The Speaker Table with Boyu Hu

Boyu Hu is the founder of XVC, a research-driven venture capital fund backed by global endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds. Today, XVC manages about 1.5bn USD. According to Preqin's latest league table, XVC Fund II was ranked #1 best performing VC fund globally of the 2019 vintage in the $250-499 million category. Boyu's investment experience spans over a decade. He excels at singling out 'big ideas' at early-stage, and the market value of his portfolio companies, which includes Kuaishou, Weee!, Hetao coding, Chagee, Laifen, Moody, etc., reached over 50 billion USD. Before becoming an investor, Boyu had nearly 10 years of entrepreneurial experience. He co-founded China’s largest credit risk management software company, Amarsoft (SHE:300380), where he led the development of core product lines and helped the company achieve dominance in a highly competitive market and eventually go public.

Yanhuan Wang is a consumer investor at Sofina, a €11 billion Belgian family-controlled investment company, where she invests in high-growth consumer and technology businesses across Europe, China and India. She currently serves as a Board Member or Board Observer of Vivobarefoot (global barefoot footwear brand), Creature Comforts (fast-growing UK veterinary platform), Cerealis (Portugal's leading pasta and agrifood company), Petkit (a leading Chinese pet technology company serving 10M+ pets globally) and Moody (China's leading coloured contact lens brand). She has also led or supported investments in Laifen (a Chinese personal care electronics brand that reached US$500M in revenue within five years), Mamaearth (India's leading personal care brand, IPOed in 2023) and Skillmatics (India's fastest-growing educational toys company). Beyond investing, Yanhuan is passionate about strengthening connections between Europe and Asia. She is the co-founder of the Women in Family Office & Capital Community, an active angel investor, and a strategic advisor to Italian luxury fashion house Luisa Beccaria and several consumer brands. She is also a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship, consumer investing and cross-border innovation across Europe and Asia. Yanhuan graduated from Columbia University. Outside of work, she is a classically trained violinist and an avid traveller who has visited more than 80 countries.