AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023
The premier private equity & venture forum in China
China World Summit Wing Hotel, Beijing & Online
05
Sep
Fundraising – preparing for the next cycle
As Chinese GPs continue to brave turbulent markets, regulatory changes and international competition, the likelihood of successful fundraising in 2023 may be difficult. Some investors have opt to focus on alternative strategies including continuation funds, secondaries, online platforms and private wealth. However, many have chosen to focus on investing and exiting with the plan to return to the market in 2024 with a revised playbook. Our panel of capital raising experts will assess their responses to the current market climate.
- What strategies are Chinese GPs employing for fundraising in 2024?
- How can GPs time the exit market to complement their next fundraise?
- How are current regulations and restrictions affecting fundraising in the market?
- Where are new sources of capital being found and does private wealth have a role?
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SpeakersPang Lee Partner COOLEY LLP
Maggie Ye Director NIO CAPITAL
Lydia Hao Managing Director HARBOURVEST PARTNERS
Henry Lin Founder and CEO LINNOVATE PARTNERS
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Pang Lee is a fund formation partner in Cooley’s Hong Kong office. Pang Lee's practice is focused on the offering, investment and operation of various types of private investment funds, with a focus on venture capital and private equity funds, special situation funds, and investment advisory businesses. He has advised clients on various types of fund formations across a range of geographies and industries, particularly for fund managers and institutional investors making investments in and around the Pacific Rim, with an emphasis on Greater China, South and Southeast Asia and the Silicon Valley.
Pang also has experience advising clients on secondary transactions, co-investments and strategic joint venture arrangements. Pang brings a global perspective, having started his career as a private funds lawyer in New York, and have also practiced in the San Francisco and Shanghai offices of Cooley. Pang regularly speaks at regional industry conferences in China and Southeast Asia.
Pang has a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ms. Ye is Director of NIO Capital, leading the firm’s USD investor relations, ESG strategy, as well as horizontal portfolio management. Since joining the firm in 2017, Ms. Ye played an instrumental role in setting up the USD fund series of NIO Capital. She also takes charge of the firm’s initiatives on ESG practice as a member on the ESG committee. Meanwhile, Ms. Ye oversees the fund’s investments in Inceptio, Aulton and Dida as the deal leader, and spearheads topics such as research and exit strategy across the whole portfolio.
Prior to NIO Capital, Ms. Ye worked for Hony Capital, a Chinese leading private equity firm. Ms. Ye holds Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University with a major in International Finance and pursued her Master’s degree in Mathematical Finance at Boston University.
Lydia Hao joined HarbourVest’s primary partnership team in 2021 as a Managing Director based in Hong Kong and focuses on Asia-Pacific investments.
She was previously a Principal in Neuberger Berman’s private equity team, where she led the firm’s primary funds, co-investments, and secondary investments in the Greater China region. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2017, Lydia spent seven years at CPP Investment Board in Hong Kong as one of the founding members of the Private Equity Asia team, building its direct investment portfolio across the Asia-Pacific region. Previously, she was based in New York where she worked at Apax Partners focused on US private equity buyouts in the consumer and TMT sectors, and worked at UBS Investment Bank in the Mergers and Acquisitions group advising clients across various industries.
Lydia received a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) in Hotel Administration, from Cornell University. She speaks fluent Mandarin.
A passionate entrepreneur and expert in the fields of alternative investment and FinTech, Henry established Linnovate Partners in 2016 in response to the alternative investment industry’s pressing need for an integrated suite of solutions, with a vision to transform the industry with a unique combination of cutting-edge technology solutions and platforms as the next-generation asset servicing provider and build an ecosystem connecting fund managers, investors, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the alternative investment scene.
Henry acted as Managing Director for eFront, one of the world’s leading technology solutions providers for alternative investment professionals before establishing Linnovate Partners. He started his career as a software engineer specializing in developing advanced solutions, such as Augmented Reality, the Internet of Things, Product Lifecycle Management and Computer Aided Design for industrial companies.