Simon Gerovich

Simon Gerovich is an Australian national who has spent his entire professional career in Asia. He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Applied Mathematics and is a fluent Japanese and Chinese speaker. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo (roughly 2000–2005), working as an equity derivatives trader — the foundation for a career that has spanned trading, entrepreneurship, and investing across the region.

In 2011 he co-founded Sparx Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Hong Kong, alongside fellow ex-derivatives trader Colin Baker. As Managing Partners, the two "actively invest in and manage a variety of businesses in real estate, hospitality, technology, and healthcare," providing capital and mentoring to high-growth, technology-driven companies. Gerovich has been an active investor in the digital-asset ecosystem since 2014. Beyond Sparx, he served as CEO of Evolution Capital Public Company Limited (a real-estate asset manager listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand) and co-founded and chaired Red Planet Hotels, a pan-Asian value hotel operator.

In 2015, Gerovich became Chairman of Metaplanet Inc., a Tokyo Stock Exchange–listed company (ticker 3350) originally focused on hospitality. He is now its Representative Director, President, and CEO. Under his leadership Metaplanet pivoted in 2024 to a MicroStrategy-inspired Bitcoin treasury strategy, spearheading the company's capital raising, investor relations, and overall direction. The pivot produced a dramatic re-rating: the firm's market capitalization rose sharply, and it became one of the most heavily traded stocks in Japan. As of mid-2026, Metaplanet held roughly 43,000 BTC, making it the third-largest corporate Bitcoin treasury in the world (behind Strategy and Twenty One Capital).

• Invests at seed/early stage, primarily through Sparx Ventures, in "promising, high-growth technology-related businesses," pairing capital with active mentoring.
• Sector focus spans fintech, digital assets/crypto, technology, hospitality, real estate, and healthcare — reflecting the founders' backgrounds as derivatives traders turned operators.
• Long conviction in Bitcoin and digital assets: an active digital-asset investor since 2014, Gerovich has publicly stated of his belief in the asset, "Every time I think about Bitcoin, I get more bullish."
• Hands-on operator-investor model: rather than passive checks, Sparx's partners "set up, manage, or invest in" businesses and take board/chairman roles (e.g., Red Planet Hotels, Evolution Capital, Metaplanet).