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Cao Darong

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Founder and Partner of Cloud Nine Capital. With more than 20 years of venture capital experience, he served as the managing director of Lightspeed Venture Partners and created its China business from scratch. He previously served as the managing director of KLM Capital. His investment career spans Silicon Valley and China, focusing on consumer Internet, industrial Internet, enterprise services, hard technology and digital health. Representative investments include Meituan-Dianping (HKSE: 3690), Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD), TuSimple (NASDAQ: TSP), Monster Charge (NASDAQ: EM), Manbang Group (NYSE: YMM), Qingyun Technology, ByteDance, etc. Graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He was once named the best venture investor in China by Forbes, and was selected as a young global leader by the World Economic Forum in (2013).

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云九资本创始合伙人(Founder and Partner)。拥有超过20年风险投资经验,曾任光速创投(Lightspeed Venture Partners)董事总经理并从零创建其中国业务,此前曾任KLM Capital董事总经理。投资生涯横跨硅谷与中国,专注消费互联网、产业互联网、企业服务、硬科技与数字医疗。代表投资包括美团点评(HKSE:3690)、拼多多(NASDAQ:PDD)、图森未来(NASDAQ:TSP)、怪兽充电(NASDAQ:EM)、满帮集团(NYSE:YMM)、青云科技、字节跳动等。毕业于麻省理工学院(MIT),获电子工程与计算机科学学士及硕士学位。曾获评福布斯中国最佳创业投资人,2013年被世界经济论坛选为全球青年领袖。