NewChic Capital™ Family Office invests strategically in businesses built around life-improving tech with potential for universal impact.

We are a Single-Family Office with roots in property, technology, and businesses in the US and in Asia.

“We're building the world we want our children to inherit.”

– Jennifer Cheng Lo, Founder & Chair

What Excites Us
& What We Invest In

All of our Investments are Impact-focused and span a range of specific Technologies and areas including Early Childhood Education, Longevity Health Tech, Eco-friendly Food Tech, AI, Beauty and Fashion Tech, FemTech, Female Consumer Tech, Social Platforms, Social Commerce Platforms, Blockchain, Metaverse, NFTs, Crypto, Fintech, just to name a few.

We are not accepting Coinvestor and Startup Applications unless you are a Warm Referral. You can contact one of our Investment Committee members if they have told you to submit to private submissions email. NewChic Capital Family Office Diligence is conducted by NewChic Capital and JennFund Private Access Fund Diligence Team.

Some of our Portfolio and Partners

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Funding The Next Generation of Impact Entrepreneurs

Our existing Investments and Portfolio take precedence, but occasionally we hand-select a few early-stage or growth startups in which to take a more active role. Our expertise and process span pitch preparation, Fundraising, Strategic Intros, high-level Strategy, Business Development, Executive Leadership Coaching, Marketing, Go to Market, and New Market Entry.

Although our scope is international, we have experience with markets and establishing successful businesses in North America and Asia including SEA.

 

Areas of Practice

Investing

 

We invest strategically in businesses built around life-improving tech with potential for universal impact. Besides direct investments, we also allocate our proprietary funds to emerging Fund Managers with like-minded values and vision.

Strategic Advisory

 

We love new ideas and passionate founders and helping them to grow impactful sustainable businesses. We look to form active partnerships with founders, and our goal is to get you investment-worthy and ready for fundraising, growth, and expansion.

Growth Strategy

 

We are experts at Scaling and Growth and are happy to proactively make partnership introductions, as well as help seek follow on funding opportunities and co-investors in our network on behalf of our portfolio companies. We strive to position them for every success and to have continuing positive impact in the ecosystem.

Media

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Beyond Investment - Strategic Advisory

Our existing investments and portfolio take precedence, but occasionally we hand-select a few early-stage or growth startups in which to take a more active role. Our expertise and process spans pitch prep, fundraising, strategic intros, high-level strategy, business development, executive leadership coaching, marketing, and market-entry. Although our scope is international, we have experience with markets and establishing successful businesses in North America and Asia including SEA.

Partners & Investment Committee

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Jennifer Cheng Lo, Co-Founder, Chair & Managing Partner

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Jennifer Cheng Lo is the Founder & Director of NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) her single Family Office focused on Impactful Tech Web 3 AI Investments by directly investing in, advising, and supporting Founders as well as allocating to Digital and Alternative Assets by co-investing alongside and allocating to notable Funders and Fund Managers. Jennifer Cheng Lo is a serial exited (over 12 exits including IPOs and Unicorns, including an eCommerce IPO that was the predecessor before 2 subsequent ICOs to Web3 Exchange (Crypto.com) award-winning Entrepreneur and Investor, Creator, Speaker, Podcaster, Writer, Author, Classical Concert Pianist, Actress and Model; With a solid track record in Big Tech as well as building and investing in Successful Startups, Jennifer Cheng Lo’s primary focus as an Investor is as Founding Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Private International Asset Management & Advisory; as an Entrepreneur, the Co-Founder of Globalify AI (Globalify.xyz) Search Engine connecting Founders & Investors Across Web5 (Web2 & Web3). As the CGO (Chief "Glam" Officer, AKA Chief Growth Officer) of Globalify, Jennifer Cheng Lo is a hybrid CRO Chief Revenue Officer CMO Chief Marketing Officer who spearheads Strategic Partnerships, Revenue, Growth, Marketing & PR, Fundraising & Investor Relations for the Platform and its curated Community of Founders and Funders. Outside of Globalify AI, Jennifer Cheng Lo maintains her other positions as the Founder & Chair of JennClub DAO (JennClub.com) a content and commerce platform empowering Creators, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, and Changemakers and giving them wings; Founder & Chair, Chosen Collective Foundation (ChosenCollective.com); Founding CMO & Partner; WooTech AI; Founder & Director, of Glam-it! (Glamit.com) a beauty, fashion, lifestyle technology brand; Chair of Women With Purpose (part of Society of Family Offices); Partner, Investor Relations, CoinsGroup Private Web3 VC Crypto Hedge Fund; Director of Business Development of The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.Hk), her family’s boutique hotel. Aside from Advising, Building, Investing in early stage and growth companies, Jennifer Cheng Lo is also a Creator and a Supporter of the Arts and Humanities. An international award-winning Classical Pianist, Jennifer Cheng Lo holds a Piano Performance Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music, a BA in International Relations from Brown University, and an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Jennifer Cheng Lo has also appeared in international campaigns, films, and television as an Actress and a Model. Jennifer Cheng Lo serves on different boards including Board Advisor for WooTech AI, BMJ (beyondmood.com) AI, and is also an LP and Partner with various different Funds and Family Offices.

As an international award winning Concert Pianist, Actress, Creator Jennifer Cheng Lo has raised millions of dollars via philanthropic concerts and collaborations for Women Empowerment, Covid Relief, Stop Asian Hate, Health Services, frontline aid, ESG. Jennifer Cheng Lo holds roles of Partner, Investor, Advisor, Ambassador, Board Member of likeminded Funds, Portfolio Companies, Projects, Communities. For Impact Entrepreneurship, Investing, & Web3 - Jennifer Cheng Lo has been the recipient of APEA Most Promising Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Winner), CMO Asia Woman SuperAchiever (Winner), Mediazone’s “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” (Winner), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist), “Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Woman of Influence” American Chamber of Commerce (Finalist); World of Women WOW Awards (Finalist, Runner-up Web3 For Good). Jennifer Cheng Lo has contributed to the startup ecosystem as a Mentor, Ambassador, Advisor, Judge for different organizations including SelectUSA on behalf of the US Consulate, Mentor & Ambassador for Tezos Foundation & Accelerator, Dfinity Foundation ICP (Internet Computer Protocol), Orbitz, Alzalvo Accelerator / JumpStart Media, SeedStars, 500 Startups, Draper, 10000 Startups India, Startup Weekend, Cocoon Accelerator, MIT Enterprise Forum, and more. With philanthropy Jennifer Cheng Lo has been involved as an Ambassador & Advisor to HER Fund, as well as sponsor and speaker for TWF (The Women’s Foundation), as a Pianist and Donor for Women Helping Women, Asian Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and more. As a writer and author, Jennifer Cheng Lo had a regular column for several years, as a business education writer for the South China Morning Post. Jenn has been featured on BBC, CNBC, NBC, TEDx, SCMP, Elle, Cosmo, TimeOut and other media. In addition, Jennifer Cheng Lo is active on the speaking circuit including TEDX, FOMO Asia, WOW, BananaConf, HKWeb3, InvestHK, Think Young Entrepreneurship School (Google), Google Women’s forums, Google Entrepreneurship Panels, InnovFest Unbound, General Assembly, Retail World Asia, Shanghai Technology University, Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

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Royce Lo, Co-Founder, Co-CFO-CTO-COO
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Royce is Co-Founding Partner as well as the Co CFO, Co CTO, Co COO of NewChic Capital Family Office. Born in Canada, and growing up in Canada, Hong Kong, and the US, Royce attended SAC Boys’ School in Canada for high school before attending Cornell. Royce has a degree in Computer Engineering from Cornell. He also has a Masters in Hotel Management from Cornell. After a decade of being an Investment Banker, Royce decided to focus on existing family businesses including launching his own boutique hotel, The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.HK. ) Aside from Traditional lnvestments including Funds, Alternative Assets, Private Equity, Technology, he is an active successful Real Estate and Property Developer, Investor, and Owner, in different geographies and verticals.

Vivian Wang, Co-Founding General Partner & Managing Director

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Vivian Wang is the Founding Partner & Managing Director of Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Hedge Fund and General Partner and Portfolio Manager at NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) Family Office. Vivian also holds a senior position in a capital markets advisory firm that helps listed companies achieve and sustain fair valuation and strengthen brand recognition in the global financial markets. Possessing extensive experience in the financial services industries, Vivian previously worked at Infinity Group, a leading China and Israel focused private equity fund with over 1.5 billion USD AUM. She was responsible for a wide range of projects including investment analysis, deal sourcing, due diligence and investment monitoring. Prior to her foray into Private Equity, Vivian was an Equity Trader with Macquarie Group with a particular focus on Asia-Pacific market. Vivian graduated with a BA in Economics from Sun Yat-sen University and a BBA in Marketing from ESLSCA. She also holds an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Ever since her time as an HKUST MBA student (the youngest on record for her MBA intake year) where she and Jennifer met and became friends, Vivian has been much regaled for her prowess managing her own personal investment portfolio even in her student days, as well as overseeing P&L on other personal projects and collaborations with friends. She was and is also much lauded for her prowess on the Poker table, where her natural instincts for trading, game theory, psychology come into play — Vivian has participated now in The World Poker Series twice. She is the Finance Director for Women With Purpose (Part of Society of Family Offices) where she helps lead efforts for NexGen including roundtables and seminars on Investing, Gaming, Technology, Education, Culture, Lifestyle and more.

Shn Juay, Co-Head of Portfolio & Community, Founding Partner

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Shn Juay is currently the CMO (Web 3.0) at iCandy Interactive Limited (ASX: ICI), the largest independent gaming studio across Australia and Southeast Asia. She also holds a secondary appointment as the VP of B2B. She advises consumer brands keen to provide their users/ customers with a gamified experience in the metaverse(s) or deeper brand engagement via Web 3 games or platforms. Shn was the former CEO of Paktor, a location-based dating and networking app, and was responsible for scaling the business into seven Asian markets.

Kate Juan, Chief Fund Officer

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As Chief Fund Officer of NewChic Capital Family Office (Single Family Office) Kate Juan is responsible for overseeing allocation to funds as well as specific investments in the Greater China, SEA, and international. As Managing Director, Union Bancaire Privee, Kate is an experienced banker with 15 years of experience in private banking as well as trading. Over the past decade, Kate has focused on serving family offices and UHNIs out of Hong Kong and Singapore. She has worked for major financial institutions such as HSBC, DB, CS and most recently UBP. She possesses extensive knowledge of the financial industry and experience in managing private clients’ assets and wealth planning needs. Kate holds an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. She is a certified yoga instructor and yogi who is well versed in fitness, nutrition, health, wellness. A self-confessed foodie, Kate also indulges in her wanderlust with travel. A connoisseur of fine art, jewelry, and fashion, Kate enjoys discerning luxury and curated social events.

Ashley Dudarenok, Chief Media Officer, Partner, Advisor

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Ashley Dudarenok is a Chinese serial entrepreneur, award winning digital expert and book author, recognised by Thinkers50 as a “Guru on fast-evolving trends in China”. She is the founder of ChoZan 超赞 (www.chozan.co), China-focused digital transformation consultancy, and Alarice (www.alarice.com.hk), a marketing agency. Ashley runs a portfolio of other businesses across Asia and Europe. Today she spends most of her time with ChoZan, helping C-suite from world’s top companies “Learn for China, Learn from China” through immersion programs, tech tours and market visits. Ashley Dudarenok is also a sought after professional speaker covering topics around the future of retail, customer centricity, China's tech ecosystems and evolving business models for brands like BMW, Coca Cola, Disney and many more. Ashley is the author of 11 books on digital China. She has over 300,000 global China watchers following her on LinkedIn and YouTube for daily China insights.

Yvonne Teh, Co-Head of Portfolio & Community

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Yvonne Teh is co-Head of Portfolio & Community of NewChic Capital Single Family Office. An Entrepreneur and Investor with a Builder mindset and a passion for fostering communications alongside relationship building, Yvonne Teh studied Electrical Engineering at the National University of Singapore and holds an MBA from HKUST Business School. After holding roles including being a Business Consultant at one of the world's top consulting firms, and a Senior Engineer at a global MNC in the Mobile Phone industry and Telecom space, Yvonne has since achieved business success in the Health Wellness Beauty tech realms, impacting people globally, continuously building upon her passion for developing new businesses. As Co-Head of Portfolio and Community for NewChic Capital Family Office, Chosen Collective Foundation, JennFund, and JennClub DAO, she focuses on exploring new tech, connecting the dots with the Founders & Funders comprising this existing Portfolio, Community within the wider ecosystem. Outside growing businesses, Yvonne’s range of interests span travelling, immersing herself into different cultures, fine dining, meeting new people— deepening her existing friendships, with a variety of sports, music, and other artistic and intellectual pursuits including photography.

Christy So, Partner, AI

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Christy is a startup veteran in the eCommerce, mCommerce, Tech space - and (fun fact!) first employee of Klook (the Hong Kong based travel tech unicorn) who has seen and grown with the company from its day 1 to series E. With her journalism background, Christy turned out to be a successful generalist, and has worked closely with start-up Founders to transform unique company DNA and their “secret sauce” into sustainable People and Cultural Values; she is also an expert at Change Leadership, Operation Optimization, and Organizational Structuring and Restructuring all of which needs to be prepped for rapid growth and scale-up stage to sustainable exits and beyond. A serial Entrepreneur herself, Christy is Founder of FemTech Ecommerce Platform and Brand Luvy.Me and Beyond Mood Journal (stealth and beta) advocating the importance of self-love and mindfulness journeys.

Joan Lim, Head of Communications, Partner

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Joan is a serial entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in various companies ranging from bootstrapped startups to big corporations. With her background in traditional finance and real estate, Joan is ideally positioned with her portfolio and project management focus with a special emphasis on Fintech and Proptech sectors. A driven and results-oriented individual, she has made communication one of the most crucial components of her management philosophy, as well as the core tenets of her own principles. Throughout her career, Joan has held management and leadership positions across diverse industries—specifically finance, real estate development, and property management. Holding her accreditation from London School of Economics as well as other higher institutions of learning, Joan has found that her direct experiences have allowed her to learn beyond the classroom or business case study, and apply her skills in financial analysis, strategic planning, and team leadership. Excelling on her own as well as within a team structure, she has always believed that communication is essential in any successful business and understands that clear and effective communication can prevent misunderstandings and conflicts, and foster collaboration and productivity. When she is not in the midst of a project or a portfolio or partner meeting, Joan enjoys reading books on psychology and personal development, living out her belief in growth mindset and lifelong learning. In the spirit of learning and exploring, she also loves travelling, experiencing different cultures, and trying out new cuisines. Joan’s passion for learning and self-improvement reflects her commitment to staying current and relevant in her field and leading others, whether it is her peers or the next generation, by her own example.

Serena Deng, Web3 & Community Lead, EMEA & Asia

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Serena is the Head of EU and Web3 for NewChic Capital Family Office and also the Founder of Passion Consulting. Before delving into Web3, Serena spent a foundational portion of her career in Private Banking at UBS in Hong Kong, serving UHNW Greater China & Asia clients and their interests as a Private Banker. She earned the distinction of being the youngest banker on the team, with a winning combination of maturity, diligence and integrity widely acknowledged by her highly discerning clients. She relocated to Zurich during COVID, which also opened the door naturally for her to embark on her explorations of Web3. In 2021, she formally ventured into DeFi and was immediately captivated by blockchain's potential to transform financial systems and daily life. Serena then indulged her passion in DeFi and NFTs, and worked at AMINA bank (a FINMA licensed crypto bank in Switzerland) as the lead of Asia desk. There, she formed strong ties with Web3 stakeholders in Asia. Due to her ongoing desire to connect the dots and connect people, Serena actively engages in the European Web3 communities and is personally close to major Layer 1 network foundations in Switzerland, while also bridging these to her deep rooted relationships in Asia. Committed to fostering dialogues between Asia and Europe in the Web3, emerging technologies, and AI space, Serena is part of the Core Team of 0X499 and has co-hosted and collaborated with bluechip events like The Scaling AI Summit across communities like Azuki, Pudgy Penguins and conferences including Token2049, DevCon. Prior to 0x499, Serena was Head of BD Europe at Coinharbor, where their focus is providing on/off ramp total solutions to facilitate liquidity in the ecosystem. Serena holds a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She also holds a master’s degree in Marketing from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a master’s degree in Investment Management from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. When not immersed in DeFi, Web3, and Tech, you can find Serena traveling the world with her friends or to visit her friends so that they can discuss philosophy, Art & Culture and other “indoor activities” or engage in other adventures and active outdoor sports including skiing, hiking, stand up paddling, wakeboarding, and surfing.

Douglas Ching, Partner

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Doug’s Bio

Douglas Ching is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of COINS GROUP.

COINS GROUP is a private fund that has been providing global capital and marketing resources for blockchain projects since 2017. The company’s capital arm, COINS CAPITAL, has invested in more than 40 blockchain start-ups in early rounds, whereas COINS MARKETING focuses on providing exclusive advisory and incubation support for projects under the company’s portfolio.

With more than 20 years Web 2.0 & 3.0 background, Douglas used his expert know-how and skillset on expert coverage Token fundraising across Private and Public sales, Token launch presale white listing/ expert marketing, Digital asset management, Crypto project advisory, Blockchain Project due diligence and analysis, blockchain community management & Social media Digital Marketing. Douglas has a proven track record for unicorn and deca-corn building.

Investments:

Crypto.com (world’s fastest crypto app with 10M+ users, https://crypto.com )

Equilibrium (cross-chain money markets, https://equilibrium.io )

Oasis Labs (privacy-enabled blockchain platform for open finance, https://www.oasislabs.com )

Kilt (DID protocol for issuing self-sovereign, verifiable credentials, https://www.kilt.io)

Cere (decentralized data ownership, https://cere.network )

Gamee (blockchain meets mobile entertainment, https://www.gamee.com )

Idavoll Network, (toolbox for decentralized community monetization, https://idavoll.network )

Labs Group, (digitized real estate investment ecosystem, https://labsgroup.io )

Blindboxes, (gamified launchpad and marketplace for NFTs, https://blindboxes.io )

OccamFi (Cardano’s defi ecosystem, https://occam.fi )

deFire, (hub for optimal on-chain execution, https://defire.fi )

CasperLabs (blockchain built for enterprise adoption, https://casperlabs.io )

Iagon (decentralized cloud services, https://iagon.com )

Coin98 (all-in-one DeFi platform with 700k users from 150 countries, https://coin98.com )

NFT Stars (first Australian cross-chain NFT marketplace, https://nftstars.app )

Ardana, (stablecoin ecosystem built on Cardano, https://ardana.org )

Theos, (smart liquidity protocol for NFTs, https://theos.fi )

vEmpire (world’s largest decentralized metaverse investment platform, https://v-empire.io )

Olympus Dao (decentralized reserve currency and community-owned decentralized financial infrastructure, https://www.olympusdao.finance )

Paragons Dao (economic and social partner-DAO to promising blockchain-powered gaming ecosystems, https://paragonsdao.com )

ShoeFy (digital sneaker NFTs, https://www.shoefy.io )

Zuki Moba (play-to-earn shooting game, https://zukimoba.com )

Cowboy Snake, (first team-vs-team game platform inspired by Snake, https://cowboysnake.com)

MeMusic, (blockchain-based platform to to personalize music experience, https://memusic.io )

Torekko (Japanese animation metaverse, https://torekko.com )

Pocket Network (trustless API protocol for major blockchain networks, https://www.pokt.network)

Portal Finance (decentralized financial platform that blends bitcoin and layer 2, https://portaldefi.com )

GEMS, (Social sharing portal to connect crypto gamers and turn GameFi into Esports,

https://thegems.gg )

and many more

Advisory Partnership:

DaoLaunch (decentralized venture capital, https://daolaunch.net)

Douglas is also an experienced and successful trader and secondary market gem hunter. He has helped COINS GROUP to discover many asymmetrical opportunities through market trend research, on-chain data analytics, price analytics and project research.

Angel Li, Advisor and Committee Member Avatar Capital Management

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Angel is the Founder and Investment Committee Member of Avatar Capital Management, an alternative investment manager investing in Asia Pacific properties, possessing over 22 years of private equity real estate experience in Asia Pacific. Prior to the inception of Avatar Capital, Angel was the Head of Asia of Macquarie Asset Management Real Estate and served as an Investment Committee Member of Macquarie Global Real Estate Fund. Before her tenure at Macquarie, Angel was the Head of Portfolio Management and Investment Committee Member of CLSA Real Estate and in charge of deal sourcing, execution and asset management of over US$4.2 billion of real estate investment opportunities across the Asia Pacific region including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan and Australia. Prior to her stint at CLSA, Angel spent 5 years in the Global Principal Investments Group at Merrill Lynch where she had extensive experience in special situations and event driven investments (including but not limited to distressed debt, structure financing and non-performing loans in Asia.) Angel is also a Partner & Founding Advisor for Chosen Collective Foundation (ChosenCollective.com), a part of NewChic Capital Family Office (NewChicCapital.com Family Office - a Single Family Office with Multi-Family Investment Committee based in Hong Kong, US, with International Investment Committee) She holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and conversational Japanese. She has also completed a programme of study by the Universiry of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in Sustainability Real Estate: Creating a Better Built Environment. Outside her business pursuits, Angel devotes her time to mentoring underprivileged teenagers in the and inspires them to pursue their dreams and overcome challenges in society. She is a compassionate and dedicated professional with a genuine passion for nurturing children and as well has own children (she is the mother of 2) and empowering NexGen to take charge of their destinies across their growth, development, overall well-being. When not occupied with her business and philanthropic pursuits, Angel is an intrepid traveler, foodie, and a connoisseur of Culture, Arts, Music, and the Humanities.

Jong Lee, Chief Legal Officer, Partner

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Legal Counsel

Jong Lee Managing Director of RGL Holdings Limited

Jong Lee is the Managing Director of RGL Holdings Limited and has spent over 15 years building businesses in various roles, ranging from private equity, to venture capital and angel investment, and entrepreneurship. Jong specializes in technology, media, traditional industries, and special purpose real estate. His prior portfolio companies include Nexon, Starbucks Beijing, MTV Japan, Good Morning Securities (Korea), Berghaus Japan and SMIC (China). In Hong Kong, Jong has led RGL's founding of Hong Kong Commons, a leading accelerator and co-work platform, Bonham Strand, a bespoke apparel social enterprise reaching out to disenfranchised master tailors, displaced garment workers and youth fighting drug addiction, and Lots Of Buttons, winner of TechInAsia’s Startup Arena 2013 in Singapore. Jong is a graduate of Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, recipient of the Parker School Certificate of Achievement in International Law, With Honors and Founding Editor in Chief, Columbia Journal of Asian Law. As a licensed New York attorney, he practiced as an international private equity and leveraged buy-out attorney on Wall Street with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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Laurence Thoo, Partner

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Laurence is a founding partner of Letters & Thoo, a leading Hong Kong intellectual property (IP) firm established in 2013. He has established a proud track record of excellence in the field of IP having been consistently recognised by industry benchmark publications including International Asset Management (IAM) magazine’s The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2012-2024) and in IAM Global Leaders (2020-2024). Clients rely upon Laurence not only for the uncompromising quality of his professional services, but also for his commitment to providing accessible and responsive client care at all times, and often in time-critical situations. He constantly strives to maintain these high standards by providing client-focused IP solutions to clients of all sizes and from all industry sectors. As part of his ongoing commitment to maintaining the highest quality of professional standards in the field of IP, Laurence has proudly served on the Council of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association Hong Kong Group (APAA), is recognised as a Fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (FIPTA), and is an active member of the Hong Kong Institute of Trade Mark Practitioners, the Federation International des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle (FICPI) and the International Trademark Association (INTA). Prior to entering the Patent Attorney profession in 2000, Laurence was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the University of Sydney, a Master of Industrial Property Law from the University of Technology Sydney, and, a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Wollongong. He previously practised at Deacons (2007-2013) in Hong Kong, and before that, at Davies Collison Cave (2000-2007) in Sydney Australia. Laurence’s practice specialises in the procurement, management and enforcement of patent, design and trade mark rights as well as providing strategic intellectual property advice regarding freedom-to-operate clearance, validity and patentability/registrability issues covering major jurisdictions around the world such as the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Australia. Laurence assists clients of all sizes and sectors including Hong Kong and international law firms, global corporations, universities, government departments as well as start-up companies requiring expert guidance in navigating through the complex world of intellectual property for the first time. No matter who his clients are, his approach always remains the same – to deliver only the highest quality intellectual property services which meet his clients’ commercial objectives cost- effectively.

Tuan Phan, Partner

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Tuan Q. Phan is an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, investor and consults industry leaders. As a professor of digital business at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Business School, he possesses deep expertise in Big Data, social media, marketing, retail, AI, Fintech, EdTech and digital economies, combined with computer science, economics, and statistics. His research has been published in leading scientific and management journals including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP).

Dr. Phan has also taught at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Siqi Chen, Entrepreneur, Investor, Partner

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Siqi is the founder and CEO of Runway, an a16z funded startup enabling operators to understand their business without needing a degree in finance. As an operator and founder: Siqi was CEO of Sandbox VR (a16z), VP of Product and Growth at Postmates (acquired by Uber), CEO of Hey, Inc (Google-funded, acquired by Postmates), Head of Product at Zynga (IPO 2011), CEO of Serious Business (funded by Lightspeed, acquired by Zynga). Siqi is an investor in nearly a hundred companies like Clubhouse, Amplitude, Pipe, and Italic. Previously, Siqi worked at NASA JPL, where he was the only person to ever receive a Congressional Space Act award while in school, for his contributions to machine vision technology on the Mars Exploration Rovers.

Daniel Cheung, CTO, Founding Technical Partner

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Daniel Cheung is a Venture Partner and Technical Advisor in residence for NewChic Capital Family Office with an Engineering, Tech-builder, Operations background. An Entrepreneur-Investor-Operator hybrid, Daniel is a serial exited Entrepreneur and has deep experience and track record of transforming ideas into viable businesses, product development, going from 0-1, and scaling. He holds dual degrees BSci in Automation Engineering and a Master in Computer Science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Founder and CEO of one of Asia's top NFT exchanges, BuyApe.io

Eric Fung, CSO, Partner

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Eric boasts a solid track record in both corporate and startup environments, highlighted by a successful exit from a luxury gifts e-commerce platform. As the Chief Operations Officer at GLOBALIFY, he has been instrumental in expanding the company's reach in the tech startup ecosystem by implementing AI-driven tools and a company-developed search engine to streamline venture capital investments. Additionally, Eric raised USD500k to created a crypto digital asset lending protocol, a DeFi project that has significantly impacted the crypto communities, where he remains an influential figure.

With an academic foundation from Simon Fraser University and specialized training in entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation from Draper University and Hong Kong Poly University, he possesses a diverse skill set that spans from tech development to strategic business growth. At Manulife and Statistics Canada, he honed his statistical and analytical skills in assessing financial risks, laying the groundwork for his later achievements in leading a 200-person team at On Hing Metal, demonstrating adeptness in operational excellence and team leadership. His experience is a unique blend of technical expertise, corporate strategy, and entrepreneurial acumen, enabling him to drive innovation and growth in rapidly evolving tech markets.

Kelvin Ung, Chief Investment Officer

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Kelvin is a Partner with Silverbear Capital, and Partner at Frontier Growth Ventures(MENA, Africa, Middle East Venture Fund), Partner at Roselake VC and is a Founder of a Stealth Project. He has served as CEO/COO of Baikal: an institutional private equity and commercial real estate platform built on the blockchain for CLSA. Kelvin is a former regulator with Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission serving both Intermediaries and Enforcement. Kelvin drove the globalisation of Liquidnet: the most successful global dark pool, network serving institutional buy-side investors that transformed how over 15T+ AUM is transacted today. Liquidnet was a #5 Inc 500 fastest growing companies in 2004. Kelvin also serves as the co-chair for the Association of Family Offices (Philanthropy and Legacy Group). Kelvin is passionate about driving investment into sustainable development and is spearheading the development of various impact driven ventures. Kelvin is passionate about connecting people, communities and societies to drive a better future for the next generation.

Cyrus Ip, Advisor

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Cyrus is a dynamic venture builder, marketer, and business leader fueled by a deep passion for cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and AI. His true expertise lies in transforming these innovations into real-world applications that make a meaningful impact. Currently, he leads DreamWorld AI, focusing on leveraging AI computer vision to democratize 3D virtual content production. His visionary leadership paves the way for accessible and immersive virtual experiences. In his previous role as a Partner at Newman Capital, a Web3 and tech-focused venture firm, Cyrus made significant contributions to the firm's success. Operating in Hong Kong, across Asia, and the US, he navigated the dynamic Web3 landscape with expertise and finesse. Before his ventures in the tech and venture investment sectors, Cyrus honed his skills as an FX Market Analyst at Citigroup. He also gained valuable experience in leading international and regional broadcast media outlets. This diverse background empowers Cyrus with a comprehensive understanding of the tech, venture investment, startup building, finance, and media landscapes in Asia and North America, bringing a unique and invaluable perspective to any undertaking.

James Kwan, Advisor

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James Kwan, Executive Chairman at Jumpstart and Managing Partner at Soapbox Capital, is an innovative leader driven by a passion for technology and education. With experience as a program director and/or project partner for five accelerators, he has made noteworthy contributions to the Hong Kong startup ecosystem. James has successfully conducted investor matching for esteemed organizations and is on the advisory pitch board for SXSW, one of the most prominent startup shows in the US. James was previously listed as an Executive Director of an IPO and nominated as Mentor of the Year for Asia at Founder Institute, reflecting his commitment to fostering emerging talent.

Web3 Partners
Crypto NFT Metaverse Investment Committee

Jennifer Cheng Lo, Founder & Chair

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A serial exited (over 12 exits including IPOs and Unicorns, including an eCommerce IPO thatwas the predecessor before2 subsequent ICOs to Web3 Exchange Crypto.com) award-winning Entrepreneur and Investor, Creator, Speaker, Podcaster, Writer, Author, Classical Concert Pianist, Actress and Model, Jennifer Cheng Lo is the Founder & Director of NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) her single Family Office focused on Impactful Tech Web 3 AI Investments by directly investing in, advising, and supporting Founders as well as allocating to Digital and Alternative Assets by co-investing alongside and allocating to notable Funders and Fund Managers; With a solid track record in Big Tech as well as building and investing in Successful Startups, Jennifer's primary focus as an Investor is as Founding Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Private International Asset Management & Advisory; as an Entrepreneur, the Co-Founder of Globalify AI (Globalify.xyz) Search Engine connecting Founders & Investors. As the CGO (Chief "Glam" Officer, AKA Chief Growth Officer) of Globalify, Jennifer is a hybrid CRO CMO who spearheads Strategic Partnerships, Revenue, Growth, Marketing & PR, Fundraising & Investor Relations for the Platform and its curated Community of Founders and Funders. Outside of Globalify AI, Jennifer maintains her other positions as the Founder of JennClub DAO (JennClub.com) a content and commerce platform empowering Creators, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, and Changemakers and giving them wings; Founder & Chair, Chosen Collective Foundation (ChosenCollective.com); Founding CMO & Partner; WooTech AI; Founder & Director, of Glam-it! (Glamit.com) a beauty, fashion, lifestyle technology brand; Chair of Women With Purpose (part of Society of Family Offices); Founding Partner, Investor Relations, CoinsGroup Web3 VC Crypto Hedge Fund; Director of Business Development of The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.Hk), her family's boutique hotel. Aside from Advising, Building, Investing in early stage and growth companies, Jennifer is also a Creator and a Supporter of the Arts and Humanities. An international award-winning Classical Pianist, Jennifer holds a Piano Performance Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music, a BA in International Relations from Brown University, and an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Jennifer has also appeared in international campaigns, films, and television as an Actress and a Model. Jennifer serves on different boards including Board Advisor for Fusang (Fusang.co Fully Licensed International Web2 Web3 Exchange), Advisor for Dreamland AI; Advisor for BMJ (beyondmood.com) AI, and is also an LP and Partner with various different Funds and Family Offices.

As an international award winning Concert Pianist, Actress, Creator she's raised millions of dollars via philanthropic concerts and collaborations for Women Empowerment, Covid Relief, Stop Asian Hate, Health Services, frontline aid, ESG. Jennifer holds roles of Partner, Investor, Advisor, Ambassador, Board Member of likeminded Funds, Portfolio Companies, Projects, Communities. For Impact Entrepreneurship, Investing, & Web3 - Jennifer has been the recipient of APEA Most Promising Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Winner), CMO Asia Woman SuperAchiever (Winner), Mediazone's “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” (Winner), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist), “Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Woman of Influence” American Chamber of Commerce (Finalist); World of Women WOW Awards (Finalist, Runner-up Web3 For Good). Jenn has contributed to the startup ecosystem as a Mentor, Advisor, Judge for SelectUSA on behalf of the US Consulate, Tezos Foundation & Accelerator, ICP (Internet Computer Protocol), Alzalvo Accelerator / JumpStart Media, SeedStars, Startup Weekend, Cocoon Accelerator, MIT Enterprise Forum, and more. With philanthropy she has been involved as an Ambassador & Advisor to HER Fund, as well as sponsor and speaker for TWF (The Women's Foundation), as a Pianist and Donor for Women Helping Women, Asian Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and more. As a writer and author, she had a regular column for several years, as a business education writer for the South China Morning Post. Jenn has been featured on BBC, CNBC, NBC, TEDx, SCMP, Elle, Cosmo, TimeOut and other media. In addition, Jenn is active on the speaking circuit including TEDX, FOMO Asia, WOW, Think Young Entrepreneurship School (Google), Google Women's forums, Google Entrepreneurship Panels, InnovFest Unbound, General Assembly, Retail World Asia, Shanghai Technology University, Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

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Vivian Wang, Co-Founding General Partner

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Vivian Wang is the Founding Partner & Managing Director of Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Hedge Fund and General Partner and Portfolio Manager at NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) Family Office. Vivian also holds a senior position in a capital markets advisory firm that helps listed companies achieve and sustain fair valuation and strengthen brand recognition in the global financial markets. Possessing extensive experience in the financial services industries, Vivian previously worked at Infinity Group, a leading China and Israel focused private equity fund with over 1.5 billion USD AUM. She was responsible for a wide range of projects including investment analysis, deal sourcing, due diligence and investment monitoring. Prior to her foray into Private Equity, Vivian was an Equity Trader with Macquarie Group with a particular focus on Asia-Pacific market. Vivian graduated with a BA in Economics from Sun Yat-sen University and a BBA in Marketing from ESLSCA. She also holds an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Ever since her time as an HKUST MBA student (the youngest on record for her MBA intake year) where she and Jennifer met and became friends, Vivian has been much regaled for her prowess managing her own personal investment portfolio even in her student days, as well as overseeing P&L on other personal projects and collaborations with friends. She was and is also much lauded for her prowess on the Poker table, where her natural instincts for trading, game theory, psychology come into play — Vivian has participated now in The World Poker Series twice. She is the Finance Director for Women With Purpose (Part of Society of Family Offices) where she helps lead efforts for NexGen including roundtables and seminars on Investing, Gaming, Technology, Education, Culture, Lifestyle and more.

Royce Lo, Co-Founder, Co-CFO-CTO-COO

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Royce is Co-Founding Partner as well as the Co CFO, Co CTO, Co COO of NewChic Capital Family Office. Born in Canada, and growing up in Canada, Hong Kong, and the US, Royce attended SAC Boys’ School in Canada for high school before attending Cornell. Royce has a degree in Computer Engineering from Cornell. He also has a Masters in Hotel Management from Cornell. After a decade of being an Investment Banker, Royce decided to focus on existing family businesses including launching his own boutique hotel, The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.HK. ) Aside from Traditional lnvestments including Funds, Alternative Assets, Private Equity, Technology, he is an active successful Real Estate and Property Developer, Investor, and Owner, in different geographies and verticals.

Shn Juay, Co-CMO, Founding Partner, co-Head Web 3 & SEA

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Shn Juay is currently the CMO (Web 3.0) at iCandy Interactive Limited (ASX: ICI), the largest independent gaming studio across Australia and Southeast Asia. She also holds a secondary appointment as the VP of B2B. She advises consumer brands keen to provide their users/ customers with a gamified experience in the metaverse(s) or deeper brand engagement via Web 3 games or platforms. Shn was the former CEO of Paktor, a location-based dating and networking app, and was responsible for scaling the business into seven Asian markets.

Eric Fung, Co-Head Web3

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Eric boasts a solid track record in both corporate and startup environments, highlighted by a successful exit from a luxury gifts e-commerce platform. As the Chief Operations Officer at GLOBALIFY, he has been instrumental in expanding the company's reach in the tech startup ecosystem by implementing AI-driven tools and a company-developed search engine to streamline venture capital investments. Additionally, Eric raised USD500k to created a crypto digital asset lending protocol, a DeFi project that has significantly impacted the crypto communities, where he remains an influential figure.

With an academic foundation from Simon Fraser University and specialized training in entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation from Draper University and Hong Kong Poly University, he possesses a diverse skill set that spans from tech development to strategic business growth. At Manulife and Statistics Canada, he honed his statistical and analytical skills in assessing financial risks, laying the groundwork for his later achievements in leading a 200-person team at On Hing Metal, demonstrating adeptness in operational excellence and team leadership. His experience is a unique blend of technical expertise, corporate strategy, and entrepreneurial acumen, enabling him to drive innovation and growth in rapidly evolving tech markets.

Douglas Ching, Partner

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Doug’s Bio

Douglas Ching is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of COINS GROUP.

COINS GROUP is a private fund that has been providing global capital and marketing resources for blockchain projects since 2017. The company’s capital arm, COINS CAPITAL, has invested in more than 40 blockchain start-ups in early rounds, whereas COINS MARKETING focuses on providing exclusive advisory and incubation support for projects under the company’s portfolio.

With more than 20 years Web 2.0 & 3.0 background, Douglas used his expert know-how and skillset on expert coverage Token fundraising across Private and Public sales, Token launch presale white listing/ expert marketing, Digital asset management, Crypto project advisory, Blockchain Project due diligence and analysis, blockchain community management & Social media Digital Marketing. Douglas has a proven track record for unicorn and deca-corn building.

Investments:

Crypto.com (world’s fastest crypto app with 10M+ users, https://crypto.com )

Equilibrium (cross-chain money markets, https://equilibrium.io )

Oasis Labs (privacy-enabled blockchain platform for open finance, https://www.oasislabs.com )

Kilt (DID protocol for issuing self-sovereign, verifiable credentials, https://www.kilt.io)

Cere (decentralized data ownership, https://cere.network )

Gamee (blockchain meets mobile entertainment, https://www.gamee.com )

Idavoll Network, (toolbox for decentralized community monetization, https://idavoll.network )

Labs Group, (digitized real estate investment ecosystem, https://labsgroup.io )

Blindboxes, (gamified launchpad and marketplace for NFTs, https://blindboxes.io )

OccamFi (Cardano’s defi ecosystem, https://occam.fi )

deFire, (hub for optimal on-chain execution, https://defire.fi )

CasperLabs (blockchain built for enterprise adoption, https://casperlabs.io )

Iagon (decentralized cloud services, https://iagon.com )

Coin98 (all-in-one DeFi platform with 700k users from 150 countries, https://coin98.com )

NFT Stars (first Australian cross-chain NFT marketplace, https://nftstars.app )

Ardana, (stablecoin ecosystem built on Cardano, https://ardana.org )

Theos, (smart liquidity protocol for NFTs, https://theos.fi )

vEmpire (world’s largest decentralized metaverse investment platform, https://v-empire.io )

Olympus Dao (decentralized reserve currency and community-owned decentralized financial infrastructure, https://www.olympusdao.finance )

Paragons Dao (economic and social partner-DAO to promising blockchain-powered gaming ecosystems, https://paragonsdao.com )

ShoeFy (digital sneaker NFTs, https://www.shoefy.io )

Zuki Moba (play-to-earn shooting game, https://zukimoba.com )

Cowboy Snake, (first team-vs-team game platform inspired by Snake, https://cowboysnake.com)

MeMusic, (blockchain-based platform to to personalize music experience, https://memusic.io )

Torekko (Japanese animation metaverse, https://torekko.com )

Pocket Network (trustless API protocol for major blockchain networks, https://www.pokt.network)

Portal Finance (decentralized financial platform that blends bitcoin and layer 2, https://portaldefi.com )

GEMS, (Social sharing portal to connect crypto gamers and turn GameFi into Esports,

https://thegems.gg )

and many more

Advisory Partnership:

DaoLaunch (decentralized venture capital, https://daolaunch.net)

Douglas is also an experienced and successful trader and secondary market gem hunter. He has helped COINS GROUP to discover many asymmetrical opportunities through market trend research, on-chain data analytics, price analytics and project research.

Daniel Cheung. Technical Advisor

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Daniel Cheung is a Venture Partner and Technical Advisor in residence for NewChic Capital Family Office with an Engineering, Tech-builder, Operations background. An Entrepreneur-Investor-Operator hybrid, Daniel is a serial exited Entrepreneur and has deep experience and track record of transforming ideas into viable businesses, product development, going from 0-1, and scaling. He holds dual degrees BSci in Automation Engineering and a Master in Computer Science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Founder and CEO of one of Asia's top NFT exchanges, BuyApe.io

Gen Naruhito, Creative Director

Joan Lim, Head of Communications, Advisor, Property, Proptech SEA

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Joan is a serial entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in various companies ranging from bootstrapped startups to big corporations. With her background in traditional finance and real estate, Joan is ideally positioned with her portfolio and project management focus with a special emphasis on Fintech and Proptech sectors. A driven and results-oriented individual, she has made communication one of the most crucial components of her management philosophy, as well as the core tenets of her own principles. Throughout her career, Joan has held management and leadership positions across diverse industries—specifically finance, real estate development, and property management. Holding her accreditation from London School of Economics as well as other higher institutions of learning, Joan has found that her direct experiences have allowed her to learn beyond the classroom or business case study, and apply her skills in financial analysis, strategic planning, and team leadership. Excelling on her own as well as within a team structure, she has always believed that communication is essential in any successful business and understands that clear and effective communication can prevent misunderstandings and conflicts, and foster collaboration and productivity. When she is not in the midst of a project or a portfolio or partner meeting, Joan enjoys reading books on psychology and personal development, living out her belief in growth mindset and lifelong learning. In the spirit of learning and exploring, she also loves travelling, experiencing different cultures, and trying out new cuisines. Joan’s passion for learning and self-improvement reflects her commitment to staying current and relevant in her field and leading others, whether it is her peers or the next generation, by her own example.

Kaye Cheung, Advisor

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Kaye's role as an Omnichannel Marketing Manager is characterized by a dedication to integrating data-driven strategies across various industries. With a focus on web3 and AI projects, Kaye is adept at scouting startups that bring innovative solutions to a wide audience. This cross-industry expertise, enriched by a passion for empirical insights, enhances Kaye's strategic and database marketing skills. Guided by a forward-thinking perspective on technology, Kaye's approach fosters the development of user-centric products in diverse market segments.

Serena Deng, Web3 & Community Lead, EMEA & Asia

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Before delving into Web3, Serena spent a foundational portion of her career in Private Banking at UBS in Hong Kong, serving UHNW Greater China & Asia clients and their interests as a Private Banker. She earned the distinction of being the youngest banker on the team, with a winning combination of maturity, diligence and integrity widely acknowledged by her highly discerning clients. She relocated to Zurich during COVID, which also opened the door naturally for her to embark on her explorations of Web3. In 2021, she formally ventured into DeFi and was immediately captivated by blockchain's potential to transform financial systems and daily life. Serena then indulged her passion in DeFi and NFTs, and worked at AMINA bank (a FINMA licensed crypto bank in Switzerland) as the lead of Asia desk. There, she formed strong ties with Web3 stakeholders in Asia. Due to her ongoing desire to connect the dots and connect people, Serena actively engages in the European Web3 communities and is personally close to major Layer 1 network foundations in Switzerland, while also bridging these to her deep rooted relationships in Asia. Committed to fostering dialogues between Asia and Europe in the Web3, emerging technologies, and AI space, Serena is currently Head of BD Europe at Coinharbor, where their focus is providing on/off ramp total solutions to facilitate liquidity in the ecosystem. Serena holds a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She also holds a master’s degree in Marketing from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a master’s degree in Investment Management from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. When not immersed in DeFi, Web3, and Tech, you can find Serena traveling the world with her friends or to visit her friends so that they can discuss philosophy, Art & Culture and other “indoor activities” or engage in other adventures and active outdoor sports including skiing, hiking, stand up paddling, wakeboarding, and surfing.

Anya Hayden, Advisor

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Anya Hayden is General Partner and Founder of ANIM, a top-tier early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology companies globally. Prior to ANIM, Anya most recently invested for Founders Fund out of the U.S. and Europe, with the team capitalising Anya's first pool of capital; ANIM progresses the strategy behind Anya's Founders Fund capital. Prior to Founders Fund, she led the establishment of the Product Analytics stack and physical goods Strategy for autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation. Anya has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Vogue, The Economic Times, Entrepreneur India, and Silicon India, is a delegate to the Middle East and APAC with multiple conferences, and has spoken globally for Google and other technology leaders. Anya graduated from Harvard Business School where she served as Student Body President. She is based in London.

Entrepreneurs in Residence

Jennifer Cheng Lo, CoFounder of Globalify, CGO

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A serial exited (over 12 exits including IPOs and Unicorns, including an eCommerce IPO thatwas the predecessor before2 subsequent ICOs to Web3 Exchange Crypto.com) award-winning Entrepreneur and Investor, Creator, Speaker, Podcaster, Writer, Author, Classical Concert Pianist, Actress and Model, Jennifer Cheng Lo is the Founder & Director of NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) her single Family Office focused on Impactful Tech Web 3 AI Investments by directly investing in, advising, and supporting Founders as well as allocating to Digital and Alternative Assets by co-investing alongside and allocating to notable Funders and Fund Managers; With a solid track record in Big Tech as well as building and investing in Successful Startups, Jennifer's primary focus as an Investor is as Founding Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Private International Asset Management & Advisory; as an Entrepreneur, the Co-Founder of Globalify AI (Globalify.xyz) Search Engine connecting Founders & Investors. As the CGO (Chief "Glam" Officer, AKA Chief Growth Officer) of Globalify, Jennifer is a hybrid CRO CMO who spearheads Strategic Partnerships, Revenue, Growth, Marketing & PR, Fundraising & Investor Relations for the Platform and its curated Community of Founders and Funders. Outside of Globalify AI, Jennifer maintains her other positions as the Founder of JennClub DAO (JennClub.com) a content and commerce platform empowering Creators, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, and Changemakers and giving them wings; Founder & Chair, Chosen Collective Foundation (ChosenCollective.com); Founding CMO & Partner; WooTech AI; Founder & Director, of Glam-it! (Glamit.com) a beauty, fashion, lifestyle technology brand; Chair of Women With Purpose (part of Society of Family Offices); Founding Partner, Investor Relations, CoinsGroup Web3 VC Crypto Hedge Fund; Director of Business Development of The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.Hk), her family's boutique hotel. Aside from Advising, Building, Investing in early stage and growth companies, Jennifer is also a Creator and a Supporter of the Arts and Humanities. An international award-winning Classical Pianist, Jennifer holds a Piano Performance Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music, a BA in International Relations from Brown University, and an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Jennifer has also appeared in international campaigns, films, and television as an Actress and a Model. Jennifer serves on different boards including Board Advisor for Fusang (Fusang.co Fully Licensed International Web2 Web3 Exchange), Advisor for Dreamland AI; Advisor for BMJ (beyondmood.com) AI, and is also an LP and Partner with various different Funds and Family Offices.

As an international award winning Concert Pianist, Actress, Creator she's raised millions of dollars via philanthropic concerts and collaborations for Women Empowerment, Covid Relief, Stop Asian Hate, Health Services, frontline aid, ESG. Jennifer holds roles of Partner, Investor, Advisor, Ambassador, Board Member of likeminded Funds, Portfolio Companies, Projects, Communities. For Impact Entrepreneurship, Investing, & Web3 - Jennifer has been the recipient of APEA Most Promising Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Winner), CMO Asia Woman SuperAchiever (Winner), Mediazone's “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” (Winner), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist), “Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Woman of Influence” American Chamber of Commerce (Finalist); World of Women WOW Awards (Finalist, Runner-up Web3 For Good). Jenn has contributed to the startup ecosystem as a Mentor, Advisor, Judge for SelectUSA on behalf of the US Consulate, Tezos Foundation & Accelerator, ICP (Internet Computer Protocol), Alzalvo Accelerator / JumpStart Media, SeedStars, Startup Weekend, Cocoon Accelerator, MIT Enterprise Forum, and more. With philanthropy she has been involved as an Ambassador & Advisor to HER Fund, as well as sponsor and speaker for TWF (The Women's Foundation), as a Pianist and Donor for Women Helping Women, Asian Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and more. As a writer and author, she had a regular column for several years, as a business education writer for the South China Morning Post. Jenn has been featured on BBC, CNBC, NBC, TEDx, SCMP, Elle, Cosmo, TimeOut and other media. In addition, Jenn is active on the speaking circuit including TEDX, FOMO Asia, WOW, Think Young Entrepreneurship School (Google), Google Women's forums, Google Entrepreneurship Panels, InnovFest Unbound, General Assembly, Retail World Asia, Shanghai Technology University, Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

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Arstan Usenov, Cofounder of Globalify, CTO

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Arstan is a skilled full stacked software engineer professional with a strong background in Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML and proficiency in frameworks and tools like Flask, Django, Git, Supabase, Google Cloud. As the Chief Technology Officer at GLOBALIFY and WIOT Technologies. At GLOBALIFY he has effectively led technology strategies to support business goals, contributing significantly to the AI development and scalability of the SaaS platforms.

Through roles as a mentor at CEC AUCA and as a teacher at Bilimkana in Kyrgyzstan, Arstan has excelled in breaking down complex coding concepts to foster innovation and learning. He has also been instrumental in developing software projects, including Primer payments automation, demonstrating his expertise in writing efficient and reliable code. Based in San Francisco, Arstan's contributions to software and project management at companies such as DevelopsToday highlight his involvement in product development and innovation. His education from the University of Twente, coupled with a certification from Draper University, underlines Arstan's commitment to continuous learning and achieving excellence in the tech industry.

Eric Fung, Cofounder of Globalify, CEO

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Eric boasts a solid track record in both corporate and startup environments, highlighted by a successful exit from a luxury gifts e-commerce platform. As the Chief Operations Officer at GLOBALIFY, he has been instrumental in expanding the company's reach in the tech startup ecosystem by implementing AI-driven tools and a company-developed search engine to streamline venture capital investments. Additionally, Eric raised USD500k to created a crypto digital asset lending protocol, a DeFi project that has significantly impacted the crypto communities, where he remains an influential figure.

With an academic foundation from Simon Fraser University and specialized training in entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation from Draper University and Hong Kong Poly University, he possesses a diverse skill set that spans from tech development to strategic business growth. At Manulife and Statistics Canada, he honed his statistical and analytical skills in assessing financial risks, laying the groundwork for his later achievements in leading a 200-person team at On Hing Metal, demonstrating adeptness in operational excellence and team leadership. His experience is a unique blend of technical expertise, corporate strategy, and entrepreneurial acumen, enabling him to drive innovation and growth in rapidly evolving tech markets.

James Peyer, Co-Founder & CEO of Cambrian Bio

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James Peyer is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Cambrian Bio. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Sensei Biotherapeutics and holds multiple board and executive roles across Cambrian’s pipeline. He has spent his entire life dedicated to the mission of finding ways of preventing people from getting diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s instead of waiting for people to get sick. James was previously Founder and Managing Partner at Apollo Ventures, the first global longevity-focused venture capital firm, investing across the US and Europe. Prior to Apollo, James was a biotech R&D specialist at the New York office of McKinsey & Company, serving major pharmaceutical clients. He earned his PhD in stem cell biology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as a National Science Foundation Fellow and received his B.A. with special honors from the University of Chicago.

Kelly Mi Li, Founder, Hot Jiang

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Kelly Mi Li is a serial entrepreneur, film producer, speaker, and investor. In addition to being the executive producer and star of Netflix’s Bling Empire, Kelly has founded and invested in multiple companies that each speak true to her many passions. In 2020, Kelly founded Wet Paws Media, a film production company where she currently has five projects in the pipeline to be shot. She also co-founded Hot Jiang, a hot sauce company featuring her family’s secret spicy recipe. Alongside Kelly's professional career, she is a devoted philanthropist and has sat on the board of many non-profit organizations. In 2021, Kelly partnered with Hate Is A Virus to launch the CommUNITY Action Fund and raised over $1 million to support the Asian community. She became an ambassador in 2022 for Active Minds, a non-profit dedicated to promoting mental health especially in the youth. Kelly also co-founded Golden Voice Society, a non-profit committed to education and giving back to the Asian community.

Joey Ngoy, Cofounder of Hot Jiang

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Joey Ngoy is a proud Cambodian-Teochew entrepreneur passionate about building successful brands, businesses, and mentoring others based on his lifelong experiences. His family's story is featured in the documentary The Donut King on Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV, which details how the Ngoy family immigrated to the United States in the 1980s following the Cambodian genocide, building a donut empire of over 200 shops across America. Growing up in the family's donut shop business shaped Joey's mindset and work ethic from the age of five. With strong family ties to Cambodia, he bridges the gap between international opportunities and the Cambodian government and non-government entities. Over the past 21 years, Joey has founded and built companies across diverse industries, including video games, electronics, home entertainment, apparel, toys, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, Web3, and restaurants. His first startup, still operating today, was bootstrapped, growing from $700 to $2 million in its first year and achieving 300% year-over-year growth. As a 13-time startup founder with two exits, Joey has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Wired, and more for his accomplishments. As a five-time alumnus of the INC 500/5000 list, he belongs to a distinguished group of only 4% of private companies to have achieved this recognition in America. Through his manufacturing and marketing companies, he has launched over 1,000 individual products in the past two decades, earning recognition for award-winning inventions and marketing campaigns. Joey is the co-founder of Retro-Bit, the #1 global retro video game brand and official Nintendo game publisher, and Innex, Inc., the largest distributor for video games and peripherals in North America and Canada, servicing over 6,000 doors today. His products can be found both offline and online at retailers like Amazon. Beyond gaming, he has spent over a decade bridging brands from East to West, scaling notable retail chain brands like MiniSO from China, 85°C Bakery from Taiwan, and Dave's Hot Chicken, currently America's fastest-growing food franchise. Today, Joey continues to create monumental deals and build brands, focusing on HOT JIANG, the world's first sustainable CPG/FMCG brand, specializing in spicy, convenient, and health-conscious products that bring authentic Chinese flavors from Yunnan province. Joey's life mission, fueled by his entrepreneurial successes, is to educate and nurture entrepreneurial enthusiasts in Southeast Asia and beyond, aiming to empower at least 1 million individuals by 2033. Driven by startup creativity, he's always ready for new adventures that shape industries and create opportunities for others. His values and the mentorship he has received guide him, and he's excited to continue making a positive impact for his family, friends, and the entire world.


Wendy Chen, Founder & CEO of Omnistream

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Wendy Chen is the founder and CEO of Omnistream. Her specialty is in building data enabled businesses, turning automation into competitive advantage. She has led an automated commodities trading desks in New York and Hong Kong with annual profits exceeding $100m USD. She also has extensive experience in strategy design, risk management (she safely managed billions of dollars of turnover per day in autonomous systems) and regulatory management, creating processes that ensures compliance with constantly changing regulatory environments (including algorithms). She has a unique talent in unique data source identification that provides competitive advantages and innovation management, constructing teams based on whether processes or cost structures need to change within larger organisations. With board management and investor management Wendy completed her Honours Ba Sc in Systems Engineering from University of Waterloo in Canada, specialising in computational neuroscience and reinforcement learning (algorithmic game theory in strategy games).

Siqi Chen, Entrepreneur & Investor; Investment Committee

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Siqi is the founder and CEO of Runway, an a16z funded startup enabling operators to understand their business without needing a degree in finance. As an operator and founder: Siqi was CEO of Sandbox VR (a16z), VP of Product and Growth at Postmates (acquired by Uber), CEO of Hey, Inc (Google-funded, acquired by Postmates), Head of Product at Zynga (IPO 2011), CEO of Serious Business (funded by Lightspeed, acquired by Zynga). Siqi is an investor in nearly a hundred companies like Clubhouse, Amplitude, Pipe, and Italic. Previously, Siqi worked at NASA JPL, where he was the only person to ever receive a Congressional Space Act award while in school, for his contributions to machine vision technology on the Mars Exploration Rovers.

Keith Rumjahn, Co-Founder & CEO of OliveX (BVI)

Keith Rumjahn

My name is Keith Rumjahn. I’m the CEO and Co-Founder of OliveX (BVI), a digital lifestyle company focused on the health and fitness industry that provides applications, 'smart technology' and a user experience built on artificial intelligence, gamification and premium content.

We are building a fitness metaverse that enables real-world fitness to merge with the digital universe in order to engage consumers with brands, influencers, and coaches. We are backed by some of the most prestigious investors in the world such as Animoca Brands, which is a global leader in blockchain gaming.

Pak Ting, Founder & CEO of Votee

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Pak Ting is the Founder and CEO of Votee. Votee was established to disrupt the traditional market research industry with technology by going beyond consumer insights, combining feedback with digital sales & marketing. Votee has been helping NGOs, banks, businesses, universities and restaurants. Using in-house built technology, Votee transforms every touchpoint into an opportunity to engage, enhance and reward customers in real-time. Born and raised in Canada, Pak moved to Hong Kong in 2005 and has worked in various financial institutions including JP Morgan, Standard Chartered and was most recently the Head of Fixed Income Sales and Syndicate at Bank of China (HK). Pak was also a board member of a charity organization - HandsOn Hong Kong from 2013-2016. Pak holds a BA of Economics and Political Science at York University.

Lukky Ahmed, Co-founder & CEO of Climate X

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Lukky is co-founder & CEO of Climate X, a member of Forbes Business Council, and several Climate-focused initiatives including Leaders for Climate Action. He has over 15 years of international experience with leading Banking and Financial Services including HSBC, Hang-Seng, Lloyds Banking Group and Accenture. Having spent time meeting entrepreneurs in New York during 2018/19, Lukky’s own entrepreneurial light was finally switched on, and in 2020, he embarked on a journey with his co-founder to build Climate X – a data analytics company that delivers solutions for the existential threat that climate change poses to the global economy. He has now led multi-million dollar fundraising rounds for Climate X, securing investment from some of the world’s best venture capital, family office and angels. Outside of Climate X, Lukky is a vocal advocate of Diversity & Inclusion and gives time to support to founders embarking on their journey into the startup ecosystem. In his spare time, you’ll find him tinkering with music, enjoying theatre and exploring the world. Columbia University.

Kamil Kluza, Co-founder & CPO at Climate X

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Kamil is a co-founder and CPO at Climate X – a data & analytics firm quantifying how different climate change pathways could result in physical hazards and associated losses, e.g. due to floods, hurricanes or subsidence. He’s a statistician and econometrician with a passion for tinkering with all kinds of models that project the future. That helped his past career in financial services and consulting which he quit to pursue innovation in climate tech.

Christy So, Entrepreneur in Residence, Advisor and Partner

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Christy is a startup veteran in the eCommerce, mCommerce, Tech space - and (fun fact!) first employee of Klook (the Hong Kong based travel tech unicorn) who has seen and grown with the company from its day 1 to series E. With her journalism background, Christy turned out to be a successful generalist, and has worked closely with start-up Founders to transform unique company DNA and their “secret sauce” into sustainable People and Cultural Values; she is also an expert at Change Leadership, Operation Optimization, and Organizational Structuring and Restructuring all of which needs to be prepped for rapid growth and scale-up stage to sustainable exits and beyond. A serial Entrepreneur herself, Christy is Founder of FemTech Ecommerce Platform and Brand Luvy.Me and Beyond Mood Journal (stealth and beta) advocating the importance of self-love and mindfulness journeys.

Sehreen Noor Ali

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Sehreen Noor Ali is a mom and technologist who is now the co-founder of Sleuth, a search engine for children’s health. Inspired by her struggle getting answers for her daughter's condition, Sleuth’s vision is to unlock the expertise of caregivers and to become the largest platform for real-world pediatric data. Sehreen started her career as a public servant with the U.S. Department of State, spent several years as an executive within edtech, and started the award-winning network EdTechWomen. She lives in NYC and is the proud mother of two little girls.


Alder Riley, Co-founder & CEO of Itemfarm

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Alder is co-founder & CEO of Itemfarm, a company founded in 2021 where he brings to bear over a decade of experience on the cutting edge of the manufacturing. Since opening the first retail 3D prinitng store in the US in 2012 Alder has developed & prototyped products for tens of thousands of clients including Apple, Google, Stanford Medical Center, Microsoft, and others. Alder's impact has stretched beyond retail manufacturing; in 2020 Alder helped develop the open-source Origami face shield which to-date has been manufactured over 100 million times across the planet to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Itemfarm's first product, the Orchard micro-factory, enables any business or community to have an in-house manufacturing base that can keep up with the demands of a consumer environment where demand for goods changes by the hour. Outside of manufacturing Alder also runs Small Steps & Giant Leaps, one of the world's largest all-volunteer organizations for the promotion of space exploration. Through Small Steps & Giant Leaps Alder has worked with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the International Space Station National Laboratory, the government of Luxembourg, and hundreds of other organizations and companies to push the cause of humanity's expansion into outer space.

Carlos Herrera, CEO of Petastic

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Carlos currently serves as the CEO of Petastic. He is an avid entrepreneur who thrives on conceptualizing innovative solutions geared to help humans' day-to-day routines and create businesses around them. He has spent his entire professional career developing (20 years), designing, architecting, building, and most importantly, producing real-world, complex autonomous systems.

Carlos has a diverse set of working experiences in the technology sector, spending his early career (2001 - 2005) at Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. While employed at these organizations, Carlos worked on various high-altitude high-endurance autonomous air vehicle programs. His work focused on data acquisition, dissemination, transformation, and analysis for the US intelligence apparatus.

An entrepreneur at heart, in 2005, Carlos, along with Chris Diebner (Petastic CTO and former Northrop), ventured out to develop Ballista, a commercially off-the-shelf platform to manage autonomous air vehicle fleets for freight and logistics companies. Via a talent acquisition, this company was acquired DreamHammer in 2008, where Carlos remained as the company's CSO until 2012.

In 2013, Carlos, along with his two prior business partners Dustin Morales and Chris Diebner, founded Petnet with the vision to become the premier company for digitally connecting you to your pet's health and activities. As CEO of Petnet, Carlos was responsible for the company's technical vision, architecture, and strategies. Our founding team's background in architecting remotely operated systems, consuming and analyzing, and dynamically reacting to large complex data sets helped shape the structure for the entire digital pet network behind the products and services offered by the company. Petnet's investors included iRobot, Petco, Amazon, Arrow, and the preeminent hardware incubator Bolt. Petnet ceased operations in 2019 after a failed 18-month acquisition negotiation with Nestle-Purina.

In early 2020, with nearly eight years of experience in the pet industry, we founded Petastic, a company on a mission to become the digital backbone for all pet-related data, and its utility. Trained by actual pet owner data, Petastic is a "pet aware" AI-powered pet care assistant uniquely designed to connect and engage brands with verified pet owners. Petastic empowers brands to find new pet customers, learn more about their current client base, and cultivate engaging relationships throughout every life of the pet's life.

Carlos holds a BS in Computer Engineering, an MS in Operations Research, and MS in Financial Engineering from Columbia University.


Elgin Kim, Chief Business Officer of Sagaverse

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Elgin Kim is the Chief Business Officer at Sagaverse, where he spearheads business development focusing on on-chain collaborative creation using Bitcoin. Since the beginning, he has been integral to Sagaverse’s success and also leads business development at Tiny Vikings, pioneering opportunities with the Tiny Protocol for Bitcoin. Elgin has a rich background in advising a diverse range of companies, from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 firms, focusing on strategy, innovation, business development, and revenue optimization. Based in the Greater Los Angeles Area, his work spans various sectors including app development, ad tech, media, retail, and handset manufacturing. He is well-versed in programmatic monetization and data management for video and display advertising. Previously, Elgin was a Partner at Mobile Ventures Summit and Lab1492, where he helped high-growth companies, particularly non-US firms, enter and succeed in the US market. His strategic insights and leadership were crucial in navigating the complex landscape of mobile marketing and advertising. Elgin's career includes significant roles such as Head of Mobile Advertising at Slacker, Head of Western U.S. and Asia Sales at Nexage, and leadership positions at GoTV Networks, JumpTap, Nokia, Enpocket, and Edmunds dot com. His early career involved pioneering efforts in mobile data services, where he developed innovative mobile CRM applications and location-based services. Elgin specializes in mobile marketing, monetization strategies, mobile data services, sales, business development, cross-platform video, and mobile applications. His extensive experience and leadership continue to drive success and innovation at Sagaverse and Tiny Vikings.


Lars-Erik Ravn, Cofounder and CEO of Sagaverse

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Lars-Erik Ravn is a seasoned entrepreneur and technology enthusiast. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Sagaverse, he is driving innovation, focusing on on-chain collaborative creation and monetization using Bitcoin. He also leads Tiny Vikings, pioneering new opportunities with the Tiny Protocol for Bitcoin. Lars-Erik has a rich background in cryptocurrency, having worked with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and more since 2009. He has hands-on experience in building, scaling, and funding startups, notably as Chairman of the Board at WorldView Innovation since 2011. Previously, he served as COO of Fusetools, where he developed high-performance tools and platforms for developers. Lars-Erik holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from BI Norwegian Business School. Passionate about technology, he has also volunteered at as team leader at The Gathering, supporting young creative computer enthusiasts. Lars-Erik believes in the power of winning teams and continues to lead and inspire in the tech industry.


Advisors, Ambassadors, Volunteers & Supporters

Shannon Kalayanamitr, Advisor, Entrepreneur, Investor, SEA

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Shannon Kalayanamitr

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  • Venture Capitalist of the Year – Technode – 2020
  • UN Women’s Thailand Leadership Award - 2020
  • Shark – Shark Tank Thailand 2019
  • Founder of the Year – THAILAND STARTUP AWARDS 2016
  • Speaker – FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women
  • Asia – 2016
  • "40 Under 40 to Watch" - CAMPAIGN ASIA 2016
  • Advocate - HeForShe by UN WOMEN since 2017
  • Asia Tatler Rising 50 Under 40 - 2017
  • Thailand Tatler Generation T - 2017

Shannon is CEO of 5G Catalyst Technologies, a Platform-as-a-Service “PaaS”, for Smart Cities, empowering cities in an integrated data approach with data visualization and analytics. The platform provides insights to optimize city functions and promote economic growth and inclusiveness, with an intrinsic value improving the quality of life for citizens.

Currently Advisor at GOBI PARTNERS is a Pan-Asia Fund, managing over 1.2 Billion USD across 13 funds across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Japan, China and Hong Kong. We focus on multi-stage tech investments. She was also Shark on Shark Tank Thailand.

In 2013 – 2017 - Shannon Co-Founded Orami, and was the former Chief Marketing Officer of [formerly MOXY] - the largest e-commerce destination for women in Southeast Asia, with 3 M&As under its belt, and global investors such as Eduardo Saverin [Facebook], and Gobi Partners [Alibaba Fund Manager, HK, China], and was one of the first Thai companies to roll out a regional play.

An Entrepreneur and a passionate Equality Advocate. She is a mover and a shaker, dedicated to building businesses and deeply connected in sectors of Technology, Business, Entertainment & Media, and Social Development for Equal Rights and Education in Thailand and in Asia.

Shannon is deeply involved in the Start-up, Technology, Investment and Business sectors and devotes time to Mentorship, Programs and Projects. She is a recognized judge or mentor or speaker at Demo Days, Speaking Panels, such as Slush, Tech in Asia, Wild Digital, Dealstreet Asia, Bloomberg, CNN. In 2016, Shannon was chosen to represent Asia at the FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women Summit, nominated in the "40 under 40" to watch by Campaign Asia and honored to be Thailand's Founder of the Year and Venture Capitalist of the Year at the Start-Up Awards.

Shannon is a Women's and Equality Advocate and remains active in the non-profit sector, a board member at Pratthanadee Foundation, a foundation that helps disadvantaged women and girls in Thailand, and frequently speaks, moderates or chairs workshops and panels for the UNDP, UNESCO and other United Nations events and forums. She has helped to raise awareness and funds via celebrities and socialites with good causes, such as mentorship and scholarship programs and aiding the fishing rehabilitation projects during the Andaman Tsunami Disaster in 2005. In 2017, Shannon became a UN Women HeForShe Advocate for Thailand and was awarded UN Women’s National WEPs Award in the Leadership Commitment category.

Mother of Twin Daughters, passionate about growth and has an insatiable thirst for life.

Background:

In her former life, prior to technology, Shannon started her career in Investment Banking, at Lehman Brothers’ Global Real Estate and Structured Finance Group – Asia, Ex-Japan. She then started a 1 year Tsunami Disaster Relief Program in Phangna, Phuket, and Ranong in 2005, raising funds and managing development for a tsunami stricken village. In late, 2005 – she joined Singha to become its youngest Director in International Corporate Planning & Strategy overseeing 44 countries worldwide, with focus on the restructuring of the USA market, establishment of the Australian market, and co-developing the UK market.

Her entrepreneurial journey started with 2 companies: Iconic Media focused on media, events, festivals, integrating TV formats and media applications such as Asia’s Next Top Model, and with Altus Transactional Services, a Financial Advisory Group, with focus on acquiring, building and restructuring conglomerates throughout South East Asia. Altus’ project included the Building of a HD Digital Terrestrial Television Station, from Strategy, Business Case, Winning a Government Concession, and the actual Development, HR, Operations, Content Planning, and Execution [project size: 5 Billion THB, or 157 MM USD] for Dr. Prasert Prasartthong-osoth, www.PPTVThailand.com, Channel 36.

The start up bug bit Shannon, when she joined Rocket Internet’s Lazada in 2011, with a leading role in creating “Thailand’s Amazon” ecommerce platform, www.Lazada.co.th. She shortly left to start MOXY/ ORAMI, in 2013 and the rest is history.

Esther Ma, Public Relations
Advisor

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Esther Ma founded Prestique Limited (#prestiqueltd) in 1995 and is currently serving as its Chief Executive Officer. Prestique is a boutique lifestyle public relations and events management company with clients including beauty brands, luxury products, architects and designers, hospitality and sports entities, educational institutions and NGOs. Prior to founding Prestique, Esther worked for Procter & Gamble (HK) Limited as SKII Brand Manager and received the Regional SKII Brand-Building Award. In 2016, Esther co-founded Harvest Sky Enterprises Limited (#harvest_sky) to nurture and support elite and aspiring athletes via opportunities in education, empowerment, events, endorsements and endowments.

Prestique has been awarded a “Caring Company” for 10 consecutive years and celebrates the 10th Anniversary of its CSR initiative “Children Charities Carnival” this year. Esther’s personal awards include AmCham/SCMP Entrepreneur of the Year, APEC’s Woman Entrepreneur Delegate (HK), China’s Top 100 Woman Entrepreneurs, Jessica 10 Most Successful Women Award, and SCMP Woman of Our Time.  Esther is the nominee of Women of Hope Award (Power and Influence) by Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation and named Ferrari International Fabulous Four Woman Entrepreneur.  Esther is the also honorary judge for Tatler Hong Kong's Gen-T 2018 Awardees.

Currently, Esther is First Vice President of Zonta Club of Hong Kong, co-founding executive of Golden Bauhinia Woman Entrepreneurs Association, member of Diocesan Old Girls’ Association, alumni ambassador of Columbia Business School, council member of InspiringHK and Wu Zhi Qiao Charitable Foundation, founding task force member of Asian University for Women and co-founder of Femmes du Vin Asia. Esther sits on the boards of Columbia Business School Lang Entrepreneurship Centre, Chinese University Morningside College, Teach4HK and Women Helping Women Hong Kong. Esther is a Trustee of Indian Mountain School, a junior boarding school and The Kent School, a private high school both in Connecticut, U.S.A.

Esther has authored five books – “Conducting Your Job Search in Hong Kong” (1992), “The A to Z of PR” (2005), “HarvEst of the 7 Human Vines” (2014) , “Live and Love Life under the Hong Kong Basic Law” (2017) and "Asia's 15 Over 50 - What's Her Next 50?" (2019). She received her BA degree from UC Berkeley and MBA degree from Columbia Business School.

Esther has been married to Harvey Lee for 27 years and they have two daughters Quisha (15) and Tiqa (13).  During her leisure time, Esther enjoys golf, triathlon, squash, cooking and painting.

Kelly Mi Li, Advisor

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Kelly Mi Li is a serial entrepreneur, film producer, speaker, and investor. In addition to being the executive producer and star of Netflix’s Bling Empire, Kelly has founded and invested in multiple companies that each speak true to her many passions. In 2020, Kelly founded Wet Paws Media, a film production company where she currently has five projects in the pipeline to be shot. She also co-founded Hot Jiang, a hot sauce company featuring her family’s secret spicy recipe. Alongside Kelly's professional career, she is a devoted philanthropist and has sat on the board of many non-profit organizations. In 2021, Kelly partnered with Hate Is A Virus to launch the CommUNITY Action Fund and raised over $1 million to support the Asian community. She became an ambassador in 2022 for Active Minds, a non-profit dedicated to promoting mental health especially in the youth. Kelly also co-founded Golden Voice Society, a non-profit committed to education and giving back to the Asian community.

Dr. Susan Mistler, Advisor, Executive Coach

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Susan is an Executive Coach and Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She has coached senior leaders in large multinational companies and top financial organisations in Asia Pacific for the last 20 years, and now serves as the Managing Partner for Aesara in the Americas. She works with top talent, C-suite leaders of businesses and functions, across the US and globally. Her coaching work aims to help leaders to reach their best potential in ways that can also benefit their teams and business. As an Executive Coach, Susan has worked with leaders on a broad range of issues over the years – those keen to transition to new roles successfully, leaders interested in developing their leadership skills, impact, presence, people management, personal effectiveness, and interpersonal savvy. In recent years leaders have needed more help in effectively navigating their organisations by being strategic in their relationship management.

Lolita Taub, Lightspeed Scout GP, Ganas Ventures

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Lolita Taub is a GP at Ganas Ventures where she invests in pre-seed and seed community-driven companies in the US and Latin America. With 15 years working within the Silicon Valley ecosystem, she has accomplished $70M+ in sales and made 90+ investments as an angel investor, Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and VC at Backstage Capital and The Community Fund. Lolita is also a Co-Founder of proprietary matching tools Startup-Investor Matching Tool, the GP-LP Matching Tool, and the LaaS community which brings along a community of over 4K+ founders, funders, and ecosystem friends. Forbes and Inc Magazine have featured her as a woman promoting investment in underestimated founders and funders. She has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the IE Business School. Lolita is currently in LATAM, hunting for unicorns, and most importantly, she is a dog mom to the cutest Dachshund mix, Choco.

Marcus Lee, Advisor, Co-investor - AI, Web3, Gaming

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Since a young age, Marcus has had a penchant for numbers and patterns — which has served him well as a multi-faceted Entrepreneur, Investor, Allocator, Creator, Techie, Developer, Gamer. Equipped with a predilection for Gaming, from embarking on a career as an award winning professional e-sports player to running a Game Development Enterprise (which won accolades and awards at a noteworthy hackathon), Marcus is a gamer to the core, game-theory notwithstanding. Possessing a knack for spotting trends early, Marcus has been successful in analysing and riding the Memecoin wave early including doing 100X on Pepe. When not managing his Family's traditional businesses alongside his Single Family Office allocations including direct investments, private funds, alternative asset classes, Marcus can be found delving into his incubated passion projects, entrepreneurial pursuits, including AI, NFTs, Web3, and more. He has a voracious appetite for exploring different hobbies and interests including food, travel, and of course cultivating his tight knit curated circle of friends and partners.

Irena Satkeova, Curator

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Irena is a creative producer with over a decade of hands-on experience working with art communities and top-level contemporary art galleries. Since 2021 full-time in Web3, actively building blockchain infrastructure solutions for contemporary art and community growth.

Two main focus projects: Beast DAO - powering the launch of Proof-of-Membership (www.pom.cards), a decentralized token-based membership protocol, designed to empower web3 communities, increase their community cohesion, member engagement, and available resources.

Artscape.xyz - Digital fine art platform & curated marketplace, bringing the art world's best practices into Web3. (pre-launch)

Funmi Vanessa Ullam, Advisor, Co-investor

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Funmi Vanessa Ullam is the co-founder and CEO of Eli Health - A HealthTech startup providing health and wellness services to pediatrics and youth in Nigeria. She is the founder of Crescent Kids—a non-profit organisation supporting children in Nigeria with Sickle Cell and has worked with the NHS, Global Blood Therapeutics, Fit Bit & Apple Health.

Funmi has 20 yrs experience working in the Tech industry and is currently employed by Citrix (a global technology company) as a Strategic Alliances Manager where she is responsible for creating Joint Value Propositions and Go To Market Strategies for 2 Global Systems Integrators.

She is passionate about Tech (Web3 AI & Machine Learning) and is excited & driven by how Tech presents numerous opportunities for improving and transforming healthcare. Funmi runs a monthly Twitter Space called Tech Meets Health which connects a growing community in Africa discussing all things Health, Tech & Web3. Funmi loves travel & absolutely adores kids and spending time with family - she is the mum of 2 young boys, likes cooking, building Lego and all things in between.

Ryan Chen, Portfolio Advisor

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Ryan is based in Durham, North Carolina, pursuing a double major in Political Science with a concentration in Political Behavior and Identities, and Public Policy at Duke University. Prior to Duke, he took a gap year where he worked as an intern in operations at Deliveroo, as well as a research assistant with Prof. Yan Xiaojun at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong. Previously, he served as the Operations Director for the 24 Hour Race, the world's largest student movement fighting slavery, hosting annual races which raise awareness and funds for anti-slavery and anti-trafficking movements all around South East Asia. In Hong Kong, the Race raises over $1 million HKD for its beneficiaries every year.

Annie Yang, Junior Portfolio Advisor

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Annie Yang is a Junior Portfolio Manager at NewChic Capital Family Office. She’s a double Major at Carnegie Mellon University with a focus on finance & Mathematics.

From a young age, she has had a deep-seated passion for Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Investing. (Fun fact - Annie founded her own startup while in high school.) When not perusing business plans, meeting NewChic Portfolio Companies and Funds, as well as potential portfolio companies and funds, Annie enjoys travelling, reading, hiking, and trying out new foods.

Vivienne Kong

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Vivienne Kong, founder and editor-in-chief of Gourmet Artistry, an online community designed to showcase and share the passion for culinary arts. Gourmet Artistry houses one of Asia’s largest culinary themed social media accounts with a steady following of over 300,000 followers on Instagram. It was established to further the appreciation and exposure of fine dining experiences and chefs as we believe art doesn’t exist solely in museums and galleries, hung on the walls and put on display. Talented chefs can turn food into edible works of art, adding a whole gastronomic enjoyment. She also founded “Home Omakase” an online grocery store that supply anything Japanese. From fresh imported seafood, seasonal vegetables and premium meats to specialty condiments, a one-stop shop for any aspiring home chef that wants to try their hands at creating their own kaiseki or omakase for their family. She also founded 《響樂 Live Music Lounge》 together with Jennifer Cheng Lo. We set up this club mainly to support outstanding musicians in Asia. Because of the pandemic, many concerts have been cancelled, which has a great impact on them. Therefore, we want to support them through the clubhouse.

Chris Fisher, Advisor, Investor

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Christopher Fisher

Chris Fisher is the Hong Kong based Managing Director for GPO Fund, a growth capital firm in New York City. GPO focuses on helping rapidly growing technology companies access global public markets with an emphasis on Asia. Chris is responsible for fundraising, deal structuring, and strategy.

Until 2021, Chris was Managing Partner for Click Ventures, a Hong Kong based early-stage venture capital firm, where he invested in highly scalable technology ventures.

Before venture capital, he spent over 20 years in corporate information technology strategy, M&A and direct investing for leading global consumer products companies including over ten years with Techtronic Industries in Hong Kong and seven years with Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company in Cleveland, Ohio.

Since 2004 he has been an active angel investor in the USA, China, and Hong Kong with interests primarily in advertising technology, clean energy and education. In 2015 he wrote the Taiwan chapter for Angel Financing in Asia Pacific.

Chris is a founding member of Giinseng, an organization for the promotion and advancement of impact investing in early stage businesses that create a social or environmental impact in Hong Kong and greater China.

Chris holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School. He earned a bachelor in physics with honors from Case Western Reserve University.

Summary of non-profit activities:

  • In Harmony Arts and Culture, Board Member (2020-present) 
  • Columbia Venture Community, Hong Kong chapter, Board Member (2020-present)
  • Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference, Head of Marketing (2019, 2021) 
  • Columbia University Alumni Association, Board Member (2006 – 2020) 
  • Blue Frontiers/Seasteading Institute Block Chain Working Group (2017-2019) 
  • Giinseng, co-Founder (2013-2017) 
  • Hong Kong Ivy Ball Committee, Chairman (2011, 2012), Sponsor chair (2006-2014) 
  • London Business School Alumni Association, Board Member (2010-2014) 
  • Hong Kong ICT Startup Awards, Assessor for Best Startup Award (2014, 2015) 
  • Cleveland Museum of Art Corporate Council, Board Member, (2000-2004) 
  • Rose-Mary Center, Board Member (2001-2004)
  • Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Kellett Island Committee (2013-2015)

Chrisie Wong

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Born and raised in the US, Chrisie grew up in Washington, D.C. After graduating with an Undergraduate degree in Information Systems, she came to Hong Kong to pursue her Investment Banking career. Later, she moved into Asset Management where she spearheaded Investment solutions for institutional clients including Central Banks, Sovereign Funds, Private Banks and Corporates for over a decade. In 2016, she found her first company, DreamCare, a leading award winning nanny & carers agency based in Hong Kong, specializing in native mandarin speaking nannies. (2022 Bronze Winner for the Best Nanny/Confinement Services, Expat Living’s Readers’ Choice Awards) Since inception, DreamCare has maintained its spot on the Top Recommended list on Little Steps Asia. With over 600 nannies in the roster, Professional Services expanded as well to other categories including Maternity Nurse, Night Nurse, Confinement Lady, Foreign Language Nanny, Academic Tutor and Household Manager. With both local and international placement services, DreamCare has served over 1000+ clients based in HK and overseas. Outside of her entrepreneurial education company, Chrisie herself is also a Certified Positive Discipline Parent & Classroom Educator and Trainer through the Positive Discipline Association. She is also a sleep coach providing sleep consulting for her clients. With a great passion for early childhood education as well as parenting, Chrisie has hosted seminars and workshops on parenting and holistic child sleep. Outside her business pursuits, Chrisie devotes her time to mentoring teenagers in the international schools in Hong Kong. She truly believes children and NexGen and NexNexGen are our future and need to be lovingly nurtured to be part of the success for this world. She obtained her Master of Business Administration at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Anya Hayden, Advisor, VC Portfolio Management, Family Offices Relations

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Anya Hayden is General Partner and Founder of ANIM, a top-tier early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology companies globally. Prior to ANIM, Anya most recently invested for Founders Fund out of the U.S. and Europe, with the team capitalising Anya's first pool of capital; ANIM progresses the strategy behind Anya's Founders Fund capital. Prior to Founders Fund, she led the establishment of the Product Analytics stack and physical goods Strategy for autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation. Anya has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Vogue, The Economic Times, Entrepreneur India, and Silicon India, is a delegate to the Middle East and APAC with multiple conferences, and has spoken globally for Google and other technology leaders. Anya graduated from Harvard Business School where she served as Student Body President. She is based in London.

Soumeya Benghanem

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Soumeya Benghanem is a Product Management executive with 20 years of experience in building software. She is currently a Product Management Practice Leader at Pivotal Labs, a Division of VMware. She has been the Chief Product Officer and Head of Product at startups in Financial Services and Healthcare. Some of the organizations that Soumeya has worked with include The United States Space Force, GE, Merrill Lynch, The Bank of NY Mellon, Paypal, and The Depository Trust Company.

Estefania Almeida

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Estefania has more than 11 years of experience in Venture Capital, Private Equity, and building and scaling tech ventures. Most recently, she managed a 8 digit geography agnostic portfolio with a focus on energy, impact, biotech, food and agritech, IoT, and infrastructure, and has been outstandingly positioned at the forefront of the tech industry, with deep relationships across both the sector and wider startup community. Committed to sustainability, she is the North Asia Ambassador for Top Tier Impact, a global members-only community of 600+ leaders in impact and sustainability across more than 45 countries. She held a leadership role at one of the most consistently top performing VCs globally (preqin 2018), and at ECOs, directly responsible for more than 2,000 MW of renewable energy built and connected to the grid. She was also part of the founding team that implemented scalability and successfully fundraised the early stage rounds of e-commerce leader Lazada (acquired by Alibaba for US$ 2.5bn).

Florence Fok

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Florence is the founder of Harmony Coffee Hong Kong (founded 2018). She has obtained the US SCA certificates in Hong Kong and also further honed her barista skills in Hokkaido, Japan and Taiwan. She is passionate about producing her luxury small batch coffee brand pairing a unique and luxurious coffee experience with mindful meditation and enjoyment — to her curated circle of friends and clients, their friend and clients, and beyond. Her company encapsulates a wide range of specialty coffee products and is tastefully exploring expansion into other product areas alongside brand and retail collaborations. One of the most popular services is private bespoke coffee catering services for corporate events, weddings, events (music, art, poetry, yoga) and tastings. Corporate partners and brand partners include DBS and Sunlife in Hong Kong, as well as NewChic Capital Family Office, CoinsGroup Private Web 3 Fund, Ace Investment Management Proprietary Hedge Fund, and Otto Hotel boutique hotel. The brand also specializes in tailor made custom coffee flavours and collaborations with high-end brands and discerning individuals and celebrities. The Harmony Coffee collection of drip bag coffee is loved by 5000+ customers. Other than making coffee, Florence is also a certified hypnotherapist from The National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH), US. More projects on helping people on emotional needs will be initiated in 2023. Outside of her business pursuits, Florence is a writer and intrepid traveller extraordinaire. She is based, most out of the time out of her home town of Hong Kong after having graduated from university in the UK. Globetrotting-wise she has travelled to over 20+ countries worldwide including to the continents of US, Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, (and looks to add more to this burgeoning list!)

Virginia Lam

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Based in Hong Kong, Virginia led the marketing team at one of Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce enterprises, contributed to the company’s remarkable trajectory from its early days to IPO within a brief four-year span, from 2011-2014. A serendipitous turn of events led her to spearhead marketing efforts for an Initial Coin Offering of a fintech startup, resulting in a remarkable $26.5M raise within 1.5 months in May 2017, which laid the foundation for Crypto.com. The fintech startup she worked with has since transformed into one of the most prominent crypto exchanges in the industry today. Building on this success, Virginia co-founded Coins Group with her dedicated team, a boutique VC fund that has strategically invested in over 60 projects. Looking ahead, Virginia is poised to leverage her strategic insights and marketing acumen to partner with visionary entrepreneurs in crafting impactful and innovative ventures within the dynamic realm of Web3 technology.

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