Our Sponsor is a collaboration between two world class investment firms
Pacific Century
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Founded 1993 by Richard Li and headquartered in Hong Kong
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Mr. Li has also founded StarTV, Asia's first satellite cable TV network, and established FWD, a life insurance company with total assets of US$50 billion
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Deep operational and investment expertise in Financial Services and Technology, Media & Telecommunications
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Acquired HKT (Hong Kong Telecom), PineBridge Investments, which has US$ 126 billion AUM
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Early-investor in Tencent, Sohu, Sina, and CompareAsia Group and late-stage investor in Chegg, 91.com, PPStream, Tokopedia amd Tiki
Thiel
Capital
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Founded by Peter Thiel in 2011
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Located in Los Angeles, California
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Provides strategic and operational support for a variety of investment initiatives and entrepreneurial endeavors
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Together with its predecessors, has incubated and launched several investment firms now with billions of dollars under management including Founders Fund, Mithril, and Valar Ventures
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Mr. Thiel and investment firms he founded have provided early-stage funding for LinkedIn, Yelp, Stripe, Brex, Trumid, SoFi, SpaceX, Spotify, Airbnb, Qoo10 and hundreds of other startups