Wei Cai

Wei Cai is Partner of Lightspeed China Partners . He joined the team in 2021 and is based in Beijing office. He has 13 years of venture capital experience and 8 years of industry experience. Wei focuses on investment opportunities in multiple sectors including deeop tech, green tech, medical technology. His key investments include Cambricon (SH: 688256), Goldwind (HK: 2208), Tsingtel (acquired by Weichai Power, SZ: 000338), Black Sesame, ViewTrix, Phytium, LuxCreo, Konux, Landing.AI and Imagia, etc.

Wei previously worked as Investment General Manager at Wu Capital. Prior to that, he worked as Investment Director at Alibaba Group for 4 years, responsible for the group's early-stage technology and deep tech strategic investment. Prior to Alibaba, he worked as Investment Vice President at Northern Light Venture Capital for 4 years where he focused on advanced technology investment. Before that, he worked as investment Vice President at VantagePoint Venture Partners, responsible for clean technology investment. He also has industry operation experience at SINOPEC where he played various leading roles in R&D, human resources and corporate strategy.

Wei holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Lanzhou University and an MBA from Tsinghua University, cooperated with MIT Sloan School of Management.