Chevron Technology Ventures’ Catalyst Program

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Former US investment banker Frank Wooten graduated in accounting and finance at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He also went on a study program in Madrid at Saint Louis University in 2002.After his graduation in 2003, he worked as managing director of CJS Securities in New York, a company that follows 100 underpriced stocks. In July 2008, he founded Point Blank Capital and became the managing partner of the financial services company based in Miami. In January 2016, he became the CFO and COO for Sao Paulo-based startup Squad, a platform that connects self-employed workers with companies.Wooten also met up with Jasper Holdsworth, a cattle rancher from New Zealand who was exploring the use of GPS tracking sensors to create a virtual fencing system for livestock management. In July 2016, Wooten became the CEO and co-founder of Vence Corp. The tech company designs and makes AI-enabled tracking devices like animal collars to help livestock owners reduce animal husbandry costs and improve the productivity of their pastureland.

Since 2003, US-based Wavemaker Partners have invested in more than 150 technology startups. The firm usually start with a US$100,000–$750,000 check and can follow on until US$1 million to US$1.25 million. Its investment portfolio in Asia-Pacific includes Luxola and TradeGecko. In 2016, it acquired Ardent Capital’s VC portfolio, which includes Sale Stock and Happyfresh.

A product operations specialist with a decade of experience, Xu Weihao majored in Electronics at Tianjin University of Technology. He was manager of the product department at internet giant Sohu, and of the operations department at mobile search player YiCha. 

Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology graduate; a former product manager at popular social network Douban, and one of its earliest designers. UGC expert and core member of UCDChina (User-Centered Design China), a community bringing in design/research methods from overseas.

Ex-Alibaba executive who is now a key figure in the Zhejiang province internet technology startup scene. In 1999, Li Zhiguo (Frank Li) moved alone to Hangzhou and became the 46th employee of Alibaba. In 2004, he left Alibaba and founded the highly popular life services platform Koubei (later acquired by Alibaba). He is also an active investor, having co-founded early-stage VC fund Ameba Capital in 2011. Li’s investments in Chinese startups include Mogujie, Kuaidadi and Zhaocai.

A member of the family that founded the Zamora Company (which owns Spanish liquor brands Martin Miller, Ramón Bilbao and Licor 43), Ángel Zamora is currently an active entrepreneur, investor and strategy consultant for several European MNCs. He has explored investment opportunities within the Spanish technology ecosystem, backing startups with global ambitions and supporting them in their overseas expansion, especially to Latin American countries. Zamora is an MBA graduate from the Darden Business School in the US. 

Caixa Capital Risc is the venture capital branch of CriteriaCaixa, an investment holding company that manages La Caixa's banking funds. It was established in 2004 and has registered capital of €195 million. It is based in Barcelona, Spain and has invested in more than 100 Spanish companies in different sectors. It invests across sectors, requiring the startup to work with market-proven technology in a profitable and innovative proposition.

Gin Venture Capital, also commonly known as GVC, is a Madrid-based investment management firm that has a multidisciplinary team with expertise and experience in strategic consulting, finance, marketing, sales, engineering, IT and logistics.  Its investment commitment is for a maximum of five years. The firm usually co-invests through minimum investment tickets of €25,000. Its investment focus is on tech startups and SMEs and has developed proprietary technology companies in the clean-energy sector and IoT.

Founded in 2012, BAIC Capital is the investment arm of China's state-owned carmaker, BAIC Group. Headquartered in Beijing, it has branches in six cities across China and has two subsidiaries in Frankfurt and Silicon Valley. It currently manages over 40 funds, worth RMB 30bn. With a focus on connected cars and mobility services, it has invested in more than 100 companies including EV manufacturer BAIC BJEV, battery manufacturer and technology company CATL and ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing.

CICFH was co-founded in 2013 by China Investment Securities, ZhongCai Financial Holding Investment and other companies. Based in Tianjin, the VC manages multiple funds worth over RMB 80bn in total.CICFH focuses on M&A in emerging industries and mainly invests in sectors of media, arts, entertainment, healthcare, fintech and environmental technology through multiple funds established with other enterprises. It has also set up multiple FoFs, partnering with provincial governments to spur the development of certain industries.

Founded in 2003, Northstar Group is a private equity firm managing over US$2 billion in equity capital. The firm focuses on investments in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. Its investment portfolio includes many different companies, from banks to manufacturing firms. It launched NSI Ventures in 2014, which focuses on early-stage investing in Southeast Asia and has invested in noted startups like Go-Jek and Moka. Northstar Group invested in Go-Jek as well.

Launched in 2013, Japan’s Rakuten Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of conglomerate Rakuten. It manages a range of funds, such as the early-stage Rakuten Ventures, Rakuten Fintech Fund, and Rakuten Mobility Investments. Its portfolio covers a broad range of companies, including C2C e-commerce platform Carousell, ride-hailing unicorn Gojek, and video game vouchers platform CodaPay. Notable exits include the IPOs of US-based ride hailing company Lyft and image sharing site Pinterest.

After receiving his master’s in Automation from Tsinghua University in 2002, Yu joined the Machine Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where he obtained his doctorate in Engineering in 2006. Yu was a co-founder of VocallQ, a UK-based voice technology startup. Apple acquired the firm in 2015. Yu returned to China in 2008. In 2012, he set up the SpeechLab, which specializes in intelligent speech recognition technology R&D, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a professor at SJTU.

Josep Coll is a qualified lawyer with over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has been Associate Professor in Law at Girona University's Faculty of Law and is a Board Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Bar Association, Barcelona. He also holds a Master's Degree in Information Technology, Social Media and Intellectual Property from ESADE University.After experiencing the problem of piracy as a lawyer, Coll was inspired to co-found Red Points in 2011, a SaaS powered by anti-piracy and counterfeit detection technology to protect brands in the digital ecosystem. He led the company as CEO and President until his exit in 2018.

Ryan Haryadi went to Diablo Valley College in the US and Indiana University, Bloomington, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Informatics. In 2010, he returned to Indonesia, where he briefly joined ORIX Indonesia Finance as an account manager till the end of 2011. In 2012, he joined online travel aggregator Pegipegi, which is now owned by Traveloka. In 2013, Haryadi moved on and joined Bachtiar Rifai at digital marketing consultancy WireHub. The duo continued on to establish digital marketing automation service firm Kofera Technology, and, subsequently, spun off a second company, Volantis Technology.

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