Lavine Hemlani, Founder of Xccelerate

02/27/20 • 58 min

Lavine Hemlani left investment bank Lazard in NYC to go a sabbatical leave during which he was inspired to start his entrepreneurial journey.
Born in Hong Kong, Lavine founded Xccelerate to tackle the tech talent shortage that threatens to impede innovation in his home city.
Xccelerate is a leading EdTech start-up headquartered in Hong Kong founded on the vision that the greatest opportunity for improving lives is education and aspires to reinvent tech education to address the colossal talent challenges in Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Blockchain and Design across Asia.

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