The Masters Of Cashflow
Andrew Senduk
The Masters of Cashflow podcast is dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital in South East Asia. Andrew Senduk interviews the leading VCs and Angel Investors on how they find, evaluate and select the next generation of great technology startups.
#59: Genia Xasis, Multiplyers VC - From PHD To VC And How To Tap Into The Deep Pockets Of The Middle East
With a PhD in Neuroscience and recognized as one of the top 60 AI influencers in Eastern Europe, Genia is a visionary leader in the tech industry. She has been acknowledged for her extraordinary ability by USCIS and has built a successful tech recruitment company, AiHub, headquartered in the US.
Under her leadership, AiHub secured contracts with major companies such as Microsoft, Phillips, and Agoda, and became a Google community partner in 2019, with support from Google’s Mountain View office
#58: Peng Ong, Monk's Hill Ventures - Fake It Till You Make It And What "Too Big To Fail" Means For The Tech-Ecosystem
Peng is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage tech venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Peng is an industry veteran with over 25 years of industry experience as an entrepreneur, founder, and investor in Silicon Valley and in Asia.
Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures in China. The firm is known for its successful investments in companies like Didi Chuxing, Eleme, and Qunar. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded a ser
#57: Curt Shi, ProDigital Future Fund - From Serial Entrepreneur To Serial Fund Manager
Curt Shi is a highly experienced venture capital professional with a global investment track record spanning Australia, Israel, the United States, and China. In addition to holding positions in a number of listed companies in the classical tech space, he has also achieved significant success through his investments in blockchain and web3 technologies. Notable among these are Efficient Frontier, which generated a 10X return, Swell, which delivered a 3X return in just three months, and STEPN, whic
#56: Steve Melhuish, Wavemaker Impact - Green Tech Investing and The Future Of The Earth
Steve is an investor, advisor, and award-winning tech entrepreneur with 28 years of building businesses in Asia and Europe. This includes scaling teams from 2 to 1,500 people, raising over $400M in funding, M&A deals, and investing in and mentoring green-tech start-ups. He’s passionate about entrepreneurship, climate change, and social equality. In 2007, Steve co-founded PropertyGuru out of personal frustration, and set out to increase transparency and “empower consumers to make confident pr
#55: Jeep Kline, MrPink VC - Impact Investing and Social Change Across The Globe from Latin America to South-East Asia
Jeep Kline is a seasoned venture capitalist, a senior executive at Intel and pre-IPO technology companies, a World Bank economist, and a faculty at UC Berkeley with more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry. Her multi-industry career paths are threaded together in one big theme: global impact. She believes that “financial returns are necessary but not sufficient; impact returns are also required”. This has been the guiding principle of her career that yields positive results acr
#54: David Zhou, On Deck Angels - How To Pick Good Founders And The Role Of Intuition In Angel Investing
David runs operations and the Deal Hub at On Deck Angels, where he and the team help angel investors refine their investing craft so that they can be some of the world's most helpful angels. He also co-leads DECODE's fund accelerator program that helps experienced angel investors raise their first funds. Outside of On Deck and DECODE, he's a scout for seed and Series A deals in consumer technology, a mentor at multiple startup accelerators including Techstars and Alchemist Accelerator,
#53: Zecca Lehn, Responsibly Ventures - Does Impact Investing Make Sense In A World Of Hypergrowth?
Zécca J. Lehn is the General Partner of Responsibly Ventures, based in California, backing U.S. PreSeed startups in both Social and Sustainable Tech—using multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guidepost per investment.
Over the past 15+ years, he has worked as an Environmental Economist, Data Scientist, Non-Profit Board Member, and Co-Founder. He grew up in an off-the-grid Japanese-style home, on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Through his world travels and living in Sc
#52: Yaw, XA Network - From Operating Scale Ups To Building An Institutional VC And Angel Investing
Yaw was previously the GM of International Product and Business for CDN, Edge Computing, Video, and cPaaS under Alibaba Cloud from 2019 to 2021. Prior to Alibaba, he was responsible for new market expansion in the Asia-Pacific region for Twilio and has been intimately involved in the Twilio journey since the early days of 2012. Yaw currently spends his time investing in startups, as part of XA Network and personally. He's keenly interested in helping startups scale and transform Southeast Asia f
#51: Will Klippgen, Cocoon Capital - Does Slow Investing Work In A High-Paced Environment And How Slow Investors Pick Their Bets
Will is a Singapore-baed Norwegian entrepreneur and technology VC who co-founded the price comparison portal Zoomit.com (later merged with Kelkoo, which was sold to Yahoo! in 2004. He served as one of the judges on the television series Angel's Gate, which was broadcast on Channel NewsAsia in 2012. He is a co-founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Cocoon Capital. He holds an MBA from INSEAD where he is an EIR. He has invested in over 50 startups in Singapore and across the world since 200
#50: Nick Cocks, Velocity Ventures - How To Successfully Launch A Travel & Hospitality Focused VC Fund Within The Pandemic And The Road To Recovery
Nick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Velocity Ventures with over 3 decades of experience as a CEO, board leader, professional investor, and successful entrepreneur in Asia. Prior to founding Velocity Ventures, Nick was CEO of Readymix and ReadyVentures. As CEO of Readymix, he expanded the family business from Australia to Southeast Asia and built a sizeable presence across Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Thereafter, as CEO of ReadyVentures, Nick invested S$20 million
#49: Ben Cardarelli, Crossfund - How To Launch An Angel Investment Platform And What Value Angels Can Add?
Ben Cardarelli is a founder and angel investor with experience in several industries, namely fintech, education, and sports tech. His investments are focused on emerging markets in Asia and MENA, and include startups like QisstPay, Dash, Chari, TAG, and Duhqa. Born in Canada but living in Asia for 8+ years, Ben began his career in Accenture's global banking practice before launching his ventures.
Read more about Crossfund here https://www.crossfund.com/ and you can connect directly with Ben on L
#48: Sheel Mohnot, Better Tomorrow Ventures - How To Earn The Right To Invest In Startups and What It Takes To Become The Most Active Global Fintech Investor
Sheel is a co-founder of Better Tomorrow, a seed-stage venture capital fund investing in Fintech companies globally. His own startup experience includes 2 successful Fintech exits — a payments company and a high-stakes auction company — and he’s GP of the 500 Fintech fund. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his Fintech career at the non-profit p2p lender, Kiva.
Read more about Better Tomorrow Ventures here https://www.btv.vc/ or connect with them o
#47: Alwyn Rusli, Trihill Capital - The Power Of Social Capital and How VC's Should Build Tollroads (and not just add fuel)
Alwyn Rusli is a founding member of the venture investment arm of Trihill Capital, investing primarily in pre-seed to growth industry disruptors in Southeast Asia. He sources, leads, and supports portfolio companies around the clock as any good investor should be. He is also an angel investor in enterprise & consumer platforms and actively advises early-stage startups across different ends.
On the side, he writes about the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia at www.001.partners.
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#46: Alan Cui, Boson Ventures - The Potential Of The Australian Tech Ecosystem and Backing Immigrant Founders
Alan Cui is a partner at Boson Ventures. He is an ex-startup founder, ex-management consultant, and ex-programmer (still a hobby).
Alan has 12 years of experience in management consulting (Partners in Performance, Accenture Strategy) and corporate strategy (Ausgrid PLUS ES). He was also a strategic partnership executive in AGL New Energy (corporate venture). Alan co-founded a technology startup (Gentech Computer System) when he was a third-year university student and exited to other shareholders
#45: Joseph Mocanu, Verge Health Tech - The Hard Thing About Health Tech and Balancing Financial Returns & Societal Impact
Joseph started his career as a scientist, developing new cancer therapies during his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. He co-founded a medical device startup during his studies which brought him into the world of business and his first interactions with VCs.
He first learned about active investing during his time at DM Capital in Shenzhen, helping launch their first fund, Harmony. He then joined Oliver Wyman’s health and life sciences practice to understand and develop strategies towards addre
#44: Franco Varona, Foxmont Capital Partners - How Venture Investing Is Nation Building and The Opportunities Of Being A First Generation VC In The Philippines
Franco is the Managing Partner at Foxmont Capital Partners, a Philippine-focused early-stage venture capital fund by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Prior to Foxmont, Franco was the Founding General Manager of Grab Philippines.
He is an Experienced Operator with a demonstrated history of working in early-stage high-growth startups in Asia. He is skilled in Business Planning, Operations Management, Sales, and Strategy. He excels in Business Development and strategizing for key partnerships.
He
#43: Joeri Gianotten & Vincent Veehof, Accelerasia - The Journey From A Service Business To A VC Fund and The Real Definition of Smart Money
Joeri has a proven track record in building regional sales organizations. He launched Ammado, a global Software as a Service company in Asia, and served as its managing director for 3 years where he was responsible for closing deals with global brands such as Aviva, Coca-Cola, and Diageo. Prior to Ammado, Joeri was head of business development Asia Pacific for RBS Worldpay, the global leader in online payments. He also served as Director, Asia Pacific for Red Herring, the leading technology maga
#42: Murli Ravi, Tin Men Capital - VC Portfolio Building and The Airport Test For Choosing Your Board
Murli is a co-founder of Tin Men Capital driving Tin Men’s investment strategy and market analysis functions. He was previously with Temasek Holdings, JAFCO, and INSEAD.
Murli has been a board member of more than 25 venture-backed firms since 2008 across an array of enterprise tech sectors, countries (Singapore, India, Australia, and the US), and stages (from pre-revenue startups to 2000+ employee firms). His first board roles came just as the global financial crisis began, which was a brutal cr
#41: Tae Hea Nahm, Storm Ventures - From Survival To Thrival and What An Early Stage VC & Startup Can Learn From Surfing
Tae Hea co-founded Storm Ventures, an early-stage VC fund based in Silicon Valley and investing worldwide. Storm has invested in nearly 200 B2B software companies leading to 11 unicorns, including Algolia, Marketo, Pipedrive, Solarisbank, Talkdesk, and Workato. At Storm, Tae Hea was the founding CEO of Airespace, a B2B startup, which was later sold to Cisco for $450m. Based on his experience, Tae Hea also co-authored Survival To Thrival to help founders unlock growth by finding Go-To-Market Fit.
#40: Shauraya Bhutani, CapConnect - How To Become A Fundraising Legend and The Role Of Advisors For Startup Fundraising
Shauraya is a Co-Founder at Capital Connect Advisors, a boutique investment bank based in Singapore and New Delhi which provides corporate finance, portfolio management, and ecosystem services to leading tech founders and investors in Asia. Shauraya has been working alongside companies since the early days of the technology wave and has built extensive deal experience, network, and industry expertise working with over 50 technology companies across Southeast Asia and India. Shauraya loves workin
#39: Shwetank Verma, Leo Capital - Why Venture is A Scale Game and The 3 Key Metrics Every VC Fund Tracks To Measure Fund Performance
Shwetank Verma is the co-founder of the India Insurtech Association and of Leo Capital, a venture capital fund investing in companies in India and South-East Asia. Recent investments include Upmesh (live commerce), CyberSierra (cyber security and insurance), Devtron Labs (K8S deployment) among others.
Previously, he led Open Innovation for MetLife Asia and was a part of the senior management team of LumenLab, MetLife's innovation consultancy. At LumenLab, he advised MetLife countr
#38: Chris Sirise, Saison Capital - Investing in The Potential of The Metaverse and The Role of Tokenization In Community Building and Value Creation
Chris Sirise is a partner at Saison Capital, a multi-stage fund investing across Pre-Seed to Series B stage start-ups globally and the venture capital arm of Credit Saison. He leads the team of operator-turned investors based out of Singapore.
Chris has played an active role in Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem for almost a decade, having been involved in policymaking, venture capital, and operational roles. Prior to Saison Capital, he was with Grab Financial Group launching and heading financial
#37: Herston Powers, 1982 Ventures - From "Outsiders" To The Most Active SEA Fintech Investor and How To Build an Undeniable Portfolio
Herston is a Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures. He is responsible for setting the strategy and direction of 1982 Ventures. He is active in investments, portfolio management, and investor relations.
Prior to founding 1982 Ventures, he was a Principal at tryb Group in Singapore and created and executed their early-stage investment strategy. He led investments into Alami, a leading Indonesian Islamic Finance Platform, Gradana, a pioneer in Proptech in Indonesia, and managed the investment into
#36: Michael Gryseels, Chief Digital Officer & Angel Investor - Why The Best Investments Are Follow Ons and The One Characteristic Successful Deep Tech Founders Have
Michael is the Executive Vice Chairman (deputy CEO) of True Digital Group (TDG). TDG is an autonomous business unit of True Corp, the #1 integrated telco and media company in Thailand (listed on SET), to drive innovation and capture new growth opportunities. Michael led the incubation of TDG in 2018, carving out digital products and initiatives from True Corp, and structuring TDG as a market-focused organization with four business lines: digital media, commerce, data monetization, enterprise sol
#35: Kuo-Yi Lim, Monk's Hill Ventures - How To Stick With First Principle Investing In Today's World and The Role of Karma as a VC
Kuo-Yi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. He is based in Singapore and is a board member of Ninja Van, Padlet, KKday, Jio Health, Horangi, Saleswhale, Finaxar, and Zipmatch.In the early 2000s, Kuo-Yi was an early employee of Encentuate, an identity and access management software startup (acquired by IBM), and Reputation Technologies, a supplier relationship management software startup (acquired by Security
#34: Yishai Klein, BlueRed Partners - Being The Bridge Between Israel and SEA & Balancing Success, ROI and Impacting People
Yishai Klein is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of BlueRed Partners. Yishai was born and educated in Melbourne, Australia. He is based in Singapore where he has resided for the past 18 years. Prior to forming the Fund, Yishai was an Advisor at OUE Ltd., and the Head of Innovation and Strategic Investments at the group, reporting directly to the Chairman. He focused on identifying investments in innovative technologies addressing “Smart Building & Retail Technology” solutions with the pri
#33: Jennifer Ho, Integra Partners - The Art Of Saying No and The Big Secret Of Being A Great Investor
Jen is Integra Partners’ newest partner. She was formerly a principal with Integra Partners, joining the firm in 2017. Jen started her career in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division in New York, covering financial sponsors and consumer retail companies. She returned to Singapore in 2011 when she joined TPG Capital, evaluating investment opportunities in Southeast Asia. Jen also spent several years with a family office focusing on investing in and actively managing early-stage compa
#32: Kaspar Hidayat, Forge Ventures - How To Succeed As An Early Stage Investor and What It Means To Being The Best Possible Partner For Founders
Kaspar is a Partner and co-founder of Forge Ventures. He has held investment roles at 500 Startups, Venturra Capital, and Koru Partners where he invested in some of the fastest-growing startups in Southeast Asia including Grab, Bukalapak, and Zilingo.
Kaspar was previously a VP at Pomelo where he launched and managed its Indonesia business and oversaw marketing regionally. Kaspar graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Amherst College.
Read more about Forge Ventures
#31: Jessica Liu, AppWorks - The Founders Delta and The Future Of Blockchain Investing
Jessica is a Partner leading AppWork's efforts in Southeast Asia and the region’s burgeoning blockchain ecosystem. She loves helping visionary founders realize their full potential. Jessica has been active in the digital industry since 2010, starting her career managing online marketing for Standard Chartered Bank’s cross-selling strategies before joining AppWorks in 2014. At AppWorks, Jessica has been closely watching the development of consumer internet applications, especially as they interse
#30: Aditya Mathur, Elev8.VC - Investing In The Roots Of Venture Capital and What Is So Unique About Deep Tech Investing
Aditya is the founder and MD of early-stage deep-tech fund, Elev8.VC. Focus verticals include smart vehicles, medtech, complex computing, and advanced materials.
Aditya has been a deep tech veteran for over 20 years - from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. Prior to Elev8.VC, he helped grow two multi-billion-dollar tech companies, both acquired, one in each of the hardware and software industries. Aditya follows his passion and supports founders in the B2B Deep Tech space to secure market fit and to r
#29: Benny Chng, SGInnovate - How Backing Entrepreneurial Scientists Will Change The World and The 2-Way Street of Fundraising
Benny Chng is an Assistant Director of Venture Investing at SGInnovate, focusing on agrifood startups and investments. He works with startup founders on applying cutting-edge technologies to solving real-world problems in the industry. To this end, he enjoys working with entrepreneurs on identifying blue-ocean business opportunities, building sought-after products and winning teams, and raising capital to grow and scale. In his previous role, Benny was a governance, risk, and compliance consulta
#28: Tiang Lim Foo, Forge Ventures - How To Differentiate as a VC and The Power of an Operator Run Fund
Tiang Lim Foo is the co-founder and partner of Forge Ventures. Forge Ventures is a seed venture capital firm looking to partner with founders in Southeast Asia at the pre-seed or seed stage. Tiang had spent the past decade hanging out at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and venture in Southeast Asia. He currently serves as a Venture Partner at Next Billion Ventures, a Washington DC headquartered VC firm investing in emerging markets globally. He was also a partner at SeedPl
#27: Maxim Shkvaruk, Atlas Ventures - Your Valuation Is Your Obligation and The Search For Massive Trapped Potential
Maxim is a Managing Director at Atlas Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Singapore. Atlas Ventures backs ambitious founders at the earliest stages of their entrepreneurial journey. The fund primarily focuses on Southeast Asian startups in fast-growing, largely overlooked industries. Maxim has led investments in Group IB (one of the global leaders in providing high-fidelity threat intelligence and anti-fraud solutions), Tier One (the first esports and gaming talent agency in S
#26: Darryl Ratulangi, OCBC NISP Ventura - Thesis Based Investing and The Risk-Reward Return of Corporate Venture Capital
As the Head of OCBC NISP Ventura, Darryl is focused on making the ON Ventura vision a reality by articulating and driving our strategic roadmap as well as enabling the launch and growth of new ventures and investments into Indonesia digital ecosystem. He drives our culture of innovation and also leads a team of passionate investment professionals that are driven to grow companies from the ground up.
Darryl is an experienced M&A professional with a track record of leading and closing deals in
#25: Craig Dixon, Acceleratingasia - Vanity Metrics vs. Quality Metrics, and The Importance of The Right "LP-Fund Fit"
Craig has founded several startups, including Zumata, a B2B travel tech company that exited its travel business to Rakuten in 2019. As Co-Founder of Zumata, Craig raised funding from Wavemaker Partners, The National Research Foundation of Singapore, 500 Durians, and Siemer Ventures.
Prior to co-founding Accelerating Asia, Craig was the Entrepreneur in Residence and Program Manager for the muru-D accelerator in Singapore which included startups that received follow-on investment from invest
#24: Peter Huynh, Qualgro Partners - Mindfulness, Hypergrowth and Building SEA Grown Unicorns
Peter is a Partner at Qualgro VC, a venture capital firm based in Singapore which invests in startups at Series A & B, across Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The fund focuses on investments in SaaS, Data, and Artificial Intelligence. He has also been a Mentor/Investor at Startmate since 2012, and it is widely regarded as Australia’s most successful tech accelerator program.
Peter is also a Mindfulness Teacher, teaching for over 10 years and providing min
#23: Jeremy Au, Monk's Hill Ventures - The Balance Between Possibility vs Probability and Who Is The 1 in 40?
Jeremy Au (区汉辉) is a VC at Monk's Hill Ventures who invests in fellow founders who will transform millions of lives. He also spearheads MHV's key initiatives from venture scouts to thought leadership. Jeremy hosts BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech, a global top 10% podcast interviewing trailblazing founders, investors, and rising stars. His mission is to inspire thousands to build the future, learn from our past, and stay human in between. He is an angel investor in over twenty startups across
#22: Antonny Liem, GDP Ventures - Finding the X-Factor In Founders and How Investors Live In The Future
A geek in denial and a financial management graduate, Antonny started off his professional career in Enterprise IT and Solution Services, a journey that took him to several other IT companies and a President Director position when he was 27 years old. He then pursued his passion in marketing & branding by joining a then small 14 people startup agency called SemutApi Colony as a partner and Managing Director in 2005. Together the company grew into a Group which operates several agencies, a te
#21: Jussi Salovaara, Antler Asia - How To Build A Global Early Stage VC Firm And The Power Of Testing vs Planning
Jussi is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Antler, a global early-stage VC building the defining technology companies of tomorrow with the world’s most exceptional founders. Jussi leads Antler’s strategy and operations in the region. He is very passionate about helping founders build their businesses from scratch and has a hands-on approach to guide them through the startup and fundraising process. Antler has over 300 companies in the portfolio globally and is headquartered in Singapore. J
#20: Binh Tran, Ascend Vietnam Ventures - From Selling His Startup For $200M+ To Investing In The Rising Star Of SEA Vietnam
Binh Tran is a General Partner of Ascend Vietnam Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in Southeast Asia's next wave of market-leading tech companies that begin their journey in Vietnam. Prior to Ascend Vietnam Ventures, he was the General Partner for 500 Startups Vietnam and co-founded Klout, the Kleiner Perkins-backed social analytics company in San Francisco that was acquired for over USD$200M. Binh has completed over 50 seed investments since 2012 and currently resides i
#19: Armaan Kapoor, January Capital - The Balance Between Capital vs. Distribution And The Future Of Zoom Investing
Armaan is an investor at January Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm focusing on technology investments in Southeast Asia, North America, and Australia. Armaan's main roles include sourcing, evaluation, and diligence of investment opportunities in Southeast Asia. Armaan primarily invests in B2B companies from the early to growth stage in Southeast Asia, across a number of verticals such as Fintech, SaaS, EdTech, Logistics, and others.
Read more about January Capital here https://www.janu
#18: Arya Setiadharma, Prasetia Dwidharma & Angel Investor - From Funding The Early Days Food Delivery Startup "Click Eat" To Investing in 100+ Startups Globally
Arya Setiadharma is the founder and CEO of Prasetia Dwidharma, a company that was founded in 2008 as a contractor in the telecommunication infrastructure industry and has branched out to investment in technology industry. Prasetia Dwidharma has invested in 65+ startups in Indonesia, 20+ startups in Southeast Asia and 15+ startups in US. He obtained both his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Business Administrati
#17: Yen-An Cho, Ondine Capital - The Growing Exit Opportunities For SEA Tech And The 10X Rule
Yen-An Cho is the founding Partner of Ondine Capital. Ondine Capital engages in venture capital-type investment activities in both Greater China and SEA. Before founding Ondine Capital, he founded the e-commerce platform TOPLIFE (acquired by Farfetch) and handled transactions of more than USD $5 Billion as an M&A and capital market lawyer of JonesDay and team member of Mediatek venture team. He is also a board member of Thailand's e-commerce platform Fanslink and Malaysia's B2B platform Drop
#16: Gautam Godhwani & Jayesh Parekh, Good Startup VC - Why Alternative Proteins Are The Next Big Investment Opportunity And The Role Of Founders Mindset
Jayesh Parekh is a Managing Partner of Good Protein Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in alternative protein companies. He was one of the Founders of Sony Entertainment Television, a joint venture of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which he successfully exited. Jayesh was a Managing Partner for Jungle Ventures Fund I & II. He spent over 12 years at IBM in various technical and sales positions based in Houston and Singapore, and part of the team that brought IBM back to India. Jayesh is
#15: Dave Ng, Altara Ventures - The Art And Science Of Venture Investing And The Rise Of SEA Deep Tech
Dave Ng is a General Partner at Altara Ventures, a leading Southeast Asia-based venture capital firm. At Altara, he focuses on backing the next generation of promising entrepreneurs building for the region and beyond. Previously, Dave was Head of Southeast Asia for Eight Roads Ventures where he led investment and portfolio activities for the region. Before that, he was Venture Partner at B Capital Group, where he helped launched its Asia office. Over the past decade, Dave has the opportunity to
#14: Sheinal Bhuralal, JG Digital Equity Ventures - Corporate Venture Capital Sucks Or Not? and The Role of Speed
Sheinal is a Senior Portfolio Director at JG Digital Equity Ventures (JG DEV), the venture capital arm of JG Summit, a leading diversified conglomerate in the Philippines. JG DEV focuses on investing in early-to-mid stage startups in Southeast Asia across fintech, supply chain & logistics, and e-commerce/new retail.
Sheinal has spent the majority of his career across a variety of roles in financial services. Prior to his move into fintech and now venture capital, Sheinal was previously in eq
#12: Michael Gethen, Managing Partner Gethen Capital - Being A Dealmaker In Tech and The Secret To A Great Founder-Investor Relationship
Michael is the founder and managing partner of Gethen Capital, founded in 2007. He is a tech founder, investor, and advisor, and has personally built, run, invested in, acquired, and sold many dozens of successful businesses within his sectors of experience in either investor, hands-on executive roles, or as an investment banker to Boards, entrepreneurs, and investment funds.
Since the original ‘dotcom’ days of 2000, Michael has worked for digital media companies, technology companies, and inves
#13: Nadim Muzayyin, DSG Consumer Partners - Consumer Brand Investing Vs. Tech Investing and The Key Elements Of Building Iconic Brands
Nadim is a Singaporean venture investor focused on the Southeast Asian region and its growing consumer market. He is currently backing and building early-stage consumer brands in the region as an Associate with DSG Consumer Partners, a leading India & Southeast Asia consumer venture fund - helping oversee consumer packaged food & beverage, F&B, and e-commerce brands including Kind Kones, Growthwell, Brewlander, Perromart, Pip & Nut, and Melati. Prior to DSG, Nadim worked as an in
#11: Edward Ismawan Chamdani, Managing Partner Ideasource Venture Capital & Gayo Capital - A Unicorn Coffee Date and The Power of Network-Effect
Edward is currently serving as Managing Partner at Ideosource Venture Capital and Gayo Capital - with a mission to incubate, invest and accelerate with "Purpose".
Investing and actively leading strategic and impactful upstream roadmap of Bhinneka.com.
Portfolio companies: eFishery, Stockbit / Bibit, aCommerce, Orori, Touchten, Tunasfarm.id, PasarMIKRO, ALATTÉ, Foom.id, Immobi, Daur, Petani Kako Lampung, Andalin.com, ADX Asia, JAS Kapital, StarCamp, etc.
He now serves as a board member in Amvesin
#9: David Tjokrorahardjo, Sovereign's Capital - Principle Based Investing and What "Leading By Example" Has To Do With Finding Deals
David is Managing Principal of Sovereign's Capital, a US-based private equity firm that invests globally in three main sectors of the economy: technology, health care, and consumer products & services. The company has invested in a couple of dozen companies with portfolios like Loket (now part of Gojek), Bridestory (now part of Tokopedia), Berry Kitchen (now part of Yummy), Printerous, Nimbly, Tada Network, Rebel Works, Hactiv8, Kode.id, Summit Medical, Xendit, Cloud Factory, Bandwith (Nasda
#10: Shinta Danuwhardoyo, CEO & Founder Bubu.com & Angel Investor - Funding Startups In Tier 2-3 Cities and the Role of Chemistry Between Angels and Founders
Shinta is a tech industry veteran and trailblazer. Since the inception of her first company Bubu.com in 1996, the award-winning entrepreneur has impacted Indonesia's digital landscape in countless ways. She has been recognized by Globe Asia as one of the “99 Most Powerful Women,” and also named as the “Inspiring Women Honor Roll” by Forbes Indonesia Magazine. Shinta has worked tirelessly to advance technology in the region since founding Bubu.com and serving as the company's CEO, a position she
#8: Prantik Mazumdar, Managing Director CXM & Angel Investor - The Road From Entrepreneur To Angel Investor and The Founder-Market Fit
Prantik is an entrepreneur & venture investor and acts as a Digital Transformation Catalyst in organizations to drive sustainable change and impact.
He started his entrepreneurial journey with Happy Marketer in 2011 where he spent a decade building & scaling up one of the best and most awarded independent digital marketing services firm in the region that served brands like Standard Chartered Bank, Income, Great Eastern Life, Royal Brunei Airlines, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks,
#7: Nicko Widjaja, BRI Ventures - The Early Days of The Indonesian VC Landscape and Why VC's Are Like Music Labels
Nicko Widjaja is the CEO of BRI Ventures, the venture capital arm of Bank BRI, the biggest bank of Indonesia based on assets that launched its' first $250+ million venture fund. In November 2020 its second fund called Sembrani Nusantara (SN) was launched, which is a mix of equity and venture debt fund.
Nicko is an early tech investment pioneer, he has a career spans over 15 years in venture capital, corporate transformation, and startup ecosystem. He was formerly the CEO of MDI Ventures, a Telko
#6: Abhishek Kapur, KKR Capstone - The Liquidity In The Global Markets and Value Drivers Of Success
Abhishek Kapur is a Managing Director at KKR Capstone and is based in Singapore.
Abhishek leads the regional team based in Singapore and has been involved with KKR portfolio companies including Avincis Group, Cognita, Goodpack Limited, Japfa Comfeed, Metro Pacific Hospitals, PayMaya, Sari Roti, and KKR's Special Situations investments in Europe. He helped establish KKR Capstone's working capital effort across KKR's European private equity portfolio. Prior to joining KKR Capstone, he worked with
#5: Chandra Firmanto, Indogen Capital - The Fundamentals of The Thriving SEA Tech Scene and How To Leverage a VC Network To Create Value
Chandra Firmanto is co-founder and Managing Partner at Indogen Capital, which he established in 2016.
For more information about Indogen Capital, you can check https://indogencapital.com/ or connect with Chandra on Linkedin.
Chandra is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the investment banking industry. Skilled in Start-up Ventures, Banking, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, and Business Development. Strong business development professional with a
#4: Teezar Firmansyah, Kolibra Capital - How To Build a Flourishing VC Ecosystem and Key Characteristics of Top Entrepreneurs
Teezar Firmansyah is a Partner at Kolibra Capital, a Jakarta-based VC fund that has invested in startups like Carsome, Travelio, and Fabelio. For more information about Kolibra Capital, you can check https://www.kolibracapital.com/ or connect with Teezar on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/teezar/
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#3: Chia Jeng Yang, Saison Capital - Hypergrowth and How To Become Fundable
Chia Jeng Yang is Principal at Saison Capital, the venture arm of Credit Saison, and is based in Singapore.
Saison Capital invests in startups globally and in all verticals, but especially in emerging markets like Southeast Asia and India. Previously, Chia was the 5th employee for Antler (pre-team accelerator + early-stage VC), investing and setting up offices in Europe, as well as building out an e-commerce company in Pakistan/Sri Lanka for Rocket Internet that was bought by Alibaba. On the sid
#2: Ben J Benjamin, Genesis Alternative Ventures - Venture Debt and Why Entrepreneurs Should Fail And Get Up Again
Ben J Benjamin is the co-founder and Partner at Genesis Alternative Ventures and is based in Singapore.
Ben is co-founder (2018) and partner of Genesis Alternative Ventures, Southeast Asia’s first private venture debt fund. Ben started his career in law at Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow (2002 – 2005) where he practiced M&A, Corporate & Commercial and Intellectual Property law, and then continued practice at listed fashion retailer F J Benjamin, as Legal and Corporate Counsel (2006
#1: Victor Chua, Vynn Capital - Starting a VC Fund and The Power Of Humility
Victor Chua is the Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Victor is the Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital. He was formally the Vice President of Investments for Gobi Partners and managed two Southeast Asia-focused early stage funds. Some of his notable investments include Carsome (Malaysia), Triip.me (Vietnam) and Travelio (Indonesia).
Prior to that he was the largest venture capital fund of Malaysia, MAVCAP, and was involved wi