About.
Adrian Li, Founder & Managing Partner, AC Ventures
Adrian is Founder & Managing Partner at AC Ventures (“ACV”), formerly Convergence Ventures. He has over 15 years of technology entrepreneur and investment experience in emerging markets China and Indonesia. ACV is a leading early stage Indonesia focused technology venture capital fund. ACV manages 3 funds with a portfolio of over 100 businesses and AUM over US$300M. Notable investments include, Stockbit, Koinworks, Julo, Carsome and Shipper. Previously, Adrian co-founded several ventures in China and Indonesia.
Adrian’s 1st Internet venture was in China, 2006 where he built a venture backed online Education business to an eventual acquisition in 2010. He later joined Rocket Internet as a Managing Director where he worked on incubating new technology ventures in China and South East Asia. At the end of 2014 he launched Convergence Ventures which became ACV in 2019.
He is a business mentor at several organizations including Endeavour, Founders Institute and Antler. He has served on the board of Entrepreneurs Organization is several roles including Beijing Chapter President and Regional Communications Director. He is also a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) in Indonesia.
Adrian graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in Economics and was elected a Hawk in recognition of his contributions to University and National level Judo. He obtained his MBA from Stanford and is currently enrolled in the Tsinghua OBOR EMBA program. He is a Kauffman Fellow in Class 21. He speaks Mandarin and English fluently and is proficient in Cantonese and basic Bahasa.
Adrian is a sponsored endurance athlete and ranked in top 5% in his age group for Ironman 70.3 distances. He has completed several marathons in New York, London, Tokyo and Beijing & triathlons including a full Ironman. Notable times are 2:32 in Bintan Intl. OD Triathlon, 5:31 in Cebu 70.3 and 13:02 in Busselton IM. He is an Ironman University Certified Triathlon Coach.
As a food and wine enthusiast, Adrian co-founded the Jakarta chapter of Intl. Wine & Food Society. Adrian has been featured in Forbes Indonesia and Prestige Indonesia’s 40 under 40.
Specialisations
- Leadership
- Start up Operations
- Strategy
- China & Indonesia Tech
- Internet and Technology
- Fitness and Endurance Training
