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Our Team

Boutique Team Built for the Strategy

“Microbrewery” approach to working with portfolio companies, with deep expertise covering advanced materials, semiconductors, automotive, and industrial automation

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
Denis T. Tse JP

  • 6 years (2009-2015) as Head of Private Markets – Asia with Lockheed Martin Investment Management Company; named “40 Under 40” by Chief Investment Officer.

  • 17 years in direct tech PE/VC, including with HSBC PE (Asia), Warburg Pincus, JH Whitney and Piper Jaffray Ventures. 

  • Co-founded Acasia Technologies (acquired by TDK in 2004).

  • Kauffman Fellow (first from an Asian VC firm). MBA INSEAD, BSc Northwestern. China Leadership Board member, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego.

Partner
Dr. Yi Hyon Paik

  • President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung SDI.

  • Business Group VP & President of Electronic Materials at, sequentially, Rohm & Haas, Dow Chemical, and Samsung Cheil Industries.

  • Independent Director with Orion Engineered Carbon and formerly Versum Materials (sold to Merck).

  • PhD (Chemistry) at University of Pittsburgh; post-doc at Columbia.

Chief Financial Officer
Serene Seah CA

  • VP Compliance and Finance, Turmeric Capital (L Catterton Asia spinout)

  • Various senior finance roles with TE Healthcare, a TPG portfolio company

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