Multi-lingual Cambridge University Science graduate and published researcher, Michael is also the Co-founder of Educational Charity OSCA (Oxbridge Summer Camps Abroad) with a 15yrs history in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan.

Michael brings expertise in the Biomedical and Educational spaces to Hong Kong, and is passionate about helping motivated founders build disruptive and impactful startups.
As Programme Director of Betatron Michael builds and continuously improves the programme, as well as develops partnerships and investment opportunities for Betatron alumni and Betatron itself.

Taurus Cheung is the Co-founder of Appcider Limited located at Hong Kong Science Park. Taurus graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with M.Phil. in Computer Science and Engineering. Before founding Appcider, Taurus held leadership positions in technology companies in North America and with over 10-year experience in enterprise software and cloud-based solutions. Taurus has accumulated years of IT experience before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey.

Appcider was established in 2015 when Taurus saw a huge demand for such a system in e-commerce and trading activities and thus developed the smart logistics gateway, ShipAny. ShipAny is now at a strong growth and has actively partnered with popular e-commerce platforms and logistic companies such as SF Express, ZTO and Kerry Express to bring logistics automation service for E-commerce and online stores.  

Roland is the Managing Partner of CoCoon Ignite Ventures, L.P., a venture capital fund focusing on investments in early stage technologies. At CoCoon Ignite Ventures, Roland has led investments in companies including Cafe X, Soundbrenner and GoBee Bike. In addition to investing, Roland is also an active advisor to his portfolio companies, large corporations, founders and other venture capital funds. Roland graduated from New York University in 2004 with a bachelors degree in biology and graduated from the University of London in 2007 with a bachelors degree in law. Prior to establishing CoCoon Ignite Ventures, Roland was with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm, from 2008 to 2015. At Freshfields, Roland worked on corporate financing and structuring transactions relating to fundraising, deal structuring and mergers and acquisitions

Yina is the cofounder of Bamboo Network, a new way for early-stage companies to connect and work with strategic partners - advice, funding, customers, expertise. Yina is also the Associate Director at Saltagen Ventures, managing early-stage investments of the fund and develops partnerships with notable universities and ecosystem partners across Canada and Asia to support startups’ global expansion.

Co-founder and CEO of gini, Ray spearheaded Hong Kong’s first independent personal finance app, which has won several awards and is helping more than 65,000 users manage their money with ease. Now, he’s expanded the company to offer market leading data enrichment software to banks, paving the way for widespread adoption of machine learning and AI technology in Hong Kong’s finance industry. Before gini, Ray served as the Vice President of Structured Credit Sales at Citi.

Kane is the co-founder and CEO of ThinkCol Transform – one of Hong Kong’s first specialized data science consultancy firms. Over the years, he has advised and built AI solutions for many industry powerhouses, such as Lenovo, Li and Fung and the A.S. Watson Group.

Kane has been promoting data science in HK continuously. He is the chairman of the Hong Kong Data Science Society, a lecturer and honorary course coordinator of HKU Space, and a committee member of the Design of Responsible Artificial Intelligence.