# Cao Darong

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).

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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