Silk Ventures

Silk Ventures is a United Kingdom venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in London, England, investing in technology companies seeking expansion into and out of China aEUR" positioning itself as a cross-border Euro-Asia / China-UK gateway investor. The firm's name ''Silk'' references the ancient Silk Road trade route, a thematic historical-commercial branding choice for a cross-border investment firm. Silk Ventures has historically raised capital backed by Chinese strategic investors including China Sciences Group, and operates at growth and late-stage rounds with typical initial check sizes in the USD 5 to 20 million range. The firm's operating status and LP base has shifted with the broader post-2022 China-Western investment-environment (amid U.S.-China tech-decoupling, CFIUS restrictions, EU foreign-investment screening, and related geopolitical tensions). Detailed current aggregate AUM, fund vintages, and comprehensive portfolio-company disclosures are partially documented in mainstream UK / Asian financial-industry databases for this specific URL. The row should be noted as Active with some geopolitical / China-cross-border uncertainty.