainment service provider
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LineKong (exited)
Year funded: 2007
Public (HKG:8267)
USD Fund Beijing, ChinaDeveloper and operator of multiplayer online games in China
http://www.linekong.com -
LianLian
Year funded: 2006
Private USD Fund Hangzhou, China
China’s leading mobile payment service provider.
http://www.lianlian.com -
Meituan (exited)
Year funded: 2011
Public (03690.HK)
USD Fund Beijing, ChinaOne of the leading group buying service providers in China
http://www.meituan.com -
Burning Rock Biotech
Year funded: 2014
Private USD Fund Guangzhou, China
A company develops, manufactures and sells personalized diagnostic products based on clinical and genomic big data for cancer treatments.
http://www.brbiotech.com -
Hillstone Networks
Year funded: 2007
Private USD Fund Beijing, China
Developer of advanced network security appliances for the China enterprise market
http://www.hillstonenet.com -
GigaDevice
Year funded: 2011
Public ( SHA: 603986 )
Investment by strategic independent affiliate [Alpha Achieve Limited]
Beijing, ChinaLeading provider of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) devices
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ChineseAll
Year funded: 2005
Public (ChiNext:300364)
Beijing, ChinaChinese digital publishing leader
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Citic Pharma (exited)
Year funded: 2009
Private (Acquired by Shanghai Pharma)
USD Fund Beijing, ChinaLeading pharmaceutical distribution company in China
China FoF Alliance
Top 100 China’s most favored partner by FoF 2017
2017
Fortune
Top 30 Chinese most influential investors 2017
2017
STCN
Outstanding Investor of the year
2017
China FoF Alliance
China’s most favored partner by FoF 2016
2016
Fortune
Top 30 China’s most influential investors 2016
2016
Forbes
2015 "Feng Deng-Best Venture Capitalist"
2015
CVAwards
2015"Feng Deng-Top 10 Venture Capitalists of the year
2015
Zero2IPO
2015 Feng Deng-Top 10 Venture Capitalists of the year
2015
Forbes
2014 "Feng Deng-Best Venture Capitalist"
2014
Forbes
2013 "Feng Deng-Best Venture Capitalist"
2013
21CBN
"2011 Feng Deng-Annual Chinese Business Leader"
2011
Forbes
2009 "Feng Deng-Best Venture Capitalist"
2009
CVAwards
2008 “Feng Deng-Best Venture Capitalist”
2008
Zero2ipo
2007 Feng Deng-Top 10 Venture Capitalist of the year
2007
- 1988 Pioneer Company
- 1993 Intel
- 1997 Netscreen
- 2004 Juniper Networks
- 2005 NLVC
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