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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Hong Kong based CEO’ operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Kris Marszalek
CEO & Co-Founder of Crypto.com
Kris Marszalek is the CEO & Co-Founder at Crypto.com Capital.
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About Crypto.com: Crypto.com is a payment and cryptocurrency platform that empowers users to buy, sell, and pay with crypto.
Manav Gupta
Founder & CEO of Brinc
Brinc is a different breed of venture capital and accelerator firm. Core to Brinc’s business is our belief that some of the world’s biggest challenges can be solved by entrepreneurs, who Brinc likes to call GAME CHANGERS. More game changers will make a positive impact on the world if they are given the right backing. And that’s what Brinc is here for. To support and mentor founders and their teams from across the world and provide investment to help them grow. Brinc believes that technology focused start-ups, with the right backing and support can fundamentally change how we move, what we eat, how we feel and where we live for the better. I led the charge to help Brinc launch deep horizontal technology focused accelerator programs in IoT & Drones & Robotics and scaled additional programs in industry verticals including AgriFoodTech, Clean Energy and MedTech. We’ve recently gone into the Blockchain space with growing programs in DeFi, Play to earn, GameFi, etc. I’ve helped the organisation scale our product offerings, expand out into new regions all while focusing on delivering strong founder value across their core development life cycles. Brinc’s heading to disrupt the traditional VC industry by building a full stack VC which includes strong value add for investee’s through accelerator programs & strong post investment management support. I’ve led the organization to organically and sustainably grow to profitability and am excited to continue to lead the charge as we further make inroads into emerging markets and continue to adopt and push our sustainability mandate across industries to help us avoid climate disaster. Snapshot: Brinc now spans 7 countries and operates 18 accelerator programs. Target 50+ programs by 2026. We’ve made 200 investments made to date. Target of 1,000 investments by 2026. Average capital raised per team post program exceeds USD1.8MM. Notable investors and partners to teams include Microsoft, Google, European Space Agency, BMW, VISA, UPS, SOSV, J&J, Honywell, etc. We’ve scaled Brinc’s knowledge base and IP and value beyond its own programs by spinning off Brinc AoA to enable 100s of other accelerators across China. Manav also recently led the acquisition of an AI Accelerator increasing an additional 50 positions for Brinc. We currently have USD$150MM+ allocated to invest through accelerator programs. Target of an additional USD$100MM by EOY 2022 through new JV with Artesian (BrincArtesian) with a goal of USD$500MM+ by EOY 2025. Key stakeholder partnerships for corporate & investor innovation / engagement include Schneider Electric, JUST, Manulife, PUMA, Artesian, Tamkeen, LeverVC, Wismettac etc. We are also signatories to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment signatory following a ESG mandate. Committed to mitigate climate change across all funds & programs (commitment.brinc.io) I also sit on the board of Brinc, Brinc AoA and BrincArtesian and support startups that join our program informally and formally through board seats.
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About : Brinc is a leader in global venture acceleration, operating 18 multidisciplinary accelerator programs in 7 countries.
Antoine Cote
Co-Founder and CEO of Enuma Technologies
Antoine is a Microsoft veteran and serial entrepreneur who has been active in the realm of technology for over two decades. In his twelve years at Microsoft US and China, he lead large teams of engineers in developing and shipping core commercial products such as Visual Studio, C#, Azure and the Microsoft Commerce Platform. During that time, he was awarded 13 design patents by the USPTO as well as founded the Microsoft China R&D Center in Shanghai. Since 2012, Antoine has become a serial entrepreneur in each of the blockchain, virtualization, IoT, and security areas. His current career focus is leading blockchain projects with full set of technical expertise especially on scalability and security. Antoine is also active in the blockchain ecosystem as technology partner and acting CTO for several affiliates. Antoine is fluent in English, French and Mandarin.
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About Enuma Technologies: Enuma Technologies is a software engineering firm with expertise covering the full blockchain spectrum.
David Kim
CEO & Co-Founder of Blue Block
David brings a wealth of experience to Blue Block Capital, including a thirteen-year career in M&A Advisory and management consulting covering blockchain and emerging technologies with PwC and Deloitte. He also serves today as a Venture Partner with Mindworks Ventures. While at PwC, he helped build the ICO advisory and FinTech/RegTech practice in 2017.
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About Blue Block: Blue Block is an institutional-grade blockchain advisory firm.
Ben Goertzel
CEO of SingularityNET
Ben Goertzel is CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence software project; Chief Technology Officer of biopharma firm Genescient Corp.; Director of Engineering of digital media firm Vzillion Inc.; Advisor to the Singularity University and Singularity Institute; Research Professor in the Fujian Key Lab for Brain-Like Intelligent Systems at Xiamen University, China; and general Chair of the Artificial General Intelligence conference series. His research work encompasses artificial general intelligence, natural language processing, cognitive science, data mining, machine learning, computational finance, bioinformatics, virtual worlds and gaming and other areas, He has published a dozen scientific books, over 100 technical papers, and numerous journalistic articles. Before entering the software industry he served as a university faculty in several departments of mathematics, computer science and cognitive science, in the US, Australia and New Zealand. He has three children and too many pets, and in his spare time enjoys creating avant-garde fiction and music, and the outdoors.
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About aiSoftware, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Humanity+, SingularityDAO, SingularityNET, VZillion, Xiamen University: SingularityNET is a decentralized marketplace for AI algorithms.
George Harrap
Co-Founder and CEO of Bitspark
Founder at Bitspark
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About Bitspark: Bitspark is a web and mobile platform that has built products and services that make it easier to buy, exchange and sell crypto with cash.
Karen Chen
Chairman and CEO of Coinsuper
Having held various leadership positions within the banking and finance industry, Ms. Chen has over 20 years of management experience in top-notch international financial institutions. Prior to joining Higgs Block (Coinsuper), Ms. Chen was the President of UBS (China) Limited where she helped shape the direction of the bank’s wealth management business. She also has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (China), and the Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank. Karen Chen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Coinsuper.
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About Coinsuper: Coinsuper is a cryptocurrency exchange providing professional digital asset trading and customized services.
William Tien
CEO and co-founder of TiENPAY
William Tien have more than 12 years global knowledge in delivery of varies financial payment methods through telecommunication network via SMS. TiENPAY is developed with the working with varies advance financial transaction technology platform including using Blockchain security transaction in their backoffice. TiENPAY’s next generation hybrid mobile wallet technology, it will make it easy and convenient for their customers to manage their financial needs.”
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About T8 EXCHANGE PTY LTD, TiENPAY: TiENPAY is a blockchain based digital banking ecosystem software platform for wallet, digital exchange and digital assets.
Jonathan Rorech
CEO of TiENPAY
Jonathan holds an MBA from East Carolina University and has 17 years of experience as a marketer and digital content creator, producing engaging, informative and entertaining media for a variety of companies in both the US and Asia.
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About TiENPAY: TiENPAY is a blockchain based digital banking ecosystem software platform for wallet, digital exchange and digital assets.
Richard Byworth
CEO of Diginex
Richard is CEO at Diginex based in Hong Kong. Previously he was Managing Director at Nomura where he ran Multistrategy Sales for Asia Pacific product globally. Over a 14 year period, he led Nomura’s Asia distribution initiative, building and maintaining the number one franchises in convertible bonds and flow derivatives. Prior to this he worked at Nomura in London as a proprietary trader running dispersion portfolios in equity derivatives and convertible bond risk arbitrage. He also worked at BNP Paribas, and has advised a number of Fintech start-ups. He is also board adviser to Privatemarket.io, a secondary private equity marketplace, and a board member of Bletchley Park Asset Management. He holds a BA in French with Management from Royal Holloway, University of London.
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About Diginex: Diginex is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company.
Artem Orange
CEO of Aeron Labs
Artem has more than 15 years of experience in telecoms and finance. Ex-CEO of two national cellular operators and a serial entrepreneur in hi-tech industries. Aviation enthusiast and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder since 2009.
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About Aeron Labs: Aeron’s ambition is to make flying safer with the latest blockchain technology.
Edmund Lowell
Founder & CEO of KYC Chain
Originally from the United States, graduating from Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts where he studied law, finance and technology, Edmund Lowell is a serial entrepreneur living in Asia since 2011, innovating at the crossroads of finance, technology and legal fields. Edmund has built a number of Fintech and RegTech products during this time including Flag Theory, Incorporations.io, KYC-Chain.com, Passports.io and SelfKey.org . The SelfKey software has processed KYC for over 500,000 identity owners and over USD$200m USD in transaction volume since Q4 2017.
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About KYC Chain, Selfkey: KYC-Chain is a novel platform built over the convenience and security of Distributed Ledger technology.
Patrick Tang
CEO of Plair
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About Plair: Plair is a decentralized gaming ecosytem that rewards players for participating in the Plair platform.
Lavine Hemlani
Chairman & CEO of Xccelerate
Lavine is passionate about eliminating the financial barrier between education and opportunity for motivated learners to unleash their potential. Prior to Xccelerate, Lavine co-founded FLYR and worked with deep learning start-up Thread Genius. Lavine began his career in investment banking in NYC at Lazard M&A and held roles at the following funds: Atlas, Marwar Capital and Union Park Capital.
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About Xccelerate: Xccelerate enable students and companies to acquire the skills they need in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Software Engineering.
Andy Ann
Co-Founder & CEO of YAS MicroInsurance
Andy has 17+ years’ of digital media experience in addition to being a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the Founder and CEO of NDN Group, a conglomerate that houses digital media agency New Digital Noise and ad platform Hotmob. NDN Group is also responsible for the birth of Klarity, a data analytics platform purchased by Meltwater.
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About Hotmob, New Digital Noise, NOIZ, Social Media Broadcasts (SMB) Limited, YAS MicroInsurance: Every Moment Matters | a Hong Kong-based next-generation InsurTech company to reshape the industry.
Lawrence Lau
Founder & CEO of KeyChain Pay
Lawrence Lau is Founder KeyChain Pay. IT, Risk and Compliance experience from Deloitte, HSBC and SCB
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About KeyChain Pay: Smart Rental Payment Platform. Our AI evaluates KYC, AML and credit. Smart Contracts secure the rents in advance.
Sopheap Lao
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of XNotes
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About XNotes: XNotes Technology is a peer-to-peer decentralized transaction network that implements a groundbreaking vision and approach of blockchain.
Adrian Lai
Chief Executive Officer of Liquefy
Adrian Lai is the Chief Executive Officer at Liquefy.
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About Liquefy: End-to-end tokenization technology solution to that provides a seamless experience for asset owners to create security tokens
Augustas Staras
CEO of Aigang
ugustas has 10+ years experience in creating, growing & managing online and consumer businesses. He works in emerging digital finance industry and has co-founded peer-to-peer lending and investment platform with 15K+ users. He also helped blockchain project successfully raise 14M USD financing.
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About Aigang, Savy: Aigang is a blockchain protocol for digital insurance.
Dicky Ying
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mezzofy
Marketing E-commerce Entrepreneur Digital Technology Blockchain Fintech
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About Mezzofy: Mezzofy is the On-Demand Digital Coupon Platform Provider for Business, Marketer and Developer.
Alexandre Tabbakh
CEO and Co-Founder of Unikeys
Alexandre is a Fintech and Blockchain expert committed to facilitate access to digital assets for all. With deep knowledge on derivatives from his experiences in various major financial institutions (Société Générale, JP Morgan), Alexandre has been working with different Fintech startups designing blockchain-based workflows and pilots. As an active member of the blockchain ecosystem in Asia, he has delivered numerous talks about the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Alexandre is currently CEO and Co-Founder at Unikeys, a company providing the first comprehensive suite of cryptocurrency solutions to the masses.
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About Unikeys: Unikeys is a pioneering fintech company based in Hong Kong specialised in developing blockchain based biometric wallet for crypto users.
Mark Wales
Co-Founder and CEO of Galileo Platforms
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About Galileo Platforms: Galileo Platforms is a platform technology company serving in the insurance sector.
Alex Medana
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FinFabrik
Alex is FinFabrik CEO and co-founder, a FinTech company using advanced analytics to provide financial institutions’ clients with more personalised wealth management solutions. Previously, Alex spent 17 years in various Tier 1 global financial institutions overseeing operations across diverse asset classes, client segments and business lines in Europe and APAC. Alex is also a HK Fintech Association board member where he advocates innovation and education. His knowledge and drive for simplicity has made him a sought-after mentor, advisor and speaker.
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About FinFabrik: FinFabrik is a fin tech solutions builder that specializes in capital markets software.
Elena Obukhova
CEO of FAS | Fintech Advisory Services
Elena Obukhova is an entrepreneur and business strategist. She is a founder & CEO at FAS, an advisory firm that helps SMBs to apply blockchain and fintech technologies as well as assists startups with venture building and facilitates their fundraising journey. Elena is also a founder of MakeAvent, an e-meetup platform with networking experience.
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About FAS | Fintech Advisory Services, makeAvent: Fintech Advisory Services is a consulting company that bridges blockchain and fintech experts.
Rick Tsing
Founder and CEO of OneOneDay
Rick, a serial socialpreneur, is a passionate advocate for technologies and businesses as a force for good. Rick has founded a number of innovative businesses, most recently Oodies – the Spotify for ads that give back to viewers and social causes.
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About OneOneDay: We are building the world’s largest advertising network, co-owned by every ad-viewer.
Mikhail Sayfullin
CEO of ENQ Enecuum
Entrepreneur since 2002. Founded and developed a marketing agency that successfully delivered high quality services to the largest international corporations. Since 2014, Michail has been successfully working in the IT field launching a popular marketplace in the entertainment sector. One of the founders of the Enecuum Limited and their strategic manager since 2017.
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About ENQ Enecuum: ENQ Enecuum is a decentralized platform for integrating blockchain into business processes.
Raymond Chan
CEO & Founder of Alphaslot
Raymond Chan is a 20-year data science and business innovations veteran. He is the founder and CEO of Alphaslot, a blockchain ecosystem connecting the casino floors with customers synergistically to improve their gaming experience. Prior to founding Alphaslot, he was the co-founder and CEO for Takara Gaming Group and was responsible for creating the distribution network of electronic gaming machines worldwide. Raymond also spent 10 years in Silicon Valley with tech savvy companies including E*Trade and TiVo Entertainment, where he was the lead architect for the Data Center of Business Intelligence in North America. Raymond has been recognized with numerous gaming industry awards, including the “Ones to Watch” in the 10th and 11th annual ranking of Power 50 Asian Gaming Executives. He earned his Engineering and Management Science degree at the University of Waterloo in Canada, where he was the winner of the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Scholar in 1993.
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About Alphaslot: Alphaslot is the blockchain ecosystem with a core focus on gaming entertainment and new player acquisition.
Terence Lam
CEO of Loopnest Accelerator
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About Loopnest Accelerator: Loopnest Accelerator Limited is a blockchain accelerator located in Hong Kong Cyberport.
Kin Au
Co-founder & CEO of GraviCoins
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About GraviCoins: GraviCoins provides an exchange solution with efficient trading performance and advanced security.
Lawrence Ma
Co-Founder and CEO of eMALI.IO Limited
Lawrence has over 20 years of academics, finance and technology development and business experiences. He is currently the President of Hong Kong Blockchain Society and founder and CEO of eMALI.IO Limited. Inaugurated in 2017, Hong Kong Blockchain Society is dedicated to take part in building a vibrant blockchain community and ecosystem in Hong Kong. eMALI, a Hong Kong based blockchain company, is led and founded by Lawrence along with several industry veterans in 2016. The primary focus of eMALI is to develop blockchain applications in Public and Fin/Insur Tech sectors. eMALI has recently been (Dec 2016) chosen as one of the Top 5 Winners of AIA Blockchain Global Challenge; a competition with entries from 19 countries. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Yale University in 1984, Master of Science, Mathematics from Stanford University, and PhD in Mathematics from Cornell University in 1993.
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About eMALI.IO Limited: eMALI.IO focuses on developing compliant blockchain applications to solve real world FinTech, InsurTech and LegalTech challenges.
Frazer MacRae
Founder & CEO of Yuan2Pay
Frazer is recognised as a visionary in the payments industry and for his strategic foresight, creative solutions to complex challenges and positive energy. He has been influential in driving blockchain development in Asia in addition to successfully bridging Asian and western financial technology. Frazer has over 15 years of financial services experience in Asia and the UK. Previously, Frazer was Vice President at Merrill Lynch Investment Bank, Foreign Exchange Derivatives Trading in Hong Kong. During his time in Asia he has developed unique relationships with some of the largest payments companies in China and has a global network of industry professionals at the most senior level. Mark has over 25 years of extensive financial services experience, covering Greater China, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Professionally trained with KPMG London, through to Partnership and Head of Corporate Finance at KPMG Hong Kong, his experience covers IPOs, M&A;, financial advisory, valuation and due diligence, working across the APAC region. Mark is a UK-qualified Fellow Chartered Accountant and CPA, operating with integrity and the highest level of professionalism and ethics. He also has a successful track record in asset management and is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor.
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About Yuan2Pay: Y2P Technologies is a service provider in merchant payments and foreign exchange services.
Jack Huang
CEO of BridgeGate
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About BridgeGate: BridgeGate work with leading blockchain technology companies, crypto exchanges, token sales platforms, corporate law firms.
Michael Chow
Co-Founder and CEO of VMX Labs
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About VMX Labs: VMX Labs is a startup in Hong Kong focusing on GPU mining, ethereum DApps and block chain technology.
Ram Krishna
CEO of Dakuce
Founder of Pranco Blockchain Technologies, specialized in Blockсhain Technologies & P2P decentralized modules. Ram is an expert in doing real time data analysis and financial modeling in building large complex transactions. Ram also served as the VP for Bajaj Allianz Insurance and generated more than $ 50 million revenues for the business vertical. During ALLIANZ stint he has generated 1.5 billion $. Apart from that, he is a professional business coach & mentor, dedicated to enabling the achievement of innate entrepreneurial potential particularly in high-growth economies.
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About Dakuce: Dakuce project focuses on providing a powerful cryptocurrency trading platform.
