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Darren Lau was former Senior Analyst at The Spartan Group. Prior to Spartan, Darren was with CoinGecko, the world's largest independent cryptocurrency data aggregator for two years. He started there as an intern and helped to revamp their ICO section, contributing to their quarterly reports and keeping up to date with the latest market trends. Most recently, he co-authored their How to DeFi ebook, which is CoinGecko's first ebook. He has since supported several CoinGecko DeFi initiatives and was one of the masterminds behind their new DeFi section. For his work with CoinGecko and in yield farming, he was recognised by Flipside Cryto as an "Unsung Hero". Darren graduated from Sunway University with a BSc(Hons) in Financial Analysis in 2020.
Work Experience
Investment Overview
Rounds in the past year
2
Total rounds
21
Portfolio Numbers
22
Lead Investment
0
Relevance Person
Bobby Ong
Bobby Ong is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of CoinGecko, an established cryptocurrency data analytics and research platform. He has been in the industry since 2013 and was recognized as a recipient of Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from University College London and Singapore-GCE A-Levels from Anderson Junior College. Previously, Bobby worked as a Digital Marketing Manager at Sime Darby Property Berhad.
Jason Choi
Jason Choi is a full-time angel investor focused on Web 3. As the co-founder of Tangent, he manages a collective of experienced founders striving to change the way investing is done. Previously, Jason co-helmed one of Asia's first institutional crypto funds as the first hire and General Partner at Spartan Capital. At Spartan, he co-led investments in more than 80 companies and was instrumental in scaling the fund from $9M to around $500M and tripling its team size in four years.
Melody He
Melody He is co-founder, partner and co-head of Spartan group, responsible for the group's consulting business, and Melody was previously investment partner of accelerator mobileonlyx,He also worked in the investment banking department of Goldman Sachs.
Casper Johansen
Casper Johansen is co-founder, partner and co-head of Spartan Group, Co-responsible for consulting business,and previously worked in Goldman Sachs investment banking.
Kelvin Koh
Kelvin Koh is the co-founder, partner and chief information officer of Spartan Capital. He used to be the managing partner of the venture capital firm Trident Venture Partners, the partner and chief information officer of Indus Capital in China, and the partner and research director of Goldman Sachs.
Tommy Chang
Tommy Chang is the Gaming lead of Spartan Capital, he was the head of research at Red Building Capital, and he also founded Block Panther, an ICO investment platform.
Adrian
Adrian is the head of Spartan Labs. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Yumi. He also has helped Red Bull, Nike and other brands enter the Chinese market, and has extensive experience in product design, venture capital and brand marketing.
Kristian Kho Han Thin
Kristian Kho Han Thin is the Operations Lead at CoinGecko.
Shaun Heng
Shaun Heng is Director of Product Strategy at MoonPay, an Venture Partner at Hustle Fund, and a mentor at Outlier Ventures. Previously, Shaun Heng served as Vice President of CoinMarketCap.
Julia Ng
Julia Ng is the Growth Marketing Lead at CoinGecko.