Team

Deep and extensive networks in Asia

James Tan

Managing Partner

Co-founder & COO, 55tuan (NASDAQ). Chairman, Action Community for Entrepreneurship. Former Chairman, BANSEA. Tsinghua-MIT MBA. Based in Singapore

April Ong Vaño

Head, Environmental, Social and Governance

Program Advisor, DOHE Global. Startup Ecosystem Consultant, DTI. Multiple social enterprises. Cum Laude, International Relations, Ateneo de Manila University. Based in Cebu, The Philippines

Woo Ling Ling

Analyst

Corporate Finance, Banco Santader. ING Bank. President, NUS Entrepreneurship Society. Bridges for Enterprise. Protege Ventures. Harvard College in Asia. Outstanding Contributors’ Award, ASJC. NUS Business. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Russ Neu

Venture Partner, Impact Initiatives

Founder & CEO, Social Collider. Global Lead for Diversity & Inclusion, Flex. Author, chronicles of Laos. Ministry of Education. Tsinghua-MIT MBA. Based in Singapore

Maria Lipovenko

Autumn Associate

TUM Boring. Investoom. Accenture. Winner, Not-A-Boring Competition. DAAD ERP Scholarship; Luka Pacioli Scholarship. Student Council; Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Lomonosov Moscow State University. MSc, Technical University of Munich. Based in Singapore

Daniel Ong

Executive, Group Finance & Fund Management

EY. The Straits Times. Facilitator. Hwa Chong Diploma with Distinction. NUS Business Dean’s Scholarship. NUS BBA (Accountancy), Honours with Highest Distinction. Based in Singapore

Liu Anqi

Partner, Metaverse Fund

China Petroleum. Genesis Capital. Dodoca. Chairman, NCC Cadet Officer Council. Vice-Chairman, Singapore One. RI, RGS. B.Commerce, University of Sydney. Based in Singapore

Wang Yunming

Venture Partner

Founder & CEO, 55tuan (NASDAQ), Jeehe & 51maimai. Tsinghua MBA. Based in Beijing, China

Ruslan Rakymbay

Investment Director, Kazakhstan

Founding member, QazAngels. Founder, Smart Advisory. PMP, MSc Energy Economics. Based in Astana, Kazakhstan

Sean Teo

Senior Analyst, Asia Fund II

Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator. WhyQ. Firefighting commander, SCDF. National Kayak Team. B.Chem with Distinction, NTU. Dip. Pharm. Sci., Temasek Polytechnic. Based in Singapore

Martin Hao

Executive, Investor Relations

Aurecon. PH Consulting. Ramboll Group. IES C&S Resident Engineer. BCSS. NTU BEng (Civil) (Honours). Based in Singapore

Melvin Law

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Group CEO, G Link Group. Based in Singapore

Miles Li

Associate, Metaverse Fund

China Credit International Securities. Hillhouse Capital. Bank of Beijing. Xiamen International Bank. CAP, QFP, CSQ, CCBP, China. BA, Nanjing University. UC Berkeley. MSc, NTU. Based in Singapore

Chen Bin

Marketer-in-Residence

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies research. Pioneer in China social media marketing. Founding team, 55tuan. Based in Beijing, China

Jim Jin

Geek-in-Residence

Founding team, Maimai. Founding team & engineer, 55tuan. PhD candidate, Tsinghua. Top scholar, Liaoning province. Based in Beijing, China

Dai Feng

Associate Director, South China

EVP, Suning Financial Group. Author, ‘Internet+’. GM Tianjin, 55tuan. Tsinghua MBA. Based in Shenzhen, China

Michael Pan

Geek-in-Residence

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies research. Technology, Huobi. Founding team, 55tuan & Jeehe. Based in Beijing, China

Cheng Lei

Associate Director, West China

Senior leadership, enterprise innovation and government relations. Advocate, Tibetan and minority cultures. Tsinghua MBA. Based in Chengdu, China

Shariff Raffi

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Founder & CEO, Lifestak. Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Citi. Based in Singapore

Qiu Xingxing

Marketer-in-Residence

O2O innovation and pioneer. Strategic GM, Meicai. Founding team & youngest GM Shanghai, 55tuan. Based in Beijing, China

Ellie Nguyen

Analyst

Quest Fellow. FWD Insurance. Reactor. Venture Leader Scholarship, Quest Ventures. Literature National Excellent Student, MOET. Excellent Young Leader Awards, VNU HSES. Economics, Fulbright University Vietnam. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jayren Teo

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Chief Innovation Officer, Codesurance. Co-founder, ASEAN Youth Organisation. Based in Singapore

Lin Pingping, PhD

Geek-in-Residence

SDN, next generation internet architecture. Co-founder & CTO, 55tuan. Network Attack and Defense Laboratory. National and provincial scholarships. Tsinghua PhD. Based in Silicon Valley

Emily Deng

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Honorary Director, China Aging Industry Development Foundation. President, Singapore-China Entrepreneurs Association. Visiting Professor, Henan Shengda University. Based in Singapore

Irene Bao

Summer Associate

Senior Consultant, KPMG China. Deloitte Consulting. Bain. Vice President, Student Union. NTU MSc. Nanjing University. Based in Singapore

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