Our Team
CRAVE is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices and staff in Shanghai, South Korea, Hong Kong and The United Kingdom
Corporate Management
Charles Kim
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
20+ years of experience and domain expertise in asset finance, project finance, private equity, M&A, capital markets and sales & trading
Syndicated 100+ deals internationally
Former Managing Director of China Renaissance Group & Lehman Brothers Korea, Deutche Bank in New York, Mirae Asset Securities, JP Morgan
E. Kurt Kim
President & Chief Financial Officer
20+ years of executive experience including Partner, COO & CFO of $450m+ hedge fund complex and CFO/CCO of FINRA broker-dealer specializing in private placement investments
Founder/CEO of an award-winning, on-line research platform (www.privateraise.com)
Deep expertise in corporate financial strategy and management, transaction negotiations, business development and managing stakeholder relationships
MBA from The Wharton School of Business
Dennis Lee, PhD
Chief Technical Officer
20+ years experience in building software companies
10+ Years of AI Development Experience
AI Consultant for Foxconn, Huawei, ZF Lenksysteme, Kingsoft, magicJack and more.
Former AI Professor at Yonsei University
Harvard University Postdoc
PhD from UCLA
AI Natural Language Processing Specialist
Alan Cheung
Head of US
13+ years leadership experience in Tech, Media, eCommerce
Held senior roles at Viacom, Fullscreen, Beautycon, and WAYV
Corporate and Financial Analysis roles at Disney, Duff & Phelps, Sony Pictures, BET, MedMen and more
Led multiple series rounds of financing exceeding $350M
Wayne Hao
Head of China
20+ years experience in investment banking, venture capital, and entrepreneurship
Served as a business manager and strategic consultant in Greater China for over 10 years
2 exits with tech startups in excess of $150M
MBA from The Wharton School of Business
Beatrice Hao
Head of Merchandise
13+ years of international sourcing and purchasing experience in China, the United States, and Germany for a range of uses, from complex industrial components to end consumer products
Former purchasing manager for Thyssenkrupp, Rheinmetall, and other international corporations
Managed purchasing for both joint- ventures and WOFEs, in parties China, Germany, and Japan
Board of advisors
Fan Bao
Founder and CEO/Chairman China Renaissance
Head of China’s #1 technology finance institution with over 980 transactions worth more than USD$146 billion since its inception
Led the financing of China’s new economy with record breaking transactions such as Meituan/Dianping (US$3.3B), JD Logistics (US$2.5B), ZTO (US$1.27B), Didi/Uber (US$1B+)
Deep relationships with major social and commerce platforms in China
Joanie Xie
Former Head of US Ant Group
Until Jan 2021, was Head of US for Ant Group, the world's largest fintech company with over 1.3 billion users globally
Executed multi-billion strategic partnerships with leading global tech giants including Google, Apple, and others
Founder of US business group and oversaw all US operations and led strategic development and execution
Advisor and investor in high-growth startups
Vanessa Liu
Vice President Sapi.io Foundries
Vice President of SAP.iO, the early stage venture arm of SAP which invests in and accelerates startups in enterprise technology
Non-Executive Director for Appen Ltd (ASX: APX), a global leader in machine learning and artificial intelligence
Co-Founder of Fevo, a SaaS technology company that powers experiences at premium live events (professional sports, concerts, festivals)
Jay Rosenzweig
Founding Partner Rosenzweig and Co.
Provides executive consulting services to clients that include global corporations and private equity and venture capital firms
Advisor and investor in many high-growth startups including Hyperloop Transportation Technologies