VC Investing in Projects with Usability and Sustainability, Rui Zhang, gumi Cryptos Capital

Rui Zhang, CFA, CPA, Co-founder & Managing Partner of gumi Cryptos Capital.

Rui co-founded gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) at the beginning of 2018. Through gCC, he invested in the early rounds of companies and protocols including OpenSea, Qredo, YGG, 1Inch, Agoric, Celsius, etc.

Recently he launched $110million gCC Fund II, continuously investing in the early stage blockchain and crypto sector.

Before gCC, Rui led the global investment of gumi Group, investing in gaming, social media, VR&AR markets, with successful investments including inXile (acquired by Microsoft), Beat Games (via VR Fund, acquired by Facebook), Theta Network, etc.

Rui also had his successful entrepreneurship experience before getting into VC industry. After about 7 years banking and consulting firm experience in his early career, he co- founded Zenith Group Holdings, which successfully exited via acquisition.