The GCC <> APAC Venture Corridor: Scaling HK Fintech to Global Ecosystems
Hong Kong is rapidly becoming one of the world's most important financial innovation hubs. At the same time, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is deploying unprecedented levels of capital, regulatory innovation, and digital infrastructure to build the next generation of financial markets.
This exclusive evening brings together founders, institutional investors, ecosystem leaders, and enterprise innovators to explore how fintech companies can scale across two of the world's fastest-growing financial ecosystems.
Join senior leaders from Ripple, Brinc, AWS, Cyberport, and leading fintech organizations for a conversation on tokenization, stablecoins, enterprise blockchain and the XRP Ledger (XRPL), cross-border payments, and the emerging opportunities connecting APAC and the Middle East.
Following the discussion, attendees will participate in curated networking with investors, founders and strategic partners shaping the future of digital finance.
Attendance is intentionally limited to ensure meaningful conversations and high-quality connections.
Who Should Attend This event is designed for a curated audience of:
Fintech founders
Enterprise blockchain builders
Digital asset startups
Institutional investors
Venture capital firms
Family offices
Financial institutions
Corporate innovation leaders
Ecosystem partners
Senior technology leaders
Apply to Attend Attendance is by application and approval to ensure a highly curated audience of founders, investors, financial institutions, and ecosystem leaders.
Spots are limited and attendance is curated. Apply now.
📅 Agenda
5:30 – 6:00pm Reception w/ drinks
6:00 – 6:15pm Welcome remarks
6:15 – 6:55pm Panel discussion
6:55– 8:15pm Networking Reception w/ drinks
🔥Panel
Moderator: Guihermo Ginesta, APAC Partner, Brinc
Panelists:
Jelena Zhang, SVP, Amber Group
JJ Xu, Co-Founder, Asseto Finance
Tats Kohrogi, Sr.Ecosystem Growth Manager, Ripple
Franny Sun, Dir. Wealth Management, OSL
Rachel Lee, Director of Blockchain & Digital Asset, Cyberport
💎Partners
About Amber
Amber Group is a global leader in digital financial services and technology solutions, empowering clients with tailored solutions across the entire digital financial ecosystem—including wealth and asset management, institutional liquidity provision, market infrastructure, and secure wallet services. The Group’s portfolio companies includes the Nasdaq-listed digital wealth management platform Amber Premium, the accelerator amber.ac, and the investment venture Amber Labs. Founded as Amber AI in 2017, Amber Group’s vision that the convergence of crypto and AI would redefine finance remains a core driver of its innovation and growth.
Learn more: https://ambergroup.io/
About Asseto Finance
Asseto is a full-stack asset tokenization infrastructure and service provider, helping traditional financial assets access on-chain capital markets in a compliant, efficient, and scalable way.
X: @AssetoFinance
About AWS
AWS is the world's leading cloud service, offering over 200 services from global data centers to help millions of customers lower costs and innovate faster.AWS provides a breadth of Web3 services and solutions across key pillars such as compute infrastructure, enterprise- grade security, and data analytics to create Web3-native technologies for next-generation financial services, gaming, and decentralized applications.
X: @AWS_HongKong
About Brinc
Brinc is a global venture accelerator helping founders solve world's most pressing problems with presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Japan, MENA, North America.
X: @brincvc
About Cyberport
A flagship digital community supported by the Hong Kong government, providing resources and a collaborative environment for over 1,800+ tech companies.
X: @cyberport_hk
About OSL
OSL is a regulated global platform for stablecoin trading, payments, and digital asset infrastructure. In Hong Kong, OSL holds SFC Type 1, 4, 7, and 9 licenses, along with AMLO registration, and operates as the first SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP). It also maintains a broad international regulatory footprint across multiple jurisdictions, supporting secure and compliant digital asset services for institutions. OSL recently launched USDGO, a regulated enterprise stablecoin issued under the GENIUS Act framework, further strengthening its position in compliant stablecoin trading, payments, and digital asset infrastructure.
X:@osldotcom
About Ripple
Ripple is a leading enterprise blockchain company that provides fast, secure and cost-effective solutions for global payments and financial infrastructure. Its technology enables financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers to move and exchange value more efficiently, unlocking economic opportunity across borders and markets.
X:@Ripple
🌟Details
📍 Hong Kong (venue details will be shared with approved guests only)
📅 Thursday, 9 July
⏰ 5:30 PM – 8:15 PM (HKT)
Hosted by Brinc, in collaboration with Ripple, Cyberport, and leading fintech ecosystem partners.
