Krishna Kumar

Krishna Kumar (KK) has close to three decades of experience in the Indian financial services industry with investment expertise across sectors through Alternative Investment Funds. He joined NIIF in April 2020 and is currently responsible for managing the India-Japan Fund. Prior to joining NIIF, he was the Chief Executive Officer of IL&FS Investment Managers Limited […]

Desmond Lee

Desmond Lee is a Business Unit Partner of TPG NewQuest, based in Singapore leading the platform’s business in Southeast Asia. With more than 20 years of private equity experience in the Asia Pacific region, Desmond joined TPG NewQuest in 2015 and prior to that was a Managing Director of Fosun, where he led the Southeast […]

Wayne Shiong

Wayne Shiong is a Co-founder and Venture Partner at China Growth Capital (“CGC”), a Beijing-based early and seed venture investor with over $1 billion under management.  Wayne leads frontier technologies and healthcare investments at the firm. His portfolio includes WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD), PlusDrive, Innovusion / Seyond, DeePhi (sold to NASDAQ: XLNX), Biren Technologies, XREAL, Landspace Aerospace, […]

Raymond Woo

Raymond Woo is the Singapore Office Representative of Kyoto University and its VC arm, Kyoto iCAP (Kyoto University Innovation Capital). He leads the Singapore office’s role as Kyoto University and Kyoto iCAP’s global technology commercialization hub, where he supports the global business development and fundraising of Kyoto iCAP’s startups, and builds international research and commercialization […]

Frankie Fang

Frankie Fang is the founding managing partner of Starquest Capital, a private equity and fund of funds (FOF) firm based in China that focuses on the consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors. Mr. Fang oversees FOF investments, ESG integration, business development, and various other key activities. Starquest Capital is the first Asian recipient of the UNPRI […]

Adrian Li

Adrian Li is Founder & Managing Partner at ACV Capital. ACV Capital is a Venture and Growth Equity Investor managing five funds with AUM of over US$500M and a portfolio of more than 120 businesses invested in the past decade. Investments in the funds include 707, Simplus, Gmeelan, Stockbit, Xendit, Shipper, Astro, Carsome, M17, and […]

Kean Ng

Kean is a Senior Investment Officer at responsAbility, a leading global impact asset manager with $5bn in AuM specialising in emerging market investments. He is primarily responsible for leading responsAbility’s client coverage in the FI debt sector group for several key APAC markets, including China, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan and Timor Leste. Prior to joining responsAbility, […]

Namrata Singh

Namrata is an Investments Principal with Clime Capital. She is an investment professional with 13 years of experience across emerging markets including India and South-East Asia. Namrata has invested across sectors including Clean Energy (solar, energy storage and alternative fuels) and Technology (IT services). In her previous role, Namrata was a Vice President with the […]

William Zhao

Venture Capitalist with a decade of expertise in Global Fintech, Enterprise Services, and Industrial Technology sectors, William Zhao has a distinguished track record in capital markets and venture capital. His leadership and management have been pivotal in a diverse portfolio of successful investment cases, including publicly listed entities such as YIXIN (2858.HK), Lexin (NASDAQ:LX), Linklogis (9959.HK), and SF […]

Deepa Hingorani

Deepa joined Novo Holdings Asia in April 2024 as Partner for Asia in the Planetary Health Investments team. She manages and develops the Bio-Industrial investment portfolio across Asia. Prior to joining Novo Holdings, Deepa was heading Asia activities for IFU, an Investment Fund owned by the Danish Government, investing public and private capital, on commercial […]