Venture Capital, Chinese Neil Shen Tops The Midas List 2018

2017 was a contrasting year for venture capital.

On one hand, some detestable cases of sexual harrassments came to light and triggered an earthquake in the industry whose effects will resonate for years.

On the other hand, the industry continued to show strong growth. As an example, in the U.S., $84 billion were invested in 8,035 companies across 8,076 deals, the highest annual amount of capital deployed to the entrepreneurial ecosystem since the early 2000’s, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.

But that’s just an example. The Midas List 2018, presented by Forbes in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners, shows that China is rising and represents an increasing slice of the global venture capital industry.
#1 Neil Shen, Founding Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital China, marks the first time a Chinese national has reached the top of the list. In addition, sixteen members of the list are either Chinese nationals or based in the country. Shen reached the top position after Ppdai Group went public in November 2017.
#2 is Bill Gurley, General Partner of Benchmark, which sold about $900m of its Uber stock.
#3 is Jim Goetz, Partner, Sequoia Capital, who topped the list for four consecutive years.

Considering other aspects, the list is still dominated by men with only nine women present. They are Mary Meeker (#6), Rebecca Lynn (#31), Ann Miura-Ko (#55), Beth Seidenberg (#62), Jenny Lee (#74), Kirsten Green (#77), Theresia Gouw (#89), and new comers Sonali De Rycker (#95) and Aileen Lee (#97).

Have a look at the entire list below.

1. 1. Neil Shen – Founding Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital China
   2. Bill Gurley – General Partner, Benchmark
   3. Jim Goetz – Partner, Sequoia Capital
   4. Carl Gordon – General Partner, OrbiMed
   5. Robert Nelsen – Cofounder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
   6. Mary Meeker – General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield &Byers
   7. Peter Fenton – General Partner, Benchmark
   8. J.P. Gan – Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners
   9. Douglas Leone – Partner, Sequoia Capital
   10. Brian Singerman – Partner, Founders
   11. Eric Paley – Partner, Founder Collective
   12. Mike Maples, Jr. – Co-Founding Partner, Floodgate
   13. Kui Zhou – Partner, Sequoia Capital China
   14. Roelof Botha – Partner, Sequoia Capital
   15. Byron Deeter – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
   16. Scott Sandell – Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
   17. Rob Hayes – Partner, First Round Capital
   18. Dennis Phelps – General Partner, IVP
   19. Josh Kopelman – General Partner, First Round Capital
   20. Hans Tung – Managing Partner, GGV Capital
   21. Neeraj Agrawal – General Partner, Battery Ventures
   22. Joe Lonsdale – Founding Partner, 8VC
   23. Xiaojun Li – Partner, IDG Capital
   24. Xiao Ping Xu – Managing Partner, ZhenFund
   25. Jeff Jordan – General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
   26. Tony Florence – General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
   27. Steve Anderson – Founder and Partner, Baseline Ventures
   28. Bryan Roberts – Partner, Venrock
   29. John Doerr – General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
   30. Sameer Gandhi – Partner, Accel
   31. Rebecca Lynn – Cofounder and General Partner, Canvas Ventures
   32. Alfred Lin – Partner, Sequoia Capital
   33. Anton Levy – Managing Director, General Atlantic
   34. Scott Shleifer – Partner, Tiger Global Management
   35. Vinod Khosla – Partner, Khosla Ventures
   36. Deven Parekh – Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
   37. Shailendra Singh – Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India
   38. Marc Andreessen – Cofounder and Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
   39. Jeremy Liew – Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners
   40. Mitch Lasky – General Partner, Benchmark
   41. Jeremy Levine – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
   42. Allen Zhu – Managing Director, GSR Ventures
   43. Lee Fixel – Partner, Tiger Global Management
   44. Jim Tananbaum – CEO and Managing Director, Foresite Capital
   45. Ryan Sweeney – Partner, Accel
   46. Ravi Mhatre – Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
   47. Hemant Taneja – Managing Director, General Catalyst
   48. Jonathan Silverstein – General Partner, OrbiMed
   49. David Cowan – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
   50. Matt Cohler – General Partner, Benchmark
   51. Andrew Braccia – Accel
   52. Yuri Milner – Partner, Digital Sky Technologies
   53. Aydin Senkut – Founder & Managing Director, Felicis Ventures
   54. Jeff Horing – Cofounder and Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
   55. Ann Miura-Ko – Partner, Floodgate
   56. Gaurav Garg – Founding Partner, Wing Venture Capital
   57. Jim Breyer – Founder, CEO, Breyer Capital
   58. David Weiden – General Partner, Khosla Ventures
   59. James Mi – Founding Partner, Lightspeed China Partners
   60. Frank Rotman – Founding Partner, QED Investors
   61. Erhai Liu – Founder of Joy Capital
   62. Beth Seidenberg – General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
   63. Fred Wilson – General Partner, Union Square Ventures
   64. Hurst Lin – Cofounder and General Partner, DCM Ventures
   65. Jeff Lieberman – Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
   66. Klaus Hommels – Founder, Lakestar
   67. Peter Thiel – Partner, Founders Fund
   68. Ben Horowitz – Cofounder and Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
   69. Joel Cutler – Cofounder and Managing Director, General Catalyst
   70. Bryan Schreier – Partner, Sequoia Capital
   71. Todd Chaffee – General Partner, IVP
   72. Kevin Comolli – Partner, Accel
   73. Yi Cao – Managing Partner, Source Code Capital
   74. Jenny Lee – Managing Partner, GGV Capital
   75. Michael Eisenberg – Partner, Aleph
   76. David Yuan – Partner, Redpoint Ventures
   77. Kirsten Green – Founder, Forerunner Ventures
   78. Quan Zhou – Partner, IDG Capital
   79. Roger Ehrenberg – Managing Partner, IA Ventures
   80. Navin Chaddha – Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
   81. Ron Conway – Founder, SV Angel
   82. Peter Levine – General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
   83. Neil Rimer – Partner, Index Ventures
   84. David Chao – Cofounder and General Partner, DCM Ventures
   85. Randy Glein – Partner, DFJ Growth
   86. Ted Schlein – General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
   87. Jules Maltz – General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
   88. Mamoon Hamid – General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
   89. Theresia Gouw – Founding Partner, Aspect Ventures
   90. Steven Ji – Partner, Sequoia Capital China
   91. Rich Wong – Partner, Accel
   92. Asheem Chandna – Partner, Greylock Partners
   93. Jeff Crowe – Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
   94. Salil Deshpande – Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
   95. Sonali De Rycker – Partner, Accel
   96. Young Guo – Partner, IDG Capital
   97. Aileen Lee – Founder and Partner, Cowboy Ventures
   98. Ping Li – Partner, Accel
   99. John Vrionis – Partner, Unusual Ventures
   100. Jan Hammer – Partner, Index Ventures