Positioning
Strategic resources and disruptive technologies for future-facing emerging industries
About Us
About GoldenSand Capital
GoldenSand Capital focuses on disruptive technologies and industrialized innovation, with a mission to build world-class emerging industries.
About GoldenSand Capital
Strategic resources and disruptive technologies for future-facing emerging industries
The GoldenSand fund brand was co-founded by Sonny Wu and Lin Renjun in 2004. In 2017, GoldenSand evolved into three independent and complementary teams. GoldenSand Capital continues to focus on disruptive technologies and industrialized innovation, pursuing the mission of building world-class emerging industries.
GoldenSand is a river that keeps moving forward with resilience, flowing toward the Yangtze River and the world. It represents a team that embraces innovation and invests in future-facing emerging industries to serve the global market.
Over the years, the GoldenSand team has led investments in LatticePower, Silevo Solar, Huizhi Microelectronics, and Ronbay Technology, and has pursued projects such as the attempted acquisition of Philips Lumileds. These cases represent our commitment to innovation and emerging industry development.
GoldenSand Capital has offices in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Mission
Building world-class emerging industries
Industrial Alliance
Building strategic industrial alliances and using technology to support global carbon neutrality.
Compliance Boundary
Website content is provided for company introduction and general information only and does not constitute investment advice.
Team Network
The core team has long-term experience in semiconductors, new energy, and industrial capital projects.
Offices
Beijing and Hong Kong offices connect China with global industrial resources.
Investment Philosophy
Investment Philosophy: Strategic Resources and Disruptive Technologies
The firm focuses on new energy, third-generation semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare.
New Energy
Long-term deployment around lithium resources, cathode materials, solid-state batteries, energy storage, vehicle-grid interaction, and the energy internet.
Third-Generation Semiconductors
Focus on key technologies including SiC/GaN, power chips, GaN RF devices, millimeter wave, and LiDAR.
Advanced Manufacturing
Support for complete vehicle design, industrial equipment, advanced materials, and industrialization capabilities.
Healthcare
Special-purpose healthcare funds, medical equipment, pharmaceutical R&D, and related industrial resource coordination.
Honors
Historical Honors of the GoldenSand Brand
- Zero2IPO 2013 China Venture Capital Institutions Top 10
- Zero2IPO 2013 China Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Institutions Top 10
- Zero2IPO 2014 China Venture Capital Institutions Top 50
- Zero2IPO 2014 China Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Institutions Top 50
- Zero2IPO 2015 China Venture Capital Institutions Top 50
- Zero2IPO 2015 China Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Institutions Top 30
- Zero2IPO 2015 China Advanced Manufacturing Investment Institutions Top 10
- ChinaVenture 2015 Best Venture Capital Institutions in China, No. 23
- ChinaVenture 2015 Best Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Institutions in China, No. 13
- ChinaVenture 2015 Best Mobile Internet VC Institutions in China, No. 5
- Zero2IPO 2016 China VC Institution Ranking, No. 27
- ChinaVenture 2016 Best Venture Capital Institutions in China, No. 39
- ChinaVenture 2016 Best Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Institutions in China, No. 17
- CBN Weekly 2016 Best Venture Capital Institution in China, No. 1
- ChinaVenture 2016 Advanced Manufacturing and High-Tech Industry Best Advanced Manufacturing Investment Cases TOP10: Huizhi Microelectronics and Zero Zero Infinity Technology
- Sonny Wu received the China International Cooperation Investor Award most worthy of recommendation to the world from the China International Private Equity Alliance and China International Private Equity Forum.
- GoldenSand portfolio company Ronbay Technology was included in the 2018 China's 50 Most Investment-Worthy Companies list.
- Selected as Best Private Equity Investment Institution by the Boao Enterprise Forum in 2021 and 2022.
Milestones
History
The timeline covers fund launches, special-purpose funds, and industry funds.
Sonny Wu and Lin Renjun co-founded the GoldenSand fund brand.
USD Fund I, US$75 million.
USD Fund II, US$212 million.
USD Fund III, US$383 million; RMB Fund I, RMB 400 million.
USD Fund IV, US$354 million.
Opportunity Fund, US$133 million.
RMB Fund II, RMB 1 billion.
Industrial Upgrade Fund, RMB 1 billion; special-purpose healthcare project fund.
Special-purpose lithium battery cathode materials fund; special-purpose lithium resources fund.
Special-purpose pharmaceutical R&D project fund; special-purpose medical equipment project fund.
Special-purpose chip design fund; special-purpose third-generation semiconductor chip design fund; third-generation semiconductor opportunity fund.
