Capital 49 Team

Jack Zhang is CEO and co-founder of Airwallex. He founded Airwallex with a vision to build the economic infrastructure to empower modern businesses to grow beyond borders. Today Airwallex operates in over 100 countries, and processes over $100B in payment volume every year.

Kai Wu is the Global Chief Revenue Officer for Airwallex. Prior to joining Airwallex, he held various roles at the Boston Consulting Group, advising on investments in China's top Fintech companies, and worked at Bertelsmann Asia Investments, focusing on investments in the TMT and Fintech sectors.

Chris leads Capital 49’s investment strategy. Chris began his career as an investment banker. After stints in private equity and as an operator, he joined Softbank’s Vision Fund where he invested in companies like Uber and Shipbob. Most recently, Chris led fintech and SaaS investing at Obvious Ventures where he invested in companies like Medable, Synop, and Brightside.

Thomas George has spent more than a decade helping build, launch and scale fintech businesses. He spent nearly 8 years at Monzo where he was an early hire and helped launch their first regulated banking product. More recently he led the work to launch Monzo in the US market. He started investing through the a16z Scout Fund.