As the head of PPTV network TV (PPLIVE Juli Media), Tao Chuang led the creation of "cloudy" network TV PPTV, which has nearly 300 million users and 200 million downloads of mobile applications. In 20 1 1 year, Tao Chuang introduced 250 million US dollars from Sun Zhengyi Softbank Group, creating the largest single private financing record in the global Internet video industry. In 20 13, Suning and Lenovo hongyi jointly invested 420 million USD to lead PPTV to enter the home internet.
In 200 1 year, Tao Chuang founded GeoTango Company in Canada and launched GlobeView Internet 3D map system, which was three years earlier than Google Earth. In 2005, the company was acquired by Microsoft, becoming the first China entrepreneur in the history of Microsoft M&A. Tao Chuang, once known as the' father of Microsoft Maps', founded the Microsoft Internet Map Department, and launched a number of innovative products including street view, inclined aerial photos and automatic three-dimensional city model, which became the flagship brand of Microsoft's online business.
Tao Chuang is an authoritative expert in the field of international maps. At the age of 32, he became a tenured professor, and at the age of 33, he was awarded the national chief research professor of Canada. Tao Chuang has published more than 200 papers, has many technological inventions and won more than 20 international awards. Tao Chuang is a consultant to the United Nations, the director of several international associations, and a visiting professor at five universities at home and abroad.
Tao Chuang has been listed in the Canadian National Who's Who. Tao Chuang won 2 1 1 China Entrepreneur Magazine, 2 1 Future Star of the Century, Ernst & Young 201Entrepreneur Award, and Du Nan 20 13 China Top Ten Marketers Award, which is known as the Oscar Award in China's marketing field.
In 2007, he founded the Dow Engineering Scholarship of York University in Canada. Angel Venture Capital Fund was established on 20 12, focusing on mobile Internet and LBS geographic information industry investment. When I was in middle school, I studied in the No.1 Middle School Attached to China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and served as a student cadre. 65438-0986 entered Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping (now Wuhan University) to study geographic information and remote sensing. 1990 got a bachelor's degree, 1993 got a master's degree, and then stayed in school to teach. At school, his research achievements won the first prize of major projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and he was the youngest independent winner of the National Natural Science Foundation project in the school, ranking first among the top ten young researchers in the school.
1995 went to the university of Calgary in Canada to study for a doctorate. It took only two and a half years to get a doctorate, which also set a record in the history of the school. During his Ph.D., he participated in the research and development of the world's earliest mobile streetscape mapping system. This research achievement has won seven international awards, including the Nikon Youth Award of the International Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), the first prize of the Talbert abrams Award of the American ASPRS, the Best Youth Paper Award of the ISPRS International Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Association every four years, and the Lockheed Youth Image Processing Award.
1997 Tao Chuang joined the Alberta Science and Technology Investment Department of Canada, which is responsible for the investment of high-tech projects. It is an investment incubator established by the Canadian government. This work experience played a great role in his later career development. Dr Tao Chuang is an authoritative expert in the field of geo-informatics. He has published more than 200 technical papers and holds many technical patents. Former Executive Director of the International Digital Earth Society; Chairman of the International Association of Global Chinese Geographers; Chairman of sensor network group of international photogrammetry remote sensing association; Chairman of the American Professional Committee for Digital Photogrammetry; Director, Canadian Urban Regional Information System Association; Expert of Canadian Association for Certification of Remote Sensing Cartographers; Member of the editorial board of six international academic journals. He is currently a visiting professor at many universities at home and abroad.
From 65438 to 0998, Tao broke into the University of Calgary in Canada to teach. In 2000, 32-year-old Tao Chuang got the position of tenured professor. In 200 1 year, Dr. Tao was awarded the highest academic title in Canada-Professor of Canadian Studies. He joined York University in Toronto and founded GeoICT, the largest research and development institution in the field of geographic informatics in North America. In 2003, Dr. Tao was awarded the highest national award of "Scientific Research and Enterprise Technology Cooperation" by the Prime Minister of Canada and became an outstanding representative of high-tech innovation in Canada. Zhuo Zhi Capital and Network (Group) was founded by Dr. Tao Chuang. Zhuo Zhi is a "investment+innovation" science and technology capital company in the new Internet era, which closely combines entity entrepreneurship with capital operation. Zhuo Zhi adopts an original network development model (N+3i) which integrates investment, incubation and entity innovation, and gathers senior teams with many years of experience in Internet enterprise management and capital operation, aiming at leveraging capital and resource networks.
Zhuo Zhi Capital adopts the investment strategy of "one body and two wings": investing in early-stage enterprises facing the rapid development of the Internet, with Angel VC Fund as the core, focusing mainly on intelligent Internet of Things IOT, LBS, big health, life consumption (e-commerce) and Fintech. The second wing is two major industrial directions: intelligent Internet of Things and spatial location services.
The investment stages of Zhuo Zhi Capital include angel investment, VC/PE investment, New Third Board fund, domestic M&A fund and special opportunity investment. Management funds include Angel, New Third Board, M&A Fund, Overseas Dollar Fund and Special Opportunity Fund.