Ron Cao is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lightspeed China Partners (LCP), a leading China-focused early-stage venture capital firm with investments in Internet, mobile, services, and information technology Previously, Ron was Managing Director with Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) and started the firm’s China operations in 2006. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, LSVP manages over $2B in assets and has offices globally. Prior to that, Ron was a Managing Director of KLM Capital, a cross-border venture firm with offices in Silicon Valley and China, where he primarily focused on investments in early-stage technology companies. Ron also worked at Intel as a marketing executive in the Mobile and Handheld Products Group and contributed to the successful launch of the mobile Pentium III processor. He also served as an operations manager focusing on ramping up leading-edge manufacturing processes.

With over ten years of venture capital experience in both US and China, Ron has been involved with investments in GMedia, Kaiyuan, LuckyPai (acquired by Lotte), MediaV, MetroWave (acquired by IPG Photonics), Opulan Technologies (acquired by Atheros), PCH International, ShareWave (acquired by Cirrus Logic), and Teralane Semiconductors.

With strong backgrounds in company operations and entrepreneurship, the partners of Lightspeed China Partners are committed to helping a new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs become industry leaders, create world-class companies and have societal impact. LCP′s current portfolio includes Meilele, Rong360, TasteV, and Tujia.com.

Ron received both his B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ron serves as a board member of Maitian Education Foundation and is a venture advisor to the Shanghai Yangpu District KIC Project. In 2011, Ron was named by Forbes China as one of the “Top 50 Chinese Venture Capitalists”.