Darren Wong

Mr. Darren Wong joined Adveq on April 1, 2009 and will be responsible for Adveq's Asian Fund of Funds Investment Program.
He will be based in the firm’s Beijing office.
Mr. Darren has eight years’ experience in private equity investing, most recently with HRJ Capital where he was responsible for global venture capital and Asian private equity funds.
Mr. Wong joined HRJ Capital in October 2004 from GIC Special Investments (GIC SI), the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
During his four years at GIC SI, he invested $240 million into top-tier venture capital firms and into technology startups such as Spinnaker Networks (acquired by Network Appliance in 2003), Clearcube Technology, Cornice, Arbortext, Actional and Placeware (acquired by Microsoft in 2002).
He also represented GIC SI as a board observer with Spinnaker Networks, Clearcube and Cornice and was on the LP Advisory Boards of DCM and Domain Associates.
Prior to joining GIC SI, he worked in the IT industry for 11 years in various technical and operation roles.
His last position was the Vice-President of Technology for a technology startup, Intranesis Communications Pte Ltd, where he was responsible for technology development.
Mr. Wong received a Master's Degree in Urban Information Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems from the University of Tasmania, Australia.