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Lawrence Chu

Investor

Partner Emeritus, Fund I and II IC at Lever VC

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

About

Lawrence Chu is Co-Founder and CEO of Enos, a specialty payments infrastructure platform. He is a director at BlackPine, a private investment company with offices in Hong Kong, AbuDhabi, and Zurich that has deployed over $1.5 billion in robotics, artificial intelligence, Web3, alternative protein, eSports, and fintech sectors. Chu previously co-founded Kenetic, an Asia-focused Web3 investment firm, and VSFG, Hong Kong's first SFC-licensed virtual asset manager, and began his career at UBS Warburg and UBS O'Connor in investment banking and portfolio management roles.

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Experience

  1. EnosCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2026 — presentSingapore
  2. Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 香港特別行政區政府Member of the Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development in the Hong Kong SARcurrent2023 — present
  3. BlackPineFoundercurrent2011 — presentHong Kong, Dubai, Zurich
  4. Lever VCPartnercurrent2019 — present
  5. Chinese International SchoolGovernorcurrent2010 — presentHong Kong
  6. Alpha Intelligence CapitalPartner, Board Membercurrent2018 — presentLuxembourg
  7. IDACo-Founder2025 — 2026
  8. IDAChief Executive Officer2024 — 2025Hong Kong SAR
  9. VSFGCo-Founder2022 — 2024Hong Kong
  10. KeneticCo-Founder & Chairman2015 — 2023Hong Kong
  11. OrienteCo-Founder2017 — 2022Hong Kong
  12. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA)Patron2014 — 2017Beijing
  13. The University of ChicagoAlumni Board of Governors2014 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
  14. Tung Wah Group Of HospitalsBoard Director2014 — 2016Hong Kong
  15. UBS O'ConnorPortfolio Manager2005 — 2007London, United Kingdom; Hong Kong, SAR, PRC
  16. EMI MusicChairman's Office2003 — 2005
  17. UBS WarburgInvestment Banking Analyst2001 — 2003Hong Kong, SAR, PRC; London, United Kingdom

Education

  1. University of ChicagoBA, Economics1998 — 2001
  2. St. George's School1993 — 1998
  3. Chinese International School | 漢基國際學校1988 — 1993
  4. University of ChicagoBachelor's degree, Economics1998 — 2001

Skills & more

Private Equity28Hedge Funds12Investments25Investment Banking17Portfolio Management10Equities6Asset Management5Strategy5Mergers & Acquisitions14Investment Management5Trading3Investment Strategies5
+3 moreEntrepreneurshipAlternative InvestmentsValuation

Languages Chinese · English

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Same school

Also attended University of Chicago242

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Also attended St. George's School4

Francis ZhanAssociate, Crypto at Tribe Capital FirstlookFrank LuoInvestor at Founders Circle CapitalJimmy TengInvestor at E14 FundKais KhimjiPartner at Sequoia Capital

Also attended Chinese International School | 漢基國際學校12

Cliff BersaniInvestor at Mucker CapitalKate WangAssociate at FinTech CollectiveColin HannaPartner at Balderton CapitalEugin LeeVice President at Titanium VenturesYuan Han LiPartner at Blockchain CapitalPatrick YipFounding Partner at Intudo Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Alpha Intelligence Capital14

Keshav GoelAnalyst at Dell Technologies CapitalAntoine BlondeauManaging Partner at Alpha Intelligence CapitalUday SandhuGeneral Partner - AICP at Alpha Intelligence CapitalArnaud BarthelemyPartner and COO at Alpha Intelligence CapitalTerry ChouPartner at Alpha Intelligence CapitalAlberto PelliccionePartner at Alpha Intelligence Capital

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Also worked at VSFG2

Avaneesh AcquillaInvestor at Arrano CapitalChris CheungInvestor at Arrano Capital

Also worked at Oriente1

Hing ChengSenior Executive Director, Corporate Development at Gobi Partners

Also worked at UBS O'Connor528

Paul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystMartin MignotInvestor at Index VenturesBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorSauvanne Saint-LégerInvestor at DaphniElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at NorthzoneDaniel LiCEO of Plus and venture partner at Madrona

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Colleagues at Lever VC

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Partner Emeritus, Fund I IC at Lever VC
Clémence Landeau
Venture Partner at Lever VC
David Van Himbergen
Key Advisor at Lever VC
Dr Jonathan Avesar
Scientific Lead at Lever VC
Earl Rattray
Key Advisor at Lever VC
Felipe Krelling
Venture Partner, Brazil at Lever VC
James Caffyn
Partner at Lever VC
Jonathan Avesar
Scientific Lead at Lever VC