Viet Ly

General Partner/ Fund Manager

Graduate of the University of Washington Foster Business School in 2000, with a Business Administration degree in finance and marketing. Over twenty years of fund management, equities analysis, market forecasting, and business development. Researched and invested in cancer biotech companies starting in 2004 and is an adviser to Genprex.  Viet is passionate about the global markets, building businesses, emerging technology and cancer biotech. He loves spending time with his family, having a beer with friends, watching movies, and playing contact flag football. 

2016 Wealth & Finance International U.S. Venture Capital Fund Manager of the Year  

Hiep Ly

Partner/Biotech Research Analyst

Hiep's background and career started in the life sciences as a research assistant at the Department of Genetics and at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington under Dr. Scott Wilbur, one of the top oncology research programs in the nation. In 2004, Hiep started trading equity derivatives, researching global markets and cancer biotech companies with his brother, Viet.  Researching and covering Genentech's Avastin, OSI Pharma's Tarceva, Imclone's Erbitux, Onyx Pharma's Nexavar, Celgene's Revlimid, Hiep is an insightful, experienced research analyst covering cancer biotech, tech companies and the global markets.  Hiep earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Cellular Biology from the University of Washington, loves watching sports, and hanging out with friends and family.

Erick Watson 

Partner

Erick's perspective on financial services is informed by over 20 years in software development and information technology, with a focus on aligning innovative new products with market needs. Prior to joining Inception Capital, Erick became a Registered Investment Adviser Representative in 2009, and co-founded HedgeLab Capital Management.
Earlier in his career, Erick was director of Strategy & Market Development for Microsoft's Asia Pacific Research & Development Group (ARD). There he drove Microsoft's collaboration with China's IT Services industry and related government agencies through investments in software innovation, technology transfer and IT solutions.  In his ten years at Microsoft, Erick led successful initiatives in executive engagement, partner strategy, competitive strategy, and professional services.
Erick obtained his B.A. in Linguistics from Louisiana State University and was a Professor of English at Xi'an Jiao Tong University in China.  A published author, Erick has contributed to books and articles on technology and culture.  He is a keynote speaker at conferences and summits on topics of business culture, innovation, competition and intellectual property in the software industry.

Daniel J Gray

Partner

Daniel was a competitive national figure skater competing at the US Nationals 3 times and winning 2nd place at the British Nationals in ’96 and coaching younger and adult skaters and bringing them to the national and international competition levels.  Daniel’s finance career started at a local mortgage company as he built a very successful business while managing two of the branches.  For the last ten years, he worked as a financial adviser and a consistent top producer in his region for a large national bank managing $65 million in assets, building relationships and tailoring portfolios to each individual.  Now with Inception, Daniel is focused on client relations and business development.  Daniel loves going on vacations with his family, taking care of his schnauzer dogs and everything baseball.