Airwallex's first angel offered $2M within one hour of meeting
Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 24:44
Jack Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, recounts meeting early angel investor Lucy and receiving an unexpected $2 million investment offer during their first conversation.
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“I made a pitch. And she's like, how much money are you raising? I'm like, oh, I'm probably going to raise a million US. And she's like, what about if I give you two million? You know, this is a girl that you met for the first time in your life and you only, you know, talked for like less than an hour. And then she's like offering you two million dollars.”
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