Fellow
Prof. James ZHANG, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance;
Associate Professor of Science Practice, School of Science,
HKUST
Co-Founder & Partner of Formation 8,
Co-Founder of WaterCare Technologies, Modular Bioscience, BioConsortia and Mendel Biotechnology
Professor James Zhang is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in both US and greater China. Currently, Professor Zhang is Advisor to Chairman and former Chief Investment Officer of Great Eagle Holdings, and a Venture Partner of the GRC Fund and VU Venture Partners. Prior, Professor Zhang was a cofounder and partner of Formation 8, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm with over $1B under management and early backer of unicorns like Oculus VR, Wish.com, Oscar Health, OpenGov, and Blend Labs. Before co-founding Formation 8, Professor Zhang was a Venture Partner at Softbank China Venture Capital and at Khosla Ventures, two of the most distinguished venture capital firms in greater China and US, respectively. As a biotechnologist, Professor Zhang was a co-founder of China based WaterCare Technologies, and Silicon Valley based Modular Bioscience, BioConsortia and Mendel Biotechnology. Other notable investments include LanzaTech and Rancher Labs.
Company Description
WaterCare technologies apply state of the art technologies such as 3D scanning, computer vision recognition, artificial intelligence (AI), and 3D printing technologies to revolutionize oral hygiene. WaterCare device will be the very first completely personalized and individualized personal electronic device in the world!
https://fina.hkust.edu.hk/faculty/directory/jameszhang