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Location Hong Kong, Asia
Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Also Known As ODK

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Website www.odkobo.com

O.D. Kobo is an alternative asset manager with more than two decades of experience leading capital deployment, structured finance, and cross-border investment execution across institutional, sovereign, and principal-backed mandates, with a sectoral focus on technology, energy, and infrastructure.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

O.D. Kobo

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Pre Seed Round - Kobo360

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Kobo360

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Kobo360	Yes	Pre Seed Round - Kobo360	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Block.one	—	Seed Round - Block.one	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Music Messenger	No	Series A - Music Messenger	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pheed	Yes	Seed Round - Pheed	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Viddy	No	Seed Round - Viddy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sohu.com	—	Post-IPO Equity - Sohu.com	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	VNET	—	Series B - VNET	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	ChinaCache	—	Series B - ChinaCache	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Koolanoo Group	Yes	Series A - Koolanoo Group	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Youku	—	Series B - Youku	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	GiveHope	PIR Equities	—	Seed Round - GiveHope	obfuscated obfuscation

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O.D. Kobo

has

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Youku

VNET

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Sohu.com

Youku Youku is a video-sharing website that enables users to search, view, and share high-quality video content across multiple devices.
VNET VNET is an internet data center services provider that offers hosting and related services, cloud services, and business VPN services.
Sohu.com Sohu.com offers a network of web properties and community-based products and services for Chinese users.
SinoSheen Internet Investments Investments in digital services companies in Asia, acquired in November 2006 by Fidelity UK.
Pheed Pheed, a social media platform, enables users to create and share texts, photos, videos, audios, voice notes and live broadcasts.
Moatable Moatable offers businesses with management expertise, support services, and capital to scale.
Kisp Domain hosting, with focus on the UK 'co.uk' sector.
KGIM Hong Kong based investment company focused on Internet and software companies in China
Focus Media Focus Media is a provider of product lines covering several media networks that aims at characteristic audiences.
eLottery eLottery offers a range of software solutions and services that focus on the lottery industry.

Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

O.D. Kobo

has had

past jobs including

Partner

IIP

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
IIP	Partner	2019	2022
PIR Equities	Partner	Apr 2008	2018
SinoSheen Internet Investments	Partner and Chairman	Feb 2001	Feb 2005
PlayWeb	Board Member	1999	2002
eLottery	Co-founder & Team Leader	Jul 1, 1996	Oct 1, 1997

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Music Messenger	Board Member	2014	2018
Pheed	Investor	Feb 2012	Mar 2014
Camden Market Holdings	Board Member	Feb 1, 2009	Mar 1, 2014
KGIM	Board Member	Mar 30, 2005	Feb 27, 2010
Koolanoo Group	Investor	Dec 2005	Dec 2009
Comet Information Systems	Board Member	Jul 1, 2006	Oct 1, 2009
iQ Browser	Board Member	Feb 2007	Jun 2009
KGIM	Chairman	Feb 2003	Jun 2009
360Quan	Investor	2006	Feb 1, 2009
2C3i Capital	Board Member	Feb 1, 2005	Apr 1, 2008

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Education

O.D. Kobo

studied at

Regent's University London

and

London School of Economics and Political Science

Regent's University London 19901994
London School of Economics and Political Science 19941995