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Team
| The Avant Capital management team consists of investment and industry professionals from top-tier Chinese and international firms, a balanced combination of private equity and industry experience, extensive local relationships, and international education and professional backgrounds. Collectively, our team has experience in areas as diverse as manufacturing, technology, financial services, healthcare, media & advertising, and consumer products. |
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Luca ToscaniFounding Managing Partner |
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Luca founded Avant Capital Group, Inc. (formerly known as Keating Asia, Inc.) in 2006 and is actively involved in all facets of the business. Prior to founding Avant Capital, he was responsible for international business development and investment banking for Keating Investments, LLC, a U.S.-based registered investment adviser. He was formerly a hedge fund manager with Medici Capital Management and an arbitrage trader at Bear Stearns in London. Luca graduated summa cum laude in 1995 from Venice University in Italy with a degree in Economics and Business. He also has two years of study in the United Kingdom, at Warwick University and University College London. |
 Luca.Toscani@avantcg.com |
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Warren WangVenture Partner |
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Dr. Warren Wang joined Avant Capital Group, Inc. in 2009 as Venture Partner. Dr. Wang currently serves as Partner Executive Director with Greenstone Investment, where he played leading roles in the funding and IPO processes of Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq: HOGS) and China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSOL). Prior to joining Greenstone, he served for 7 years as Chief Representative, China, for Transpac Capital, one of the largest private equity firms in Asia-Pacific region, where he played important roles in the successful investments in companies such as Alibaba.com (HKSE:1688), and also in the IPO processes and M&A activities of portfolio companies. Dr. Wang was formerly the General Manager with two key divisions of NEC (China). Before joining NEC in 1997, he spent two years as a researcher with Electrotechnical Lab (ETL), Japan's most renowned and leading electronics research institute. Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from University of Tsukuba, Japan, and a Bachelor Degree in Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China . He is fluent in English, Japanese and Chinese. |
| warren.wang@avantcg.com |
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Michael ChienVenture Partner |
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Michael Chien joined Avant Capital Group, Inc. in 2007 and is responsible for the Corporate Finance group. Michael began his career at Lehman Brothers in asset management and W.R. Grace & Co. in corporate venture capital and technology/systems restructuring. He then joined Merrill Lynch International (Hong Kong) in the corporate finance area and subsequently was a principal at Cybervest Securities (New York), Lieber & Weissman Securities (New York) and Cyberventures Fund (New York) (a technology focused venture capital fund). Michael received his master's degree in Information Technology from Harvard University and bachelor's degrees in Economics and Finance from the University of Connecticut and Florida Atlantic University, respectively. |
| Michael.Chien@avantcg.com |
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Fiona HuangPartner |
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Fiona joined Avant Capital Group, Inc. in 2006. She has nine years of prior experience at large U.S. law firms, including Pillsbury Winthrop (San Francisco) & Wilmer Hale (Washington D.C.). Fiona graduated cum laude in 1997 from Harvard Law School with a J.D. She is a 1993 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics. |
| Fiona.Huang@avantcg.com |
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Andy SoPartner |
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Andy So joined Avant Capital Group, Inc. in 2009 and is responsible for business development and fund raising. Prior to joining Avant Capital, Andy served as President and Board Member of New York International Health Development Corp., a joint US-China healthcare venture. He was formerly the founder and CTO of KnowEx Solutions, a venture-backed, CRM and mobile solutions provider. He has also served as a political liaison between foreign parties and Chinese Ministerial level officials in the acquisition of China State Owned Assets. Andy graduated in 1999 from New York University with a degree in Computer Science. |
| Andy.So@avantcg.com |
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