Apr 8, 20251h 23mS0
Today we sit down with Kai Huang, co-founder of RedOctane and the iconic game Guitar Hero. Kai shares his journey, from growing up in Silicon Valley as the child of Taiwanese immigrants to creating one of the most...
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Harbinger Asia
Hosted by Adam Bao · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
Your gateway to Asia's innovation economy. We interview Asia's top founders and investors to translate their stories for the world.Originally created in 2017 by Adam Bao at Shunwei Capital (founded by Lei Jun).
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What is Harbinger Asia about?
Your gateway to Asia's innovation economy. We interview Asia's top founders and investors to translate their stories for the world. Originally created in 2017 by Adam Bao at Shunwei Capital (founded by Lei Jun).
Who hosts Harbinger Asia?
Harbinger Asia is hosted by Adam Bao. The show has published 44 episodes to date.
What has Harbinger Asia covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Kai Huang, From selling dance pads to rock stardom: bootstrapping Guitar Hero to $1B" (8 April 2025, 83 minutes), "Building off the Beaten Path in Asia, with Metatheory COO Adam Bao" (15 April 2023, 82 minutes), and "Hunting for Chinese Cloud Unicorns, with Eminence Ventures Founder Peter Cheng" (9 June 2021, 52 minutes).
How often does Harbinger Asia publish?
Harbinger Asia publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 44 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Harbinger Asia?
Booking probability for Harbinger Asia is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Harbinger Asia requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Harbinger Asia's contact route on record: public web form.
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The strongest fits for Harbinger Asia are Investing & Wealth Management and IT Services & Software Development. Harbinger Asia has a technology audience.
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Adam Bao hosts Harbinger Asia, a technology podcast with 44 episodes published.
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- Apr 15, 20231h 22mS0
Hi folks, welcome back! Today Sandy Diao (Director of Growth at Descript) joins us to guest host and interview Adam Bao, founder of The Harbinger and COO at Metatheory. Since 2017, Adam took the path less traveled to...
- Jun 9, 202152 minS0
Today we have joining us Peter Cheng, who is founding partner at Eminence Ventures. Eminence just raised $120m for its second fund focused on backing Chinese enterprise software and cloud start-ups. After a decade of...
- Apr 18, 20211h 16mS0
Today we have a special episode with Hong Lu, founder of UT Starcom, one of the pioneering telecom companies in China. Hong is widely respected not only as a tech entrepreneur, but also as founding chairman at SoftBank...
- Mar 24, 202141 minS0
Hi folks, welcome back to the Harbinger VC podcast. Today we have a conversation with my old friend from college, Jeff Zirlin, who is one of the founding members of Axie Infinity and runs their global growth efforts. In...
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Three Decades of VC/PE Investments in Asia – with Axiom Asia Founding Partner Edmond Ng
Mar 15, 20211h 12mS0Hi everyone, welcome back to the Harbinger VC podcast. Today we have joining us Edmond Ng, who is a founding partner at Axiom Asia, one of the top performing private equity fund-of-funds (FoF) that invests across...
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HTC, VR, & the Future of the Internet – with HTC Product Executive & Race Capital Partner Phil Chen
Feb 18, 20211h 5mS0Today we’re recording at the KKBOX studio in Taiwan, big thanks to the Firstory team for setting this up. We have joining us Phil Chen, founding partner of Race Capital and product executive at HTC, whom I can only...
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A Sniper’s Approach to Tech Growth Capital – with WestSummit Capital’s Founding Partner Raymond Yang
Jan 21, 20211 hourS0Raymond Yang is founding partner of WestSummit Capital, a leading technology growth equity fund that primarily invests in the US and China. Since 2010, the team has led investments into defining unicorns including Unity...
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Pioneering Live Stream and Social Entertainment in Asia – With 17LIVE Founder Joseph Phua
Dec 17, 202056 minS0Joseph (Jo) Phua is non-executive chairman of 17LIVE Inc, a company he cofounded and ran as CEO until June 2020. 17LIVE operates the largest live streaming platform in Asia (ex-China) with over 50m global users, led by...
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AR’s Comeback Kid – With Blippar CEO Faisal Galaria
Aug 30, 202043 minS0Today we have joining us Faisal Galaria, CEO of Blippar, a pioneer in augmented reality (AR). Now Blippar has a roller coaster of a story… the one-time unicorn raised $100m+ in venture funding but struggled to find a...
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Investing in Chinese Enterprise and Core Technology - with Oak Seed VC Founding Partner Chee-We Ng
Jul 24, 202047 minS0The Harbinger interviews Chee-We Ng, founding partner of Oak Seed Ventures. Chee-we invests solely in early-stage enterprise and core technology startups, and offers strategic advice and his network in order to help...
- May 4, 202051 minS0
The Harbinger interviews Tiger Fang, cofounder and CEO at Kargo Technologies, a Jakarta-based startup that aims to digitize trucking and freight logistics in Indonesia before expanding to other markets in Southeast...
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A Review of Enterprise, Tech, and the Chinese Consumer – with Lightspeed Assoc Partner Zac Pan
Feb 19, 202045 minS0Zac (Xiang) Pan is Associate Partner at Lightspeed China Partners (LCP), one of China’s top early stage VCs managing $2 billion USD. Zac joined LCP in January 2013, after having worked at Steamboat Ventures (Disney...
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Enabling Content Discovery and Sharing for the Next Billion Users – with SHAREit COO Jacky Wang
Jul 24, 201949 minS0Jacky Wang is COO of SHAREit, a platform that provides global users with high-quality digital content simply and quickly. Its basic file transferring function is over 200x faster than Bluetooth and enables sharing of...
- Jun 28, 201941 minS0
Zou Jia is CTO of OYO JiuDian (OYO China), a Chinese hotel chain operator that since November 2017 has scaled to over 500,000 rooms on its platform by February 2019 and raised over $800 million from Softbank’s Vision...
- Jun 12, 201944 minS0
Yuan Liu is a managing director at ZhenFund, one of China’s top seed funds founded by Xu Xiaoping (Bob Xu) and Wang Qiang (Victor Wang), cofounders at NYSE listed New Oriental Education, along with Sequoia Capital...
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Digital Asset Management with Chinese Characteristics – with Tezign Founder and CEO Dr Fan Ling
Apr 9, 201938 minS0The Harbinger interviews Dr. Fan Ling, founder and CEO of Tezign. We had our initial conversation with Dr. Fan back in fall 2017, and his company has since grown from 30 to nearly 200 people, so we’re quite excited to...
- Feb 10, 201943 minS0
We interview Ben Hu, Cofounder and CTO at Liulishuo, an AI-powered English learning solution with nearly 100 million registered users that IPOed in September 2018 (as LAIX). On Liulishuo’s platform, AI technologies are...
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How the China-US Relationship Evolved – with Howard Chao, Founding Partner of Doon Capital
Oct 19, 201841 minS0Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Howard Chao, an active cross-border investor and advisor to entrepreneurs. Howard began his career as a corporate lawyer with O’Melveny & Myers, helped found the firm’s offices...
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Where are the Most Promising VC Investment Opportunities in China? - with Tina He and Adam Bao
Sep 23, 201849 minS0Rapid fire Q&A with Tina He and Adam Bao. Covers China VC trends and opportunities across consumer internet, education, enterprise, AI, China US, and more. Full transcription at...
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