Melody Xiaolin Hou
Leader of tech & infra at Bertelsmann Asia Investments
Chaoyang District, Beijing
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Director & AI Lead
2024 - Current
1. 战略转型：推动集团完成资源重配（算力&人力），实现从大语言模型到视频生成模型的战略转型；推动全球首款面向C端用户全开放视频生成模型"可灵"的发布 2. 商业支持：基于深度市场调研和用户访谈，制定可灵的商业化路径，拓展B端客户；完成竞品矩阵分析，构建差异化竞争策略，主导制定可灵三年战略规划 3. 资本运作：牵头完成可灵业务线财务模型搭建及估值体系设计（DCF/可比公司法），成功推动该业务升级为集团一级事业部
Head of tech & infra
2018 - 2024
Portfolio: 星药Galixir: https://www.galixir.com/ 星亢原NeoX：https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1690539492035645097&wfr=spider&for=pc 滴普Deepexi: http://www.deepexi.com/#/ 海致HAIZHI: https://www.bdp.cn/home.html 小步在家早教：https://m.xiaobu121.com/m/course/website 禾多科技Holomatics： http://www.holomatic.cn/ 作业盒子Knowbox： https://www.knowbox.cn/ 饭一萌、米日淘、光芒COGO
Associate Director
2015 - 2018
Portfolio: Quicktron快仓 Series B (2017/2) http://www.flashhold.com/ DDKY 叮当快药 Growth stage (2017/11) DDKY is an upgraded retail pharmacy chain, providing online consultation, health management, O2O delivery and other services. DDKY is a one-stop health management platform to end customers with Internet hospitals, online diagnosis, electronic prescription etc. By establishing intelligent dispatching center, optimizing delivery route, integrating operation capacity, flexible deployment, DDKY highly improves distribution efficiency and reduces costs. Seek for investment deal leads, market and industry research, financial model building, valuation & return analysis, due diligence, transaction structure design, post-investment management We Share 上海易跋 Series A (2016/7) Winnovator优儿学堂 Series A (2017/7) http://www.winnovator.com/
Strategy Consultant
2014 - 2015
Deal sourcing, Evaluating and Investment proposal; Internal Strategy Design & Execute the strategy plan Project Management, Competitive Analysis, Business Development Management as well as KPI Management Various exposure to O2O :retail industry, auto industry (esp. used-car), medical & health industry − Strategic Analysis of the Chinese Second-hand Automotive Market: This research analyzes the second automotive market in China. It includes vehicles in operation analyses, discussions of key industry trends, and identifies major market participants. In addition, it provides manufacturer-level revenue forecasts and analyses of wholesale parts and service channels. Consumer trends and key conclusions are also presented. The base year is 2014, and forecasts are provided from 2015 through 2020. The vehicle scope is passenger cars and light trucks. The objective is to provide strategic insight for decision makers. High growth in vehicles in operation will create opportunities for companies to sell parts and service. − Community O2O Model Research: Community O2O, which is designed to provide local services, is actually based on B2F (Business to Family) model. By utilizing the merits brought by mobile Internet, B2F is infiltrating or even changing family life. It shows great vitality in terms of gathering information, commodity transaction, providing services, and social interaction. Community O2O model has three major features: One thing is that the wide spread of mobile devices are blurring the frontiers between online and offline, integrating both into different industries. Secondly, LBS (location based service) based closed-loop operation greatly boosts user experiences. Thirdly, a community platform is based on offline property management services.
Consultant
2012 - 2014
Legacy Monitor MVNO Implementation Project: Conduct channel research and market analysis, design and launch the new MVNO product SCM Transformation Project: Optimize production process and redesign flow chart, and help implement the improved process Due Diligence: Conducted project analysis, which included industrial analysis, corporate evaluation and financial analysis Investment Strategy: Developed insights and formulated forward-looking views about the expected performance of portfolio
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Business Strategy Consulting Intern
2011 - 2011
Developed strategically planning of a comprehensive new product lunching strategy for a top global consumer goods retailer. Researched the tactics used by major competitors of clients to mitigate integrated risk and provide marketing strategy.
Financial Analyst Intern
2009 - 2009
Participated in an extensive training process aimed at increasing knowledge of commercial banking products and financial market. Developed regression models to analyze factors affecting institution credit performance