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Top 30 Financial Services Angel Investors in Hong Kong in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 30 angel investors that invest in Financial services startups based in Hong kong. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from Hong kong. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Financial Services Angel Investors in Hong Kong in November 2024

Investor	Financial Services Hong Kong investments
Carman Chan	2
Moses Tsang	1
Raj Gokal	1
Mark Tluszcz	1
Jason Kam	1
Mark Pincus	1
Donald Tang	1
Henri Arslanian	1
Mikaal Abdulla	1
Robby Hilkowitz	1
Dr. Cornelius Boersch	1
Sandeep Nailwal	1
Chatchaval Jiaravanon	1
Shou Zi Chew	1
Chris Hitchen	1
Neil Shen	1
Yuri Milner	1
Chaval Jiaravanon	1
Simon Loong	1
Sofia Liang	1
Donny Chi	1
Alan Howard	1
Peien Li	1
Pony Ma	1
Wei Guo	1
Owen Van Natta	1
Andre Eikmeier	1
Neilson Lee	1
Raymond Chan	1
Derrick Fung	1

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Carman Chan is one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review). She is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.Carman is the founder of Click Ventures, a global early stage venture capital firm. ClickVentures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click Ventures' investments include Spotify (ipo), Docusign(ipo), Palantir, Memebox and Youappi.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Hong Kong, China

Portfolio highlights

Oddup — Oddup provides startup, investor, sector, and ecosystem data, insights, and analyses in 34 major cities across the globe. Oddup also provides cryptocurrency listings and price targets, ICO analysis, and the Oddup Indexes, which track real-time trends across the startup landscape.Oddup is an indispensable resource for investors, investment banks,venture capitalists, accelerators, corporate innovators and management consultancies seeking detailed information and greater clarity in the fragmented and foggy startup sector, the ICO landscape, or the cryptocurrency investment market.Oddup provides comprehensive data and analyses, and exhaustive deep dives of varied ecosystems, sectors, and regions of the world.They also delve into the profiles of thousands of startups to give investors a curated view on their health and potential success in a single score. Additionally, they also provide curated, in-depth analysis of all past, ongoing, and upcoming ICOs, and analysis of active cryptocurrencies.They track and explore hundreds of ICOs and cryptocurrencies to give investors a curated list that simplifies this increasingly preferred fundraising method.
EventX — The EventX Virtual Event Platform is a comprehensive platform for hosting virtual events, meetings, conferences, and webinars that help you attract leads and audiences.
FutureLeague — FutureLeague is an ed-tech company that teaches kids ages 6-12 engineering and programming with a focus on teamwork, creativity, and design thinking. It specializes in the fields of ed-tech, internet, and education. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Moses Tsang, executive chairman of Hong Kong-based AP Capital Holdings.

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Messaging
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

SleekFlow — SleekFlow makes customer messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook connected to one platform for teams to better support and engage customers.

Raj leads operations, product, and finance. He has spent 10 years in product management and finance.He was a venture investor at General Catalyst, started the consumer medical device company Sano which attracted over $20m in investment, and led product management at Omada Health as it grew tenfold.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

0xPPL — 0xPPL brings together people who have similar interests in cryptocurrencies, providing an ecosystem where users can track crypto assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) traded by those they follow.
MeshMap — MeshMap is a decentralized 3D map developer focused on creating a decentralized 3D globe map and augmented reality (AR) content network.
Azura — Azura is a new all-in-one crypto application aggregation layer launched with the assistance of some of the most well-known cryptocurrency pioneers. The company's application and interfacing layer provides reliable access to DeFi assets, real-time market data, and full trade lifecycle support.

Mark Tluszcz has served as a member of the Company's board of directors since June 2010 and has served as their Chairman since February 2016. Mark is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Mangrove Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, since 2000. Since that date, he has served as a director on its board of directors. Mark is currently amember of the board of directors of several private Mangrove Capital Partners portfolio companies. Previously, Mark was a partner for Arthur Anderson LLP in their business consulting practice, and he also led their European venture capital fund.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Oriente — Headquartered in Hong Kong, Oriente is the leading financial services and technology company committed to unlocking financial inclusion for underserved communities in emerging Asia. Using cutting-edge technologies including, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and data science, Oriente is building solutions that provide real-time creditscoring, digital and O2O lending and other tailored financial services to millions in Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies. The company has recently rolled out two app-based ventures, Cashalo (www.cashalo.com) in the Philippines and Finmas (www.finmas.co.id) in Indonesia, which are both continuing to see unprecedented growth in user base and transaction volumes since their respective launches.Oriente was founded in 2017 by former Skype co-founder and CSO, Geoffrey Prentice; former founding CTO and COO at LU.com, Hubert Tai (CEO); and founder of BlackPine Private Equity, Lawrence Chu. For more information, please visit www.oriente.com
Exoticca — Exoticca develops an online platform intended to facilitate travel booking. The company's platform offers holiday packages which includes flights, accommodation, meals, guides and private transports, for exotic locations all around the world, enabling travelers to book travel packages online at competitive prices.
FUSE Autotech — Leveraging Technology To Future Proof The Dealership. FUSE delivers an intuitive, transparent, and fast way to buy a car. FUSE eliminates operational inefficiencies and provides a seamless transition from online shopping to the in-store purchase. It’s a one-of-a-kind customer experience only made possible with a system created from the ground upfor dealers by dealers.Deals get done faster with a lower cost to sell. Customers get the best, most competitive terms. Everyone wins

Jason Kam

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Web3
Series A
Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Matr1x — Matr1x is the first-ever mobile shooting game in the Web3 industry.
MetaCene — MetaCene is a blockchain company that aims to create an accessible Web3 world for the masses, with a focus on player-centric entertainment.
Zeek Network — Zeek Network is a decentralized network for on-chain social bounty and reputation.

Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Internet, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Loop — Control your freight spend with Loop. A tech-first audit and pay platform loved by Shippers, Carriers and 3PLs.
Echo Chunk AI — We build epic strategy games that generate themselves. Starting with Echo Chess: the daily chess puzzler where you are what you eat.
Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.

Donald Tang

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Terminal 1 — Terminal 1 is a recruiting firm that combines high quality recruitment consultants with automated tools to improve placement quality and speed.
Chain of Demand — Chain of Demand specializes in predictive analytics in retail & supply chain related industries.Their proprietary AI distills hundreds of millions of structured and unstructured data points into actionable insights and recommendations for retail, supply chain and financial industries to improve profitability and sustainability.#fintech#retailtech #ML #predictiveanalytics
Catalyte — Catalyte uses AI to discover high-potential talent, develop them and deploy them directly into client organizations.

Henri Arslanian is the PwC FinTech & RegTech Lead for China/Hong Kong. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches the first FinTech university course in Asia.Henri is a TEDx speaker, a published author, and currently sits on several finance, academic, government, civil society, andFinTech/RegTech related boards and advisory boards in Asia and globally.Henri is a member of the Hong Kong regulator’s SFC FinTech Advisory Group and the Hong Kong government’s FSDC Fintech working group. He also sits on the board of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and the board of the International RegTech Association.A member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle and with over 350,000 LinkedIn followers, Henri has been awarded many industry and academic awards over the years from being named one of the Most Influential Individuals in FinTech in Asia to being awarded the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for Academic Excellence. Henri was also recently recognized as one of the global 2017 LinkedIn Top Voices in Economy & Finance.Before joining PwC, Henri was with a FinTech start-up and previously spent many years with UBS Investment Bank in Hong Kong. Henri started his career as a financial markets and funds lawyer in Canada and Hong Kong. Henri speaks five languages including English, French, Armenian, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.He holds a Masters in Chinese Law from Tsinghua University; a joint Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School, London Business School, and Hong Kong University; a Masters in Transnational Law from the University of Sherbrooke; and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Montreal (Dean’s List of Excellence).

Investment focus

Banking, FinTech, Blockchain
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Hex Trust — Access custody, DeFi, brokerage, and financing services built on regulated infrastructure with Hex Trust, fully-licensed and insured digital asset custodian in Asia.

A member of Asia Fintech 100, Mikaal is the co founder and CEO of 8 Securities, the leading mobile only investing service for Millennials in Hong Kong and Japan. His journey has taken him through Silicon Valley, New York, London,Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Prior to starting 8 Securities, Mikaal was a Senior Vice President and theHead of Asia at E*TRADE. Mikaal began his career as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte in the United States. Mikaal has extensive international experience having launched and managed businesses and online consumer products across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, India and the North America. Mikaal holds a MBA from both Columbia University and the London Business School. Mikaal is currently a mentor at Chinaccelerator and a guest writer for Tech in Asia.

Investment focus

DIY, iOS, Mobile
Seed, Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Snaptee — Design your personalized t-shirts with Snaptee. Get it from AppStore and Google Play. Create your t-shirt collection with Instagram photos or your favorite snapshot pictures. Snaptee realize your creativity!
8 Securities — 8 Securities offered mobile-only investing, a robo-advisory service, a social trading platform, and zero-commission brokerage. Through the platform, members will be able to follow the investment portfolios of top-performing members of the community and learn what they are buying, selling, and holding. They will also see where their own performanceranks.

Robby Hilkowitz is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Neat — Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneursAs entrepreneurs our businesses are always in motion: starting from an idea, to making a first sale, to expanding globally. We need a financial experience that evolves with us – an experience that’s still stable and secure, but adaptive too. Banks were built for a different era of business, not for thenew economy – where borders are disappearing and it’s easier than ever to start a global business. Neat believes in making international business a reality for entrepreneurs around the world. Today, Neat is a modern alternative to a bank, designed to support you wherever you go. Tomorrow, we’re a platform for doing business: building a dynamic and frictionless economy.
Bambu — Bambu is a leading global digital wealth technology provider for financial institutions. We enable companies to make saving and investing simple and intelligent for their clients. The cloud-based platform is powered by our proprietary algorithms and machine learning tools. The company serves over 20 financial institutions globally. Founded in 2016,Bambu is headquartered in Singapore with a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and the United States and EMEA representatives.
Moneyhub — Moneyhub is a data and payments fintech that provides open banking, open finance, and open data solutions.

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder and COO of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as the Co-Founder and CEO. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Fermah — Fermah can generate proofs for any instance in which ZK is used. Fermah is credibly neutral and architected to support all proof systems. This includes zkVMs, zkEVMs, Groth16, and all other proof systems. It is optimized for cheap, fast, and reliable ZK proof generation.
RISE Labs — The Gigagas Layer 2
OpenGradient — OpenGradient is a leading decentralized AI platform for open-source model hosting, secure inference, agentic reasoning, and application deployment. By developing tooling and a feature-rich platform that makes developing AI workflows both secure and seamless, OpenGradient empowers developers with the ability to build in its ecosystem of intelligentand optimized AI-empowered applications. With native model hosting, permissionless composability, and secure inference execution, OpenGradient also aims to accelerate open-source AI by democratizing model ownership, improving verifiability guarantees, and promoting censorship-resistant model access.Our heterogeneous AI compute architecture (HACA) and our proprietary library NeuroML scale secure AI workflows with features like inference, agentic reasoning, statistical analysis, and more. OpenGradient also accelerates open-source innovation with a web portal and SDK for Web2 developers to leverage our AI stack without navigating blockchain complexities, while enjoying the security and composability benefits of decentralized infrastructure.

Chatchaval Jiaravanon is the Chairman of Finansia Syrus Securities. He attended the University of Southern California.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round
Thailand, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Lightnet — Lightnet is the next-generation financial network that is built on the true interoperability concept by bridging between existing banking rail and non-bank agent networks to provide efficient and instantaneous transactions.Lightnet is bidding to take on the trillion-dollar remittance market, starting with the millions of unbanked migrant workerscurrently using what it calls outdated, costly, and fragmented services in major Southeast Asian markets.
Aspen Digital — Aspen Digital is the gateway to Digital Asset allocation, an innovative technology-driven platform that empowers asset and wealth managers to offer / invest into digital asset products with confidence.

Shou Zi Chew is the CEO of Tiktok.

Investment focus

SaaS, Advice, Alumni
Seed, Series A
Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

WeLab — WeLab is reinventing traditional financial services by creating seamless digital experiences. With the company's proprietary risk management technology, WeLab effectively analyzes unstructured mobile big data within seconds to provide innovative financial services and offer consumer financing solutions for individual customers. WeLab alsooffers B2B enterprise solutions by partnering with traditional financial institutions, which utilize WeLab’s technology to offer fintech-enabled services to their customers.
Firsthand — Go to Home - Firsthand

Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Holidu — Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany.
Classcamp — Classcamp is building the next generation of online learning. Our unique group-learning format is 10x more engaging than conventional online courses, by leveraging community and human-to-human interaction. We're building the tooling required to run a next-gen online teaching business, as well a consumer-facing marketplace for discoveringnext-gen programs.
Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.

Neil Nanpeng Shen is one of the co-founders of our company and has been our company’s Director since our inception. Mr. Shen is the Founding Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China. Co-founder and co-chairman at Home Inn.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Biotechnology
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Airwallex — Grow your business faster with Airwallex - global business accounts, high speed transfers, multi-currency cards, online payments, embedded finance, and more.
Bowtie Life Insurance Company — Bowtie is an authorized virtual insurance company that meets the same high standards that customers and Insurance Authority expect of traditional insurers. Backed by Sun Life and leading international investors, Bowtie offers commission-free Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) Standard Plan. Stay up to date at www.bowtie.com.hk.
Envision Digital — Envision Digital is providing software solutions for organizations.

Yuri Milner is the Founder of the Breakthrough Prize. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Moscow State University.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, China, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

HiNOTE — HiNOTE: modern messaging for any occasion. Customize & send your best text, card, invite, social post with individuality, high-touch humor & style.
Lori Systems — Lori is a venture-backed start-up building the cutting-edge logistics infrastructure for trucking in Africa. The start-up is tackling a massive issue - $180 billion is spent annually on haulage across Africa, which means that up to 75% of a product’s cost is due to logistics (compared to 6% in the US).Lori’s tech-enabled and operations-drivenmarketplace efficiently connects transport to cargo. The supply chain management system brings transparency and has pushed significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (savings upwards of 18%).The company has experienced 30% month-over-month compounded growth since product launch in May 2017. The market demand for Lori’s platform is increasing exponentially. To continue this pace of growth, Lori recently closed a landmark raise from globally leading institutional and strategic investors. The company won Techcrunch Battlefield Africa.
XiaoBangGuiHua — XiaoBangGuiHua is an intelligent investment advisory service platform. Through intelligent robot algorithm and advanced asset allocation model, it provides investors with scientific and systematic financial management solutions, including small help investment app, Bin Xu said investment series, love said finance and economics

Chaval (Richie) Jiaravanon is the Partner at Infinity Ventures Crypto. He attended Chulalongkorn University.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Aspen Digital — Aspen Digital is the gateway to Digital Asset allocation, an innovative technology-driven platform that empowers asset and wealth managers to offer / invest into digital asset products with confidence.

Simon Loong is the Founder and CEO of WeLab – Asia’s leading Fintech company – which operates Wolaidai (我来贷), one of China’s largest mobile lending platforms and WeLend, Hong Kong’s leading online lending platform. Founded in 2013, WeLab reinvents traditional financial services with its proprietary risk management technology and seamless mobilelending experiences. WeLab’s investors include Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, Chinese provincial government fund Guangdong Technology Financial Group, CK Hutchison’s TOM Group, ING Bank, China Constuction Bank, World Bank’s IFC, and Sequoia Capital. WeLab was named in a KPMG-sponsored report as one of the top 100 fintech companies in the world – #6 in China and #33 globally. Prior to founding WeLab, Simon spent 15 years in retail banking divisions of leading international banks. Most recently, Simon served as the Head of Standard Chartered’s Unsecured Lending business in North East Asia. Prior to that, he was the Marketing Director for Citibank Taiwan and the Regional Risk Officer for Citibank Asia Pacific. Simon serves as an advisor on a number of professional organizations including Shenzhen Consumer Council, Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Simon has a Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He was awarded “Innovation Leadership Achievement in Hong Kong” by The Asian Banker in 2017, "CEO of the Year" by Capital CEO in 2016 and Silicon Dragon’s "Entrepreneur Achievement Award" in 2014.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

MioTech — MioTech is an artificial intelligence platform that empowers investment managers to better serve their clients in a world of complex data. By integrating and analyzing data from all types of sources, MioTech streamlines the entire investment process, creating an ultimate data-driven investing experience. MioTech has offices in Shanghai and HongKong.MioTech is backed by Horizons Ventures, ZhenFund, and prestigious individual investors around the world.

Sofia is the Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Group at ICBC International. Sofia has 17 years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining ICBC International, she was Managing Director and Head of Greater China Equity Capital Market at Macquarie Capital. She has an bachelor's degree in International Economics fromPeking University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, InsurTech, Blockchain
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

JobsLab.io — JobsLab is a Hong Kong-based digital recruitment exchange. We help companies and talent connect through our unique end-to-end recruitment platform quickly and discretely. Our community has exclusive access to rewards and benefits that goes beyond traditional recruitment agencies. We use advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to matchprofessionals with exceptional employers. Find your dream job today. Visit: www.jobslab.io

Donny Chi of WeMade.

Investment focus

FinTech, Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Zeek Network — Zeek Network is a decentralized network for on-chain social bounty and reputation.

Alan Howard is a British billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NVG8 — Navigate is a data ecosystem where people around the world contribute data that is used to build new applications like Navigate Maps.
Atmos Labs — When is a game more than a game? Welcome to Planet Atmos: a universe of next-generation gaming experiences blending action, customization, storytelling, community, and digital ownership.
ScienceMagic.Studios — A digital assets venture studio

I currently lead as a Co-Founder at Intelliatwork, specializing in AI-driven automation for business processes. Our competencies lie in IT strategy, integrating AI solutions seamlessly within enterprise environments to enhance productivity, and project management, aiming to revolutionize sectors like supply chain and healthcare through innovationand efficient workflows.

Investment focus

Database, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

QuantumPad — QuantumPad is a cutting-edge AI platform designed to revolutionize knowledge work by seamlessly integrating generative AI into your business operations. The platform is engineered to handle diverse datasets, streamline complex workflows, and deliver actionable insights with unparalleled speed and accuracy. Whether you're in asset management,legal, or real estate, QuantumPad provides a robust solution that drives immediate, impactful results, empowering firms to harness the full potential of AI from day one.At QuantumPad, the focus is on real-world applications of AI, moving beyond experimental phases to deliver tangible value across industries. The platform's advanced technology not only increases efficiency but also enhances decision-making capabilities, helping businesses stay ahead in a competitive landscape. With a proven track record of boosting productivity, QuantumPad is the go-to solution for companies looking to unlock new opportunities and scale their operations with the power of AI.

Pony Ma is one of the Core Founders, Executive Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at Tencent since 1998. Pony oversees the strategic development, overall direction and management of the Group. Before he founded Tencent in 1998, Pony was in charge of research and development for Internet paging systemdevelopment at China Motion Telecom Development Limited, a telecommunications services and products provider in China. Pony has over 20 years of experience in telecommunication and Internet industries. Pony has received many accolades and honors during his distinguished career, including "Young Global Leader," "Top Ten Annual Economic Figures of the Year," "25 Most Powerful Business People in Asia," and one of the "30 World's Best CEOs." Hurun Report, a monthly magazine best known for its China Rich List, released its China IT Rich List in 2013 and Pony was ranked first on the IT Rich List. Pony ranked fifth on the 2013 Forbes China Rich List, with his personal wealth estimated to 62.2 billion yuan, up from 39 billion in the previous year. Pony received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Shenzhen University in 1993.

Investment focus

Insurance
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Bowtie Life Insurance Company — Bowtie is an authorized virtual insurance company that meets the same high standards that customers and Insurance Authority expect of traditional insurers. Backed by Sun Life and leading international investors, Bowtie offers commission-free Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) Standard Plan. Stay up to date at www.bowtie.com.hk.

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, China, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
Playbook — Playbook gives creators the opportunity to build and grow a subscription business. Fans get an all-access pass to a curated health and wellness content.
Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.

Owen Van Natta is currently Founder and Managing Partner of Prefix Capital, an early stage investment fund founded in 2019. Owen is also a Founder and Managing Partner at 415 Investments. Previously, Owen was the Executive Vice President of Business at Zynga. He was responsible for the company's revenue strategy, corporate development,international expansion, and brand. Owen was also a member of Zynga's Board of Directors.Before Zynga, Owen served as Chief Executive Officer of MySpace, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's strategic vision and the execution of its global business initiatives. Owen joined the MySpace team after serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Project Playlist, a music sharing website allowing users to search for music, create custom playlists, and share the content with friends.Prior to Project Playlist, Van Natta was the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, where he focused on revenue operations, business development, and strategic partnerships.Earlier in his career, Owen was Vice President of Worldwide Business and Corporate Development at Amazon.com, where he managed global marketing programs and strategic partnerships. He was part of the founding team of A9.com, the Amazon.com search company, and was responsible for site operations and sponsored-link advertising.Owen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Singapore, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Jiko — Jiko is a financial technology company that offers a new way to store and move money, designed to create a fluid and rewarding banking experience for all. In September of 2020, Jiko became the first Fintech to acquire a national bank, in addition to being a licensed broker dealer. Prior to that accomplishment, Jiko spent 4 years developing afull-stack technology infrastructure that merges payment rails with real-time, 24/7 principal trading capabilities. This innovative combination is the backbone for Jiko’s transparent and rewarding model, which doesn’t use deposited funds for it's own investment purposes. Instead, customer’s funds are transparently invested in U.S. government-backed Treasury Bills (T-Bills), enabling cutting edge features such as virtual cards, tokenized bank account numbers, automated investments in T-Bills, and cashback on debit purchases. This model is made available to individuals through a mobile banking app, and to business partners through it's API platform. Jiko is a creative and hard-working team with cross-functional expertise in technology, trading, payment, and creative fields. The team is headquartered in Berkeley, California, with offices in New York City and Reykjavik, Iceland. Since its inception in 2016, Jiko has raised over $50M from trusted investors such as Upfront Ventures, Wafra Inc., Radicle Impact, NYCA Partners, and Anthem Ventures among others.
Bags — Grow your business with access to fair and flexible funding options designed to help you do your thing. Bags is the best place for business owners to get dollars for working capital, inventory, marketing, expansion, or anything else you need to grow.
Wheels Up — Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing the upfront cost to fly privately, providing flexibility, service, and safety. Its mobile app enables members to book flights, manage their accounts, and participate in ride-share opportunities. Its members also have given access to the Wheels Down program.

Andre Eikmeier is an Entrepreneur, Co-Founder + Joint CEO of Vinomofo, one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies and a leader in innovation, disruption and culture. Andre and his team have proven to be game-changers in the wine industry, removing some of the ‘bowties and bullshit’ of the elitist wine crowd. He believes that everybody shouldbe able to enjoy good wine and Vinomofo embraces the power of social media and digital content, to engage and entice a new generation of wine consumers.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed
Australia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Oddup — Oddup provides startup, investor, sector, and ecosystem data, insights, and analyses in 34 major cities across the globe. Oddup also provides cryptocurrency listings and price targets, ICO analysis, and the Oddup Indexes, which track real-time trends across the startup landscape.Oddup is an indispensable resource for investors, investment banks,venture capitalists, accelerators, corporate innovators and management consultancies seeking detailed information and greater clarity in the fragmented and foggy startup sector, the ICO landscape, or the cryptocurrency investment market.Oddup provides comprehensive data and analyses, and exhaustive deep dives of varied ecosystems, sectors, and regions of the world.They also delve into the profiles of thousands of startups to give investors a curated view on their health and potential success in a single score. Additionally, they also provide curated, in-depth analysis of all past, ongoing, and upcoming ICOs, and analysis of active cryptocurrencies.They track and explore hundreds of ICOs and cryptocurrencies to give investors a curated list that simplifies this increasingly preferred fundraising method.
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Neilson Lee

Investment focus

Software, Social Media, Cryptocurrency
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Freechat — Freechat is a fully decentralized social application based on blockchain technology that offers many unique features. It differs from traditional social media because it returns user data and control back to the users themselves.Freechat's features include UGC (user-generated content), DID identity verification, decentralized advertising,encrypted payments, NFTs, games, and more. The most notable feature is Freechat AI, an artificial intelligence algorithm developed using machine learning and deep learning technologies for content recommendation and display, providing a personalized user experience.Users on Freechat can create profiles, post updates and topics, browse and participate in community topics, interact with friends and followers, complete challenge tasks and games, and use cryptocurrency for payments.Freechat also ensures security, anonymity, and privacy protection through the use of smart contracts, distributed ledgers, and other technologies. Additionally, it provides a completely decentralized advertising platform where users can display ads, earn revenue, and interact with brands.Overall, Freechat is an innovative and disruptive social application aimed at providing users with a more secure, decentralized, privacy-protected, and personalized social experience.

In the last 10+ years, Raymond has specialized in digital media, internet and technology startups. He currently leads product and is a co-founder at Culinary Agents, a venture backed startup that is revolutionizing networking and job matching for the food, beverage and hospitality industry.Prior to Culinary Agents, he partnered with Kevin Tungto co-found and lead technology and product at venture-backed Image Space Media (ISM), a digital advertising platform that connects brands with the trillions of images & visual content on the web. ISM was acquired in January 2012 by Vibrant Media where he currently leads Product Management. Prior to ISM, Raymond led product development at venture-backed Inform building powerful semantic SaaS products that allowed clients like CNN and Washington Post to connect their readers with interesting content by identifying related topics & entities. Raymond started his career at Citi as part of their technology leadership program. He left Citi after 6 years after becoming one of the youngest VPs in the Global Engineering organization.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Video
Seed, Debt Financing
United States, India, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

DLVR — DLVR Action™ is an entirely cloud based solution dedicated to measuring and optimizing video experiences for every user, every time, on all devices. Their patent pending technology uses a completely unique approach that for the first time takes into consideration all the factors that influence the Quality of Experience (QoE) of Internet video toend users. Instead of depending on client-side SDKs or code, DLVR works from the cloud. Publishers receive optimized video, detailed analytics of every user session, seamless multiCDN execution, and a host of additional benefits, all with zero client-side code maintenance. No longer wrestle with SDK’s, Plug-ins, and for the first time achieve visibility into every device, regardless of its client -side capabilities.
Shopline — SHOPLINE provides a total commerce solution and customised services to support businesses of all sizes to go online and go global.
Culinary Agents — Culinary Agents is a website to find career-related information about the hospitality industry. The platform empowers aspiring and existing talent to easily discover and apply to the best jobs.

Derrick Fung is the CEO of Drop. he previously worked as a CEO and Co-Founder of Tunezy.

Investment focus

Payments, Software, Analytics
Seed
Canada, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Shopline — SHOPLINE provides a total commerce solution and customised services to support businesses of all sizes to go online and go global.
Gallop Labs — DomainMarket.com sells premium domain names to entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofits that want to dominate their online marketplaces and control great brands.

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