Chosen Collective™ is a Private Access Alliance and Proprietary Community led by the Founders & Partners of NewChic Capital™ Family Office, Ace Investment Management Private Hedge Fund, CoinsGroup Private Web3 Hedge Fund & Private Web3 Fund, JennFund Private Access Fund, JennClub DAO, and Glam-it!

Our Ethos is connecting the forefront Leaders within the Investment, Builder, Community, Creator Spaces bridging Web2 and Web3, empowering NexGen Creators, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Stakeholders alike to create value together in the new Ecosystem Distributed Future with Forward-thinking and Universally Impactful Leaders, Stakeholders, and Value Builders.

Our Mission is to create powerful and impactful connections for our curated Leaders, Community, Investors, Builders, Entrepreneurs and all of us and Nexgen as our Stakeholders over the foreseeable future, and to create true generational wealth and empowerment for Nex Gen and Nex Nex Gen.

We lead by example. We are Investors, Operators, Entrepreneurs, Creators. We have built and will continue to build true value for our International Community to ensure our Collective Legacy and Humanity and Values can remain intact.

Executive Committee

Jennifer Cheng-Lo, Chair, Director, Board

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A serial exited (over 12 exits including IPOs and Unicorns, including an eCommerce IPO thatwas the predecessor before2 subsequent ICOs to Web3 Exchange Crypto.com) award-winning Entrepreneur and Investor, Creator, Speaker, Podcaster, Writer, Author, Classical Concert Pianist, Actress and Model, Jennifer Cheng Lo is the Founder & Director of NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) her single Family Office focused on Impactful Tech Web 3 AI Investments by directly investing in, advising, and supporting Founders as well as allocating to Digital and Alternative Assets by co-investing alongside and allocating to notable Funders and Fund Managers; With a solid track record in Big Tech as well as building and investing in Successful Startups, Jennifer's primary focus as an Investor is as Founding Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Private International Asset Management & Advisory; as an Entrepreneur, the Co-Founder of Globalify AI (Globalify.xyz) Search Engine connecting Founders & Investors. As the CGO (Chief "Glam" Officer, AKA Chief Growth Officer) of Globalify, Jennifer is a hybrid CRO CMO who spearheads Strategic Partnerships, Revenue, Growth, Marketing & PR, Fundraising & Investor Relations for the Platform and its curated Community of Founders and Funders. Outside of Globalify AI, Jennifer maintains her other positions as the Founder of JennClub DAO (JennClub.com) a content and commerce platform empowering Creators, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, and Changemakers and giving them wings; Founder & Chair, Chosen Collective Foundation (ChosenCollective.com); Founding CMO & Partner; WooTech AI; Founder & Director, of Glam-it! (Glamit.com) a beauty, fashion, lifestyle technology brand; Chair of Women With Purpose (part of Society of Family Offices); Founding Partner, Investor Relations, CoinsGroup Web3 VC Crypto Hedge Fund; Director of Business Development of The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.Hk), her family's boutique hotel. Aside from Advising, Building, Investing in early stage and growth companies, Jennifer is also a Creator and a Supporter of the Arts and Humanities. An international award-winning Classical Pianist, Jennifer holds a Piano Performance Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music, a BA in International Relations from Brown University, and an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Jennifer has also appeared in international campaigns, films, and television as an Actress and a Model. Jennifer serves on different boards including Board Advisor for Fusang (Fusang.co Fully Licensed International Web2 Web3 Exchange), Advisor for Dreamland AI; Advisor for BMJ (beyondmood.com) AI, and is also an LP and Partner with various different Funds and Family Offices.

As an international award winning Concert Pianist, Actress, Creator she's raised millions of dollars via philanthropic concerts and collaborations for Women Empowerment, Covid Relief, Stop Asian Hate, Health Services, frontline aid, ESG. Jennifer holds roles of Partner, Investor, Advisor, Ambassador, Board Member of likeminded Funds, Portfolio Companies, Projects, Communities. For Impact Entrepreneurship, Investing, & Web3 - Jennifer has been the recipient of APEA Most Promising Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Winner), CMO Asia Woman SuperAchiever (Winner), Mediazone's “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” (Winner), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist), “Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Woman of Influence” American Chamber of Commerce (Finalist); World of Women WOW Awards (Finalist, Runner-up Web3 For Good). Jenn has contributed to the startup ecosystem as a Mentor, Advisor, Judge for SelectUSA on behalf of the US Consulate, Tezos Foundation & Accelerator, ICP (Internet Computer Protocol), Alzalvo Accelerator / JumpStart Media, SeedStars, Startup Weekend, Cocoon Accelerator, MIT Enterprise Forum, and more. With philanthropy she has been involved as an Ambassador & Advisor to HER Fund, as well as sponsor and speaker for TWF (The Women's Foundation), as a Pianist and Donor for Women Helping Women, Asian Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and more. As a writer and author, she had a regular column for several years, as a business education writer for the South China Morning Post. Jenn has been featured on BBC, CNBC, NBC, TEDx, SCMP, Elle, Cosmo, TimeOut and other media. In addition, Jenn is active on the speaking circuit including TEDX, FOMO Asia, WOW, Think Young Entrepreneurship School (Google), Google Women's forums, Google Entrepreneurship Panels, InnovFest Unbound, General Assembly, Retail World Asia, Shanghai Technology University, Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

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Vivian Wang, Co-Chair, Director, Board

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Vivian Wang is the Founding Partner & Managing Director of Ace Investment Management (AceInvestmentMgmt.com) Hedge Fund and General Partner and Portfolio Manager at NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) Family Office. Vivian also holds a senior position in a capital markets advisory firm that helps listed companies achieve and sustain fair valuation and strengthen brand recognition in the global financial markets. Possessing extensive experience in the financial services industries, Vivian previously worked at Infinity Group, a leading China and Israel focused private equity fund with over 1.5 billion USD AUM. She was responsible for a wide range of projects including investment analysis, deal sourcing, due diligence and investment monitoring. Prior to her foray into Private Equity, Vivian was an Equity Trader with Macquarie Group with a particular focus on Asia-Pacific market. Vivian graduated with a BA in Economics from Sun Yat-sen University and a BBA in Marketing from ESLSCA. She also holds an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Ever since her time as an HKUST MBA student (the youngest on record for her MBA intake year) where she and Jennifer met and became friends, Vivian has been much regaled for her prowess managing her own personal investment portfolio even in her student days, as well as overseeing P&L on other personal projects and collaborations with friends. She was and is also much lauded for her prowess on the Poker table, where her natural instincts for trading, game theory, psychology come into play — Vivian has participated now in The World Poker Series twice. She is the Finance Director for Women With Purpose (Part of Society of Family Offices) where she helps lead efforts for NexGen including roundtables and seminars on Investing, Gaming, Technology, Education, Culture, Lifestyle and more.

Royce Lo, Co-Chair & Committee Member

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Royce is Co-Founding Partner as well as the Co CFO, Co CTO, Co COO of NewChic Capital Family Office. Born in Canada, and growing up in Canada, Hong Kong, and the US, Royce attended SAC Boys’ School in Canada for high school before attending Cornell. Royce has a degree in Computer Engineering from Cornell. He also has a Masters in Hotel Management from Cornell. After a decade of being an Investment Banker, Royce decided to focus on existing family businesses including launching his own boutique hotel, The Otto Hotel (TheOtto.HK. ) Aside from Traditional lnvestments including Funds, Alternative Assets, Private Equity, Technology, he is an active successful Real Estate and Property Developer, Investor, and Owner, in different geographies and verticals.

Douglas Ching, Advisor & Committee Member

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Doug’s Bio

Douglas Ching is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of COINS GROUP.

COINS GROUP is a private fund that has been providing global capital and marketing resources for blockchain projects since 2017. The company’s capital arm, COINS CAPITAL, has invested in more than 40 blockchain start-ups in early rounds, whereas COINS MARKETING focuses on providing exclusive advisory and incubation support for projects under the company’s portfolio.

With more than 20 years Web 2.0 & 3.0 background, Douglas used his expert know-how and skillset on expert coverage Token fundraising across Private and Public sales, Token launch presale white listing/ expert marketing, Digital asset management, Crypto project advisory, Blockchain Project due diligence and analysis, blockchain community management & Social media Digital Marketing. Douglas has a proven track record for unicorn and deca-corn building.

Investments:

Crypto.com (world’s fastest crypto app with 10M+ users, https://crypto.com )

Equilibrium (cross-chain money markets, https://equilibrium.io )

Oasis Labs (privacy-enabled blockchain platform for open finance, https://www.oasislabs.com )

Kilt (DID protocol for issuing self-sovereign, verifiable credentials, https://www.kilt.io)

Cere (decentralized data ownership, https://cere.network )

Gamee (blockchain meets mobile entertainment, https://www.gamee.com )

Idavoll Network, (toolbox for decentralized community monetization, https://idavoll.network )

Labs Group, (digitized real estate investment ecosystem, https://labsgroup.io )

Blindboxes, (gamified launchpad and marketplace for NFTs, https://blindboxes.io )

OccamFi (Cardano’s defi ecosystem, https://occam.fi )

deFire, (hub for optimal on-chain execution, https://defire.fi )

CasperLabs (blockchain built for enterprise adoption, https://casperlabs.io )

Iagon (decentralized cloud services, https://iagon.com )

Coin98 (all-in-one DeFi platform with 700k users from 150 countries, https://coin98.com )

NFT Stars (first Australian cross-chain NFT marketplace, https://nftstars.app )

Ardana, (stablecoin ecosystem built on Cardano, https://ardana.org )

Theos, (smart liquidity protocol for NFTs, https://theos.fi )

vEmpire (world’s largest decentralized metaverse investment platform, https://v-empire.io )

Olympus Dao (decentralized reserve currency and community-owned decentralized financial infrastructure, https://www.olympusdao.finance )

Paragons Dao (economic and social partner-DAO to promising blockchain-powered gaming ecosystems, https://paragonsdao.com )

ShoeFy (digital sneaker NFTs, https://www.shoefy.io )

Zuki Moba (play-to-earn shooting game, https://zukimoba.com )

Cowboy Snake, (first team-vs-team game platform inspired by Snake, https://cowboysnake.com)

MeMusic, (blockchain-based platform to to personalize music experience, https://memusic.io )

Torekko (Japanese animation metaverse, https://torekko.com )

Pocket Network (trustless API protocol for major blockchain networks, https://www.pokt.network)

Portal Finance (decentralized financial platform that blends bitcoin and layer 2, https://portaldefi.com )

GEMS, (Social sharing portal to connect crypto gamers and turn GameFi into Esports,

https://thegems.gg )

and many more

Advisory Partnership:

DaoLaunch (decentralized venture capital, https://daolaunch.net)

Douglas is also an experienced and successful trader and secondary market gem hunter. He has helped COINS GROUP to discover many asymmetrical opportunities through market trend research, on-chain data analytics, price analytics and project research.

Kuntala Cheng, Co-Chair, Director, Board

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Kuntala has a real passion for Real Estate and Property, including PropTech. She has built up a select exclusive client book in the past few decades building up her real estate track record in the Luxury, Multi-Family, and Commercial Real Estate space. Throughout her impressive work managing her Own and Family Property, Investment Property and Investment Portfolio, Kuntala is relentless in her finding and developing the best properties and tireless in her dedication to her clients. Whether dealing with a home or investment property, Kuntala’s clients appreciate her honesty, integrity and work ethic, as well as her winning combination of real estate expertise. In recognition of her work, Kuntala has been a recipient of the Top Producer and President’s Club’s Sales Achievement Awards multiple years running.

Originally from Hong Kong, Kuntala attended high school at the prestigious St. Paul Co-Educational College in Hong Kong and is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. An alumnus of Brown University, Kuntala and her husband, Raymond, are the proud parents of Jennifer and Vincent, both of whom are also graduates of Brown University. Prior to entering real estate, Kuntala worked as a high school teacher, a Medical technologist as well as a supervisor in a medical laboratory. After discovering her passion for real estate, Kuntala became a top producer at Hammond Residential Real Estate in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. After working at Zephyr Real Estate (now Corcoran Global Living), Kuntala has been a Top Producer since 2016. Kuntala has knowledge of various real estate markets and has bought, sold, owned and overseen the renovation of properties in San Francisco, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Hong Kong. Kuntala has traveled extensively throughout America, Europe, Australia and Asia and, along the way, has developed a network of international clients. When not at work, she enjoys biking, skiing, hiking, tennis and spending her days around town, but loves most to come back to her Mission Bay home in San Francisco. Kuntala is also the proud grandparent of Lara, Maximus, Arabella Cheng-Lo, and enjoys seeing them in Asia, the US, and over video call.

Arabella Cheng Lo, Youth Ambassador & Board Manager

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Arabella is the very very youngest Junior Investment Associate and Youth Ambassador forNewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) Family Office. Arabella is also the Cofounder along with her siblings of Glam-it! PPE (GlamitPPE.com) a Social Enterprise selling PPE including face shields with some proceeds going to various charities and frontline COVID relief. With a natural talent and penchant for singing, playing piano, dancing, and arts and crafts, Arabella is gradually developing her perspective and approach to the world of Impact Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing with unfettered innocence, boldness, and inquisitiveness. Arabella likes looking at emerging Kid-Tech, Foodtech, Fun-tech, Girl-tech (younger Fem-tech) and has helped her siblings pick some Kidtech and Edtech investments and other winning investments for NewChic. Arabella is 2 years old and attends a Trilingual Kindergarten in Hong Kong. In her spare time she enjoys Piano, Arts & Crafts, Gardening, Classical Latin play dates with her siblings, pre-Coding, Yoga, Swimming, and hosting social events with her siblings and those in her social bubble including her stuffed animals and dolls.

Lara Cheng Lo, Youth Ambassador & Board Manager

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Lara is the youngest Junior Investment Associate and Youth Ambassador for NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) Family Office. Lara is also the Co-founder along with her siblings of Glam-it! PPE (GlamitPPE.com) a Social Enterprise selling PPE including face shields with some proceeds going to various charities and frontline COVID relief. A budding writer, artist, pianist, and equestrian, Lara approaches the world and Impact Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing with a fresh pair of eyes and curiosity. An award-winning young pianist who has played for benefit concerts for different charities including Habitat for Humanity, Lara is a strong supporter of the arts, children and women’s advocate, as well as environmentalist. She likes looking at emerging Kid-Tech, Foodtech, Fun-tech, and Space-Tech and has picked Edtech investments and other winning investments for NewChic. Lara is 7 years old and attends an International School in Hong Kong. In her spare time, she enjoys Latin, Coding, Yoga, Swimming, and Girl Scouts (where she has completed her Daisy badges and is a first-year Brownie Scout).

Maximus Cheng Lo, Youth Ambassador & Board Manager

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Maximus is the very youngest Junior Investment Associate and Youth Ambassador for NewChic Capital (NewChicCapital.com) Family Office. Maximus is also the Co-founder along with his siblings of Glam-it! PPE (GlamitPPE.com) a Social Enterprise selling PPE including face shields with some proceeds going to various charities and frontline COVID relief. With a natural aptitude for building, engineering, and coding, Maximus approaches the world and Impact Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing with a clear and logical perspective as well as a natural sense of inquisitiveness. Maximus is a strong supporter of Science and STEAM initiatives for positive change and humanitarian impact. He likes looking at emerging Kid-Tech, Foodtech, Fun-tech, and Space-Tech and has picked Edtech investments and other winning investments for NewChic. Maximus is 5 years old and attends an International School in Hong Kong. In his spare time, he enjoys building advanced Lego Models, Latin, Coding, Boxing, Gymnastics, and Swimming.

Anya Hayden, Advisor & Committee Member

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Anya Hayden is General Partner and Founder of ANIM, a top-tier early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology companies globally. Prior to ANIM, Anya most recently invested for Founders Fund out of the U.S. and Europe, with the team capitalising Anya's first pool of capital; ANIM progresses the strategy behind Anya's Founders Fund capital. Prior to Founders Fund, she led the establishment of the Product Analytics stack and physical goods Strategy for autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation. Anya has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Vogue, The Economic Times, Entrepreneur India, and Silicon India, is a delegate to the Middle East and APAC with multiple conferences, and has spoken globally for Google and other technology leaders. Anya graduated from Harvard Business School where she served as Student Body President. She is based in London.

Christy So, Advisor and Committee Member

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Christy is a startup veteran in the eCommerce, mCommerce, Tech space - and (fun fact!) first employee of Klook (the Hong Kong based travel tech unicorn) who has seen and grown with the company from its day 1 to series E. With her journalism background, Christy turned out to be a successful generalist, and has worked closely with start-up Founders to transform unique company DNA and their “secret sauce” into sustainable People and Cultural Values; she is also an expert at Change Leadership, Operation Optimization, and Organizational Structuring and Restructuring all of which needs to be prepped for rapid growth and scale-up stage to sustainable exits and beyond. A serial Entrepreneur herself, Christy is Founder of FemTech Ecommerce Platform and Brand Luvy.Me and Beyond Mood Journal (stealth and beta) advocating the importance of self-love and mindfulness journeys.

Shannon Kalayanamitr, Co-Head of Portfolio and Community, SEA

Angel Li, Advisor and Committee Member

Avatar Capital Management

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Angel is the Founder and Investment Committee Member of Avatar Capital Management, an alternative investment manager investing in Asia Pacific properties, possessing over 22 years of private equity real estate experience in Asia Pacific.  Prior to the inception of Avatar Capital, Angel was the Head of Asia of Macquarie Asset Management Real Estate and served as an Investment Committee Member of Macquarie Global Real Estate Fund.  Before her tenure at Macquarie, Angel was the Head of Portfolio Management and Investment Committee Member of CLSA Real Estate and in charge of deal sourcing, execution and asset management of over US$4.2 billion of real estate investment opportunities across the Asia Pacific region including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan and Australia.  Prior to her stint at CLSA, Angel spent 5 years in the Global Principal Investments Group at Merrill Lynch where she had extensive experience in special situations and event driven investments (including but not limited to distressed debt, structure financing and non-performing loans in Asia.) Angel is also a Partner & Founding Advisor for Chosen Collective Foundation (ChosenCollective.com), a part of NewChic Capital Family Office (NewChicCapital.com Family Office - a Single Family Office with Multi-Family Investment Committee based in Hong Kong, US, with International Investment Committee) She holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and conversational Japanese.  She has also completed a programme of study by the Universiry of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in Sustainability Real Estate: Creating a Better Built Environment. Outside her business pursuits, Angel devotes her time to mentoring underprivileged teenagers in the and inspires them to pursue their dreams and overcome challenges in society. She is a compassionate and dedicated professional with a genuine passion for nurturing children and as well has own children (she is the mother of 2) and empowering NexGen to take charge of their destinies across their growth, development, overall well-being. When not occupied with her business and philanthropic pursuits, Angel is an intrepid traveler, foodie, and a connoisseur of Culture, Arts, Music, and the Humanities.

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