[3] Initially GSR had a strategic partnership with Mayfield and shared its office space in Menlo Park.

[3] In July 2014, GSR and Oak Investment Partners established Go Scale Capital, a $500 million Clean technology fund.

[4] In March 2015, Philips stated it would sell its lighting components and automotive-lighting operations in a $3.3 billion deal to Go Scale Capital.

GSR was considered to be a more attractive partner as it had more international experience and expertise compared to other Chinese companies.

[2] In July 2023, the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party notified several American venture capital firms that they were being investigated over their funding of Chinese tech companies.