Kelvin Au

A geek at heart, Kelvin has over 18 years of experience in technology investment banking, venture capital and managing high-growth operations. Prior to his current roles at 3Ventures, MD One Ventures and The Players Fund, Kelvin was Head of Venture at Founders Factory, an early stage technology investor backed by industry-leading corporates, providing start-ups with the unfair advantage of early access to partnership opportunities as well as support from a team of operating specialists. Prior to Founders Factory, Kelvin was interim COO at Qumin, a next generation marketing company with a sole focus on opening the world to China. Before that, Kelvin was MD at Metail, a deep tech scale-up harvesting the power of computer vision, fashion and consumer data to make the apparel supply chain more efficient. At Metail, he was responsible for finance & operations and international business, and led the fundraising process leading to its Series B and the eventual exit to one of the largest global supply chain players. Prior to getting his hands dirty as a start-up operator, Kelvin was a venture investor at Draper Esprit (Molten Ventures) and worked at Credit Suisse and HSBC where he provided M&A and financing advice to technology corporates and SMEs globally. Kelvin is an active angel investor in the technology space and an LP in the Creator Fund, a VC fund dedicated to uncovering and investing in the best technology talent and ideas from universities. Kelvin holds a first class Master's degree in Computer Science from Imperial College London.