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Nan Zhou

Nan Zhou

Director·Qualcomm Ventures

Santa Clara, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Nan Zhou is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures in Santa Clara focused on artificial intelligence and AIoT. She has driven investment theses in generative AI, including data engines, retrieval-augmented generation and enterprise AI adoption, and the firm credits her with leading investments in Scale AI and Cresta AI. Qualcomm Ventures also identifies her with investments in R-Zero and DeepHow through authored portfolio-watch posts.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

Scale AICresta AIR-ZeroDeepHow

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Qualcomm VenturesDirector2020 – Present

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