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Silk Road VC

VC
Manchester, UKWebsite

Silk Road VC is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Manchester, UK investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on backing ambitious retail and e-commerce startups reshaping the omni-channel customer journey.

How Silk Road VC invests

Silk Road VC is a vc firm based in Manchester, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in SaaS.

Silk Road VC typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Silk Road VC has backed 1 company in our records, including Urban Goods.

Meet the Team

JG

Jian Gong

Senior Executive Director

NZ

Nan Zheng

Director

ML

Mengou Liang

Investment Director

SH

Shan He

Director

SW

Shu Wu

Director

YW

Yao Wu

Director

MC

Martin Cooper

Managing Partner

e-commerce
retail

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

SaaS

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

UR

Urban Goods

e-commerce
How to pitch Silk Road VC
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jian Gong, Senior Executive Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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