David is Founder and General Partner of Inception Capital. He provides firmwide leadership of the company and its early-stage web3 funds: OP Ventures Fund I & OP Fund of Funds I.

David has been leading early-stage investments in standout consumer companies and crypto protocols since 2016. Many of the companies he has invested in are now unicorns in the Web3 and Consumer App industries, including Arbitrum (2021), Scroll (2021), Lido (2020), Coin98 (2020), Polkadot (2018), Algorand (2018), Multicoin Fund 1 (2018), 1kx Fund 1 (2018), Dragonfly Fund 1 (2018), Terra (2018, exited June 2021), MobileCoin (2018), Oasis Labs (2018), Coinflux (2018), Musical.ly - now TikTok (2017), and Bilibili (2016).

In 2021, he founded Inception Capital: a high conviction, early-stage VC firm connecting Asia and the West by investing in founders and asset managers that are driving global blockchain innovation.

Previous: Huobi, Qiming Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley, Moshi Group, Lehigh University

As Partner and Head of Research, Lucas He oversees all top-level fund operations, shapes strategic directions, and leads investment and research efforts to identify promising opportunities in both venture and fund of funds space.

Previous: State Street, Huobi, Murex, Merrill Lynch, MBA from MIT

Calvin Du is the Head of Platform, responsible for spearheading post-investment portfolio support initiatives and activities across all regions.

With a focus on driving growth and success for portfolio companies, Calvin ensures seamless collaboration and support throughout their journey.

Previous: McKinsey, PwC, WellsFargo; MBA from Columbia Business School

As the Operations Manager, Kelly Cong leads the fund's operational activities, working diligently to establish best-in-class institutional infrastructure.

Her expertise ensures the smooth operation of the fund, enabling the team to focus on delivering exceptional value to portfolio companies.

Previous: 7 years experience in Transaction Services, University of Toronto

John Fan is based in San Francisco and focuses on early stage investments in infrastructure and AI/ML. A software engineer by trade, John draws upon his time at companies such as CloudSwitch (acquired by Verizon) and Google Cloud to guide his interest in companies with a technological edge.

John’s has previous VC investment experience at Blumberg Capital and Sky9 Capital.

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Felix is based in Shenzhen/Hong Kong and and is a former Global Partner at OKX.  He also spent many years with Huobi as its main Trading Partner. He was consistently the top ranked trader in terms of volume on Huobi & OKX exchanges during 2017 - 2021.

Felix has significant experience in both quantitative training and early-stage VC investments.

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Lan Gu is based in Hong Kong and has extensive experience in cryptocurrency quantitative trading. Lan previously headed the DeFi desk at Alameda Research (left Nov 2021, one year before FTX collapse), and also was on the founding team of a cross-chain bridge built on top of Wormhole.

He previously built a trading fund which returned ~40% engaging in funding rate arbitrage on ~$50mm of capital since the end of 2023.

Shiqi, a Deal Analyst at Inception Capital, leverage experiences of driving product and operations from 0 to 1 at an AI social startup, specializing in building in-depth research and investment capabilities in areas such as AI and other consumer applications. With a strong focus on emerging technologies, Shiqi plays a crucial role in identifying and assessing potential investments.

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Thomas is an Analyst at Inception Capital, specializing in consumer infrastructure and emerging technologies. Thomas identifies and evaluates investment opportunities in this crucial sector while also supporting a range of strategic initiatives across the firm.

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