Legend venture group was officially established, vote in cloud computing, artificial intelligence-Lenovo $ 500 million venture, Association-IT information

On May 4, Lenovo's venture capital group, formally established in Beijing today. Meanwhile, Lenovo's venture capital fund announced officially launched, contains $ 500 million investment includes: cloud computing + data + artificial intelligence robot, + Internet, consumer promotion, focusing on core technologies, global market for technology-oriented venture.

It is reported that as early as March 18, Senior Vice President of Lenovo, He Zhiqiang published an internal mail, announced that Lenovo will set up a new "Lenovo's venture capital group" layout by means of investment and incubation leading edge science and technology, promote the Lenovo innovation development in the future.

Among them, He Zhiqiang served as President of Lenovo's venture capital group. Lenovo venture capital groups including associations Fund, investment management and investment business.

He Zhiqiang this Lenovo venture will focus on the core areas of technology and Internet investment, global technology ventures. The same day, legend ventures II Fund was officially launched, contains $ 500 million investment includes: cloud computing + data + artificial intelligence robots, upgrade + Internet, consumption, etc.

He Zhiqiang also said the Association by Association of venture Accelerator, venture capital, strategic investments and investment management, a subsidiary of an entire chain of business architecture. Lenovo "subsidiary hatch" form, bring in outside venture capital, promoting the development of innovative businesses.

The 2016 fiscal year, Lenovo Group "subsidiary hatch" form, bring in outside venture capital, promoting the development of innovative businesses. At present, legend Ventures Group incubator company-eggplants, Lenovo, Lenovo knows the cloud communications, national certification, Medical Association, Association of finance wisdom, Lenovo smart glasses and so on.

Le General Manager, Vice President of Lenovo, Lenovo introduced Song Chunyu, Lenovo's venture capital investment to make games, open science and technology (Face++), StyleWe, and, together, and ZAKER, listening technology, SMARTX over more than 40 enterprises.

He Zhiqiang said that core technology to promote social development trends will be more obvious, Lenovo core competence of VC investment as a core technology, investment and support more innovative core technology businesses.

In Lenovo create voted has investment of more than 40 more than excellent enterprise in the, has core technology of enterprise over 80%, including open depending on technology (Face++) of Deep Learning people face recognition and artificial intelligence technology, and SMARTX of enterprise cloud storage computing, and Nok Nok Labs of Internet biological features security certification technology, and business sent of electric business SaaS platform, listening technology of intelligent router operating system newifi OS, and points Le/joint create interactive/ Questionnaire of mobile advertising data, Hui-banking APP for robots based on financial data information management investment platform, small (StyleWe) buy robot hand based on data and precision marketing designers and so on.

In addition, Lenovo venture new Lenovo Accelerator based in Hong Kong, Shenzhen base, global services for technology entrepreneurs. Lenovo accelerators focus on early-stage entrepreneurs, focusing on core areas of technology and TMT, the first phase of the project will cooperate and Hong Kong Cyberport, focusing on supporting core technology areas of outstanding entrepreneurial team, will start June 15 global recruitment.

Lenovo venture also said, has been in the United States Silicon Valley, Israel and investments in innovative technologies, investing in Silicon Valley biometric authentication company Nok Nok Labs, and Israel VC CPI and so on.

The launch event, He Zhiqiang detail Lenovo venture "personnel when potential" investment philosophy and the "four cardinal principles" investment strategy. Stick to their investment logic, independent view value investment philosophy, quality, superior selection, selection of the best companies insist on casting core technology; stick with a forward-looking vision of future.

联想创投集团正式成立，5亿美元主投云计算、人工智能 - 联想创投,联想 - IT资讯

5月4日消息，联想创投集团今天正式在北京成立。同时，联想创投宣布二期基金正式启动，包含5亿美元，投资方向主要为：云计算+大数据；人工智能+机器人、+互联网、消费升级等，专注核心技术、面向全球市场进行科技创投。

据悉，早在今年3月18日，联想集团高级副总裁贺志强就发布了一封内部邮件，宣布联想将成立新的“联想创投集团”，通过投资和孵化手段布局前沿科技，推动联想未来的创新发展。

其中，贺志强担任联想创投集团总裁。联想创投集团包括联想乐基金、投资管理部及部分投资业务。

据贺志强今天介绍，联想创投将专注于核心技术和互联网领域投资，将面向全球进行科技创投。当天，联想创投二期基金正式启动，包含5亿美元，投资方向主要为：云计算+大数据；人工智能+机器人、+互联网、消费升级等。

贺志强还表示，联想创投将通过联想加速器、风险投资、战略投资及投后管理、子公司等构成全链条的业务架构。联想采用“子公司孵化“的形式，引入外部风险投资，推进创新业务的发展。

2016财年，联想集团采用“子公司孵化“的形式，引入外部风险投资，推进创新业务的发展。目前，联想创投集团孵化的子公司有茄子快传、联想云、联想懂的通信、国民认证、联想金融、联想智慧医疗、联想智能眼镜等。

联想集团副总裁、联想乐基金总经理宋春雨介绍，联想创投已投资乐逗游戏、旷视科技（Face++）、StyleWe、商派、ZAKER、谛听科技、SMARTX等40多家企业。

贺志强表示，核心技术推动社会发展的趋势将越加明显，联想创投将把核心技术投资作为核心竞争力，投资与扶持更多的创新型核心技术企业。

在联想创投已投资的40多家优秀企业中，拥有核心技术的企业超过80%，包括旷视科技（Face++）的Deep Learning人脸识别与人工智能技术、SMARTX的企业云存储计算技术、Nok Nok Labs的互联网生物特征安全认证技术、商派的电商SaaS平台，谛听科技的智能路由器操作系统newifi OS、点乐/联创互动/问卷网的移动广告大数据、慧理财APP基于金融大数据的机器人资管投顾平台、细刻（StyleWe）基于大数据的机器人买手和精准营销设计师电商等。

此外，联想创投新设立了联想加速器，以香港、深圳为根据地，服务全球科技创业者。联想加速器聚焦早期创业者，专注核心技术和TMT领域，第一期项目将和香港数码港合作，重点扶持核心技术领域的优秀创业团队，将于6月15日开始全球招募。

联想创投还表示，目前已在美国硅谷、以色列等地进行了创新技术投资，投资了硅谷的生物特征认证公司Nok Nok Labs、以色列VC CPI等等。

发布会现场，贺志强详细阐述了联想创投“人事势时”的投资理念和“四个坚持”的投资策略。坚持自己的投资逻辑，独立判断；坚持价值投资的理念，以质取胜，优中选优，精选出最优秀的公司；坚持投核心技术；坚持用前瞻性的眼光判断未来。