Since 2018

Long substance, short status. Long freedom, short friction.

Our own capital, our own call.
Conviction before consensus.

HK · SG · TW · SF

Who We Are

We long the next primitives before the market prices them in.

A partner-owned global investment firm investing its own capital across public and private markets, focused on technology that becomes the next revolutionary primitive.

Years of team experience across cryptography, data infra, AI, HFT & PE
40+
Years of team experience across cryptography, data infra, AI, HFT & PE
Unicorns incubated and backed
50+
Unicorns incubated and backed
Partner owned, no outside capital
100%
Partner owned, no outside capital
Illustration of two supermassive black holes spiralling toward a collision
Two gravities, one collision.
After NASA JPL, 2022 · illustration Caltech-IPAC

Our Team

Allen Day

Investment Partner

Allen Day

Investment Partner

UCLA PhD in Human Genetics (advised by Steve Horvath) and former Chief Scientist at MapR. An early mover in deep learning × biology, he built Google’s Web3 initiative and pioneered open data infrastructure. Envisions a future of printed organisms and awakened AIs, centered on humanity.

Claude Bronte

COO

Claude Bronte

COO

Opsec paranoid, privacy maxi, Bitfinex hack survivor, rug dissector. One of the first few IPs on OGame; enjoys the crypto dark forest more than D&D. Hardcore RTS and permadeath player since the ’90s. Off duty, companion to two poodles, Naka and Moto, in tranquil Kyoto.

Dovey Wan

Founder

Dovey Wan

Founder

Founded Primitive Ventures to back consequential technology with independent capital. Drawn to operators obsessed with hard problems. An avid student of human longevity and quantum entanglement, and a humble student of market reflexivity. Alumna of Carnegie Mellon, SYSU and HSFZ.

Sean Tan

Liquidity Partner

Sean Tan

Liquidity Partner

A pragmatic allocator seeking meaningful impact on the vol surface, and a seasoned researcher of Singapore’s hawker food who has traded multiple asset classes across Asia’s major market cycles. Alumnus of SMU and Tower Research; a common man at Common Man Coffee Roasters.

Wildon Wu

Research Manager

Wildon Wu

Research Manager

National Taiwan University alumnus researching programmable bits and the evolution of CoWoS. Knee-deep in Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain, with a keen eye for the next bottleneck monopolies that robotic fleets can’t automate away.

Yiting Shan

Investment Partner

Yiting Shan

Investment Partner

NYU Stern grad and recovering banker: an IB and PE alum fluent in both ancient spreadsheets and long-running agentic loops. Invests in AI and the productive systems it enables that capture owner value on the balance sheet. Independent artist with a few Hyrox medals to show for it.

UCLA PhD in Human Genetics (advised by Steve Horvath) and former Chief Scientist at MapR. An early mover in deep learning × biology, he built Google’s Web3 initiative and pioneered open data infrastructure. Envisions a future of printed organisms and awakened AIs, centered on humanity.

Opsec paranoid, privacy maxi, Bitfinex hack survivor, rug dissector. One of the first few IPs on OGame; enjoys the crypto dark forest more than D&D. Hardcore RTS and permadeath player since the ’90s. Off duty, companion to two poodles, Naka and Moto, in tranquil Kyoto.

Founded Primitive Ventures to back consequential technology with independent capital. Drawn to operators obsessed with hard problems. An avid student of human longevity and quantum entanglement, and a humble student of market reflexivity. Alumna of Carnegie Mellon, SYSU and HSFZ.

A pragmatic allocator seeking meaningful impact on the vol surface, and a seasoned researcher of Singapore’s hawker food who has traded multiple asset classes across Asia’s major market cycles. Alumnus of SMU and Tower Research; a common man at Common Man Coffee Roasters.

National Taiwan University alumnus researching programmable bits and the evolution of CoWoS. Knee-deep in Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain, with a keen eye for the next bottleneck monopolies that robotic fleets can’t automate away.

NYU Stern grad and recovering banker: an IB and PE alum fluent in both ancient spreadsheets and long-running agentic loops. Invests in AI and the productive systems it enables that capture owner value on the balance sheet. Independent artist with a few Hyrox medals to show for it.

Own Capital

  • Partner owned
  • Evergreen
  • No outside LPs

Our book, our call. No LPs, no mandate drift. Capital that can wait, and can move first.

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Crossover

  • Public
  • Pre-IPO
  • Private

One thesis, priced across the capital stack. Weighted to public markets and pre-IPO; private when the thesis starts earlier.

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Global Lens

  • HK
  • SG
  • TW
  • SF

Rooted in Asia, wired into global markets. Local fluency where the next flows start.

SCMP · Allen DayAI is challenging us to rethink the distinction between ‘real’ and ‘fake’

Selected Portfolio