Lychee Ventures was started and is still led by Andreas Sigurdsson.

Andreas Sigurdsson is a Swedish entrepreneur that spent 10 years in the Greater China region, with experiences from Banking and Management Consultancy in addition to fluency in the Chinese language. Andreas also worked with Rocket Internet launching Groupon in China.

In 2012 Andreas launched Lychee Ventures to capitalize on the experiences from China and become a leading venture builder in Myanmar as the country opened up.

Government relations and professional capacity building is managed by Pyit Thiri Thaw.

Thiri is a Myanmar national but educated in Singapore. Thiri is also founder of Myanmar Certified Training Centers working closely with the JumpStart! Venture.