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Patrick Liu is the Venture Partner at Lanchi Ventures. Patrick Liu is a serial entrepreneur in social networks, gaming and AR. He started out at Motorola Labs in 1999, where he worked on data communications in 3G. In 2003, he co-founded eFriendsNet Entertainment, one of the first social networks in China. As President, Patrick oversaw strategy, products and financing. After eFriendsNet was acquired in 2006, he founded Rekoo Media, which pioneered social games in China, Japan and Korea. Rekoo became the top social gaming company in Asia in 2009-2012 with more than 35 million daily active users. In 2012, Rekoo pioneered smartphone games in China and expanded to Europe and North America, growing to be a top 3 mobile game publisher in China in 2013-2015. Rekoo was acquired in 2017. After that, Patrick co-Founded AR company PhotonLens which was acquired in the middle of 2021. Patrick received his BA from Peking University, a Masters in Computer Science from UIUC, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
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