Ray Yang

Ray Yang is the Partner of Marathon Venture Partners， a China based Healthcare and Fintech focused early to growth stage fund. Before Marathon Venture Partners， Ray was a managing director at Northern Light Venture Capital， an early stage venture capital firm leading NLVC’s healthcare and fintech investments; he was an investment director at Orchid Asia Group and helped establish its China operations. Ray led a series of successful investments including China Distance Education （NYSE: DL）， Ganso （a leading bakery chain）， Autohome （NYSE: ATHM）， Thundersoft （Chinext: 300496）， and many of the leading fintech companies such as Sinolending; Qunxing Financial， Gevent Financial Service， Credible， Ejsino， and Shulaibao. Ray has ten years of government and multinational corporation experience before entering into the venture capital sector. Ray was a commodity trader at Louis Dreyfus Corporation， focusing on agriculture commodities. Prior to that， he was a vice commercial consul for the Consulate General of China （Houston， TX） and he worked at the Ministry of Commerce （Beijing） as a manager in the Economic & Commercial offices of the Chinese Embassies and Consulates. Ray graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade （SIFT）， and has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Ray is a Guest Professor of SIFT and is a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board. He is also a fellow of Aspen Institute.