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Richard Chau has served as Chief Investment Officer of Tulane University since May 2021, the culmination of a career he had been building at the university since 2013. He oversees Tulane's Investment Management Office, which manages the university's endowment and related long-term investment assets. These assets play a critical role in providing perpetual support for students and professors across generations.

In this conversation with Homan Yuen, Managing Partner at Keymaker, he reflects on the long movement from science to startups to investing, and on what he learned along the way about building companies, evaluating technology, and navigating a career that did not unfold in a straight line. What emerges is a career shaped not by a single leap but by a series of thoughtful recalibrations.

We sit down with Hana Yang, co‑founder of Allocate, whose remarkable journey spans three continents and a career shaped by impact, resilience, and deep purpose. From her upbringing in Argentina to building intelligent infrastructure for private markets, Hana shares how her tri‑cultural identity, entrepreneurial family roots, and passion for access have informed her leadership. She opens up about the realities of startup life and the mindset shifts that helped her thrive. A

On March 12, Asian Tech Collective hosted our Lunar New Year Banquet at Palette Tea Garden in San Mateo, bringing together 70 VCs, LPs, and founders for a night of great food and even better conversation. The dinner featured a banquet-style spread of refined dim sum, standout seafood and wok dishes, and signature dishes like shaking beef, millionaire fried rice, and Peking duck.