Co-Founder, CocoonTheodore MA
After graduating from Stanford in 2004, Theodore has been developing his family’s jewelry retail network and wholesale business and extending them to the online world. More recently, he has founded Cocoon, which operates a vibrant co-working space and supports startups in Hong Kong.
In his capacity has MaBelle’s Managing Director, Theodore designed and built an online fulfillment infrastructure and successfully integrated it into the group’s 100+ stores in Hong Kong and China. Customers can now seamlessly purchase any piece of jewellery from an inventory of over 6000 styles online and pick up their goods offline in under 2 days.
Online sales and online induced in-store sales from these websites have increased by double-digit percentages consistently over the past 6 years. The jewelry e-commerce platforms now reach customers in over 76 countries and 400 cities internationally.
In 2012, Theodore co-founded Born to Fly with his family. This company runs Cocoon, an incubator for startups and an idea exchange platform that aims to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit in Hong Kong and to stimulate the creation of innovative jobs.
Theodore and his team, over the past 5 years, created one of the largest physical community of entrepreneurs with over 21K connections, 1200 Cocoon alumni and while hosting 150+ events annually. In particular, Cocoon hosts monthly Pitch Nights and various events to bridge established business owners and investors with up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Collectively, members raised over $940 million HKD (USD120M) in funding through investors and referrals they met at Pitch Night.
Encouraged by the success of Cocoon’s startups, in 2016, Theodore and his partners launched Cocoon Ignite Ventures. With connected capital, Cocoon Ignite Venture invests in early stage entrepreneurs who have a unique vision of the new economy: transitioning from asset-based models to non-asset based, decentralized networks and business models.