Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Dr. Qi Lu works for Microsoft as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu leads Microsoft’s efforts in search and online advertising and all the company’s online information and communications services. Dr. Lu reports directly to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.

Dr. Qi Lu has also served as executive vice president of

engineering for Search and Advertising Technology Group at Yahoo where he leads development efforts around Yahoo's Web search and monetization platforms.

Prior to joining Yahoo in 1998, Dr. Lu was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. Before that, Dr. Lu worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a Research Associate, and at Fudan University in China as a faculty member. He holds 20 U.S. patents, and received his B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Fudan University and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Number of Investments 3
Qi Lu has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Jacobi Robot on Aug 18, 2023, when
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Aug 18, 2023
Jacobi Robot
Yes
Seed Round - Jacobi Robot
Aug 1, 2021
AiMall
Series A - AiMall
Mar 16, 2009
Cloudera
No
Series A - Cloudera
$5M
Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 26, 2021
Merico
MiraclePlus
Yes
Series A - Merico
$12.4M
Sep 30, 2021
Matterverse
MiraclePlus
Yes
Pre Seed Round - Matterverse
$350K
May 30, 2021
PaXini Tech
MiraclePlus
Yes
Pre Seed Round - PaXini Tech
$500K
Number of Exits 
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Qi Lu has exit - Cloudera.
  • Cloudera Cloudera is a software development company that offers data management and cloud-native data analytic solutions.
Number of Past Jobs 5
Qi Lu has had 5 past jobs including COO and Group President at Baidu.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Baidu
COO and Group PresidentJan 2017May 2018
Microsoft
President, Online Services Group20082017
Yahoo
Executive Vice President of Engineering for Search and Search MarketingNov 2006Aug 2008
IBM
Research Staff Member19961998
Y Combinator
CEO, YC China and Head, YC ResearchAug 1, 2018
Number of News Articles 442
Funding RoundAug 18, 2023
Jacobi Robot raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from Qi Lu
Funding RoundAug 1, 2021
AiMall raised an undisclosed amount / Series A from New World Development and 3 other investors
NewsNov 21, 2019
NewsMay 21, 2018
NewsMay 18, 2018
NewsNov 15, 2017