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Chen graduated from Tongji University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and from Fudan University in 2005 with a master’s degree in the same field. Upon graduation, he worked for Fortune 500 company Sykes Enterprises as a software engineer. In 2009, he received a RMB100,000 seed fund from Fudan University to start Leyi, a customer-to-customer (C2C) platform for trading second-hand goods, with Sun Wenjun, a friend he met through his master’s degree. Although the business failed after two and a half years, the two young entrepreneurs led their core team to form Aihuishou.

Will Hetzler graduated from Harvard in 2009 as an economist. He worked as a consultant for Oliver Wyman for over three years, advising Fortune 500 aviation companies on engine maintenance, technical sourcing, supply chain and risk management.In 2014, he co-founded Zipline International in Silicon Valley to make drones to deliver critical medical supplies to remote parts of the world. He led the company’s work in Africa and established Zipline’s partnership with the Government of Rwanda. In 2018, he became the head of business development for the US and Canada.

Tianxing Capital is a venture capital management company that was founded in 2012. It has invested in over 500 enterprises so far. Its investment focuses are media, healthcare, energy conservation, environmental protection, high-end manufacturing, etc. 

Co-founded by Chinese celebrity actor Huang Xiaoming in 2016, Ming Capital focuses on the culture, creative, entertainment and consumption-upgrading sectors. Its first round of fundraising was set at about RMB 500 million. Huang is also the board chairman.

Fenghou Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investment in entertainment, industrial internet and fintech. It has invested in more than 80 companies since its inception in 2013 and has about RMB 500 million in assets under management.

Korea Investment Partners is a venture capital fund established in 1986. It primarily invests in companies from Korea, China and the United States. It has invested a total of more than US$1.7 billion in over 500 companies across various sectors, from social media to medtech.

Citizen journalism is hot, but where’s the money? Panda iMedia helps talented “we media” creators to market and monetize their content, even investing in them.

Indonesia’s top C2C marketplace with 100m monthly active users, Tokopedia is joining forces with Gojek to beat regional rival Shopee.

Pesanlab is Indonesia’s first healthcare online platform to provide diagnostic laboratory and medical checkup bookings at affordable prices.

One of Indonesia's earliest payments apps, Kudo is joining forces with Grab to become the region’s leading provider of online banking and shopping services.

Established in 2006, European private equity firm Vitruvian Partners focuses on asset-light companies in its targeted sectors. The firm has a successful track record with more than 85 transactions completed. Vitruvian Partners invests £25 million to over £150 million in companies typically valued at £50 million to over £500 million.

From a rock band for your wedding to a personal fitness trainer, find nearly all the right service providers for your needs online on Zaask.

Spurred by the success of its wedding finance platform, Taralite is now targeting Indonesia’s underserved SME business loans sector.

Stimulating and prize-winning scientific and mostly educational toys, designed by scientists, with an exceptional variety of 500 products to choose from for all budgets.

Founded in 2014 by Cao Yi, formerly of Sequoia Capital and Ceyuan Ventures, Source Code Capital currently manages about US$500 million of capital, focusing on early-stage TMT (especially fintech, O2O, e-commerce) investments. Notable investments have included Qufenqi, Meituan, and PPzuche. Source Code Capital is part of the Sequoia Capital China.

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