The four of us

Jeffrey Shi

Co-Founder & CEO

Jeffrey is the founder and CEO of Near Mint. He sets the vision, oversees development, and shapes the ideas and direction behind everything the team builds. He’s happiest making something of his own and scaling it into something real.

That drive took him to the top of competitive gaming, where he was ranked the #1 Brawlhalla player in Asia for two consecutive years. His approach is simple: pick something hard and work at it until it’s mastered.

His mottos: “Obsession beats talent.” and “Better to be delulu than to do nothing.”

Isaac Chau

Co-Founder, Business

Isaac leads Near Mint's business development and investor relations. He handles the commercial side of the company, from building relationships with investors to leading negotiations. His background is in property and development, with internships at major Hong Kong names including Sun Hung Kai Properties, Nan Fung Group, and the Urban Renewal Authority. That experience gave him a sharp eye for value and a comfort with high-stakes negotiation that he now brings to Near Mint.

Marco Liu

Co-Founder, Community & Operations

Marco leads community and operations at Near Mint. Where the rest of the team pushes to build and ship, Marco makes sure things run properly, with real attention to the culture and community a product lives in rather than just the numbers it puts up. He believes lasting success comes from understanding what you're making at its core, not just chasing quick wins, and he keeps that thinking at the center of Near Mint's decisions.

Justin Ho

Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer

Justin leads research at Near Mint. Before the team builds anything, he finds out whether it should be built: talking to the people who will use it, studying how they solve the problem today, and testing early ideas before a single screen is designed. For Bindy, that meant time in Hong Kong's card shops and trading groups, learning what people worry about when they trade with a stranger. He turns what he finds into clear direction for the product, and he is the first to speak up when the evidence disagrees with the plan.