FOUNTAIN VENTURES
FOUNTAIN VENTURES · TEAM

Operators who have shipped hardware at volume

Founders, builders and investors across the U.S. and China. Between us we have shipped over a million hardware units, built and sold robotics companies, and worked inside the engineering teams at Apple and Tesla.

THE TEAM

Tree Wan

FOUNDING PARTNER · SF & SHENZHEN

Serial entrepreneur — strategy, infrastructure and fundraising. Product at Tencent; founder of SEE (Sequoia, IDG, Tencent); founder of Speedfox Robotics (acquired 2023). Over one million hardware units shipped. 50+ patents; A' Design Award and MUSE Design Award winner.

William Li

GENERAL PARTNER · SF

Product and technology across the platform, and investment decisions. Apple AirPods hardware (patent holder) and Tesla Cybertruck engineering; co-founder and CPO of consumer robotics company Pebble; currently leads body and supply chain at a leading robotics lab.

Tiantian Zhang

GENERAL PARTNER · SF

U.S. operations, community and dealflow. Co-founder and CPO of Vue Smart Glasses (8 years) and Vigo Technologies; hardware and longevity angel, Daring Ventures LP. MIPD, UPenn; Forbes 30 Under 30.

Elina Wu

HEAD OF CHINA OPERATIONS · SHENZHEN

China programs and Shenzhen operations. Former investor at Matrix Partners China, then global commercialization lead at Xiaohongshu (RED); founding team of the Chuhai Alumni network.

Bob Li

HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN & MASS PRODUCTION · SHENZHEN

EVT / DVT / PVT engineering pipeline, supplier network and production ramp. Former supply chain and hardware engineering lead at HAX China; entrepreneurship lecturer at NYU.

Alex Pei

ROBOTICS EXPERT

Robot embodiment and field deployment. Previously led embodiment data collection and industrial deployment at LEJU Robotics.

WHERE WE SIT

Three places, one loop.

SILICON VALLEY

San Francisco

Founders, frontier labs, capital and market. Where category narrative and pricing power form. Ventures and the U.S. team sit here.

SHENZHEN

Physical AI House

1,500+ m² of engineering floor with a resident PMO. The complete electronics ecosystem within a 50 km radius; 500+ factories and 60+ T1 suppliers.

SINGAPORE

Data & compliance

Where data products are QC'd, labelled and contracted, and compliant core components are routed.

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