Relevant experience
The principals both have varied backgrounds including investment banking, management consultancy, management and
entrepreneurship and both have extensive international experience. Between them they have helped to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for various businesses and funds and set up a several businesses, helping many others get funded or
develop actionable plans.
entrepreneurship and both have extensive international experience. Between them they have helped to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for various businesses and funds and set up a several businesses, helping many others get funded or
develop actionable plans.
Sonia Lo, Managing Partner.
Sonia has been an independent strategic advisor and angel investor for the last 8 years. Her blue-chip client base includes a Top 10 European Telco, two Top 5 European Financial Services groups and the third largest asset management company in South Korea (Woori Financial Group). She has also raised over US$100m in financing and been an angel investor in 12 companies. Formerly, Sonia was Director of Global Content at Google, Inc. and Director for Digital Investment at United News and Media PLC. Sonia has lived in 16 and conducted business in over 35 countries, initially with her South Korean diplomat parents and then as a result of her international advisory career. Sonia has an MBA with Honours from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University. Sonia was selected in 2000, and again in 2001, as a Top 100 Global Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum at Davos.
Sonia has been an independent strategic advisor and angel investor for the last 8 years. Her blue-chip client base includes a Top 10 European Telco, two Top 5 European Financial Services groups and the third largest asset management company in South Korea (Woori Financial Group). She has also raised over US$100m in financing and been an angel investor in 12 companies. Formerly, Sonia was Director of Global Content at Google, Inc. and Director for Digital Investment at United News and Media PLC. Sonia has lived in 16 and conducted business in over 35 countries, initially with her South Korean diplomat parents and then as a result of her international advisory career. Sonia has an MBA with Honours from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University. Sonia was selected in 2000, and again in 2001, as a Top 100 Global Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum at Davos.
Richard Laughton, Managing Partner.
A former McKinsey consultant and options trader with BZW, Richard has a strong entrepreneurial, investment and financial background. He has raised more than $20m capital for and led two successful technology businesses, participated in a number of businesses as an angel investor and been instrumental in building several investment funds with combined current assets under management of more than $400m. Richard was the only external, independent director of K3 Capital, a top-performing Korea-focused hedge fund. Along with his responsibilities at Chalsys, he is a director of Centurion Portfolio Managers, a leading life settlements investment firm which he helped to establish in 2002. Richard has an MA with Honours from Oxford University.
A former McKinsey consultant and options trader with BZW, Richard has a strong entrepreneurial, investment and financial background. He has raised more than $20m capital for and led two successful technology businesses, participated in a number of businesses as an angel investor and been instrumental in building several investment funds with combined current assets under management of more than $400m. Richard was the only external, independent director of K3 Capital, a top-performing Korea-focused hedge fund. Along with his responsibilities at Chalsys, he is a director of Centurion Portfolio Managers, a leading life settlements investment firm which he helped to establish in 2002. Richard has an MA with Honours from Oxford University.
