Jin Yi

Jin holds a BS and MS in material science from University of Science and Technology Beijing, and a PhD in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jin Yi focuses on clean technology investment and portfolio development at Keytone Ventures, a China-focused venture capital firm based in Beijing. He has developed deep domain expertise in materials and clean technology with over 10 years of experience in technology development and product marketing.

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Prior to Keytone, Jin was the founding member and a product marketing manager at Applied Materials' energy storage product group, and a design engineer for the semiconductor equipment product group. Previously, he conducted material research on Li-ion battery and fuel cells at MIT. 

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Jin made a number of investments in water and LED sectors including NanoH2O and Maven Optronics. He is also actively managing Lattice Power and SinoWyde.

As a member of Class 18, Jin served his fellowship at Keytone Ventures under the mentorship of Managing Partner, Joe Zhou.