Charles Shao is a venture capital investor at TSVC who previously co-founded Easyway Company Limited where he designed high-speed rail passenger service systems in China, and served as research fellow and deputy director at Tsinghua University's Center for High-Speed Rail Technology managing R&D projects for China's high-speed rail system. He specializes in investing in transportation technologies, optical communications, and networks, consistently backing companies in transportation, robotics, and industrial hardware that align with his technical background in complex infrastructure systems.