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    Foothill Ventures

    Los Altos, California, United StatesFounded 2017

    Foothill Ventures (formerly Tsingyuan Ventures) is a technology-focused venture fund based in Los Altos, California, partnering with early-stage companies demonstrating technical differentiation and product-level superiority. The firm invests across deep tech, AI, life sciences, and software infrastructure.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months vs 7 prior). Their most common stage is seed (49% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.9M (across 44 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    40

    Fund Size

    $110M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    JW

    Jinlin Wang

    Partner

    MV

    Max Von Poelnitz

    Partner

    MJ

    Michael Jin

    Partner

    XS

    Xuhui Shao

    Partner

    PF

    Phoebe Fan

    Director of Operations

    CL

    Charles Ling

    Investor

    LW

    Lu Wang

    Investor

    SY

    Sophia Yu

    Investor

    TD

    Theresa Dai

    Investor

    BH

    Biao He

    HT

    Hong Tang

    JC

    James Chen

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    47 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Vision Lab logoVision LabSeed$6MJun 2026
    Novolinc logoNovolincUnknownDec 2025
    Ruli AI logoRuli AISeed$6MNov 2025
    Omni Design logoOmni DesignSeries A$35MSep 2025
    Carbon6 Robotics logoCarbon6 RoboticsSeed$4MMay 2025
    Stately logoStatelySeed$12MMay 2025
    ChEmpower logoChEmpowerSeries A$18.7MApr 2025
    Corvic logoCorvicSeed$12MApr 2025
    CCorvic AISeed$12MApr 2025
    Nervonik logoNervonikSeries A$13MMar 2025
    Novolinc logoNovolincSeedJan 2025
    Stately Bio logoStately BioSeed$12MJan 2025
    Omni Design logoOmni DesignSeries A$35MJan 2025
    PseudolithIC logoPseudolithICSeed$6MJan 2025
    Aether Fuels logoAether FuelsSeries A$34MJun 2024
    Feon Energy logoFeon EnergySeed$6.1MJun 2024
    Unigrid logoUnigridSeries A$12MJun 2024
    Amperesand logoAmperesandSeed$12.4MFeb 2024
    HyperLight logoHyperLightSeries B$37MJan 2024
    AM Batteries logoAM BatteriesSeries B$30MDec 2023
    AM Batteries logoAM BatteriesSeries A$25MOct 2022
    Veeve logoVeeveSeries A$6.7MOct 2022
    Hologram logoHologramSeed$6.5MJul 2022
    Saltalk logoSaltalkSeries A$8MJun 2022
    Koidra logoKoidraSeed$4.5MJan 2022
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026