Nan Zhou

Nan Zhou is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures based in Santa Clara, California, where she manages early-stage technology investments. Before joining the firm in 2020, she served as the Head of Baidu U.S. Investments, co-leading a $300 million growth fund and collaborating directly with Andrew Ng's AI Lab. Her venture capital portfolio includes leading investments in Scale AI and Cresta AI, alongside earlier backing of Cerebras and Velodyne, which completed its initial public offering in 2022. Zhou previously worked in technology investment banking at Barclays and Jefferies, executing initial public offerings and acquisitions, and she earned her MBA degree from the Wharton School. Her current investment focus centers on core artificial intelligence, generative AI data engines, and enterprise automation, leveraging over a decade of experience bridging the United States and Asian hardware and software ecosystems.