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Li holds a master’s in Information Management from the University of Maryland. She used to work as a senior manager for MicroStrategy, a US business intelligence, mobile software and cloud services provider.

Swanlaab Venture Factory is a Spanish-Israeli VC fund founded in 2013 in Israel and in 2017 in Madrid,  whose first investment fund totalled €40 million. Within Spain, its portfolio has 11 startups across different B2B verticals. Each startup selected for investment during investment rounds of €2–3 million, receives funds of €500,000 to €1.5 million.Swanlaab's Israeli backer Giza Venture Capital has already achieved more than 40 successful exits and is ranked amongst the top funds worldwide, investing over $600 million since 1992.Its most recent investments include in edtech and multimedia content platform Odilo’s July 2020 $10m undisclosed round and in the €3.5m Series A investment round of sales tech Sales Layer in May 2020.

Founded by Hillhouse Capital in February 2020, GL Ventures mainly invests in early-stage startups from diverse sectors like pharmaceutical, SaaS, internet-based consumption/technology and emerging consumer goods/services.The RMB/USD dual currency VC-arm of Hillhouse currently manages total funds worth RMB 10bn from limited partners including university endowments, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, FOF and family offices. The VC has made nearly 200 investments in its first year of operations.

SoftBank Ventures Asia, founded in 2000, is a subsidiary of SoftBank Korea and part of the SoftBank Group. It is SoftBank’s early stage venture arm, with a geographical focus in Asia, the US, Europe and Israel. It was previously known as SoftBank Ventures Korea.SoftBank Ventures Asia links early-stage startups with SoftBank’s wider network of partners and businesses, which include Yahoo Japan and Alibaba (both of which SoftBank has stakes in), components manufacturers ARM and nVidia, and Indonesian e-commerce platform Tokopedia, which SoftBank has invested in. Outside of its focus areas of AI, robotics and IoT, SoftBank Ventures has invested in companies like sports analytics company bepro11, telehealth service Alodokter, and property rental management Mamikos.

Singapore's government-owned investor has a net portfolio value of just over S$300bn, with assets mainly in Asia and Singapore. In recent years it has begun investing in internet and tech companies in emerging markets, including in neighboring Indonesia and other Asian countries.As a state investor, Temasek aligns its investment portfolio and goals with areas that are relevant to Singapore’s national agenda. For example, to mitigate and reduce the effects of climate change, Temasek has set a commitment to reduce the carbon emissions of its portfolio companies, and invest in companies providing decarbonization solutions. It is also investing in biotechnology, medical technology, agritech and foodtech companies, which are some new focus areas in Singapore’s industrial development.

Founded in 2004, Zurich-based Alpha Associates is a spin-off from Swiss Life Private Equity Partners. The independent fund manager and advisor specializes in private equity, private debt and infrastructure investments, offering investment services to institutional and private wealth clients.Besides offering a range of private market funds of funds, Alpha also manages Private Equity Holding Ltd with a diversified portfolio of investments in six public-listed companies. Recent direct co-investments include participation in the $54m Series B round of Austrian marketplace Refurbed in August 2021.

The former senior executive of b5m.com has designed, developed and operated browser plug-ins. Wang Min led www.b5m.com’s growth to 5 million daily active users, while its e-commerce system also reached over 100 million visits daily.

Before joining Blackfish as co-founder and CMO in 2017, Chen was CMO and one of the key founding members of NASDAQ-listed online travel site Tuniu, where was responsible for branding, marketing and PR. 

A Changsha native, Lyu Liang has professional work experience in advertising planning. He became an entrepreneur at the age of 38 and launched Modern China Tea Shop in his Hunan provincial hometown Changsha in December 2013. 

Founded in 2015 by former vice president of Tencent and GM of Tencent M&A, Richard Peng (Peng Zhijian), and former vice GM of Tencent M&A, Kurt Xu, Genesis Capital specializes in growth stage investment of internet startups in China and the US.

Founded in 2005, NLVC focuses on early and early-growth stage Chinese companies in the TMT, cleantech, healthcare and consumer sectors. It has invested in over 180 companies and manages more than US$1.7 billion spread across four USD-denominated funds and four RMB ones.

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->Errol Damelin is a South African-born, Israeli/British entrepreneur. He co-founded Wonga.com, the UK's largest payday lender. He received his master's degree from Boston University.

Co-founder and former CTO of Elong, one of China’s leading mobile and online travel agencies, Chen Renzhong co-founded Shouke.com, a luxury clothing website, after leaving Elong. Shouke.com was acquired by Net-a-Porter in 2011 and Chen became the president of its Chinese operations.

Beijing-based Hualian Group is one of China’s leading retailers, owning and operating hypermarkets, supermarkets, department stores and shopping malls. Founded in 1996, Beijing Hualian Group now has 121 supermarkets across 33 main cities. It is the only Chinese member of International Association of Department Stores.

Established in 1863, Bayer is a global chemical and pharmaceutical company with its head office in Leverkusen, Germany. In 2015, the company launched its digital healthcare accelerator program Grants4Apps in Berlin. Bayer has worldwide operations in cities like San Francisco, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore and Moscow.

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