Past Event
HKVCF 2015
The second annual Hong Kong Venture Capital Forum (HKVCF), organized by the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA), was held on Friday, March 13, 2015. Hosted at KPMG’s splendid conference rooms at Hysan Place, the Forum proved to be an overwhelming success with more than 200 industry professionals in attendance at the jam-packed half-day event.
The theme of this year’s Forum was “Future Technologies and Hong Kong” and the event featured a series of three expert panels discussing the impact and increasingly important role that both Hong Kong and the Mainland play as promoters and creators of innovation in the fin-tech, med-tech and internet of things (IoT) ecosystems.
The Forum was opened by the Hon. Gregory KL So, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development for the Hong Kong SAR Government. Following the keynote address by Jun Wang, Managing Partner at Fosun Kinzon Capital, a lively panel discussion was held on the specific opportunities for growth within fin-tech. The panel consisted of Lawrence Chu, Co-founder and Managing Director, BlackPine Zheng He Capital Management; Melissa Guzy, Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures; Chris Dark, President International, C2FO; Zhengyu Wang, PhD, Founder and CEO, China Rapid Finance; Barry Freeman, Co-founder and CFO, Jimubox; and Simon Loong, CEO, Welab.
The second panel featured a discussion on the latest investment trends in medical technology and featured a host of well-known sector experts: Andrew Teoh, Founding Partner, Ameba Capital; Jeremy Fearnley, Head of M&A, KPMG Corporate Finance; Judith Li, Principal, Lilly Asia Ventures; Paul Berriman, Group Chief Technology Officer, PCCW-HKT, and Nisa Leung, Managing Partner, Qiming Ventures. Much of the panel’s discussion centered around the importance of the Mainland market, both as consumers of med-tech and, increasingly, as technology innovators.
The final panel of the afternoon was on the IoT and featured a lively discussion by panel members James Savage, Partner, Venture Investment Team, Headland Capital Partners; Steve Monaghan, Regional Director, Head of Edge, AIA; Rocky Lee, Asia Managing Partner and Head of Greater China Corporate Practice, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Marcin Dudar, Chief Technology Officer, Creedon Technologies; Tony Kwan, Director, Intel Capital; and Julie Ke, Vice President, Sequoia Capital China. Among the issues the panel pursued was a discussion on which devices would prove to be key in supporting the proliferation of the IoT and what technical and regulatory hurdles likely stood in the way of the sector’s evolution.
The mini “Demo-Day” session that was held immediately after the panel discussions was followed with great interest by Forum participants, with excellent presentations from a variety of local start-ups.
The Forum ended with a reception hosted by our sponsor KPMG and allowed all participants – investors, advisors and entrepreneurs – and invaluable opportunity for networking.
The HKVCA would like to thank our panelists for their tremendous contribution to this year’s event. We would also like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our sponsors – KPMG, Cadwalader and the Poseidon Group – who helped make the HKVCF a resounding success.
Confirmed Speakers
Opening Remarks:
- Mr Gregory SO Kam-leung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Keynote Speaker:
- Jun Wang, Managing Partner, Fosun Kinzon Capital
Other Confirmed Speakers:
- Steve Monaghan, Regional Director, Head of Edge, AIA
- Andrew Teoh, Founding Partner, Ameba Capital
- Melissa Guzy, Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures
- Lawrence Chu, Co-founder and Managing Director, BlackPine Zheng He Capital Management
- Rocky Lee, Asia Managing Partner and Head of Greater China Corporate Practice, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
- Chris Dark, President International, C2FO
- Zhengyu Wang, PhD, Founder and CEO, China Rapid Finance
- Marcin Dudar, Chief Technology Officer, Creedon Technologies
- KO Chia, Director, Grace Financial
- James Savage, Partner, Venture Investment Team, Headland Capital Partners
- Tony Kwan, Director, Intel Capital
- Marvin Lai, Chairman, HKVCA Venture Committee and Managing Partner, iTM Ventures
- Barry Freeman, Co-founder and CFO, Jimubox
- Jeremy Fearnley, Head of M&A, KPMG Corporate Finance
- Judith Li, Principal, Lilly Asia Ventures
- Denis Tse, Head of Private Investments – Asia, Lockheed Martin Investment Management Company
- Paul Berriman, Group Chief Technology Officer, PCCW-HKT
- Nisa Leung, Managing Partner, Qiming Ventures
- Simon Loong, CEO, Welab
Program
2:30 pm – Call to order
2:32 pm – Opening Remarks
2:42 pm – Opening Keynote
3:00 pm – Financial Technology
3:45 pm – Medical Technology
4:30 pm – Internet of Things
5:15 pm – Mini Demo Day Powered by Cyberport, HKSTP, Nest and PaperclipHK
6:00 pm – Cocktail Reception
Download HKVCF 2015 Program here
Fintech
- With funding continuing to flow into the P2P space, are there signs of overheating? Will there be market consolidation?
- What does P2P 2.0 look like?
- How to address issues such as guarantees, fraud, security, credit and people (i.e. engineering talent) in the financial technology space?
- What are the opportunities beyond P2P financing, fundraising and crowdsourcing for fintech?
Medical Technology
- Medtech 1.0 offers applications for online appointments, consultations as well as fitness monitoring. What will Medtech 2.0 involve?
- Detecting viruses in a minute using a portable device may one day become reality. What are the latest developments related to virus detection devices?
- Medtech hardware may become subject to regulation. How should future challenges from regulation be met?
- What do investors need to be aware of when investing in Medtech?
Internet of Things
- What are the initial key devices that will result in proliferation of the IOT?
- Will moat of these devices be consumer related or will be aimed more at infrastructure?
- How do we deal with issues of personal data protection and privacy arising from the increase in consumer IOT products that will likely gather and seek value from such data?
- With the advent of autonomous devices such as self-driving cars and drones, are the biggest hurdles ahead expected to be technical or regulatory?
Venue of HKVCF 2015:
KPMG Office, 23/F Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong