Dr. Zhou is founder and Chairman of Thingple Inc, an industrial IOT company based in Shanghai, China. Thingple Inc., established in 2012, has developed proprietary IOT hardware, software and total solutions for three verticals – gas cylinders, healthcare and aviation.

Min is also CEO and co-founder of China Materialia LLC, a Shanghai-based venture capital company investing in world-class innovations in “hard technologies” including new materials, advanced manufacturing, energy and environment.

Min has diverse experience in technology development, business development and venture capital. Before founding China Materialia LLC, Min was with Silicon Valley Bank Capital, where she was responsible for identifying and evaluating venture capital and private equity fund investments, with a focus on the China market. Prior to SVB Capital, Min was a principal at Unilever Technology Ventures (UTV), corporate venture capital arm of Unilever, where she led investments in companies in the fields of cleantech, semiconductor, medical device, drug development and health and wellness. Prior to UTV, Min worked as a senior scientist in the Materials Science division and a business development associate at the Technology Commercialization division at Rockwell Scientific, a high-tech enterprise.

Min earned a doctorate in materials science and engineering (with distinction) from University of Southern California, a MBA (with distinction) from Anderson Business School of the University of California at Los Angeles, and a bachelor’s degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.