Kelvin Au

Kelvin has 20 years of experience in technology investment banking, venture capital and managing high-growth operations. He has invested in over 200 companies, raised $40 million for his own start-up with a successful exit, and has raised over $100 million for venture studio builds. Prior to founding 3Ventures, a Venture and Innovation firm located between Riyadh and London, Kelvin was Head of Venture at Founders Factory, an early stage technology investor and venture builder 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 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 managed all operations and fundraising activities leading to its Series B and the eventual exit to one of the largest global supply chain players. Before getting his hands dirty as a start-up operator, Kelvin was a venture investor at Draper Esprit (Molten Ventures), Tim Draper's European investment fund, and worked at Credit Suisse and HSBC where he provided M&A and financing advice to technology corporates and SMEs globally.