The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rebecca Qian Gong, DB1 Ventures
Rebecca Qian Gong is a senior associate at DB1 Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of Germany-based securities exchange provider Deutsche Börse Group. Initially, she joined the group’s Luxembourg-based post-trade service provider Clearstream in 2014 focusing on corporate strategy in fintech.
Ankur Kamalia, a managing director at DB1 to whom Gong reports, said: “Rebecca Gong joined the team a little over two years back. She has grown into the role well and has been responsible for the execution of the majority of our new investments since that time. With the DB1 Ventures team, she has been equally responsible for the build-out of a successful CVC platform for Deutsche Börse Group.”
Part of the four-member core investment team, Gong dubs DB1 as the group’s “eyes and ears” in fintech, making strategic, long-term and actively managed minority investments in early to growth-stage startups, especially in the field of blockchain.
At Clearstream, she worked closely on – and is still managing – the investment in distributed ledger technology developer Digital Asset Holdings. She explained: “This involvement in blockchain venture investment fascinated me, and it was a major driver for me to move to the Frankfurt headquarters, taking on my current job in the DB1 Ventures team, gradually growing and becoming a critical part of the deal team investing in capital markets fintech, including and beyond blockchain.”
Gong’s track record includes leading the execution process of five initial investments – HQLAx, Trifacta, Regtek, Trumid and Digital Growth Fund I – one follow-on investment – Digital Asset Holdings – and one restructuring. Being part of the strategic working team, she constantly reviews and improves the unit’s investment strategy.
