What we do

Tech innovation in China is very real, much of it driven by unique market conditions, genuine consumer needs, and fierce competition. Yet while the world is keen to learn, there lacks consistent, insights driven English-language coverage of China's tech scene.

We founded The Harbinger to address this most crucial knowledge gap. We leverage a network of China's top VCs and tech companies to generate exclusive, informative deep dive interviews (podcast link here) for a global audience. Content partners comprise tier 1 VCs including Sequoia, GGV, ZhenFund, IDG, Qiming Venture Partners, and Shunwei Capital, as well as the Yale Center Beijing and leading tech companies.

Harbinger was founded by Adam Bao, Yale '12, previously a senior director at Segway-Ninebot, and currently VP at Cherubic Ventures. Previously, Adam launched a popular China tech podcast while at Shunwei Capital (Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun’s VC). Before that, Adam managed corporate strategy initiatives at Blippar, a leading AR start-up that raised $100m funding.

Harbinger is also led by Tim Chen, UVA '12, who began his career in finance (tech banker and hedge fund analyst), was ex-Uber, and is currently Head of International Product at Mobike (acquired by Meituan for $2.7b). Tim also runs a monthly roundtable dinner series that brings together senior leaders from various professions (journalists, policy makers, tech company founders and investors) to discuss important tech topics between China and the West.