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Sally Wang currently works at Virtuals Protocol and was previously Head of investment at Oak Grove Ventures and former Vice President of Portfolio Services at Sino Global Capital. She helped portfolios define their market approach by creating regional market playbooks, narrative design and localisation, community design and building support, whilst providing product launch and social media strategies. She has an MA in Journalism from the University of Sheffield.
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Ian Wittkopp
Ian Wittkopp is a managing Partner at TON Ventures, having previously joined Sino Global Capital in mid-2017, where he has led the investment team on more than 50 transactions. Previously, Ian spent six years as an economist and budget analyst at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, DC. At the BLS he worked on inflationary indexes in the Producer Price Index program before moving to the budget office and overseeing day-to-day execution of a USD $600M+ annual budget. He also led special projects including a ten-person team that worked with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to establish a joint survey on small business credit conditions. Ian also spent time as a product manager for an insurtech start-up, Bowtie Life Insurance. At Bowtie he led the launch of a digital microinsurance product that aimed to increase coverage among foreign workers from the Philippines and Indonesia who moved to Hong Kong for employment. Ian received his bachelor’s degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. and his MBA from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Mona Hamdy
In 2019, Mona Hamdy founded i3-a regenerative design venture studio dedicated to investing in and building the real-world communities of the Fifth Industrial Revolution. An advocate for the development of technology in the service of thriving, opportunity, and dignity for all peoples, Mona is the MENA region ambassador of the Global Blockchain Business Council, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and is an advisor to the Milken-Motsepe Prize for innovation in food and agriculture.
Patrick Loney
Patrick Loney came in-house at Sino Global Capital in August 2021 after serving as SGC’s outside legal counsel for five years. Patrick’s responsibilities include serving as head lawyer for the Fund, leading fundraising efforts and serving as the Fund LPs’ primary point of contact. In his seven years living in China, Patrick worked in the legal, financial advisory and trade industries. From 2014 to 2021, Patrick served primarily Asian legal clients on cross-border M&A, securities compliance and financings. From 2015 to 2018, Patrick was Associate Director and General Counsel of Paragon Partners Asia, a Shanghai-based merchant bank. At Paragon, Patrick sourced foreign investment opportunities for Chinese investors and assisted with legal issues related to cross-border investment transactions. During the outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic, Patrick formed Mintwood DML, a crossborder personal protective equipment (PPE) trading company. From March to December 2020, Mintwood DML sold $5 million+ in PPE to hospitals and governments located in the United States and India. Prior to moving to China in 2014, Patrick was a corporate attorney at the Seattle office of K&L Gates and served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). Patrick received his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law and was a member of the executive board of the Washington Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in the state of Washington.
Haru Chen
Haru manages certain relationships for SGC in the APAC region and assists with strategic planning in local APAC markets for the Fund’s portfolio. Haru is a serial entrepreneur and investor from the Greater China region and has worked in the crypto and blockchain industry since 2015. She has invested in numerous, successful projects built on Ethereum.
OmniscientAsian
OmniscientAsian is vice president of Crescendo Ventures and head of Ecology at Initia, and previously worked at Sino Global Capital.
Constance Wang
Constance Wang is a co-founder of Pacifica and was previously a Partner at Ryze Labs, COO at FTX, Business Development Manager at HTX Asia Pacific, and an Analyst at Credit Suisse.
Minion
Minion is an investment manager at GBV Capital and previously worked at HTX and TokenInsight.
Jack Yang
Jack Yang is the Founder and CEO at LTP. Jack has extensive experience in the fields of crypto quant research and investment. Beginning his career at the widely-used crypto research and analytics firm TokenInsight, Jack quickly rose to be a partner in the company. While at TokenInsight, Jack also co-founded Blofin, a digital asset investment firm with an AUM of over $200 million. During that time, he also established the largest crypto quant fund database in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the largest quant trading competition in the crypto industry.
Jansen Teng
Jansen Teng is the co-founder and CEO of Virtuals Protocol. Mined his first Ethereum in April 2016. Former BCG consultant and a serial entrepreneur in deep tech, specializing in AI and biochemistry. Imperial College London graduate.
Wee Kee
Wee Kee is the co-founder of Virtuals Protocol and has held BTC/ETH since 2016. Former BCG consultant and private equity, graduated from Imperial College London.