THIERRY COULON FOR FORBES
APRIL 2018 FORBES ASIA | 29Akim Arhipov, 23 Singapore
CEO, Baasis ID
Bobby Bao, 29 China
Cofounder, Monaco
Wilson Beh, Winnie Chua, 27, 29
Malaysia
Cofounders, PolicyStreet
Saketh BSV, Yogesh Ghaturle, Sathya
Narayanan, Abhinav Pathak, 26, 23,
26, 24 India
Cofounders, Perpule
Myunghun Cha, 28 South Korea
Founder, Coinone
Hugo Chan, Huang Wei Ting, 29, 29
Hong Kong
Cofounders, Kingsferry Capital
Wendy Chan, 25 Hong Kong
COO, PassKit
Kate Crowhurst, 29 Australia
Financial capability oicer, ASIC
Nikhunj Jain, Ayush Varshney, 29,
25 India
Cofounders, NashVentures
Nikhil Kapur, 29 India
Principal, GREE Ventures
Iwan Kurniawan, Reynold Wijaya, 28,
29 Indonesia
Cofounders, Modalku
Louis Liu, Zack Yang, 24, 24
Singapore
Cofounders, FOMO Pay
Li Yao, 29 China
Executive director, Tsing Ventures
Liu Tao, Tu Jianyu, 28, 28 Hong Kong
Cofounders, MioTech
Loi Luu, Victor Tran, 26, 26 Vietnam
Cofounders, KyberNetwork
Patrick Lynch, 28 Philippines
Cofounder, First Circle
Varun Malhotra, 29 India
Vice president, Quona Capital
Clare Murray, 29 Australia
Strategy associate director,
LeapFrog Investments
Rorian Pratyaska, 26 Indonesia
Cofounder, PayAccess
Maxine Ryan, 25 Hong Kong
Cofounder, Bitspark
Pahrada Sapprasert, 29 Thailand
Director, 500 TukTuks (500 Startups
Thailand)
Yu Song, 29 China
Founder, CEC Data & Finance
Investment Management (Hangzhou)
Jackie Tan, 28 Singapore
Cofounder, fundMyLife
Stephanie Tang, 27 Taiwan
Managing director, Rookie Fund
Arun Venkatachalam, 28 India
Analyst, Habrok Capital Management
Soto Yamauchi, 16 Japan
Founder, One Financial
Yang Fan, 30 China
Founding partner, Finup Fintech Group
Zhang Chenxu, 29 China
Senior investment manager,
Peakview Capital
William Zhao, 28 China
Investment vice president,
Bertelsmann Asia Investments
Ryan Zhou, 23 Australia
Cofounder, CoinJar
JUDGES:
Kai-fu Lee, CEO, Sinovation Ventures
Madhur Deora, CFO and SVP, Paytm
Liu Genping, Partner, Vertex VenturesTu Jianyu, Liu Tao, 28, 28
COFOUNDERS, MIOTECH HONG KONG
Former banker Tu Jianyu and computer engineer Liu Tao met in Silicon Valley back in 2015. They had identified shortfalls in archaic
technology used by financial institutions and set out to make “software that can help better manage information,” says Tu.
Liu explains that he applies machine learning in their feeds: “When you have a lot of data, how you visualize it and how you
communicate this information to clients is even more important than having the information.” The challenge is too much aggregated
knowledge. “So much is left undigested,” Liu adds.
Banks have quants churning out algorithms, but Tu and Liu’s computers can do the same—faster and better. “We hate to say it,
but we’re taking away jobs from analysts.” MioTech has more than 20 clients in Hong Kong, Singapore and China. The fintech startup
has raised $8 million, led by ZhenFund and Li Ka-shing’s private investment arm Horizons Ventures. —Pamela AmblerFinance & VC