Dan Chong brings a rare perspective as a former corporate LP who once evaluated Gobi from the outside before joining as COO for ASEAN, where he now operates behind the scenes to scale the firm's regional infrastructure while championing his belief that VCs should never invest in startups that don't solve real-world problems. He's known internally for heavy investment in people development, measuring long-term success by whether today's junior team members will still be carrying the mission in 20 years, and maintains deep conviction about not over-optimizing entry price after passing on now-iconic companies like Garena, Carro, and Grab during his corporate investing days because valuations looked too expensive.