Location: Taipei, Breeze Xinyi 47F, Sea to Sky High-Rise Seafood Restaurant
Travel note summary: Another three days, ten meetings. 1. Tuesday morning, remote meeting with DeFITs to discuss their funding and progress on launching a crypto fund in Sweden. 2. Tuesday lunch with Pat and his friend Jack from NVIDIA, plus LC from New Quest Capital (recently merged into TPG, a top U.S. PE firm), getting to know each other near Xinyi Anhe Station. 3. Afternoon coffee with Ryan, Pat's former boss at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who retired early with impressive assets. 4. Meeting at Joyso to discuss DeFi. 5. Wednesday morning, at the office atop Taipei 101, chatting with Grace about her upcoming venture capital firm. 6. Wednesday lunch with Kevin, a former colleague from Yuanta Securities Investment Trust, who spent the last eight years managing fixed income at mainland mutual funds (China Resources Yuanta, Anxin) and is now back in Taiwan, handling fund approvals at Cathay United Bank's wealth management department. Kevin is getting interested in crypto, so we chatted, and I invited Pat to join. 7. Wednesday afternoon, at Chun Shui Tang with seniors Lman and Jserv, and Scott, discussing …
