FoundersHK meets King Leung, InvestHK: What is Happening in Hong Kong and Web3
FoundersHK is hosting a Zoom discussion with King Leung, Head of Fintech, InvestHK and Edith Yeung, General Partner of Race Capital and FoundersHK.
In recent months, Hong Kong has emerged as a hub for Web3 and digital assets. This talk aims to provide a comprehensive overview of what's happening in Hong Kong in terms of Web3, digital asset and NFT scene in the city, offering participants a unique opportunity to learn about the latest developments, trends, and challenges shaping the industry.
Come join us and learn:
What's happening in Hong Kong in terms of Web3, digital asset and Crypto?
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) and the new license and policies for virtual asset trading platforms
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Stablcoins
And more!
Moderator
Edith Yeung,- Founder of FoundersHK, Race Capital and Advisor to 500 Startups
About King Leung
As the Head of Fintech at InvestHK, the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for attracting Foreign Direct Investment, King’s mission is to enrich the fintech ecosystem and contribute to the innovation of the financial services sector in Hong Kong. King achieves this goal through partnerships with fintech stakeholders – regulators, financial institutions, investors, fintech companies, associations, etc. in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and other major international fintech hubs.
Prior to joining the government, King had a diverse private sector background as a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and fintech lecturer in Asia where his first data-related start-up was established through seed investment from Credit Suisse. King was a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton and KPMG in the US, as well as a venture capitalist at Innovate@, a technology fund jointly run by Booz Allen & Hamilton and Lehman Brothers. King received his MBA (honors) from the University of Chicago and BSc (honors) from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
About Edith
Edith is a native Hong Konger and General Partner at Race Capital - an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund investing in all things infrastructure. Edith is the seed investor in Solana (has been dubbed one of the best venture investments of all time), Lightning Network, Agora.io, Placer.ai, RapidAPI, and 60 other amazing startups.
Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world's most active early-stage fund and incubator which invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies.
Before 500, Edith was the general manager at Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia Capital - backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, AMS, AT&T Wireless, and Autodesk. She frequently speaks on Crypto, China and Silicon Valley technology and investment landscape. She is also a frequent guest lecturer at Berkeley and Stanford and commentator on BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, SCMP, Techcrunch, etc
About FoundersHK
FoundersHK is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission to build Hong Kong as the next tech hub of the world.
FoundersHK is a global community of entrepreneurs, technology leaders and investors passionate about propelling the next generation of Hong Kong founders to scale and thrive in all parts of the world. FoundersHK is an entryway for Hong Kong founders to Silicon Valley and the rest of the world. We put the right people together, to help Hong Kong founders become an integral contributor to the global community of tech innovation leadership.
FoundersHK is a community where we skip the bullshit, get right to work, and deliver results. For that is the essence of the true Hong Kong spirit.