Investors

Financing to Date:

CrownBio was founded in April 2006 in California and closed its Series A investment from three Silicon Valley based venture capital firms. It closed its Series B investment in July 2008 with a much larger round and an expanded investor base in both the North America and the Asia Pacific regions. Some of the major investors are listed below.

Institutional Investors:

Acorn Campus Ventures is a venture fund with incubation facility and infrastructure, if needed. Acorn focuses on the wireless, semiconductor, photonics, communications, internet and life science field. Acorn has a good network with industrial, academic and business community across the Pacific Rim region and it has offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai and an affiliate office in Taipei.. The Acorn Campus Ventures approach is anchored by innovative methods, differentiated competitive strategies, and key corporate alliances. With access to a vast network of professional and personal connections through out the Pacific Rim region, Acorn Campus Ventures principals bring expertise, diversity of experience, and exceptional insight to the process of developing a new business.

"The value we bring to a company is getting the company started, building the right team, and focusing on its business opportunity."

Wu Fu Chen, Chairman

Logo of HarbingerHarbinger's mission is to be a value-added venture investor in the core technologies that will enhance the productivity and experience at the workplace or at home. Leveraging the MiTAC-SYNNEX Group's strong financial backing and web of networks, we strive to create synergy and forge strategic relationships among our investee companies and the Group's affiliated companies at every opportunity. Welcoming challenge, Harbinger will continue to be a forerunner in the technologies that will change the communications and computing networks of tomorrow while generating tangible results and real value for both its investees and investors."

Logo of Qiming venture partnersWe share your passion and excitement at the opportunity to build truly great companies in China. With that goal in mind, we invest in fast growing, young companies across the country, with a particular focus on the critical and dynamic sectors of:


Chinese Renaissance Capital Investment founded in 2005, is a leading alternative investment management firm that focuses on investment opportunities across a broad range of industries in Greater China.


WR Hambrecht + Co continues to identify markets where auctions will benefit investors and issuers. WR Hambrecht + Co provides underwriting and advisory services for technology and emerging growth companies, as well as equity research, sales and trading, brokerage and private equity offerings.