your gateway to hong kong



UVECON is a venture studio, accelerator, event agency, and consulting firm, based in Hong Kong. We are helping our clients, partners, and portfolio companies to expand and grow in Hong Kong and South-East Asia. With a unique business network we've built through a decade, we are able to connect overseas companies with the local market. Our key value is our reputation and years of experience. Being entrepreneurs ourselves, we know the pain points of our partners and are ready to share our knowledge and connections. Uvecon is an organizer of the global Web3 event - WOW (World of Web3) Summit, the annual large-scale event supported by Hong Kong Government and key Web3 ecosystem players.
Our focus and expertise
Blockchain & Web3
HealthTech
FinTech
IoT
Event management
RetailTech
What we do
Business development & Growth
Professional business development services in Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area. Representation of the project and companies. Assistance with soft-landing in Hong Kong.

We have more than 10 years of experience and a huge business network in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and South East Asia, we work with selected companies as their representatives in Hong Kong.
VC ecosystem connections
VC-ecosystem is rapidly growing in Hong Kong, Greater Bay Area, and South-East Asia. We are deeply integrated into the ecosystem with well-established relations in the space.
Our network of venture ecosystem players includes more than 500 funds, private investors, family offices, accelerators, incubators, enterprises across Asia, US, and Europe. To build this network we spent many years and this is our main value.
Event management
Uvecon is an organizer of WOW (World of Web3) Summit, one of the largest global events in Web3 space. During 2023 and 2024 Hong Kong editions more than 8000 professionals from 50+ countries gathered together in Hong Kong. The event is set to be annual in Hong Kong and fully supported by Hong Kong Government.

We are proud to offer our event services and leverage our network and expertise.
How we work
Initial assessment
Video call or personal meeting to understand client's business and challenges
Project analysis 
We preliminary check our network and business contacts to identify if we are able to complete the project. 
Proposal
We will issue the proposal together with the list of potential partners, investors, customers we can reach out to.
Commitment
We define the contract terms, KPI, project duration etc. together with client.
Leadership
  • Ivan V. Ivanov
    Founding Partner
    Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor. Organizer and Hong Kong Edition Host of WOW (World of Web3) Summit. Expert in business development, networking, marketing, and investor relations. Former Managing Director Yukuma Group (Hong Kong, China, UK), co-founder of the European real estate marketplace EE24.com (Estonia). Moved to Hong Kong in 2015, Ivan developed a huge business network in the APAC region. Combining more than 18 years of experience in different industries, Ivan is mentoring several projects to help them with international expansion, investor relations, and business.
  • Liza Pershina
    Partner
    Liza has been with Uvecon since August 2019. As a partner she strengthens PE/MA division of the business.
    Prior to joining Uvecon, she spent 6 years in Hong Kong focusing on the emerging private equity. There she was mainly involved in transactions in the financial, technology, sustainability and agriculture sectors with sell-side mandates in the range of USD 10 to 200 million.
    Since 2013 Liza has built a profound network to Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital funds as well as to debt, equity and mezzanine financing partners.
Our clients and portfolio
Our partners
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