# Casey Lau

> Casey Lau is the Head of Asia at Web Summit, Co-Founder of Startups HK, and a strategic advisor at Frontier Collective, specializing in tech innovations.

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- Created: 2023-11-07T15:07:42.000Z
- Last updated: 2023-11-07T15:07:42.000Z
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**Casey Lau** is the Head of Asia at Web Summit, Strategic Advisor at Front Collective, and Co-Founder of Startups HK. He hosts live events and podcasts related to tech, startup, [web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) and creative industries. Lau is also known for being the host of [The GM Show](https://iq.wiki/wiki/the-gm-show). [\[1\]](#cite-id-i6ruf53gb3p)[\[2\]](#cite-id-l88d7wxei8e)[\[3\]](#cite-id-rc6e6yradvp)  
  
  
# Career   
  
Casey Lau is the Head of Asia at Web Summit Europe’s largest tech conference. He is also the strategic advisor of Frontier Collective, a company based in Vancouver, Canada, advising on Web3, the [metaverse](https://iq.wiki/wiki/metaverse), VR/AR, climate tech, AI, and eSports, and digital arts and culture such as NFTs, VFX, and animation. [\[4\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  
  
Lau is also the co-founder of StartupsHK, an organization supporting Hong Kong's internet and mobile start-ups by holding meet-ups, annual conferences and monthly networking events for entrepreneurs, founders, and investors in the tech space. [\[4\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  
  
Previously, he was an entrepreneur-in-residence and venture partner at Blue Startups. Blue Startups is an accelerator in the United States that focuses on supporting scalable-technology companies, including those in web, software, and mobile industries. It aims to help these companies compete effectively on a global scale. The company holds a role in the entrepreneurial landscape in Hawai‘i and in facilitating connections between Asia and North America. [\[4\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  
  
Lau held the position as Community Director at the Asia-Pacific, Global Entrepreneurship Program at IBM. He was also a Senior Community Development Manager of APAC at SoftLayer Technologies, and co-founder of Popcorn Media Network, a Hong-Kong based publisher specializing in luxury shopping, style and lifestyle. [\[4\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)