Meet an Innovation Thinker:
Starting a venture fund - How I got here?
Speaker: Mr Tak Lo, Partner at Tolo Partners
Moderator: Professor Norman C. Tien, Head of Innovation Academy, The University of Hong Kong
Date: March 26, 2021 (Friday)
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Mode: Hybrid (Innovation Wing and zoom)
InnoSharing is a series of forums and dialogues organized to invite guest speakers of diverse backgrounds, such as entrepreneurs, industry partners, researchers or alumni, to share their insights on innovation-related topics and success stories. The format of the sharing is flexible, spanning from talks to one-on-one dialogue to panel discussion.
Participant: All Engineering students (UG, TPG and RPG) and Teachers, InnoHub members and Academic Champions
Tak is a fund manager and investor in angel and venture-backed technology companies, and has invested in over 100 companies.
Tak co-founded Nalu, a $15 million USD cryptocurrency fund focused on DeFi. Previously, Tak founded Zeroth, the world’s first incubator focused on early stage artificial intelligence and machine learning startups. He also ran Techstars, one of the world’s largest startup incubators, at their first European location in London.
Tak has an MBA from the London Business School and a BA of Economics from the University of Chicago.
