Beatrice Lion
General Partner at True Global Ventures
Beatrice Lion
General Partner at True Global Ventures
Singapore
Overview
Work Experience
CEO and General Partner
2023 - Current
True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV) has invested in 4 global market leaders namely Ledger, Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, Forge Global. TGV GPs are investing their own money between 20%-35% of the total AUM. TGV is licensed under Monetary Authorities of Singapore and is actively deploying out of 2 funds dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Blockchain companies: - TGV Opportunity Fund (TGV 5), launched in June 2022, a 146M USD fund investing in external opportunities mainly in late stage AI companies, as well as selected portfolio companies of TGV 4 Plus Base Fund, investing from Series B onwards. - TGV 4 Plus Base Fund (TGV4), a 113M USD fund has deployed into 16 portfolio companies to date including: Ledger: Global market leader in self-custody, cold storage hardware wallet solution with 20% of the world’s crypto assets secured, services supporting trading, buying, spending, earning, staking, etc. The Sandbox: Global market leader in gaming metaverse empowering artists, creators, players to play, build, own, monetise virtual experiences on blockchain Animoca Brands: Unicorn global market leader leveraging gamification & blockchain to develop and publish a portfolio of games Forge Global (NYSE: FRGE): Global market leader in secondary private market shares transactions, with over 12 B USD transaction volume, in > 500 companies Chromaway: Creator of relational blockchain protocol Chromia ($CHR), powering Metaverse game My Neighbor Alice ($ALICE), Mines of Dalarnia ($DAR), etc Coinhouse: Leading French regulated digital assets platform for individuals, companies & institutions GCEX: Regulated digital brokerage & end-to-end trading platform bringing Tier 1 liquidity for Institutional clients bridging gap between traditional finance & digital assets SATO Technologies Corp (TSXV: SATO): Bitcoin mining company based in Quebec utilising 100% renewable energy Others: Chronicled, Quantumrock, Enjinstarter, Printler, Bookit N Go, Forza Football, Iomob, Dedoco
General Partner
2022
Affiliate Founding Partner
2020 - 2022
Business Development
2018 - 2019
Board Member
2022
Observer Board Member
2022
Observer Board Member
2022
Observer Board Member
2021 - 2022
Business Development
2017 - 2022
Innovator Founders’ Capital 1,2,3 (F.K.A. True Global Ventures 1,2,3) - Participated in the execution of the secondary sale transaction of TGV's partial stake in Sharespost, Inc to Institutional Investors, received carry for its partial exit. - Involved in the transaction for the acquisition of Stryking GmbH by Animoca Brands and received carry for the transaction completion. - Involved in the transaction of management buyout for TGV's stake in Bluzelle and received carry for exit. - Participated in the transaction for the sale of Bountysource, Inc to listed company The Blockchain Group (Euronext: ALTBG) and received carry for the exit.
Investment Analyst (Summer)
2016 - 2016
Zicom MedTacc is an early stage Venture Capital firm focusing on Seed to Series A start-ups within the Health & Biomedical Sciences industry. With a fund size of around $30 million supported by SPRING Singapore, Zicom MedTacc targets to invest from evolving start-ups to high growth SMEs. With experiences in the local biomedical industry, Zicom MedTacc strategizes to provide guidance and mentorship to assist the start-ups to cultivate business capabilities and build significant business relations within the industry.