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WI Harper Group

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WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and early expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.

It was founded in 1993 and claimed, as of 2008, 15 IPOs from over 90 investments. WI Harper manages seven funds and over $750M in invested capital through 19 dedicated investment professionals located in Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco.

The firm’s focus is technology, clean technology and healthcare. Its track record includes [http://www.crunchbase.com/company/divx DivX], Focus Media, Vizio, SiRF and Commerce One.

In 2011, it [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wi-harper-group-announces-closing-of-wih-fund-7–innovation-works-development-fund-128873133.html?ispopup=y invested], according to unnamed sources, 70% of the money in the [http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/innovation-works-china Innovation Works] Development Fund (which it co-manages), China’s premier incubator for tech start-ups.

Recent Milestones

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  WI Harper Group invested in Think Big Analytics. (2/5/13)
  Posted 2/5/13 at 7:34pm via venturebeat.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Roam & Wander. (1/7/13)
  Posted 1/8/13 at 3:08am via finsmes.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in nWay. (10/1/12)
  Posted 2/13/13 at 7:24pm via wsj.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Full Circle CRM. (9/13/12)
  Posted 9/13/12 at 5:13am via prweb.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Wallaby Financial. (8/30/12)
  Posted 8/30/12 at 5:41am via techcrunch.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in AdMaster. (7/27/12)
  Posted 7/27/12 at 4:16am via freshnews.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Quixey. (6/7/12)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 5:09am via techcrunch.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Triptrotting. (5/22/12)
  Posted 5/29/12 at 9:20am via women2.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Leiyoo. (12/20/11)
  Posted 12/20/11 at 7:36pm via techcrunch.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in SNSplus. (11/28/11)
  Posted 11/28/11 at 8:30pm via techcrunch.com
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  WI Harper Group — Invested in Innovation Works (www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/innovation-works-china) (9/1/11)
  Posted 1/7/13 at 8:54pm via prnewswire.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Quixey. (8/29/11)
  Posted 8/29/11 at 12:41am via techcrunch.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Wuhan Kindstar Diagnostics. (6/29/11)
  Posted 6/29/11 at 8:15pm via finsmes.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in Jiubang Digital Technology Co.. (7/6/10)
  Posted 10/29/10 at 3:54am
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  WI Harper Group invested in Laszlo Systems. (1/25/10)
  Posted 1/26/10 at 6:33am via venturebeat.com
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  WI Harper Group invested in CTC Technical Fabrics. (1/25/10)
  Posted 1/25/10 at 9:20pm via finsmes.com

Investments

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1. WI Harper Group Closes WIH Fund 7 at $110M (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. WI Harper Group Announces Closing of WIH Fund 7 & Innovation Works Development Fund (prnewswire.com) [edit]
3. WI Harper raises $133 million venture fund Read (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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WI Harper Group Announces Closing of WIH Fund 7 & Innovation Works Development Fund (prnewswire.com) [edit]
9. Think Big Analytics nabs $3M to help you with Hadoop (venturebeat.com) [edit]
10. Roam & Wander Receives Series A Investment (finsmes.com) [edit]
11. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/02/07/the-daily-startup-investors-back-nway-and-its-gaming-rockstars/ (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
12. Full Circle CRM Secures $500K of Seed Funding Led by WI Harper Group (prweb.com) [edit]
13. Wallaby Raises $1.1 Million For Cloud-Based, Universal Credit Card (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. WI HARPER GROUP LEADS SERIES B ROUND FOR ADMASTER (freshnews.com) [edit]
15. Fast-Growing App Search Engine Quixey Raises $20 Million Series B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. Triptrotting Fonders Raise $1.8M For “eHarmony For Like-Minded Travelers And Locals” (women2.com) [edit]
17. HTML5 Games Developer Leiyoo Raises Funding From Innovation Works, WI Harper Group (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. WI Harper Group, Matrix Partners Invest $12.5 Million In Social Games Maker SNS Plus (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. Quixey Raises $3.8 Million For A Functional Search Engine For Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Wuhan Kindstar Diagnostics Raises $11M in Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
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22. Laszlo Systems raises $3M to integrate internet applications (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
23. China, CTC Technical Fabrics Closes First Round of Equity Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
24. Mail.com Raises $35 Million in Fourth Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
25. Chemclin Raises $16.5 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
26. Ooma gets $16M in 3rd round (washington.bizjournals.com) [edit]
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29. Cnano raises $6M for carbon nanotubes (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
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31. Team and Concepts Raises $1.25million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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34. PayEase gets $14.5M for SMS mobile payment service in China (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
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37. eBots, Inc. Raises $4 Million in Series A Financing (ultriva.com) [edit]
38. DiBcom Raises EUR 24.5M Round to Extend Mobile TV Leadership. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
39. Zetera Corp. Completes $13.5 Million Series A Financing; Warburg Pincus and WI Harper Group Back Storage Networking Innovator (findarticles.com) [edit]
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42. DivXNetworks Closes $6 Million In Second Round Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]