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Nisa Leung (Chinese:梁颕宇 or 梁颖宇) is a venture capitalist and managing partner at Qiming Venture Partners. She has been named on the Forbes Midas List for six consecutive years since 2019.[1][2][3][4][5] and ranked top 2 in Best Women Venture Capitalists by Forbes China for three successive years since 2021.[6][7][8] She was awarded The Fortune Most Powerful Women Asia (MPW Asia) in 2024 by Fortune Asia and The Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune China from 2022 to 2024.[9] Nisa is widely known as China's leading investor in healthcare.[10][11][12][13]

Education

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Nisa earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2001 with an MBA.

Career

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Nisa started her career in healthcare investment after realizing there was a lack of advanced therapeutics in China when her family was seeking treatments for her distant uncle, who was diagnosed with liver cancer.[14][15]

Prior to joining Qiming Venture Partners in 2006, she co-founded Biomedic Holdings, which had operations and investments in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and health care services in China including Novamed Pharmaceuticals (acquired by SciClone NASDAQ:SCLN) and U-Systems (acquired by GE Healthcare). She was also Venture Partner of PacRim Ventures in Menlo Park and was previously with Softbank/Mobius Venture Capital.[16]

Nisa sits on the board of Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB; HKSE:9688), Caidya, Belief BioMed, Alamar Biosciences, Pluslife, Horizone, SinoUnited Health among others. Her other investments include Gan & Lee (SSE:603087), Cansino Biologics (SSE:688185; HKSE:6185), SinoCellTech (SSE:688520), Sino Biological (SZSE:301047), Schrödinger (NASDAQ:SDGR) , Structure Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GPCR), Berry Genomics (SZSE:000710), CITIC Pharma (acquired by Shanghai Pharmaceutical HKSE: 2607), Apollomics (NASDAQ:APLM), Crown Bioscience (acquired by JSR Life Sciences), Aeonmed, Novast, Nurotron, Origene Technologies (acquired by VCAN Bio SSE:600645), MedX, Goodwill (SSE:688246), Insilico Medicine, Jacobio (HKSE:1167), Hope Medicine, Chain Medical Labs, Sinotau, Zencore Biologics, Cognitact, Silicon Gene, Vision Pro, Thorough Future among others.

Nisa is recognized as playing a key role in China's biotech boom and innovation.[17][18]

She serves as Independent Non-executive Director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.[19] She is also a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School,[20] Stanford University International Advisory Council member,[21] Council Member of China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Development Association (PhIRDA), Founding Member and Chair of Pharmaceutical Innovation Investment Specialty Committee of PhIRDA. [22]. Nisa is also the Chair of Future Forum in 2023-2024.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 54 Nisa Leung". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ^ Flannery, Russell. "Mom's Encouragement Lands China Healthcare Investor On 2020 Forbes Midas List". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. ^ Standard, The. "Qiming's Duane Kuang, Nisa Leung named on 2021 Forbes Midas List". The Standard. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  4. ^ "Nisa Leung". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  5. ^ "The Midas List 2023". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  6. ^ Forbes China (2023-01-16). "福布斯中国2023女性创投人20揭晓：用敏锐、坚韧应对不确定性". Forbes China 福布斯中国.
  7. ^ Forbes China (2022-03-24). "福布斯中国发布2022年中国女性创投人20". Forbes China 福布斯中国.
  8. ^ Forbes China (2023-04-19). "2018福布斯中国最佳女性创投人TOP25". Forbes China 福布斯中国.
  9. ^ "梁颕宇". 财富中文网 (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  10. ^ Wang, Catherine. "How China's Leading Female Healthcare Investor Backs Billion-Dollar Biotech Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  11. ^ Ngui, Yantoultra; Daga, Anshuman; Ngui, Yantoultra (2022-09-27). "'Overinvested' China healthcare sector set for shake up, top venture fund says". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  12. ^ "NISA LEUNG : Pioneering HK investor driven by improving lives and world-changing technologies". www.hkstpnewsroom.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  13. ^ Forbes China (2021-04-15). "连续三年唯一上榜的中国医疗健康投资人，启明创投梁颕宇怎么看投资机会 | 全球最佳创投人榜". Forbes China 福布斯中国.
  14. ^ "Investing in China: It's Still "the Wild, Wild West"". Stanford Graduate School of Business. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  15. ^ Wang, Catherine. "How China's Leading Female Healthcare Investor Backs Billion-Dollar Biotech Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  16. ^ "Nisa Leung | Qiming Venture Partners". www.qimingvc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  17. ^ Capital, TrueBridge. "The Midas List 2022: Return Of The Top Female Investors". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  18. ^ "创业迷梁颕宇，批量收割医疗投资 | 界面 · 财经号". m.jiemian.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  19. ^ "LEUNG Nisa Bernice Wing-Yu". www.hkexgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  20. ^ "HarvardKey - Harvard University Authentication Service". www.pin1.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  21. ^ "Advisory Council Members". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  22. ^ "专委会". www.phirda.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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