AVCF 2025

Dr. Kevin Chow is a distinguished investment professional with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong and a Doctor of Science in Global Finance from Temple University in collaboration with Tsinghua University's PBC School of Finance.

Kevin currently serves as Partner in Bayland Capital, the exclusive investment platform for Pharmaron (a global leading CRO/CDMO group, dual listed in mainland China and Hong Kong, 300759.SZ / 3759.HK), one of the world leading CRO/CDMO companies.

Prior joining Bayland Capital, Kevin had held significant roles including Partner on Huaigai Capital (a leading venture capital firm in mainland China), Head of Investment at SF Group (global leading logistics group in mainland China, 002352.SZ), Senior Vice President at Li & Fung Group (a global leading supply chain management group), Executive Director at China Renaissance (a leading investment bank in mainland China, 1911.HK), and solicitor at Linklaters (a leading international law firm). He is also qualified as solicitor of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region High Court.

With extensive experience in both domestic and international investments, M&A, and capital markets, he has successfully led and investment projects exceeding US$7 billion, including Proteologix, Trinomab, Flexport, Havi China, DeepWay Auto, Leaf New Materials, Juepei Supply Chain, among others.

Kevin has also earned recognition among the “2023 Top 100 Figures in the Equity Investment Industry” by China Fund of Funds Weekly.

Matthias is an Emerging Markets specialist who led more than 250 deals from across Asia as MD and Head of Debt Syndicate Asia-Pacific at HSBC prior to joining BVG.

During his time at HSBC, he oversaw the underwriting of more than US$500 billion of assets and helped establish HSBC as the leading debt capital markets business in the region.

Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2009, Matthias worked at HSBC’s Emerging Markets team in London for four years covering the Middle East and Africa. After more than a decade at HSBC, Matthias left as a good leaver to pursue his interest in Venture Capital.

As an active and successful startup investor on his personal account basis (backing 6 companies via 9 investment rounds and with one exit in the portfolio), Matthias joined BVG on a full-time basis in 2018, having been an active investor and mentor since inception.

Matthias holds two Masters degrees, a Master of Mathematical Finance from the University of Toronto where he graduated in the Top 5 of his class and an MBA from the German business school University of Augsburg where he graduated in the Top 3. Matthias also secured a highly competitive German national scholarship to finance his Master’s program at the University of Toronto.

Outside of work, Matthias is a world-class ultra-distance endurance runner and proud father and husband. ​

Lawrence is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs and innovators who are shaping the future of humanity.  He is the Founder and Chairman of BlackPine, a private investment company that supports entrepreneurs in transformative industries such as blockchain, AI, alternative protein, eSports, and new economy sectors. With over 20 years of investment experience, Lawrence began his career at UBS and has collaborated with global companies across various markets.

Lawrence is also a seasoned investor in crypto and Web3.  He co-founded Kenetic, a crypto Web3 investor, where he has been involved in Web3 projects since 2015.   He also serves as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) at IDA, a premier digital asset technology company based in Hong Kong, dedicated to promoting the widespread adoption of blockchain finance and facilitating seamless integration between Web2 and Web3 for businesses.

In recognition of his contributions to Web3 development, Lawrence was appointed a non-official member of the Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development by the HKSAR Government in July 2023. He is also the Founding Vice-Chair of Web3 Harbour, underscoring his expertise and influence in the field. Additionally, Lawrence is an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (“YPO”), and an avid member of the arts community serving organizations such as the Smart Museum in Chicago, Afield fellowships in Paris, and the Tate Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee in London.

Sheldon is a tech entrepreneur focusing on the e-commerce and logistics. As the co-founder and CEO of Buy&Ship, Sheldon's goal is to make cross-border online shopping as seamless as shopping locally, and provide consumers with a global selection of products. He leverages the power of AI and community to help users find the best deals.

Sheldon firmly believes that the starting point of entrepreneurship stems from understanding market pain points, persistently solving problems, and innovation. He has founded three startups to date.

Sheldon was named "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" in the 2019 Outstanding Leaders organised by Sing Tao News Corporation.

Ms Chan was appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited in October 2023. She is a barrister admitted by the High Court of Hong Kong. She was Executive Director (Monetary Management) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from 2020 to 2023, and Chief Investment Officer (Private Markets) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority before then. She was an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong SAR Government from 2004 to 2010, covering areas including home affairs, transport and financial services.

Ms Chan is a Council member of Lingnan University and a Board member of Karen Leung Foundation dedicated to work relating to gynaecological cancers. She was also the Co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Responsible Investing from 2023 to 2024.

Ms Chan received the Asia Industry Leadership Award of the 100 Women in Finance in 2016. She was on the global list of 40 under 40 named by the Private Equity International in 2020, and was featured in Forbes Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2024.

Ms Chan is an advocate for diversity and ESG awareness in the finance industry, and has been a frequent speaker on relevant topics.

Denis T. Tse is the Chief Executive Officer of Asia-IO Advisors Limited and its successor entities (“Asia-IO”), an industrial technology-focused cross-border private equity firm he founded in 2015, with offices in Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong.  Asia-IO was instrumental in the creation and investment of a number of reindustrialization-focused Hong Kong ventures, many of which are current or former tenants of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (“HKSTP”), including: providing seed capital to Jaguar Microsystems; carving out Advanced Assembly Materials International from ASMPT; funding the management buyout of Cloud Light Technology from TDK (acquired by Lumentum in 2023); and forming Maxnerva Technology Services (1037.HK) with Hon Hai Precision.

Prior to Asia-IO, Denis was Head of Asia – Private Investments with Lockheed Martin Investment Management Company, during which he was named “40 under 40” by Chief Investment Officer in 2014 and “25 Most Influential People in Asia Private Equity” by Asian Investor in 2013.  Earlier in his investment career, Denis held direct and fund investment roles with firms including Piper Jaffray Ventures, J.H. Whitney, and HSBC Private Equity (Asia), where he was the first Kauffman Fellow from an Asian venture firm (2005-2007).  Denis was also a co-founder with Acasia Technology, an early incubatee of Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (“ASTRI”) that was acquired by SAE Magnetics in 2004.

Denis obtained a BSc (Hon.) in Economics and Learning & Organizational Change from Northwestern University and an MBA from INSEAD.  He was a resident intern scholar with Center for Strategic & International Studies, and currently serves on the China Leadership Board of the School of Global Policy & Strategy at University of California – San Diego and the Board of Advisors of the School of Education & Social Policy at Northwestern University.  Denis has been a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong since 2020, and was a member of the Advisory Council on Innovation & Technology with the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2015-2017, a board member with ASTRI in 2012-2018, and a board member with HKSTP in 2018-2021.

Mr. Andy Wong is the Head of Innovation and Technology at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the government department responsible for attracting and facilitating foreign direct investment into Hong Kong.  His key focused technology segments include biotech, medical devices, healthcare, AI and robotics, microelectronics, new materials, and green technologies.

Mr. Wong has wealth strategy consulting and business development experience in high tech sector. Before joining InvestHK, Mr. Wong held various senior positions at a global leading consulting firm and a global Fortune 500 technology company specialising in corporate strategy and business development.

Mr. Wong graduated from the University of Birmingham, the UK with First Class Honor Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, a Master Degree in Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the University of Hong Kong.  Mr. Wong is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from The Institution of Engineering and Technology, the UK; and is a Member of the Certified Practicing Accounting, (CPA) Australia by training.

Edith Yeung is a General Partner at Race Capital - an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund investing in all things infrastructure. Edith is the seed investor in Solana (has been dubbed one of the best venture investments of all time), Lightning Network, Agora.io, Placer.ai, RapidAPI, and 60 other amazing startups. Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world's most active early-stage fund and incubator which invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies.

Before 500, Edith was the general manager at Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia Capital - backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, AMS, AT&T Wireless, and Autodesk. She frequently speaks on venture capital, women in leadership, China and Silicon Valley technology and investment landscape. She is also a frequent guest lecturer at Berkeley and Stanford and commentator on BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, SCMP, Techcrunch, The Information, etc.

Edward Cumberlege is Managing Director at Sagamore, a fund-of-funds platform with a strong track record of backing top-tier private market fund managers in China and investing in category-leading companies across capital stages.

Prior to his current role, Edward was Chief Financial Officer at Neat, a cross-border payments company based in Hong Kong. He started his career at Arbor Ventures, investing in fintech startups across Asia.

Edward holds a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA charterholder.

With more than 15 years experience, graduated from Zhejiang University.

Samuel joined Source Code Capital in 2017, and named as Co-PM in 2019 alongside Charlie. Despite the past few years’ challenging market environment, Samuel has delivered excellent investment performance, demonstrated great leadership qualities on top of the strong investment and portfolio management capabilities. Samuel was further identified as the next generation leader to succeed the firm’s venture capital strategy with a goal to achieve long term sustainable growth.

Samuel previously served as Managing Director for Matrix Partners China. Samuel’s historical investments include Liepin (6100.HK), Kuaidi Dache (acquired), Motianlun Ticket etc.

In 2023, Samuel was named to the “2023 China Top Venture Capitalist List” by Jiemian and recognized as one of the “2023 Supernova Investors” by ChinaVenture. In 2020, Samuel was nominated and chosen to join the “The 2020 Midas Brink List” by Forbes.

Mr Tsang has been in the private equity and venture capital industry for over 20 years. Mr Tsang’s industry experience includes: environmental technologies, healthcare, education and professional services, TMT, financial services, retail and consumer products/services, advanced manufacturing, automotive, ecommerce/logistics, energy and alternative energy, real estate, natural resources/mining etc. The companies he has been involved with include Noah Education Holdings Limited, Minsheng Education Group (1569.HK), Galloping Horse Media Group Limited, Kangda International Environmental Protection Holding Limited (6136.HK), Pansoft Group Limited, Ambow Education, Hidili Industry International Development Limited (1393.HK), Launch Tech Co Ltd (2488.HK), Great Wall Auto (2333.HK, 601633.CN), Nord Anglia Education, China Mini-Storage, Teky Holdings, Carsome, Cakap, Sayurbox, Halodoc, Haus!, Buyandship, AMPD Energy. Prior to founding Strategic Year Holdings Limited, he spent 13 years at Baring Private Equity Asia (“Baring Asia”), where he was Managing Director. He was the Founding Partner of Baring Asia’s Beijing office. Prior to that, he was with Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific doing equity research, focusing on media and retail sectors. Since 2016, he became Founder and Chairman of Strategic Year Holdings Limited.

Mr Tsang is currently President and Director of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA). Previously, he was Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s Chairman of the Board (2013-2015). He was voted one of “The 50 Best Venture Capitalists in China” by Forbes China Magazine (2008, 2009). Mr Tsang is a Member of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Member of Imperial College Investor Network, and Member of Hong Kong Cyberport Investor Network (CIN). He was also invited to serve as Asia Senior Advisor of Apollo Education Group/Apollo Global, a global higher-education company.

Mr Tsang obtained a Master’s Degree in Management Studies at University of Oxford, United Kingdom; and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (First Class Honors) at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, United Kingdom. He also completed an executive program on Private Equity and Venture Capital at Harvard Business School, US.

Personal Awards:
CBN Weekly, “2011-2012 Most Valuable Partners 50 in China”
Forbes China Magazine, “2008,2009, The 50 Best Venture Capitalists in China”
Top Capital Magazine, “2008 The Best PE Investor of The Year”
China Most Valuable Venture Enterprises Awards, “2008 The Best PE Investor”
Zero2IPO Group, “2007, 2009, Top 10 PE Capitalists in China”
World Eminence Chinesebusiness Association, “Top 100 Most Visionary Chinese Investors (2007, 2008)”
China Venture Group, “2008 The Top 30 PE Investors of The Year”