About Rui (Rey):

My next guest on The One Percent Project is Rui (Rey) Ma. She is the Writer & Co-Host of The Tech Buzz China podcast. A  biweekly China tech podcast on unique insights & takeaways on China tech.

She has over fifteen years of experience in investment banking and investing, spanning seed stage to pre-IPO investing, and spent eight of those years working across multiple industries including real estate and media as well as technology in Shanghai and Beijing. She is currently an angel investor and advisor to several startups and funds. Rui is also active in philanthropy and currently runs Rookie Fund, a nonprofit student venture fund network in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Our Conversation:

• The Chinese Tech ecosystem it's strengths and myths
• What makes Chinese Tech businesses good at scaling
• How the second generation of Chinese Tech startups such as ByteDance, Pingduoduo, Meituan and others are giving B.A.T: Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, a run for their money
• The contrast between Western and Eastern Chinese consumer. 
  • How ByteDance’s initial traction came from the less Tech-savvy Chinese consumer 
• Can Non-Chinese Tech businesses enter and scale in China
• Venture investment appetite of Chinese Vs Silicon Valley investors