Keyan Li

Keyan Li is a Founding Partner at NewDo Venture, a Palo Alto–based early-stage venture firm he helped launch in 2015. NewDo backs technology-driven startups across AI, SaaS, healthcare, consumer, and cloud, deploying angel and growth capital primarily into U.S. companies. Alongside co-founder Max Ma (CTO), Li has been central to sourcing and leading the firm's early-stage investments.

Li holds a Bachelor of Arts in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University (2011–2015), whose supply-chain program is among the most highly regarded in the U.S. He began his investing career in venture, later serving as Head of US and Senior Investment Manager at Decent Capital — an early-stage firm founded by a Tencent co-founder that invests in SaaS, consumer internet, and frontier tech.

Today, in addition to his NewDo role, Li is an Investment Director at Junson Capital, a global investment-management firm with reported assets in the multi-billion-dollar range. There he focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in SaaS, AI/ML, enterprise, and health and hospital services, writing checks in the $50K–$150K range. His background blends operational grounding in supply chain and logistics with hands-on early-stage venture experience across multiple firms.

• Stage: Pre-seed and seed — earliest institutional/angel rounds.
• Check size: Roughly $50K–$150K, with ~$100K as a typical entry.
• Sectors he leans into: SaaS, AI/ML and consumer AI, cloud computing, and enterprise software; at Junson he adds health and hospital services.
• What he avoids: Public NewDo/Signal profiles indicate he is generally *not* interested in hardware, energy, or cleantech deals.
• Approach: NewDo positions itself as helping "ambitious startup companies succeed at their initial stage through its fund and other strategic resources" — i.e., early conviction plus hands-on support rather than late, large checks.