Chan Kwee Him
CEO
Chan Kwee Him is the CEO of Eastern Epic Capitals. With proven track record and deep interest in venture investment, he founded Eastern Epic Capitals to focus on making early-stage frontier technology venture investments. Kwee Him’s astute sense in identifying valuable start-ups has shaped his portfolio to include 8 start-up companies, with 4 achieving the prestige title of unicorn start-up. These investments comprise of Taurx, Liandong – Shenma, Horizon Robotics, Nova Technology, Kuai Shou, Xpeng
and more recently, metaverse companies like XCS Holdings and Ukiss Technology (Singapore). Kuai Shou (HKG: 1024) and Xpeng (HKG: 9868, NYSE: XPEV) have also gone public subsequently. Kwee Him’s investments have enabled him to generate consistent outstanding IRR for his investors and him.
Before founding Eastern Epic Capitals, Kwee Him was a veteran private banker with extensive investment banking knowledge. He had assumed several key positions with leading multinational banks including UBS, Citi, Merrill Lynch and DBS. Over his banking career, Kwee Him raised over US$1b in funds and brought in more than US$300m in revenue for the banks. Focusing on servicing ultra-high-net-worth clients across the region, Kwee Him has forged lasting relationships with many individuals and families he met.
Kwee Him graduated from National University of Singapore and holds an MBA from New York University.