The team.

Ron Cao, Managing Director

Ron Cao is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lightspeed China Partners (LCP), a leading China-focused early-stage venture capital firm with investments in Internet, mobile, services, and information technology Previously, Ron was Managing Director with Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) and started the firm’s China operations in 2006. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, LSVP manages over $2B in assets and has offices globally. Prior to that, Ron was a Managing Director of KLM Capital, a cross-border venture firm with offices in Silicon Valley and China, where he primarily focused on investments in early-stage technology companies. Ron also worked at Intel as a marketing executive in the Mobile and Handheld Products Group and contributed to the successful launch of the mobile Pentium III processor. He also served as an operations manager focusing on ramping up leading-edge manufacturing processes.

With over ten years of venture capital experience in both US and China, Ron has been involved with investments in China Vocational Training, GMedia, LuckyPai (acquired by Lotte), MediaV, MetroWave (acquired by IPG Photonics), Opulan Technologies (acquired by Atheros), PCH International, ShareWave (acquired by Cirrus Logic), Teralane Semiconductors, and Tujia.

Ron received both his B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ron serves as a board member of Maitian Education Foundation and is a venture advisor to the Shanghai Yangpu District KIC Project. In 2011, Ron was named by Forbes China as one of the “Top 50 Chinese Venture Capitalists”.

曹大容, 董事总经理

曹大容先生是光速中国创业投资基金(光速中国)的创始人兼董事总经理。光速中国是一家专注于中国市场早期创业投资的领先基金，投资领域包括互联网、移动互联网、消费服务和信息技术等。在创立光速中国之前，曹先生是美国光速创业投资基金(美国光速)的董事总经理，并于2006年创建其中国分公司。美国光速总部在美国硅谷，管理着超过20亿美金的资金，并且在全球设立了多个办公室。在美国光速之前，曹先生曾在KLM Capital基金担任董事总经理一职，主要负责公司在硅谷和中国的早期技术项目投资。曹先生曾在英特尔公司担任移动和手持设备产品部的营销高管，成功推动了英特尔移动奔腾III处理器的发布。他还曾担任英特尔公司生产运营部经理，负责大规模应用领先的生产制造流程。

曹先生在美国硅谷和中国具有十几年风险投资管理经验，投资的公司包括北方汽修、银河传媒、乐拍电视购物（被乐天并购）、聚胜万合、MetroWave (被IPG Photonics [IPGP] 收购)、普然科技(被Atheros [ATHR] 收购)、PCH International、ShareWave (被Cirrus Logic [CRUS] 收购)、天利半导体以及途家网。

曹先生拥有麻省理工学院电子工程与计算机科学学士及硕士学位。曹先生同时也是麦田教育基金会理事和上海杨浦区创智天地创业导师。2011年，曹先生被福布斯中国誉为“中国最佳风险投资人50强”之一。