Rui Ma

Rui Ma has nearly two decades of experience in technology and finance, spanning seed stage to pre-IPO investing, spread evenly between the U.S. and China. She founded Tech Buzz China in 2018 to educate and consult investors, funds, and entrepreneurs on Chinese tech companies’ products, strategies, and trends. She also runs the TBC Syndicate, which invests in global early stage companies that leverage connections to or are inspired by China tech. She previously worked at 500 Startups as an investment partner, and she spent a decade in private equity and mergers and acquisitions roles at the Raine Group, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch in Silicon Valley and China. Rui holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and additional degrees from Tsinghua, INSEAD, UIUC, and Harvard University.