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Kai Huang – From selling dance pads to rock stardom: bootstrapping Guitar Hero to $1B
Today we sit down with Kai Huang, co-founder of RedOctane and the iconic game Guitar Hero. Kai shares his journey, from growing up in Silicon Valley as the child of Taiwanese immigrants to creating…
Building off the Beaten Path in Asia – with Metatheory COO Adam Bao
Hi folks, welcome back! Today Sandy Diao (Director of Growth at Descript) joins us to guest host and interview Adam Bao, founder of The Harbinger and COO at Metatheory. Since 2017, Adam took the path…
Hunting for Chinese Cloud Unicorns – with Eminence Ventures Founder Peter Cheng
Today we have joining us Peter Cheng, who is founding partner at Eminence Ventures. Eminence just raised $120m for its second fund focused on backing Chinese enterprise software and cloud start-ups.…
Ice Cream, Masa Son, and Bringing Wireless to China – with UT Starcom Founder Hong Lu
Today we have a special episode with Hong Lu, founder of UT Starcom, one of the pioneering telecom companies in China. Hong is widely respected not only as a tech entrepreneur, but also as founding…
NFTs and the Metaverse - with Axie Infinity Cofounder Jeff Zirlin
Hi folks, welcome back to the Harbinger VC podcast. Today we have a conversation with my old friend from college, Jeff Zirlin, who is one of the founding members of Axie Infinity and runs their…
Three Decades of VC/PE Investments in Asia – with Axiom Asia Founding Partner Edmond Ng
Hi everyone, welcome back to the Harbinger VC podcast. Today we have joining us Edmond Ng, who is a founding partner at Axiom Asia, one of the top performing private equity fund-of-funds (FoF) that…
HTC, VR, & the Future of the Internet – with HTC Product Executive & Race Capital Partner Phil Chen
Today we’re recording at the KKBOX studio in Taiwan, big thanks to the Firstory team for setting this up. We have joining us Phil Chen, founding partner of Race Capital and product executive at HTC,…
A Sniper’s Approach to Tech Growth Capital – with WestSummit Capital’s Founding Partner Raymond Yang
Raymond Yang is founding partner of WestSummit Capital, a leading technology growth equity fund that primarily invests in the US and China. Since 2010, the team has led investments into defining…
Pioneering Live Stream and Social Entertainment in Asia – With 17LIVE Founder Joseph Phua
Joseph (Jo) Phua is non-executive chairman of 17LIVE Inc, a company he cofounded and ran as CEO until June 2020. 17LIVE operates the largest live streaming platform in Asia (ex-China) with over 50m…
AR’s Comeback Kid – With Blippar CEO Faisal Galaria
Today we have joining us Faisal Galaria, CEO of Blippar, a pioneer in augmented reality (AR). Now Blippar has a roller coaster of a story… the one-time unicorn raised $100m+ in venture funding but…
Investing in Chinese Enterprise and Core Technology - with Oak Seed VC Founding Partner Chee-We Ng
The Harbinger interviews Chee-We Ng, founding partner of Oak Seed Ventures. Chee-we invests solely in early-stage enterprise and core technology startups, and offers strategic advice and his network…
Digitizing Logistics Infrastructure – with Kargo Founder and CEO Tiger Fang
The Harbinger interviews Tiger Fang, cofounder and CEO at Kargo Technologies, a Jakarta-based startup that aims to digitize trucking and freight logistics in Indonesia before expanding to other…
A Review of Enterprise, Tech, and the Chinese Consumer – with Lightspeed Assoc Partner Zac Pan
Zac (Xiang) Pan is Associate Partner at Lightspeed China Partners (LCP), one of China’s top early stage VCs managing $2 billion USD. Zac joined LCP in January 2013, after having worked at Steamboat…
Enabling Content Discovery and Sharing for the Next Billion Users – with SHAREit COO Jacky Wang
Jacky Wang is COO of SHAREit, a platform that provides global users with high-quality digital content simply and quickly. Its basic file transferring function is over 200x faster than Bluetooth and…
Blitzscaling Hotels in China – with OYO JiuDian CTO Zou Jia
Zou Jia is CTO of OYO JiuDian (OYO China), a Chinese hotel chain operator that since November 2017 has scaled to over 500,000 rooms on its platform by February 2019 and raised over $800 million from…
Pioneering China Seed Investing – with ZhenFund Managing Director Yuan Liu
Yuan Liu is a managing director at ZhenFund, one of China’s top seed funds founded by Xu Xiaoping (Bob Xu) and Wang Qiang (Victor Wang), cofounders at NYSE listed New Oriental Education, along with…
Digital Asset Management with Chinese Characteristics – with Tezign Founder and CEO Dr Fan Ling
The Harbinger interviews Dr. Fan Ling, founder and CEO of Tezign. We had our initial conversation with Dr. Fan back in fall 2017, and his company has since grown from 30 to nearly 200 people, so…
Who Needs an AI Teacher? – with Liulishuo (LAIX) Founder & CTO Ben Hu
We interview Ben Hu, Cofounder and CTO at Liulishuo, an AI-powered English learning solution with nearly 100 million registered users that IPOed in September 2018 (as LAIX). On Liulishuo’s platform,…
How the China-US Relationship Evolved – with Howard Chao, Founding Partner of Doon Capital
Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Howard Chao, an active cross-border investor and advisor to entrepreneurs. Howard began his career as a corporate lawyer with O’Melveny & Myers, helped…
Where are the Most Promising VC Investment Opportunities in China? - with Tina He and Adam Bao
Rapid fire Q&A with Tina He and Adam Bao. Covers China VC trends and opportunities across consumer internet, education, enterprise, AI, China This is a public episode. If you would like to…
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