Lanchi Ventures (LCV; ) is a Chinese venture capital (VC) firm that focuses on early stage companies and is headquartered in Beijing and Singapore. It was previously the China arm of BlueRun Ventures (BRV).
As of 2024, Lanchi Ventures has invested in over 200 companies.
Background
The origins of LCV can be traced to Nokia Venture Partners, a VC platform established by Nokia in 1998.[1]
In early 2005, Nokia Venture Partners was spun off into an independent firm called BlueRun Ventures which is based in Menlo Park, California.[1][2] The name change was done to prevent confusing people that it was still connected to Nokia although Nokia remained an investor in its funds.[2] BRV invested in PayPal