Co-founder and CTO of a staked coordination game built for DAOs and remote teams called Mochi. Designed and constructed two modular synthesizers, one digital and one analogue. Big fan of ice hockey and good sound systems.

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Sangha Capital Co-Founder and Partner. Bachelor in Business Administration and a Master in Finance, worked in wealth Management for 10 years. I believe technology with a purpose can help us shape the future. This is the driver and motivation that got us together to create the initial Sangha Capital, and now to continue to grow the mission through the new Sangha Capital Fund.

Sangha Capital Co-Founder. Psychologist and teacher, specialised in multiple intelligences methodology. My main focus is Educational Teach as I believe that education needs disruption and is the base of all our system. Through Sangha I want to continue our mission to improve the world through technology.

CEO at echo3D, Techstars alum & mentor, MS in Computer Science from Columbia University specializing in 3D/AR/VR, BS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering specializing in cloud technology, former NVIDIA engineer, published 3D UI researcher, a frequent speaker at CES, SXSW, Augmented World Expo (AWE), NYVR, and more.

COO at echo3D, Techstars alum & mentor, LLM from Columbia Law School, specializing in SaaS subscription policies, LLB in Law and a Graduate Diploma in economics from Tel Aviv University, former technology & IP transactions associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Herzog Fox & Neeman, attorney in NY, Marvel and Harry Potter fan

Poseidon Ho (Founding Partner of Outliers Fund) started Outliers Fund I, Fund II, Outliers Lab and now leads research at Outliers Fund III. He dropped out from University of Washington and Tsinghua University to devote full-time to Outliers after turning $2M (from 20 students at MIT) into $32M+ in two years. Poseidon was known for his research on Ant-Inspired Collective Intelligence and Reality Computing at MIT Media Lab, San Diego Zoo Research and Microsoft Research. He received his B.S. Management Information Systems from National Taiwan University. Poseidon holds 4 research fellowships, 15 international design and programming awards.

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Kent Ho is the Founder and Managing Director of S28 Capital – a multistage technology venture capital fund primarily focused on Enterprise Saas and Enterprise Infrastructure in western markets. Being a venture investor for over a decade, Kent has evaluated thousands of investment opportunities across industries, stages, and geographies.  He is passionate about working closely with founders on go to market strategy and thinking about both domestic and international expansion;and has built an unique and proprietary network in the global technology world .

Kent has served as a board member of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP) since 2017, and sits on its investment committee. HKSTP is Hong Kong Government's most well-funded technology and innovation platform (HK$40 billion), and has cultivated over 1,000 innovation and technology companies from 23 countries and regions.

Kent was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2018. He holds a BA degree from Duke University, an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and is an Honorary Trustee of Peking University.

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Antony is a Asia based serial entrepreneur who started building internet ventures aged 18 years old. With already several successful exits under his belt, he continues to develop his internet business while very actively investing in early stage technology companies and Funds.

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General partner at Emoote, a Singapore based Web3 fund of Akatsuki, a Japanese digital entertainment company.Focus on Entertainment, Media, and Lifestyle with Web3.Invested in over 30 Web3 projects including STEPN, BreederDAO, EthSign, YGG Japan, etc.https://emoote.com/

Emily Lam Ho is an internationally recognized changemaker for sustainability and women leadership.  She is the CEO and Co-Founder of EcoDriveHK, a charity organisation based in Hong Kong, striving to promote awareness and reduction of single-use plastics through community education and collaboration with corporates and schools. She also recently launched 8Shades, a purpose driven lifestyle platform to promote sustainable living.  Emily is a sought-after speaker, lecturer, and advisor on entrepreneurship and sustainability. She has been featured as both speaker and moderator on numerous panels from HSBC, BNP Paribas, Eco Expo Asia, Christie’s, Allbright collective, to many schools including Harvard University and Columbia University events.  

Emily holds double bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in East Asian studies and in Communications.  She also has two-masters degree from Columbia University, one in East Asian studies from its Weatherhead Institute, and the other in East Asian Language and Culture.  She currently lives in Hong Kong with her husband Kent and their 2 children.

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Former investment banker - specialized in hedging strategies for single stock concentrated positions for founders and operators of large publicly traded companies. Acquired and developed real estate across various classes - preferences for warehouses. Established foundation to provide elementary education opportunities for the under served - emphasis on the developmentally delayed.

Co-founded Yield Guild Games (YGG). Previously founded asset token platform CapchainX, and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Coins.ph, a crypto exchange and payment start-up acquired by GoJEk. Experiences include backtesting foreign exchange trading algorithms at BlackRock Asset Management as part of a consulting project and product-owning an investment platform at Unionbank PH's innovation arm, UBX. Authored the Philippine Roadmap for Digital Startups and started career in venture capital in Shanghai in 2012. Master’s in Finance from Cambridge University.

Ms. Lukban, 58, is Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy, Investor Relations and Sustainability at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). She is primarily responsible for financial planning, capital management, and investor relations.  

She also oversees the Bank’s Sustainability Office.She has over 30 years of banking experience, taking on various senior roles within BPI in its asset management and trust business, insurance business, corporate banking marketing and deposit products management.

She holds directorship positions in various institutions such as BPI Forex Corporation, Santiago Land Development Corp, First Far East Development Corporation, Ayala Plans Inc.. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the publicly-listed National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines.  Ms. Lukban completed her MBA at the University of Chicago in 1992 and is a BS Management Engineering (1986) graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Jaeson Ma is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist & artist who oversees all creative endeavors as Co-Founder and CEO at OP3N, the global Web3 chat superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for all communication, connection and commerce with on-chain interactions in a simple unified interface. With a mission to create a more frictionless, decentralized and democratized creator economy on a global scale, Jaeson drives the vision of OP3N.

He is the founder/partner of multiple companies such as 88rising, Stampede Ventures, East West Ventures, and EST Media focusing on the Asian market through entertainment, media, and technology. He is also a strategic advisor & financier to social music video app Triller and a co-founder of ZASH and General Partner of Caravan Digital Studios. As well, a Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle member. 

During his career, he has raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion. He is also a Senior Advisor to Tencent Music Entertainment & KKBox fund KKFarm, Sparklabs Foundry and a Venture Partner for consumer tech fund GoodWater Capital His investments include Musical.ly (TikTok), Grab, Coinbase, Dark Horse Comics, Slock.it, Brain.ai, Oursong, Triller, Lomotif, XiaoPeng, Kind Heaven, OneOf & MAUM restaurant (Michelin Star).

Pierina is the Founder and CEO of FlickPlay. is a Web3 Social App where you can unlock digital assets & create videos with them using AR — Pokémon GO meets TikTok. No wallet, no crypto needed. Flickplay’s map allows brands to activate digital stores in real-world locations and offer their fans a platform to access and interact with their digital assets as a community, providing a true metaverse experience in the real world— all in one mobile app.

She has worked across different creative industries for the past 10 years. From designing large-scale architectural projects for Frank Gehry to leading creative strategy for premium VR experiences for luxury fashion brands. Her career has circled around innovation and pushing the boundaries of technology to bring the physical and digital worlds closer together. Before founding FlickPlay, she launched and led the first 3D-printed product brand to sell nationally at Nordstrom.

Pierina frequently speaks at large conferences like WebSummit, NFTNYC, and Consensus, United Nations Women (ONU), Ladies Wine & Design (LWD), with a focus on topics like the creators economy, digital identity, and next generation of brand experiences. She is also a mentor to the USC Marshall MSEI Program.

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Santiago leads Growth and Partnerships at FlickPlay. Flickplay is a Web3 Social App where you can unlock digital assets around you and create videos with them using AR — Commerce meets Pokémon GO & TikTok. Flickplay allows brands to activate digital points of sale in real-world locations and offer their holders a platform to interact with their digital assets as a community, providing a metaverse experience in the real world. - an all-in-one mobile app

Kickstart Ventures manages the Philippines’ largest technology venture capital funds, investing globally in early-and early-stage tech startups via three funds, including the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture Fund (“ACTIVE Fund”).

Kickstart is a wholly-owned corporate venture capital firm of Globe Telecom, the Philippines’ leading mobile operator. Minette Navarrete is President of Kickstart Ventures, Inc. She is Senior Vice President at Globe Telecom, and a member of the Board of Directors of AdSpark, Globe’s digital advertising subsidiary. She also co-chairs the Ayala Corporation Innovation Advisory Council. Prior to joining Globe, Minette held CEO/COO positions in various industries, ranging from scrappy Philippine Startups to iconic global companies.

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Eric is a serial entrepreneur that has founded and exited businesses in the automotive, retail, insurance and tax industries. He is a nationally recognized tax and accounting advisor that has spoken at Eth Denver, NFT NYC, NFT LA in the topics of taxation and accounting process for Web3 companies and startups.

His company the Cashflow Doctor focuses on providing strategic tax and accounting support to many prominent Web3 founders and investors. Eric is also a partner in APED Capital, a Web3 venture fund.

Building and investing in projects around Defi, The Metaverse, Yield Generating NFTs, and other transformative web 3.0 opportunities.

Illustrator and designer, specializing in bespoke invitations. Passionate about healthy living, sustainability, and nature.

Terrance Philips is a Managing Director at Citi Private Bank in Hong Kong, acting as the Asia Head of Private Equity Client Coverage. In his role he is responsible for developing relationships with General Partners of Private Equity Firms and their respective Funds across Asia. Philips coordinates with his partners to deliver the Citi Bank platform to the Private Equity asset class to include;Subscription Facilities, Private Banking, Investment Banking and Funds Distribution. Prior to joining the company, Terrance spent twelve years with Silicon Valley Bank including several increasingly senior positions including cash management advisor, global treasure advisor and Managing Director responsible for the firm’s Global Private Equity Service Group. Philips managed relationships with more than 130 international venture capital firms throughout Asia, Europe, Israel and South America. In addition, he is an advisor to the board of directors of both the China Venture Capital Finance Organization and the Hong Kong Private Equity Finance Association.

Scott is the Managing Director of Mozaik Capital based in Singapore, Co-Founder of Polemos.io, acting DAO Key Controller for the Polemos DAO, and Foundation Partner and Investor in Herradura Ventures. Scott’s background is in the establishment, administration, and portfolio management for numerous large-scale funds and financial services organizations, and also in technical and quantitative analysis and trading.

Scott has a long history in the Blockchain investing space, having been investing since 2015. Scott established the Australian roadshow and toured many projects around the ASEAN region, including Algorand in 2018, where he not only established and still leads the Australian Algorand syndicate but also established a foundation node for the project. Today Scott is actively involved with Algorand managing numerous foundation nodes and other activities. Mozaik Capital’s track record includes pre-seed and seed investments in numerous Tier 1 projects including Illuvium, DFinity, STEPN, Guardian Labs, Nibiru, Concordia and Kava to name a few.

Jonathan Port, President of Catalyze’s PermaCity Business Unit, is an expert in sustainable energy, solar design, and sustainable real estate development. Mr. Port founded PermaCity in 2003 and grew the company into a leading solar developer and engineering procurement contractor in the United States, with more than 150 MW of completed solar rooftop and carport experience. Following a strategic integration with Catalyze in 2021, Mr. Port now leads the PermaCity Business Unit’s pipeline, currently at more than 450 MWs of solar to be built in the western United States over the next four years. Mr. Port is also an inventor with 11 issued solar patents including SolarStrap®, a revolutionary advancement in mounting technology for solar PV systems on flat roofs, along with other technologies for solar installation, mounting, wiring, and carport design. Mr. Port’s accomplishments include completion of the largest solar roof installation in the world at the time, a two million square foot installation at a four-building site supplying LADWP with 16.4 MW of in-basin solar power.

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Lars Rasmussen is a technology angel investor and early-stage startup advisor based in Athens, Greece. Lars holds a Ph.D. in theoretical computer science from UC Berkeley in California. In 2004, Lars and his brother Jens sold their mapping startup Where 2 Tech to Google. Lars became the lead engineer on the team that created Google Maps from Where 2’s technology. Lars was next a director of engineering at Facebook in Menlo Park and London. His favorite investments are Canva, Astranis, Chiaro, Neara, and Weav Music which he also co-founded. In his copious spare time, he enjoys boating the Greek Islands, and coffee.

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Lei Shi (PR & Marketing Director of Outliers Fund) leads PR, marketing and community at Outliers Fund. Prior to Outliers Fund, Lei worked at Eat Just, Inc., a $1.2B food tech unicorn from Silicon Valley, setting up its China office and leading strategic partnerships and development for 4 years. Prior to Eat Just, Lei was an investment banking intern at Morgan Stanley, SoftBank China, Deloitte and Citigroup. Lei received her M.S. Finance from University of Rochester - Simon Business School and B.S Finance and Accounting from Northeastern University.

Veteran technology entrepreneur/investor  Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming with the goal to provide property rights for virtual assets. Yat began his career at Atari Germany, then established Hong Kong  Cybercity/Freenation, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. In 1998 he set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services. After selling one of its business units to IBM, he pivoted Outblaze to incubate digital entertainment projects. One of those projects is Animoca Brands.

Yat has numerous accolades, including Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum, Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the DHL/SCMP Awards, and recognition as one of Cointelegraph's top 100 notable people in blockchain. A classically trained musician, Yat is a member of the advisory board of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and a director of the Asian Youth Orchestra.

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Nathan is the director at Emfarsis, an advisory and investment firm focused on web3 innovation for the open Metaverse, having backed pioneering projects including Yield Guild Games (YGG), Ola.GG, Crypto Unicorns, GAMEE, BreederDAO, MetaverseGo and IndiGG and Unlockd. He advises Emfarsis’ portfolio of projects on a range of technical areas spanning strategy, product development and full-scale rollouts taking new tech to market. Nathan has been based in the Philippines since 2018 and is the director of the award-winning mini documentary, “Play-to-Earn: NFT Gaming in the Philippines.”

Amanda Terry is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer for Metagood which strives to build a better future for Web3 while doing good along the way. Through its first NFT project OnChainMonkey (www.onchainmonkey.com), Metagood has simultaneously created value for its community members and made real world impact. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing.

She is Managing Partner of ACTAI Ventures, an early stage venture fund she co-founded with Bill Tai, for a global community of founders. She has been angel investing and co-investing with Bill since 2018 before she started the fund. She has over 20 years of digital media sales and business development leadership experience from Twitter, NBC, Zagat (acquired by Google), 5min (acquired by AOL), TARGUSinfo (acquired by Neustar,) and Acxiom (acquired by IPG.) She has a BA from Princeton University in Public Policy and East Asian Studies and MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance.

Elomida is a technology angel investor based in her native Athens, Greece. She most recently co-founded and CEO’d music tech startup Weav Music with Lars Rasmussen, and previously founded and sold her ad agency REDD to Leo Burnett before joining the Publicis Group. Elo has worked several years in banking and advertising and a decade in health-related NGOs including patients’ organizations EFA and EAACI. Elo holds a degree in Ancient Greek and Latin, studied the culinary arts with Le Cordon Bleu, and is a regular cast member on popular reality TV show Cash or Trash in Greece. Her favorite investments include Canva, F4S, OneRoof, Elvie, Feel, and YourHero.

I’m Lu, grew up in Chengdu and have lived in HK for 14 years. I have the privilege of bringing decade-plus of experience in private equity, venture capital, M&A, capital market, investor relations, and PR communication. I currently serve as a Director at EmergeVest, a HK-headquartered private equity firm.

Before EmergeVest, I worked in CITIC Securities International, CLSA Capital Partners, a proprietary investment arm of New World Development and UBS.I have BSc from HKU;studied at both University of California Berkeley and Zhejiang University;CFA charterholder;FRM charterholder. I'm also a certified Yoga instructor!

In his 20+ years career in private equity investments, he held various leadership positions including Managing Director and COO of CBC Group, Managing Director and the Head of Private Equity for China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited, Managing Director in GIC’s Private Equity division where his roles included being Head of Funds and Co-investments Group, Asia and Americas, and the Head of Direct Investments Group, Asia. He also served in an operating executive role as a Managing Director of Ecoline Solar Pte Ltd, a green energy and sustainable cooling products company. Maverick received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, and a M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. He completed the Stanford Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, and is a CFA charterholder.

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