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GENERAL PARTNERS

  • Andrew Hyung

    U.S.A
    Andrew leads cleantech investments. He started his career in investment banking and has held multiple advisor roles in the Bay Area venture community, especially in the cleantech sector. He is based in San Francisco, California and covers investments in North America and Singapore.

  • Dr. Gene Cho

    U.S.A.
    Gene spearheads biotech investments, leveraging his background as a researcher and former life sciences consultant at LEK. With expertise spanning from drug discovery to commercialization, he most recently led global corporate strategy, and managed U.S. clinical trials and operations for a publicly-listed biotech company. Gene is based in San Francisco, California and frequently travels to New York, Seoul, and Singapore.

  • Lance Park

    ASIA
    Lance leads investments in Korea. He began his career in investment banking and has been active in the Korean VC community in both cleantech and biotech. He was the CEO at Clairvoyant Ventures (a venture fund with a focus in seed / early-stage Korea-based startups), and was also the CIO at CTK (a healthcare-focused venture fund).

SPECIAL ADVISORS

  • Gary Wunderich

    U.S.A
    Gary Wunderlich is a co-founder of Live Oak Group and was a founder of Wunderlich Securities, a full-service investment firm, that was acquired in 2017. He serves on the board of Navitas Semi, a Nasdaq-listed company focused on energy efficiency.

  • Rick Hendrix

    U.S.A
    Rick is a co-founder of Live Oak Group and was the Chairman & CEO of FBR & Co. He has had leadership positions at various financial firms, where he raised $10B+ for founder-led and sponsor-backed companies. He serves on the board of Navitas Semi, a Nasdaq-listed company focused on energy efficiency, and Danimer Scientific, a NYSE-listed sustainable advanced materials company.

  • Wee-meng Thoo

    ASIA
    Wee-Meng was a CIO of a single family office, where he led PE / VC investments in deep-tech and cleantech companies. He is a visionary who has advocated for sustainable development, climate change, and social impact in order to meet regulatory compliance. He has over 20 years of operational leadership experience at global technology firms such as HP, Sun Microsystems/Oracle, among others.