A cross-border venture capital fund manager, Curt Shi is the founding partner of Imprint Capital Partners, Follow [The] Seed, Welinder & Shi Capital and ProDigital Future Fund, focusing on the complex but massive opportunities in markets such as Australia, Israel, America and China. 

 

His recent successful public portfolios include ASX listed Catapult Sports (ASX:CAT), Jayride (ASX: JAY), Sezzle (ASX:SZL) and Airtasker (ASX:ART). Also some fast-growing investments such as Cake – a Swedish electric bike company on a mission to develop high-quality, sustainable performance products, SYNG – the next generation sound technology company, and STEPN – the world’s first Move-2-Earn Web 3 NFT game on mobile devices that combats global warming through carbon offsetting. As one of the most successful Web3 venture, the investment in STEPN generated a 1600x return in 6 months. And As a limited partner, Curt invested in early stage funds Archangel, Metagrove Ventures and Galileo Ventures.

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Curt was the 2016 winner of “CPA Australia Australia China Alumni Award for Banking and Finance” by Australia China Alumni Association, a finalist for the “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alumni Award”of Western Sydney University in 2017, and a 2022 finalist again “Austrade – Australia China Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship & Innovation” by Australia China Alumni Association.