Thomas Tsao

Mr. Tsao is a co-founder and managing partner of Gobi Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Shanghai and with offices in 13 locations across Asia. Established in 2002, Gobi is a leading investor in digital media, IT and TMT companies in China and ASEAN. Prior to Gobi, Mr. Tsao was a founder of the Beijing Technology Development Fund, sponsored by Beijing Enterprises and Tsinghua University Enterprise Group. Mr. Tsao has around three decades of experience in venture capital investments, operations, fund management and investment banking in China and the United States, and was named to the Forbes list of ‘China’s Top Venture Capitalists’ from 2013 to 2017.