Presentation of Huawei Corporate Development Department It employs 30 to 40 people in total out of which 6 to 7 people are in Europe - 2 of them being in London, the remaining people in Munich Germany, Israel and Russia.
Ryan Qian Gong within the team is charged with investment execution and company scouting in the UK and the France. He is based in London.
Huawei has been investing in Europe in seed stage to series A & B:
- 60 investments have been made by Huawei in Europe - 20 of them last year.
- Huawei has already invested in two French companies, one in Grenoble and one in the Paris Area. Other investments have been made mainly in the UK, Germany, Italy.
- Huawei tends to invest early stage; seed stage to series A & B should be the best as long as they are deep tech.
- Huawei invests normally around one to a few millions; the amount invested will depend on the company's funding stage and needs.
Scouting requirements The focus is on deep tech related investment for the following Huawei business groups
- Customer business group
- Cloud business
- Telecom business
- Semiconductors division ICD com
The technology of interest are:
- Hardware
- Semi-conductors
- AI technology
- Material science
- Digital health tech (e.g. ECG companies)
