We are delighted to present five high-impact sessions under our all-new Private Wealth, Capital & Innovation Forum, which will be held on the second day of the Asia PE-VC Summit 2026 in Singapore on Sept 23-24.
The forum speakers represent top-tier firms such as Seviora Capital, Partners Group, Julius Baer, Sinovation, T-Capital, among others.
In these sessions, we feature 21 experts who will provide practitioner-level insights on:
- What it takes to build, finance and scale deep-tech winners from this region
- How private equity is being redesigned to tap Asia’s wealth and insurance channels
- How Asia’s family offices are reshaping private markets
- China’s next venture cycle and who can build category-defining companies inside it
Across two days, the summit programme will bring together 100+ senior speakers from private equity, LPs, secondaries, private credit, venture capital, founders, private wealth, family offices, real assets and cross-border capital flows.
Be sure to join the Private Wealth, Capital & Innovation Forum to take away vital learnings and make deeper connections with fund managers and investors across market strategies and geographies.
Private Wealth, Capital & Innovation Forum – Ballroom 2
10:40 am – 10:45 am
Welcome Address by Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia
10.50 am – 11.40 am
Can private credit pass private wealth’s liquidity test?
Fi Dinh, Managing Director, Head of Fund Finance APAC, MUFG Investor Services
Johann Santer, Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Wealth APAC, Blue Owl
Sashi Nambiar, Head of Financial Intermediaries and Wealth, Asia, Muzinich & Co
Ngoc Nguyen, Deputy Editor (Vietnam), DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
Private credit is becoming one of the most sought-after entry points for private wealth investors looking for yield, income and diversification beyond public markets. But as more capital flows from private banks, family offices and individual investors into semi-liquid and evergreen structures, the real test is no longer just asset quality. It is whether the product design can withstand liquidity expectations, valuation scrutiny, reporting demands and suitability concerns. This panel will examine how private credit managers, banks and wealth platforms are building products for private wealth clients, where the risks of liquidity mismatch are most acute, and whether the underlying assets, portfolio construction and market infrastructure can support the liquidity these products promise. It will also examine which parts of private credit can genuinely become more liquid and which should remain fundamentally illiquid, and whether Asia’s private credit market can scale responsibly without importing the stresses now visible in more developed markets.
11.45 am – 12.30 pm
How private equity is being repackaged for Asia’s wealth and insurance capital
Tang Hsiao Ching, Head of Investor Solutions, Private Wealth, Seviora Capital
Jason Ng, Alternatives Specialist, Asia & Middle East, Julius Baer
Brad McCarthy, Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific, Carlyle Global Wealth
Sunnie Yun, Head of Private Wealth, Southeast Asia and Korea, Partners Group
Dora Seow, CEO, Natixis Investment Managers, Singapore
Kavitha Nair, Deputy Editor (Private Equity), DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
Private equity’s next capital channel in Asia is being built beyond the traditional institutional fundraise. Global managers are creating wealth platforms, evergreen vehicles, semi-liquid funds, secondaries products and insurer-linked partnerships to reach private banks, family offices, HNW investors and long-duration balance sheets. For GPs, this opens a larger and more diversified fundraising base. For private banks and wealth platforms, it raises questions around manager selection, client suitability, liquidity, fees, reporting and education. For insurers, the attraction is long-term exposure to private markets, but only where structures, governance and asset-liability needs are properly aligned. This panel will examine how private equity is being redesigned for Asia’s wealth and insurance channels, what models are gaining traction, and whether this can become a durable new source of capital for private markets.
12:35 pm – 1:30 pm
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Can Asia’s deep-tech race turn national ambition into global scale?
Jeep Kline, Founder & Managing Partner, Raisewell Ventures
Raymond Woo, Singapore Office Representative, Kyoto University & Kyoto iCAP (Kyoto University Innovation Capital)
Masahiko Homma, Co-founder and General Partner, Incubate Fund
Richard Yang, Managing Partner, Sinovation
Pratip Mazumdar, Co-Founder & Partner, Inflexor Ventures
Andi Haswidi, Head of Data & Research, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
Across Asia, deep tech is becoming a strategic battleground where national priorities, corporate ambition and venture capital are starting to converge. China is pushing hard across AI, robotics, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing. Japan is drawing renewed attention for robotics, materials, space, climate tech and industrial innovation. India is trying to convert its engineering depth, public research base and startup energy into frontier companies across space, defence, AI, quantum and semiconductors. Southeast Asia, while earlier in the cycle, is beginning to produce deep-tech companies shaped by climate, health, food security, logistics and industrial transformation. The question now is whether Asia can move beyond policy support, research depth and early funding into globally competitive companies. What will it take to build, finance and scale deep-tech winners from this region?
2.20 pm – 3:05 pm
How Asia’s family offices are changing private markets beyond the LP cheque
Tony Edwards, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited
Rebekah Woo, Managing Director, Private Markets & Funds, Farro Capital
Alex Ma, Managing Principal, AO Holdings
LN Sadani, Chief Executive Officer, Lensbridge Capital
Pimfha Chan, Senior Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
Family offices are no longer being viewed simply as another pool of capital for private markets. Across Asia, the more sophisticated families are acting as LPs, co-investors, direct investors, club-deal participants and, in some cases, strategic partners with operating networks, sector knowledge and patient capital that traditional institutions may not always bring. But that shift also raises harder questions. When should a family office back a GP, co-invest alongside one, buy into a secondary opportunity or pursue a direct deal on its own? What do families expect in terms of access, governance, transparency, fees, liquidity and alignment? And how should GPs engage family offices without treating them as just a fundraising shortcut? This panel will examine how Asia’s family offices are reshaping private markets, where their capital is most useful, and what both sides need to get right for these relationships to become durable.
3:10 pm – 3.55 pm
Can China VC turn state capital and hard tech into global winners?
Ian Goh, Founding Partner, 01VC
Dr. Liangcheng Zhou, Managing Partner, Argo Venture Partners
Rafael Ratzel, Managing Partner, T-Capital (华控基金)
Lane Zhao, Founder and CEO, InnoVision Capital
Yu Lei, Co-Founder, Chief Marketing & Service President, Galaxea AI
Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor (Greater China), DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
China venture capital is being rebuilt around a very different set of forces. The old dollar-fund, consumer-internet playbook has given way to a market shaped by RMB capital, state-backed funding, hard-tech priorities, AI, robotics, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing and companies looking beyond China for growth. But more capital into strategic sectors does not automatically create global winners. This panel will examine where private venture capital still has an edge, how state capital is changing incentives and exit pathways, whether RMB and dollar strategies can still coexist, and what it takes for Chinese hard-tech startups to scale internationally. For global investors trying to understand China’s next venture cycle, the question is no longer whether the market has changed, but who can still build category-defining companies inside it.
3:55 – 4.30 pm