YHN Acquisition I Limited
LETTER OF INTENT – 1/16/25 – LINK
- The SPAC announced the signing of a binding letter of intent for a potential business combination with Mingde Technology Limited, a Cayman Islands holding company, and Zhejiang Xiaojianren Internet Technology Co., Ltd , a company established in China and in the business of operating online sports platforms and providing technological solutions for health product stores.
- The LOI contains an exclusivity period, which may be extended by the mutual written consent of the parties, that runs from the date of the execution of the LOI through 90 calendar days.
- The LOI also contemplates that they will use their best efforts to enter into the definitive business combination agreement on or before February 27, 2025.
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Satoshi Tominaga, 46
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Tominaga has been serving as our chief executive officer since March 2024. He has over two decades of extensive experience in investment and private equity specializing in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector. Mr. Tominaga has been a managing partner at Norwich Capital Limited since October 2020. Prior to this, he was a managing partner at DeTiger Equity Fund in Asia from May 2016 to June 2020. As a managing partner of DeTiger Equity Fund, he has investment experience in blockchain technology projects, including DeFi, exchanges, payments, lending, crypto trading, healthcare, data science, supply chain, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data analysis, and other fintech related projects. From November 2017 to December 2020, Mr. Tominaga served as an independent director to Tottenham Acquisition I Limited (Nasdaq: TOTA), a SPAC which successfully completed a merger with Clene Nanomedicine Inc. (Nasdaq: CLNN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. From November 2014 to February 2016, Mr. Tominaga served as managing director who was responsible as the investment head of Japan at Fosun International Limited, one of the largest privately owned conglomerates holding companies in China. From October 2010 to September 2014, Mr. Tominaga served as executive director in Hong Kong for SBI Holdings Inc., an internet-based financial conglomerate spun off from tech giant Softbank. Before SBI Holdings Inc., Mr. Tominaga was assistant vice president at Daiwa Capital Markets Hong Kong Limited, an investment banking company under Daiwa Securities Group, from September 2008 to September 2010. Mr. Tominaga joined Daiwa Securities Group in Japan to serve as a sales trader from January 2008 to September 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Tominaga served as a private equity analyst at Calyon Capital Market Asia in Japan, from January 2007 to December 2007. Mr. Tominaga started his career as an analyst, eventually becoming a project leader at NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest telecommunications company in Japan, from October 2003 to December 2006. Mr. Tominaga earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California in 2003 and a joint master’s degree in Global Finance from New York University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2013.
Yangyujia An, 29
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ms. An has been serving as our chief financial officer since March 2024. She has a wealth of experience in SPAC transactions, from IPOs to closings of initial business combination. Since 2020, she has been the vice-chairperson of Norwich Capital Limited, a boutique firm that focuses on SPACs and provides services including sponsoring and listing support of SPACs. Prior to that, she also worked as an investment manager at Norwich Investment Limited from 2018 to 2020. Ms. An received her bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017.
Board of Directors
Zhengming Feng, 81
Independent Director and Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Mr. Feng has been serving as our chairman and independent director since March 2024. He has an extensive background in equity investment spanning over twenty years, as well as experience in various industries ranging from aviation to energy to technology. Mr Feng currently serves as chairman at investment firms Yonghe Capital Group and Yongmei Lianhe (Shanghai) Investment Management Co., Ltd., each of which he joined in July 2021. Previously, from December 2009 to June 2021, Mr. Feng was Managing Director of SB China Venture Capital (SBCVC), a leading venture capital firm that manages both USD and RMB funds investing in high-tech, high growth companies in TMT, clean technology, healthcare, consumer/retail, and advanced manufacturing. SBCVC has successfully invested in various notable companies such as Alibaba, Taobao, Focus Media, Global Data Solutions (Nasdaq:GDS), BGI Genomics, Ankon Technologies, Dian Diagnostics, and Edan Instruments, among others. Mr. Feng was chief executive officer of China Environment Ltd., an environmental protection technology company listed in Singapore, from November 2008 to November 2009. He was also the executive director, executive deputy general manager and general manager at Tsinghua Tongfang Environment Co., Ltd., a Chinese state-owned software company, from September 2004 to October 2008, as well as the General Manager of Tongfang (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. From March 1999 to August 2004, Mr. Feng was the deputy general manager and chief economist of China Machinery Energy Group, where he helped orchestrate the cooperation between the Chinese and German governments in the production of key equipment for gas engines. Within the same period, from April 1999 to May 2004, Mr. Feng also served as an energy adviser to China’s State Bureau of Metallurgical Industry, and from June 1999 to July 2004, served as vice chairman and chief economist of AECC Aero-Engine Control Co., Ltd.. Prior to this, from January 1969 to February 1999, Mr. Feng served various roles including party committee member, manager, and deputy factory director at Hangzhou Boiler Group Co., Ltd, a company committed to the R&D, manufacturing, and sales of industrial boilers, pressure vessels and other products. Mr. Feng received his bachelor’s degree in Sports Psychology from Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University) in May 1963. He went on to complete a certification course in Economic Management Studies from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1990, and also became a visiting scholar for Economic Management, International Finance and International Trade at the University of Southern California from August 1992 to June 1993.
Donghu Xu, 44
Independent Director
Since December 2014, Mr. Xu has been the legal representative and managing director for investment firm Yongmei Lianhe (Shanghai) Investment Management Co., Ltd. He also serves as a director and deputy general manager of Zhejiang Yong Zheng Shen He Enterprise Management Co., Ltd, which he joined in December 2022, and as a director and shareholder of venture capital firm JingWei Capital Holding Group Co., Ltd. since June 2023. From September 2013 to November 2014, Mr. Xu was general manager at Beijing Mainstaysource Technology Development Co., Ltd. He served Beijing Billion Power Health Technology Co., Ltd. as deputy general manager from July 2010 to June 2013. Mr. Xu began his career as a project manager at Beijing Delta Consulting Co., Ltd. from October 2007 to May 2010. Mr. Xu received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University in August 2004. He also went on to earn a Master of Accounting and Finance from Umeå University and a Master of Business Administration from Lund University in February 2007.
Min Zhang, 28
Independent Director
Ms. Zhang has been serving as our independent director since March 2024. She has a comprehensive background in traditional IPOs, reverse M&A and SPAC listings in the U.S., having been a key player in the operational and administrative processes of several SPAC listings and reverse merger transactions. She currently serves as a consultant at Norwich Capital Limited, a boutique firm focused on SPAC sponsoring, SPAC listing support services, and M&A and IPO support services, which she joined in April 2020. Ms. Zhang received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from Monash University in April 2020.
