Jason Chiu
Founder of Cherrypicks
Jason Chiu
Founder of Cherrypicks
Kowloon
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder and Executive Chairman
2022 - Current
Collectiv is a hyper-growth web3 venture aiming at unleashing the value of blockchain and web3 for communities and enterprises by building open, , diverse metaverse ecosystems
Founder
2000
Cherrypicks is a global leader in mobile user experience (UX), enterprise SaaS and enterprise blockchain platforms for location intelligence as a Service (LIaaS), O2O behavioural loyalty and eLearning. As a B2B SaaS products and solutions company, Cherrypicks' goal is to make cities smarter and more resilient with the superb user experience. Many citizens in Hong Kong and around the world are using Cherrypicks’products, mobile apps or underlying platforms. Some popular B2C brands we help built include LeaveHomeSafe (city-wide contact tracing for HK), HSBC PayMe (social payment), MTR Mobile, HKJC Betting App and many B2B SaaS and blockchain platforms in Asia and globally. Cherrypicks is also a proud co-creater of iButterfly, a popular gamified location-based AR coupon entertainment app with 200 million coupon download in Asia and Europe. https://www.cherrypicks.com
Investor
2023
NOLEJ is a decentralised skills platform powered by an AI engine, that automatically generates interactive courseware & global knowledge graph. Nolej AI accelerates your instructional design with AI automation that turns static learning material (video, audio and text content) into micro-learning interactives (interactive videos, quizzes, games, etc.). https://nolej.io/
Independent Non-Executive Director
2022
Launched in Hong Kong in September 2020, Mox is a virtual bank backed by Standard Chartered, in partnership with HKT, PCCW and Trip.com. We are the combined power of a well-trusted international banking group, the city’s telecom and lifestyle leader as well as Asia’s largest online travel agency. Mox delivers a suite of retail banking services and lifestyle benefits all in one place, growing your money, your world and your possibilities. Mox is among the first batch of banks to obtain the virtual banking licence from Hong Kong Monetary Authority in March 2019. We have built a new bank from scratch – delivering a whole new, digital and personalized experience to empower our customers.
Limited Partner
2022
GameFi ventures Fund invests in the most exciting blockchain games, builds on prime piece of real estate on Sandbox metaverse and grows a GameFi guild to play and earn.
Investment Committee Member
2022
Saltagen is a VC focusing on deep tech startup investment in the areas of precision medicine, 4th agricultural revolution and nanotechnology. Saltagen has built unique relationships in two major markets of the world - North America and Asia. We have carved out an investment niche by successfully focusing on early stage biotechnology startups that scale across the Pacific. Founded in 2017, Saltagen Ventures is a venture investment manager focused on early-stage investments. We are headquartered in Hong Kong. Strong local partnerships and ground presence in Canada and China allow Saltagen to: I) access and set terms for exclusive deals, and II) drive valuation increase from active end-to-end deal life cycle management.
Investor
2022
Ayar Labs is solving the I/O bandwidth and power bottlenecks by moving data using light. See how we are enabling the next phase of Moore's Law.
Investor
2021
An immersive 5D metaverse built on Ethereal, Unreal Engine 5 and open protocol ZERO. It includes an ecosystem of industries and platforms such as Wilder's artist guild, NFT marketplace, AirWILD kicks, Wilder Wheels, Wiami metaverse, etc.
Investor
2021
Hex Trust is a fully licensed, insured and Asia’s leading digital asset custodian - Institutional adoption of Digital Assets & DeFi requires a fundamental shift in the way banks and financial institutions operate. Hex Trust is the link that connects the traditional financial world to the digital assets ecosystem. The range of service offerings include custody, clearing & settlement, lending & staking and markets services. Hex also has flexible deployment options with fully custody, custodian as a service and enterprise solution. https://hextrust.com
Investor
2021
Walkie-Talkie is a viral social audio app with exponential growth... it is cofounded by serial entrepreneur Stephane Giraude and his team. It is great to back Stephane again! “Text is not enough, and video is too much; social audio is just right.” – JEREMIAH OWYANG
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc
1989 - 1994