
About Us
Backed by prominent families and investors in Asia, we are a team of serial entrepreneurs, VCs and financiers in their 20s & 30s, with venture partners and sister companies on both sides of the Pacific.
Co-Founder, CBO
Jerome Wong

Investment banker turned crypto rainmaker, Jerome has contemplated deals across stages and sectors in Asia. Prior to cofounding Everest, Jerome was the Principal of T-Capital and worked in the Investment Banking Division of HSBC and UBS. In addition, Jerome advises his family’s real estate and art business in Greater China. Jerome holds a B.A. in International Politics and minor in Psychology in Peking University.
Partner, GM of Kikitrade
Sean Tao

Prior to joining Everest, Sean was the Project Lead in Gifto, a renowned entertainment d-app that raised $25m and traded in all major exchanges. He also led the user acquisition of Asia Innovations Group (UpLive, Super Fans, PengPeng, Orcalive) as Marketing Lead and grew the total MAUs to over 100 million across Asia. Sean is a Taiwanese and holds a B.A. in International Politics and Economy in Peking University.
Partner, Chief Technologies Officer
Holly Hao

Holly is the expert of payment system, scalability and high concurrency architecture design. He was a Senior Architecture at Yeahmobi with 3+ years of experience in blockchain. Prior to that, he was the Senior Developer at Alipay and Alibaba, where he led the development of payment settlement and security architecture. Holly holds a M.S. degree in Chinese Academy of Science.
Co-Founder, Chief of Staff
Ruby Cheng

Ruby led the Product Strategy in Guru Online, Focus Media backed agency in China with 300 social media specialists. She was also an Associate Director of Glo Media, representing New York Times in China, as well as the APAC Corporate Marketing Manager of Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX). In her early career, Ruby was a senior specialist in a prestigious PR firm in HK, where she managed the PR for multiple renowned politicians, families and tycoons in HK. Ruby holds a BA, Communications, CityU HK.
Partner, Head of Trading
Ethan Tong

Ethan is a quantitative finance veteran. He was the VP of Principal Trading at Block.one, the team that built the leading cryptocurrency EOS (US$3.5B market cap). He was also a Portfolio Manager at OP Investment, Macquarie Bank, and Credit Suisse, where he was responsible for automated trading system development and high frequency trading strategies. Ethan graduated with First Class Honours in Computer Science in The University of Hong Kong.
Venture Partner, Japan
Shota Matsuzawa

Prior to joining Everest, Shota was the former Vice President of AID Group. He was an Investment Banker of Goldman Sachs Japan, Goldman Sachs HK, and former Manager of MUFG. In addition, Shota co-founded a sake business. Shota holds a BSc, Political Science & Economics in Waseda University.
Our Expertise
Meet our CEO
Allen Ng
Venture veteran turned crypto enthusiast, Allen has participated in the making of over a dozen renowned TMT unicorns, start-ups and blockchain projects across the globe since 2012.
As a VC, he has invested $100m across frontier technologies, ranging from autonomous driving, health-tech, fin-tech to blockchain. As an operator, he has co-founded, scaled, spun-off, merged, sold multiple award-winning companies. As an advisor, he has helped multiple start-ups to secure investment, M&A and partnership. Allen holds a B.B.A in CUHK.


RIT Capital Partners
London, UK
London listed investment flagship (LON:RCP) founded by Lord Jacob Rothschild

Hanwha Family
Korea
#7 conglomerate in Korea with $55B revenue

Chatchaval Jiaravanon
Thailand
Owner of Fortune Magazine, CP Group Family

Empire Group
Hong Kong
Founded by Sun Hung Kai Family

New Hope Group
China
#1 conglomerate in Si Chuan with $50B revenue

Quanta Computer Family
Taiwan
#2 ODM in the world with $34B revenue

Francis Leung
Hong Kong
Father of “Red Chip Stocks”, Chairman of CVC ($110B)

Silas Chou
Hong Kong
Former Chairman of Tommy Hilfiger & Michael Kors

Michael Cho
Korea
Angel investor & board member of Kakao Group

Opt Holdings
Japan
#3 Digital Agency in Japan listed in TYSE

Ausvic Capital
China
Multi-family office of Chinese real estate tycoons

Seas Capital
China
VC backed by Hillhouse Capital ($70B AUM)

Alan Chan
Hong Kong
Founding partner of Vectr Ventures

Joseph Chee
China, Malaysia
Former Vice Chairman of China, UBS AG

Yat Siu
Australia
Founder of listed gaming company Animoca
