Team - Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC)

Partners

Akio Tanaka

Co-Founder & Partner

Akio is also Partner and Founder at Headline Asia, a leading Asian venture capital firm (Infinity + e.ventures). He served as the head of Adobe Asia’s venture investment program. Akio was also the former CTO of Macromedia Japan and the technology advisor for investment and M&A strategies in Asia.

JT Law

Co-Founder & Partner

JT was a Co-founder of VerifyInvestor, acquired by tZERO, subsidiary of Overstock (OSTK). Previously, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and Citigroup/SSB. JT also served as an investment committee member at GF Securities’ first growth equity fund.

Ann Chien

Partner

Ann was an Investment Principal in IVC's first fund. She is a former director at HCM Capital, Foxconn’s CVC dedicated to blockchain and fintech. Ann was previously an investment banker at Shenwan Hongyuan and equity research analyst at BNP Paribas.

Richie Chaval Jiaravanon

Partner

Richie is the former CEO of Snapask Thailand and Chief Digital Officer of Lightnet Group. He was also Director at Velo Labs and is deeply involved in the SE Asia blockchain ecosystem.

Venture Partners, Principals and Advisors

Dr. Manal Rifki

Venture Partner

Dr. Manal is Venture Partner at IVC, driving the firm’s expansion across the Middle East and Asia. She also serves as Director of Strategy at Rakuten Mobile and Co-Founder of Klumi Ventures, the first ADGM-licensed Web3 fund. Previously, she was Investment Principal at Tesla Capital and Advisor to Multiverse Labs.

Herbie Fu

Venture Partner

Herbie is a Venture Partner at IVC. He was a former partner in 8 Decimal Capital and served as blockchain advisor to listed companies, internet companies, and real estate companies.

Alex Yeh

Venture Partner

Alex is a Venture Partner at IVC. He is the founder and CEO of GMI. Alex was the Co-founder of Aurablock Ventures, one of Taiwan's first digital asset investment institutions. He is Director at Globaltec Capital, Realtek Holdings’ family office.

Jonathan M. Hayashi

Principal

Jonathan is a Principal at Headline Asia a leading Asian venture capital firm (Infinity + e.ventures). He was previously an investment banker at SMBC Nikko (Japan) and an analyst at SBI Investment. Jonathan made investments into Ripple, R3, Rapyd, Securitize, Onfido, Lufax, and other blockchain companies.

Santo Ko

Advisor

Santo was Technical Advisor to IVC’s first fund. Santo is a tech lead at Carta Inc. and served as a core contributor to a decentralized lending protocol.