Fantuan's story of 'mercy' to $90 million+

Plus, there's still a few spots left to apply for our AI demo night

👋 Good morning, and welcome to (or welcome back to) VTJ’s Sunday Briefing: your weekly digest of the city’s innovation news, deals, insights, and more.

How do you go from repeatedly being told 'no' to raising over USD $90 million? Fantuan co-founder, Yaofei Feng, gets real about his journey as a young, immigrant entrepreneur with advice and tips for others building a niche product. Read on for the full story.

Btw, if you're building an AI app that’s ready to be shared with the community, don’t miss out on applying for the last few spots left to showcase at our upcoming AI demo night in partnership with AInBC.

Now onto today’s briefing. It’s 1,295 words: a four-min. read.

-Lisa

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