Taishan Invest AG is proud to announce its award as 'Most Respectable Angel Fund in China' by Founders Magazine, a highly influential magazine in the entrepreneurs' and investors' circle.

Since its foundation in 2008, Taishan Invest AG has established a remarkable track-record in China's Angel and Early Stage Investment Industry. It has also proven for the first time that a Business Angel Fund in China is able to hit high returns on investments. With this track-record, Taishan is able to attract the best entrepreneurs to start their ventures as partnerships from the first day.

Taishan Invest AG has invested in more than 15 companies and already realized (partial) exits in 3 ventures. The current portfolio companies include.

www.lashou.com - China's No. 1 GroupBuying website that has accomplished its Series C financing last month at a company valuation of more than 1,1bn USD. Taishan was Lashou's first investor in 2010 and actively supported their growth from 20 employees and a few hundred thousand RMB of revenue to more than 3000 employees and an annual run rate of several hundred million USD today.

www.vipstore.com - China's No. 1 luxury flash sales company with a business model similar to Gilt or Vente Privee. Taishan co-founded the company with a top class management end of 2009 from scratch. Today, more than 150 in China, the US and Europe are employed and their annual run rate is a significant 2 digit million USD amount showing strong growth on a month by month basis.

www.ushi.cn - China's No. 1 social business website that has the potential to become the LinkedIn of China. Taishan is a Founding Member and supported the company from its first day.

www.marry10.com - a leading one-stop-shop for weddings. More than 10 million couples get married in China every year; Marry10 offers them the best solutions from choosing their wedding locations, their wedding photo shootings and buying their wedding dresses.

'If you look at the current developments in China, it is obvious that the GDP growth shows a lot of potential - moreover, the number of internet and mobile users who like to spend time and money online is rapidly increasing. This makes it very interesting for us to invest into the growing online consumer spending. Of course, it is also a highly complex and competitive market but we have build a great network and track-record in this area, which helps us to make our portfolio companies grow faster than the competition', said Sebastian Kübler, Founding Partner of Taishan Invest AG.

About
Taishan Invest AG (www.taishanangel.com) is the first Business Angel Fund in China and invests into high growth 'seed and early stage' startups. It was jointly founded in 2008 by top class serial entrepreneurs from China and Europe and is headed by Raymond Lei Yang and Sebastian Kübler. Close partners and investors include Mountain Partners Group, Ringier AG, Chinese Founders Fund as well as several Family Offices.

Contact:
Sebastian Kübler
Founding Partner Taishan Invest AG
sebastian.kubler@taishanangel.com