Investing for a
Brighter Future
OUR
STORY
We are a private investment firm which invests across multiple asset classes including public equities, early-stage private companies, funds and other alternative assets.
OUR
MISSION
Our mission is to empower founders who build transformational technologies which have a lasting positive impact on the world and our community. We are dedicated to making investments which generate outsized risk-adjusted returns with a long-term time horizon.
OUR
APPROACH
While we proactively seek high-growth opportunities, we adopt robust risk management measures; risk management is embedded in our DNA. We thrive on making disciplined investment decisions that align with our investment philosophy. We provide more than just capital; we offer significant value-add and post-investment support to our portfolio companies, such as connecting them to advisors and domain experts who support their long-term vision, sourcing additional top-tier investors, providing deep strategic insights and facilitating partnerships.
OUR TEAM
Timothy Chen
Founding Partner
Tim is a business executive and investor. He has been at the forefront of China’s transformational growth over the past 30 years, helping scale some of the world’s largest companies in Greater China and Asia-Pacific. Tim was previously at the helm of various multinational companies in their Greater China expansions. He served as the CEO of Microsoft Greater China, CEO of the National Basketball Association (NBA) China, President of Telstra International Group and China President of Motorola. On the investing side, Tim was a Partner at international private equity firm GL Capital Group. Tim also has extensive experience in the boardroom, having been the Chairman of Foxconn Industrial Internet (SHA: 601138) and Chairman of Autohome (NYSE: ATHM). He has also sat on the boards of Beigene (NASDAQ: BGNE), Telstra (ASX: TLS), Haier (SHA: 600690), Digital China (HKG: 0861), LSI (acquired by Broadcom) and various other companies. Tim received an MBA from the University of Chicago and dual master’s degrees in computer engineering and mathematics from Ohio State University.
Michael Chen
Managing Partner
Michael manages an early stage venture capital fund, Root and Shoot Ventures, and a syndicate of emerging business leaders and angel investors. Michael previously worked at Credit Suisse in New York conducting equity research covering the semiconductor industry. Michael was a group growth and product manager at WeLab, a leading fintech company in Asia. At WeLab, he helped to scale one of Hong Kong’s first neobanks, managed WeLab’s US$156 million Series C fundraising round and supported WeLab’s expansion into Indonesia. Michael received a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University and an MBA from Tsinghua University (Tsinghua-MIT International MBA program).