Prof. James Hsieh is a veteran Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Private Equity GP with focuses on disruptive deep technologies, consumer-facing platforms, and data driven solutions such as FinTech and Medtech. He is also a seasoned private equity funds Founder and Managing Partner for growth phase(M&A) and later stage (Pre-IPO) investments with focuses in the real estate, FMCG, and share-economy platforms space with prior successful investments in Airb&b, Juul, Dropbox, Slack, Robinhood, WeWork, and Ripple. James is a graduate and alumnus of Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, London Business School, and University of Hong Kong. He is a frequent panel speakers and venture competition judge for the Ivy Leagues and Silicon Valley incubators such as Y Combinator; James also holds several Board positions at both for-profit and nonprofit organizations in Silicon Valley and Asia.