We back founders that shatter the rate of innovation.

A pre-seed to Series A deep tech venture capital firm. We deploy capital and operator depth to build life-sciences infrastructure, reindustrialize America, and define the future of human–machine interaction.

StagePre-seed to Series A
Check size$100K to $2M
FocusLife-sciences infrastructure · American reindustrialization · Human–machine interaction
Why Us

Operator depth for the deep tech founders we back.

Two decades of running real businesses across biopharma distribution, cross-border supply chain, manufacturing, and platform trading inform every check we write. For deep tech founders building in biotech and life sciences, our affiliated operating company is one of China’s leading biopharma distribution platforms, with direct access to over 1,000 pharma, biotech, CRO, CDMO, and research buyers across Asia. For hard-tech and human–machine interaction founders, we bring operator pattern recognition on the surfaces that decide whether a deep tech venture turns into a real company: manufacturing, regulation, distribution, and cross-border execution. See how we partner →

Selected Investments

Three focus areas. One kind of founder.

A concentrated active deep tech book. Specifics on terms, valuations, and competitive details are not disclosed publicly.

How We Help

Four progressively deeper ways to engage.

Founders engage Yan Ventures and our operating partner at four levels of depth, determined by fit with our investment thesis and product catalog. See the full partnership model →

01

Candid operator feedback.

A working conversation with a team that has actually run the kind of business you’re building. Open to any company that reaches out.

02

Customer discovery & PMF validation.

Our operating partner’s sales team surveys real pharma, biotech, CRO, and CDMO buyers across Asia to test live demand.

03

Product demos in China.

Hands-on demos with end users at CDMOs and pharma companies in one of the world’s largest biopharma markets.

04

Asia distribution partnership.

Our operating partner becomes your commercial motor across China: regulatory, logistics, sales, and customer success.

Get in touch

More than a check. More than a deck.

We hold concentrated, move at founder speed, and bring twenty years of operator depth across biopharma, manufacturing, and cross-border execution. If you’re building deep tech toward a long-term problem that matters, send us a paragraph. We respond the same week.

jesse [at] yanvc [dot] com