Calvin provides deal sourcing and execution capabilities in Japan for Audacy Ventures, and is the CEO and founder of 1/3 Group as well as the CEO of Artra Corp (6029.JP). 

Calvin is a real estate veteran in Tokyo and Hakuba specialising in the re-development and refurbishment of alternative real estate products. He founded 1/3 Group as one of the earliest guest house operators in Tokyo, and has since grown into a full-blown hospitality platform of 130+ guest houses, gyms, health foods, co-working and event space. Calvin successfully developed projects for major groups such as Eslite, Tsutaya, and Technogym. 

Calvin is fluent in Japanese, English and Mandarin. Calvin graduated from the University of Melbourne and Waseda University in Tokyo.

James works closely with the team in Hong Kong to carry out sourcing, due diligence and execution of potential investment opportunities.

 

Prior to joining Audacy Ventures, James began his venture capital career at AngelHub, Hong Kong's first licensed tech venture investment platform. While there he worked on over ten deals, including notable HK startups Animoca Brands and Avant Meats. He also played a key part in helping revamp AngelHub's platform.

 

James graduated from Durham University with a Bachelor's degree in International Relations. He is passionate about finding and working with companies building innovative technologies along the various pathways to decarbonisation, and in food & agriculture.

Philip is an impact investor with over 15 years of investment experience in private and public equities, with a particular interest in renewable energy, energy storage, and agri-food technologies.

Philip is the Founding Director of Regenerative Solutions, an Audacy affiliate, partnering with Urchinomics to utilize its aquaculture technology to turn ecologically destructive sea urchins into premium seafood products year-round. Previously Philip was an equity research analyst at CLSA and UBS covering Shipping, Transportation and Infrastructure.

Philip is a CFA charter holder, and holds a Masters of Social Science in Global Political Economy and a Bachelors of Business Administration in Global Business and Finance.

Leo has 8 years of experience in sustainability, renewable energy and climate tech venture investments, having completed over US$ 700 million worth of transactions in these sectors across the US and APAC.

Prior to joining Audacy Ventures, Leo began his investment career in New York City at an investment platform capitalized by The Blackstone Group’s energy and flagship funds to develop North American renewable energy projects. He then worked at a renewables-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong.

Leo graduated from Columbia University with a Master's degree in Energy Policy and Finance, and is passionate about finding, funding and growing companies that create breakthrough solutions to the net-zero challenge.

Frederik has 15 years of research, operational and investment experience in climate technologies across Asia, Europe and USA. As the first employee at Brawn Capital, a private equity fund manager specialized in renewable energy with over US$400m AUM, Frederik was the the Director of Investments & Risk Management managing a portfolio of solar assets across Asia.

Obtained a Ph.D. in Physics at the City University of Hong Kong, winning a scholarship to undertake research on new materials for third generation solar cells. Built and improved solar cell developing and testing laboratory facilities, collaborating with major international research facilities in Japan, Singapore, China, USA and Israel.

Paul is currently seconded to Audacy portfolio company GenH2 (hydrogen liquefaction and storage) as their Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to this, Paul was an investment head at BNP Paribas Asset Management where he led a team of technical consultants, portfolio managers, and quantitative analysts responsible for business development, solution/product design and implementation of investment portfolios. Prior to this, Paul spent 15 years leading asset management companies in their global expansion including start-ups in Asia.

Paul has spent his career in the financial industry designing and leading corporate strategies, managing investment portfolios, and organizing businesses to achieve the financial goals of the stakeholders. He has worked as an executive team member in asset management/banking/venture capital companies to optimize businesses in their respective local markets and internationally.  He has extensive experience in successfully leading technical teams from the development and innovation stage through to the commercialization stage. Paul’s solid scientific background coupled with his years of experience in financial management and capital market strategy uniquely positions him to realize the goals of private companies in the energy transition and technology space.

As a veteran speaker, Paul has regularly featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Asian Investor, and other news media for his perspective on capital markets and thematic investing.

Paul graduated from the University of British Columbia with a specialization in Theoretical Physics. Paul focused his research on the space-time dynamics around black holes, creating and analyzing simulations of stellar evolution by solving Einstein’s equations using numerical techniques. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

Toby’s 18 year investment and corporate finance career has spanned infrastructure, energy, renewables, and climate tech. Toby began his career at Macquarie Capital, advising on over US$ 15 billion in transactions including toll roads, energy, utilities and public private partnerships, in M&A and tender situations in Australia and Asia. Toby went on to become a founding team member of Kerogen Capital, a private equity fund manager specializing in international energy with over US$ 2 billion in AUM.

Toby has been a venture capitalist since 2011 and co-founded Audacy to pursue sustainable investment opportunities at scale, working with other like-minded investors to fill a financing gap and support companies working on decarbonization technologies, on the cusp of commercialization. 

Toby holds a combined degree from the University of New South Wales in Commerce (Finance) and Laws (L.L.B).

He is passionate about solutions to combat climate change, and to educate investors that sustainable investments no longer represent charity, but are some of the most attractive in the current investment landscape, representing the greatest reallocation of capital of our generation.

Tim is currently the Head of Infrastructure Investments at LOGOS, partnering with developers to build an APAC utility-scale renewable energy investment platform.

A 16-year private equity veteran and an expert in renewable energy and sustainable investments across the APAC region, Tim has managed over US$ 1 billion of assets in sustainable investments; including sustainable real estate, renewable energy power generation, energy storage, water treatment, recycling, and waste-to-energy. 

Prior to co-founding Audacy, Tim was an Investment Director at Morrison & Co, an infrastructure asset manager headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand. Tim also previously held investments roles with Macquarie Capital and Olympus Capital, an Asian PE fund focused on environmental themed investments. 

Tim graduated from the University of Melbourne with a combined degree in Commerce (Finance) and Law (LLB).

Ben is a cleantech veteran and expert in energy transition markets in the US and Australasia where he has worked in a number of investor, developer, and owner/operator roles, including co-founding a grid information and control specialist (Edge Electrons).

Ben is the Managing Director at H2 Genesis, a liquid hydrogen infrastructure and services company. He previously held leadership and expertise roles at Shift Energy (financier, developer and operator of solar power systems in Japan), Goldman Sachs (energy & power advisory), and CERA (natural gas and power markets).

Ben graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian Studies and Natural Resource Economics. 

Patrick has over 22 years of investment banking experience across various sectors including infrastructure and technology. Patrick then went on to become the Co-Head and Investment Director for Investible’s $100m Climate Tech Fund, a leading early stage tech investor in Australia focused on seed stage companies mitigating the effects and causes of climate change 

Patrick has been an active early stage startup investor for the last 7 years and has been focused full time on climate tech investments since he left Macquarie. Patrick helped co-found an IoT startup, has served on numerous boards, and is an engaged mentor and participant in the climate tech and early-stage startup communities. 

Patrick works with Audacy on co-investment opportunities, particularly those originating from Australia, as well as other Audacy portfolio companies that have an interest to commercialize in Australia.

Li Hua Tan co-founded Audacy Ventures in 2017 to bring high impact, highly sustainable investments across multiple cutting-edge sectors to like-minded investors.  As a general partner of the firm, her vision is to build a talented team with deep vertical expertise in climate tech, and to partner with top-tier entrepreneurs in transforming their respective industries.  

Li brings 18 years of investment experience, starting her career as a Financial Analyst in the Consumer and Healthcare team at Citigroup in New York and Los Angeles. Li then moved back to Malaysia where she managed Asia Green Group's real estate corporation with gross development value of US$ 450 million. Li also managed her own family office assets, which included a diversified public equity portfolio as well as higher octane private investments in alternative assets across America, Europe, and Pan-Asia.

Li previously co-founded the Platinum Whisky Investment Fund in 2014.  At the time, it was the world’s first private equity fund investing in vintage and rare single malt whiskies. The fund raised US$ 12 million and exited 7 years later at over US$ 26 million, delivering a gross 17% IRR to investors. In 2019, the team continued its whisky ventures by acquiring Glenor Cask Company, which held a portfolio of over 1,000 whisky casks in Scotland. In 2021, she acquired significant stakes in the companies Whisky Hammer and Still Spirit in order to gain footholds in the whisky online auction and e-commerce space.  

Li graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Finance and Business Administration.  She is passionate about empowering other women in family business and entrepreneurship, and enjoys exploring other cultures through travel and reading.

David is an experienced venture investor and has been one of the earliest supporters for Audacy Ventures. Day-to-day, David manages a portfolio of real estate in Hong Kong and the UK. 

David has an extensive network of ultra high net worth individuals, business associations, and personal family office relationships, and has been instrumental in the expansion of Audacy's family office partnerships.