The Next Alpha Investment Opportunities in China
China Connect 2025 Edition: Next-Gen Innovation & Investment Opportunities in China
Fostering Trust, Dialogue, and Cross-Border Capital Collaboration
An invite-only forum for family offices, institutional investors, and fund professionals to explore the future of innovation and investment in China.
Welcome to China Connect 2025 Edition
As the beta opportunities in China’s market fade, discovering the next alpha becomes essential. Investing in China today carries significant risks — making the search for outsized returns more important than ever.
This exclusive event gathers investors, allocators and founders to explore China’s evolving investment landscape and identify the next wave of alpha.
We will cover China’s macro outlook, public markets, and innovation economy, with a spotlight on high-growth sectors such as healthcare, consumer, energy transition, AI, and robotics.
🎯 Audience (Invite-Only | Max 80 Participants)
We welcome senior professionals from the global investment community, including:
Family Offices & HNWIs
Institutional LPs
Investment Managers (VC/PE, Hedge Fund, FoF)
Asset & Wealth Managers
Trusted Advisors & Industry Experts
All participation is subject to approval; business development roles are generally excluded.
🧣 Dress Code: Business Casual
🗓️ Agenda
15:30 – 16:00 | Open for Registration
Guests are welcome to arrive early and enjoy a private tour of the art galleries in the building.
16:00 – 16:10 | Opening Keynote
A statesman’s perspective on China-Europe cultural and investment ties
16:10 – 16:40 | Public Market Panel
China Macro & Hedge Fund Landscape
16:40 – 16:55 | Spotlight Session
Healthcare Investment in China
16:55 – 17:15 | Break
17:15 – 17:25 | Keynote
State of China’s Venture Capital Market
17:25 – 18:05 | Venture Capital Panel
Opportunities in China's Innovation Economy
Sectors: AI & Robotics, Energy Transition, Deep Tech, Consumer
18:05 – 18:35 | LP Roundtable
Is Now the Right Time to Allocate to China?
18:35 – 18:40 | Closing Remarks
18:40 Onward | Networking
Drinks, dialogue, and continued connection-building
🎙️ Featured Speakers
Ryan Yin – CIO, Aspoon Capital. a Hong Kong-based hedge fund specializing in long/short equity strategies focused on Greater China and investing across TMT, Consumer, and Industrial sectors. Previously, Ryan served as a Partner at Tiger Pacific Capital, where he led the research team and built up the China office, and played a key role in expanding its China A share coverage.
Yi Du - Head of Asia Thematic Research and Senior Investment Manager of the Thematic Equities team at Pictet. Yi has been co-managing the Pictet-Global Environmental Opportunities strategy since 2018. He launched the PictetChina Environmental Opportunities strategy in 2023. Before joining Pictet, Yi worked in the Global Equity Research team of J.P. Morgan and Investment Banking team of Barclays in Hong Kong.
Alexis Dawance, Managing Director at 6T Asset Management. With over 20 years of investment experience, Alexis began his career in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers. Since 2006, he has managed various investment funds for Global-Cap, Mirante Fund Manager, Bellevue Asset Management. Alexis also has in-depth expertise on China and Global Macro Trends.
Iris Wang – CIO, TruMed, focuses on identifying high-quality, innovative healthcare companies across Asia through deep fundamental research and disciplined investing. She brings extensive experience in healthcare investing, having previously been a Partner at OrbiMed.
JP Gan – Founder, INCE Capital, investing in AI-enabled global consumer and biotech. With >40 IPOs and M&As, JP’s investments include Trip.com (NASDAQ:TCOM), CATL, Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI), TikTok (Bytedance), Meituan-Dianping (3690.HK). A repeat Forbes Midas Lister and former Managing Partner at Qiming Venture Partners for 13 years, JP has played a key role in shaping the China venture capital landscape since the 2000s.
Boyu Hu – Founder, XVC. A seasoned entrepreneur-turned-investor with over a decade of experience identifying transformative early-stage opportunities. His portfolio includes Kuaishou (1024.HK), Weee! ($4b), and Chagee (NASDAQ: CHA), Hetao Coding, with a combined market value exceeding $100 billion.
Harry Man – Partner, MPC Investment (aka Matrix Partners China). With over 25 years of investment experience in the Chinese tech ecosystem, Harry focuses on early-stage investments in AI, deep tech, and robotics. His successful investments include Xpeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV), Didi (NYSE: DIDI), Hello Group (NASDAQ: MOMO), Unitree, VNET (NASDAQ: VNET).
Xi Cao - Founding Partner, Monolith focusing on seed and Series A investments in AI, robotics, and consumer platforms. He was the youngest person to make partner at Sequoia China, where he also established and led its seed fund. His notable investments incl Moonshot ("AI Six Tiger"), Kuaishou ($200b IPO), Unitree etc.
Wouter Gort – Partner, Hummingbird Ventures Nomads where he focuses on fund-of-funds strategies. He was Managing Director at Atomico, one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, between 2011 and 2014. Wouter later co-founded Greyhound Capital, concentrating on growth equity investments and backing leading fintech companies including Revolut, Brex, and N26.
Gabriele Casati - Portfolio Manager, NS Partners where he manages multi-manager hedge fund portfolios, including Asian hedge fund investments. He’s also leading external long-only funds selection. With over 17 years of international hedge fund selection experience, Gabriele worked in Hong Kong as a senior hedge fund analyst at Arowana Asset Management in 2012 before returning to Geneva in 2018.
Harry Chen - Principal, IH International. IH International is a private equity firm managing €5.2bn with offices in London and New York, investing in primary and secondary funds and co-investments. Harry leads the firm’s Asia portfolio and drives global VC and buyout investments.
Ben Marlow - Investor at Galini, a single-family office for a Greek shipping family. Galini partners with both public and private equity managers who invest on the family’s behalf.
Moderator
Nicolas Michel, Head of International Business at Banyan Partners, a Shanghai-based public equity value investing firm. A Swiss native and graduate of the University of Zurich and Peking University, he helps global investors access Chinese A-share opportunities and plays a key role in bridging Switzerland and China through his local network.
Nils Heise, Senior Investment Manager at Lombard Odier Investment Managers where he focuses on European venture capital and fund-of-funds strategies. He was previously Director at IH International, overseeing fund investments and portfolio allocation across private markets.
Sibing Huang, Investment Director, MIO Partners, the investment office that serves the corporate pension and former and current partners at McKinsey&Co. Sibing leads MIO’s PE and VC investments across APAC & Emerging markets, and secondary strategies globally, and is a member of MIO’s private investment IC.
📍 Location
Location details will be shared upon confirmation of your attendance.
🎟️ Participation & Fees
LP (Institutional Investors, Family Offices, FoF, HNWIs) Free (with approval)
GP (VC/PE, Hedge Fund, Banks — Limited Tickets) 990 CHF (with approval)
Next-Gen European Investors 150 CHF (with approval)
All registrations are subject to approval. To maintain a high-quality ratio of Allocators to Non-Allocators, we kindly ask that you provide accurate information when registering. Our event team will review each submission to verify eligibility and reserves the right to adjust ticket categories if necessary.
📝 Terms & Conditions
Full refund available if cancelled 10 business days before the event
In case of postponement, tickets may be refunded or transferred
🌏 About the Host
Everset Partners is an alternative investment service and solutions partner for global investors seeking next-gen opportunities in China’s innovation economy and alternative assets.