2020 WD SEA Highlights

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  • There is so much digital talk around the world at the moment, but what I found about Wild Digital is they really got to the core of the practical advice around how SMES can take advantage of all these digital opportunities and really understand how they can get started, what help is out there for them.

    KEVIN FITZGERALD
    - Managing Director, Asia, Xero

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    JON STONA
    - APAC Marketing Director, Stripe

  • Wild questions, wild exchanges between myself and the virtual audience. I don’t think I can remember an event that has such really astute street-smart questions as this one.

    WILL PAGE
    - Author & Former Chief Economist, Spotify

  • Congrats! It has been a pleasure to work on this 1st Wild Digital virtual summit. Our speaker was very happy about her session.

    NICOLA FRACCAROLI
    - Marketing, Appsflyer

  • I came to WDS2020 Virtual thinking that it'll not be the same as being able to network with major personalities in the startup world, but instead was greeted by the ability to attend all the sessions in my own time, increasing my knowledge and pitching skills. Thank you!

    CHRISTOPHER TOCK
    - Group CEO, Digitally.asia Group

  • This is my second time as a Wild Digital participant and it is great to see that the WD team has adapted and come up to the challenge of a fully virtual experience - one of the best and most approachable forums I have seen. Great topics, great networking potential and a great list of attendees.

    JAMIE ROBINSON
    - Chief Finance Officer, Karzo

  • I believe there has been quite a number of enjoyable aspects of this virtual edition of WD2020. An amazing array of speakers not just from the different verticals but now you can have them joining from all over the world. The ability to replay sessions that you have missed. And the communication with virtual participants seem to be easier and more fluid.

    JARED CHAN
    - CEO & Co-Founder, Kwikcar

  • Just the breadth of quality speakers and content about startups and their journey that you can't get in other conferences. Thank you organisers for the hard work.

    SIM LI HONG
    - Founder, Summersault


Keynote Speakers

Conference Speakers

PATRICK GROVE - Co-Founder & Group CEO
PATRICK GROVE
Personal Bio

As Co-Founder and Group CEO of Catcha Group, Patrick Grove is recognised as one of the leading entrepreneurs in the Asia Pacific region. Over the last thirteen years, he founded and took five companies from start-up to IPO, selling one of those companies, iProperty Group in a transaction valued in excess of US$534m. The iProperty Group sale was one of the largest internet exits in ASEAN history.


Patrick is also Co-Founder of Instahome, a leading home rental platform in Malaysia, Co-Founder and Director of iCar Asia, ASEAN’s No. 1 network of digital automotive portals; Co-Founder of Frontier Digital Ventures, a leading operator of online classifieds in frontier markets; and Co-Founder and Non Executive Director of Rev Asia Berhad, one of Southeast Asia's most dynamic digital media groups.


Over the last decade, Patrick has been independently and widely recognised with numerous international awards, including: Global Leader of Tomorrow and New Asian Leader by the World Economic Forum; Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore; Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Business.

Company Profile
Established in 2004 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Catcha Group is Southeast Asia’s leading internet group which builds and invests in disruptive internet companies across emerging markets globally. The Group’s historical focus has been in online classifieds, new media and OTT, where it has successfully taken 5 companies from startup to IPO and created over US$2.0bn+ worth of value. Today, the Group holds over 60 investments, either directly or indirectly, as sole, majority or minority shareholders.
JOHN KIM - Co-Founder & CEO
JOHN KIM
Personal Bio
John S. Kim is the Co-founder and CEO of SendBird, the world's no.1 chat API. The platform currently serves over 100M monthly chat users across the world's leading companies such as Reddit, Delivery Hero, Yahoo!, Rakuten, Paytm, Accolade, Livongo, and DHL. John is a serial entrepreneur, engineer at heart, and an expert in the API economy and communications tech space. Little known fact about John is that he was Korea's no.1 pro-gamer for Unreal Tournament. 
Company Profile

At Sendbird, we are building the most scalable and powerful chat API in the world. We have customers from over 150 countries around the world serving a truly wide-range of use cases across communities, marketplaces, on-demand services, games, and e-commerce.  

We're a Y Combinator alumnus (W16) and have raised over $120M from leading investors including Shasta Ventures, August Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global Management, and FundersClub.

KHAILEE NG - Managing Partner
KHAILEE NG
Personal Bio

Khailee Ng is a managing partner of  500 Startups, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm. Beyond investing in Silicon Valley, 500 has set up more than a dozen funds in emerging markets, providing seed capital and growth programs to countries in the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Since 2010, the firm has invested in over 2,200 startups in 70+ countries, in line with its goal of developing an inclusive and globally connected innovation economy. 

With the firm, Khailee has led 180+  investments in Southeast Asian tech startups, including  Grab,  Carousell, and other regional champions. Prior to this, he was the founder of Groupsmore (acquired by Groupon) and Malaysia’s largest online media company,  Says.com (acquired by Media Prima). 

As every industry continues to be disrupted by new technology and evolving consumer landscapes, Khailee and 500 Startups specialize in discovering patterns of economic opportunity and investing in the entrepreneurs who will realize them. His investment activity and industry opinions are featured by Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, and Fortune, and the 500 Startups portfolio of companies have collectively raised over $10Billion USD. 

Company Profile

500 Startups is a venture capital firm on a mission to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems. In Southeast Asia, 500 Startups invests through the pioneering 500 Durians family of funds. The 500 Durians funds have backed over 200 companies across multiple sectors from internet to consumer to deep technology. It continues to connect founders with capital, expertise and powerful regional and global networks to help them succeed. 

NUSEIR YASSIN - Founder & CEO
NUSEIR YASSIN
Personal Bio

Fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, and English, Nuseir Yassin attended Harvard University on a full scholarship where he graduated in 2014 with degrees in economics. Later, he started Nas Daily — a Facebook page documenting his travels and experiences around the world. In 4 years, he garnered an international audience of over 30 million followers in 197 countries across all platforms. 

Now, he is the Founder and CEO of Nas Daily Pte. Ltd., a media company based in Singapore with global operations. Nas Daily Pte. Ltd. specializes in social media content that is engaging, effective, and meaningful. In addition to producing content for clients, the team aims to teach people how to create videos effectively through the Nas Academy. 

At the end of the day, Nas means people in Arabic, and people are at the center of everything they do.  

Company Profile

Nas Daily was founded with a single mission: To become a force for good. We are telling stories from around the world to tens of millions of individuals. It's a lot of fun, and we believe what we are doing matters. With Nas Studios, we're creating videos that leave impact; and with Nas Academy, we are building the world's best creator school. We have presence across the globe in every country. Today with 40 team members, our videos have reached 3.2% of the world’s population, 9+ billion views and 30+ million followers across Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. And we're not stopping any time soon. 

 

RAY ALIMURUNG - CEO, Philippines
RAY ALIMURUNG
Personal Bio
CEO of Lazada Philippines, Ray Alimurung, played an instrumental role in growing the brand’s reach across the archipelago. As its Chief Commercial Officer from 2016 to 2018, he deepened Lazada’s partnerships with major global brands. 

Today, his vision for eCommerce in the Philippines continues to shape the Group’s strategic direction. Ray joined Lazada with 10 years of consumer internet and eCommerce experience gained from his time as Product and Vendor Manager at Amazon US, and in his role as CEO of aCommerce Philippines, a leading eCommerce solutions provider in Southeast Asia. 

He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a BSc in Biology, and completed his MBA at Stanford University.
Company Profile
Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is the leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia. We are accelerating progress in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam through commerce and technology. With the largest logistics and payments networks in the region, Lazada is a part of our consumers’ daily lives in the region and we aim to serve 300 million shoppers by 2030. Since 2016, Lazada is the Southeast Asia flagship platform of the Alibaba Group powered by its cutting-edge technology infrastructure.
RACHMAT KAIMUDDIN - CEO
RACHMAT KAIMUDDIN
Personal Bio
Muhammad Rachmat Kaimuddin is a seasoned leader with an engineering education background and financial management experience. He received his Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, and his Master of Business Administration from Stanford University, California. Rachmat previously served as Director for Finance and Planning for PT Bank Bukopin Tbk starting in 2018. From 2014, he served as a member of the Board of Commissioner for the same bank, up until his appointment as Director. Rachmat started his career as a Senior Associate at the Boston Consulting Group. He has also worked as Managing Director of PT Cardig Air Services, Chief Financial Officer of PT Bosowa Corporindo, Managing Director of PT Semen Bosowa Maros, Vice President of Baring Private Equity Asia and Principal of Quvat.
Company Profile
We are an Indonesian-based technology company with focuses on helping create a fair economy for all. Through our online and offline commerce platforms, we want to provide everyone with options and opportunities to get more out of life. Since 2010, we have been serving more than 6 million online sellers, 5 million Mitra Bukalapak, 90 million users, and became a unicorn in 2017. In completing our services, in 2016 we launched our B2B e-procurement line through BukaPengadaan Indonesia (BPI). In 2019, BPI acquired 500 buyers and 5.000 purchase orders with an average value per transaction of Rp 150 million. We have also been going above and beyond to contribute to the growth of Indonesian MSMEs, which led the Government to award the Satyalancana Wira Karya Medal of Honors for our Founders, Achmad Zaky in 2016 and Fajrin in 2019 for their contributions to the nation. Other forms of recognition we have obtained include ranking 14th in Financial Times’ list of High Growth Companies in the Asia Pacific, HR Asia’s Best Companies To Work For in 2019, and The Best Contact Center Indonesia 2018 and 2019 by the Indonesia Contact Center Association (ICCA).
WEE JONN LEOW - CEO
WEE JONN LEOW
Personal Bio

Wee Jonn Leow  is the CEO of Photobook Worldwide, the largest online photo product company in South East Asia. 

Prior to Photobook Worldwide, he was the Co-Founder / Managing Director of Zalora Malaysia and headed the Marketing, IT and customer care departments. Under his supervision, ZALORA Malaysia became a leading ecommerce company in Malaysia with brand presence, site traffic and revenue growing the fastest amongst all of Zalora’s regional operations. Between 2008 and 2012, he served as a Consultant at Bain & Co, one of the world’s leading business consultancy firms. His past experience at Bain includes company due diligences, merger and acquisitions, business turnarounds, profit improvement and growth strategies. Wee Jonn holds a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.  

In Photobook Worldwide, Wee Jonn heads the commercial side of the business which includes heading the Marketing, Product and Customer Experience teams. Over the past few years, he successfully grew Photobook Worldwide more than 5x to achieve more than a million orders per annum. He is currently spearheading several growth initiatives, ranging from geographic expansion to channel expansion, with the aim of making Photobook Worldwide a global photo product company. 

Company Profile

Photobook Worldwide (“Photobook”) is a leading B2C ecommerce business in South East Asia (“SEA”), primarily involved in the online personalisation of photo products. Photobook also has a fast growing B2B segment which offers corporate clients a wide range of unique personalised products/product kits. 

Established in 2005 and headquartered in Malaysia, Photobook has since expanded its offices to Australia, Canada and Philippines. Photobook has served more than 1 million customers across 100 countries, with its main markets being Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Canada, US, Hong Kong and Australia. 

Through its website and mobile app, Photobook offers a wide range of photo products and enables B2C customers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, print and preserve their memories. The company offers more than 50 products, ranging from photo albums to home décor items and photo gifts. Photobook also provides more than 2,000 design templates on its website. 

Photobook continues to grow 30-50% year on year and is expected to deliver more than 2 million orders this year to customers globally with the aim of becoming Asia’s no.1 photo product company. 

KAREN CHAN - CEO
KAREN CHAN
Personal Bio
Karen Chan is CEO of AirAsia.com, responsible for transforming AirAsia into the fastest-growing travel tech and lifestyle platform in ASEAN that offers a frictionless and personalised experience to consumers across travel, media, e-commerce and lifestyle products, powered by a unified payment and loyalty solution. Prior to this, Karen was Group Chief Commercial Officer for the Airline overseeing commercial, digital, route management, sales and distribution initiatives.

Karen has over 20 years of experience in digital and retail consulting. Prior to joining AirAsia, she was the SVP of Digital for C&J Clark APMEA and Chief Digital Officer for Pizza Hut APAC, championing efforts in omni-channel retailing, digitalisation of brick-and-mortar stores, customer relationship management and headless e-commerce.

Karen holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Company Profile

AirAsia.com is ASEAN's fastest growing super app offering consumers travel and lifestyle products on a single platform. AirAsia.com leverages its digital ecosystem of 75 million users and over 15 products lines across travel, lifestyle, e-commerce and content to offer its consumers a personalised and seamless experience, powered by data and technology, so that now everyone can enjoy more than flights on AirAsia.com

PETER VAN ZYL - President Director & CEO
PETER VAN ZYL
Personal Bio
Company Profile
Allianz started its operations in Indonesia with a representative office in 1981. In 1989, Allianz established PT Asuransi Allianz Utama Indonesia, a general insurance company. Furthermore, Allianz entered the Indonesian life insurance market by opening PT Asuransi Allianz Life Indonesia in 1996. In 2006, Allianz Utama and Allianz Life Indonesia started sharia insurance business. Supported by more than 1,300 employees and a network of more than 26,000 sales professionals as well as bank partners and other distribution channels. Today, Allianz in Indonesia is one of the leading insurance groups in the market trusted to protect more than 6.3 million insured.
KEVIN FITZGERALD - Managing Director, Asia
KEVIN FITZGERALD
Personal Bio

Kevin Fitzgerald is the Managing Director, Asia at Xero. He leads the growth and performance of the Asian business, spending his time between the Singapore and Hong Kong offices. Kevin and his team help small businesses and their advisors across Asia embrace cloud technology to run productive, more profitable businesses.

Originally from Ireland, Kevin moved to Australia in 2011 and led the Financial Services Recruitment Business for Robert Walters in Melbourne. Previously Kevin worked with KPMG, Royal Bank of Canada and State Street Bank in Audit, Financial Reporting and Hedge Funds. His career at Xero began in 2015, leading the Australian sales team as Territory Manager. In the role, he developed a deep well of experience working with SMEs and helping them grow.

Company Profile

Xero is a cloud-based accounting software platform for small businesses with 2.38 million subscribers globally. Through Xero, small business owners and their advisors have access to real-time financial data any time, anywhere and on any device. Xero offers an ecosystem of over 800 third-party apps and 200 plus connections to banks and other financial partners. In 2020, Xero was included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and recognised by IDC MarketScape as a leader in its worldwide SaaS and cloud-enabled small business finance and accounting applications vendor assessment.

HAMISH STONE - CEO
HAMISH STONE
Personal Bio
Hamish Stone  joined iCar Asia as Group CEO in June 2016. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, Hamish provides the business vision, strategy and leadership to over 400 employees across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Hamish is an expert in digital marketplaces having worked at eBay for 10 years across 3 key markets and brands. He led the automotive verticals for the eBay classified businesses of  Gumtree.com  in the U.K., and  Marktplaats.nl  in The Netherlands. Prior to that, Hamish was Head of Marketing for eBay Australia and New Zealand. Hamish holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) majoring in Economics and Marketing from The University of Sydney. 

Company Profile

Listed on Australian Security Exchange, iCar Asia (ASX: ICQ) owns and operates ASEAN No. 1 network of automotive portals with clear leadership positions established in each of ASEAN’s three largest automotive markets – Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. iCar Asia has significant market opportunity with the potential to connect over 600 million car buyers and sellers throughout ASEAN. Their online properties currently reach approximately 12 million car buyers and enthusiasts in the region every month. They have consolidated position in ASEAN markets with established brands, consistent consumer audiences, and listings leadership due to deep car dealership penetration and engagement via our market-leading Response Management System (RMS) which is integrated into dealers’ businesses. 

At iCar Asia, they are passionately committed to building a business that has a definitive impact on the automotive industry in the ASEAN region. Their strategic priorities for the business are to develop a world class customer experience, enabling us to win in all of our core markets. With this position of strength they have the opportunity to expand into adjacent categories and services, as well as into new countries. 

AMIT SABERWAL - Founder & CEO
AMIT SABERWAL
Personal Bio

Amit Saberwal is the innovator behind RedDoorz, Southeast Asia’s largest and fastest-growing affordable accommodations brand. After a 20-year career in hospitality and travel tech, he identified an opportunity to help both the region’s emerging middle-class consumers, and struggling budget hotel owners. Today, Singapore-based RedDoorz is operating with more than 1,800 properties in over 150 cities in Indonesia, The Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore.  

Prior to founding RedDoorz, he was the Chief Business Officer – Hotel and International Markets at India’s premier travel and airline booking site MakeMyTrip.com. He was instrumental in shaping the company and was part of the leadership team growing it to IPO in three years, and getting it listed on NASDAQ in 2010, with 85,000 properties globally. He also spearheaded MakeMyTrip’s largest acquisition of Thailand-based HotelTravel.com. 

Before that, Amit also worked as Director Sales and Marketing with The Park Hotels in Bangalore and New Delhi. He is a Hotel Management graduate with a Post Graduate Diploma in Sales & Marketing from National Institute for Sales, New Delhi. 

He also spent time at Cornell University honing his professional skills as a hotelier. He spent his childhood in Delhi, India. He lives in Singapore with his banker wife and two children. 

Company Profile

RedDoorz is Southeast Asia’s largest and fastest growing, technology-driven hotel management and booking company offering affordable accommodations for everyone. With a vision to enable people to travel more and provide an affordable, reliable stay in all major cities and destinations across the region, RedDoorz is disrupting the hospitality industry by transforming the fragmented supply inventory into branded, standardised accommodations, leveraging its mobile app and digital channels to drive strong consumer demand. 

 

Founded in 2015 by a team of senior executives with deep experience in the online travel and hospitality industry, RedDoorz has grown into a regional powerhouse with operations in Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam – with over 1,800 properties in more than 150 cities across its four markets today. The firm has been growing by five times year-on-year. 

  

As part of the RedDoorz brand network, hotel owners can grow their businesses and increase revenues while streamlining their operations. RedDoorz’s solutions help partners manage distribution, pricing, marketing, customer experience and technology solutions – offering an end-to-end platform powered by advanced technology infrastructure. Consumers can expect a great experience across all its properties, with standardised amenities like free WiFi, clean spotless rooms, comfortable beds, television and daily mineral water. 

EDUARD FABIAN - CTO & VP, Fintech
EDUARD FABIAN
Personal Bio

Eduard Fabian is the Chief Technology Officer/VP of Razer Fintech, a subsidiary of Razer Inc. Razer Fintech is a pioneering fintech player that includes in its suite of products Razer Merchant Services, a leading offline-to-online digital payment network in Southeast Asia as well Razer Pay, a rapidly growing e-wallet targeted at youths and millennials. Eduard is based in Singapore and his initial focus is on special Fintech projects.

Prior to joining Razer, Eduard was the Group Technology Head for United Overseas Bank. During his time in UOB, Eduard played a critical role in leading the design and build of UOB’s TMRW digital bank that has been successfully launched in Thailand and to be rolled out in other emerging Southeast Asian markets. Eduard brings with him over 20 years of global experience in leading technology teams in Asia, Europe and the US. He has spent the last 10 years driving business transformation and innovation in digital banking and insurance. He started his career in Financial Services with Citibank in Dublin, Ireland, where he helped build the Citi Innovation Lab and launched industry-leading digital banking products for corporates. Eduard moved from Dublin to Singapore to head up Citibank’s technology team for transaction banking across 17 Asian markets. Prior to that, Eduard worked in the software industry, including building one of the first cloud engineering teams in Oracle. Eduard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.


Company Profile

Backed by the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers synonymous with the youth and millennials, Razer Fintech is the financial technology arm of Razer Inc. Established in April 2018, Razer Fintech has grown to become one of the largest O2O (offline to online) digital payment networks in SEA and has processed over billions of dollars in total payment value. Razer Fintech operates two verticals, Razer Merchant Services (“RMS”) and Razer Pay.

Razer Merchant Services is a leading B2B (business-to-business) solution encompassing:

  • RMS Online: Card processing gateway supporting global scheme cards and over 110 payment methods, powering online payments for global blue-chip merchants in SEA including Grab, Lazada, Facebook, Shopee, Taobao.com, and more.
  • RMS Offline: SEA’s largest offline payment network of over 1 million physical acceptance points across SEA. RMS Offline also extends point-of-sale services (such as bill payments and telco reloads), cash-over-counter services (including Razer Pay top-ups and fulfilment of e-commerce purchases), distribution of third party point-of-sale activation (POSA) cards, and merchant acquiring services for Razer Pay and other third-party e-wallets.
  • Razer Pay is a B2C (business-to-consumer) solution comprising an all-encompassing e-wallet focused on offering a plethora of compelling use cases targeted at the youths, millennials, and underbanked.


CARMEN YUEN - Partner, SEA & India
CARMEN YUEN
Personal Bio
Carmen Yuen joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India in 2014. She has served many years in Singapore’s government-backed venture capital initiatives including EDB Investments and Spring SEEDS Capital where she worked closely with many startup companies in Singapore. She currently serves on the Board of TickledMedia (dba TheAsianParent.com) and Turnkey Lender. Carmen received her BBA from Simon Fraser University. 
Company Profile

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding in Southeast Asia and India, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other emerging hubs of innovation across the region. 

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India is part of the Vertex global network of venture capital funds. A trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, Vertex supports its portfolio companies with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.vertexventures.sg/ 

BILL REICHERT - Partner
BILL REICHERT
Personal Bio
Bill Reichert is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that is focused on making strategic investments in high-tech startups and connecting them with the Pegasus network of over 30 corporate Limited Partners.  Bill has been part of the Pegasus investment team that has invested in over 100 companies, including SpaceX, 23andMe, Bird, and RobinHood.   
Company Profile

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in exceptional emerging technology companies around the world. Pegasus offers a unique Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) model for global corporations that wish to partner with cutting-edge technology startups. Leveraging its extensive global network, the firm vets investment opportunities for its corporate partners, manages the investments, and connects portfolio companies to its ecosystem of global corporate partners to accelerate growth.  Pegasus is stage agnostic and invests into diverse domains, such as IT, Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Quantum Computing, FinTech, and other Next Generation Technologies.

Pegasus also founded and sponsors Startup World Cup, one of the biggest and richest startup competitions in the world. Startup World Cup extends to over 50 countries across six continents, with a Grand Finale in Silicon Valley featuring a $1 Million investment prize.

SAM CANAVAN - General Manager, APAC
SAM CANAVAN
Personal Bio

Sam Canavan is the Regional Director of APAC at ClassPass, overseeing Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. After a stint in the Australian Army, Sam received a degree in marketing and communications and worked as a journalist and marketer in fitness, wellness, and professional sport - including several years with Australia's largest sport, the Australian Football League (AFL). After time agency-side working across brands such as Toyota, Google, and Amazon, Sam combined his love of wellness and technology and helmed the ANZ arm of French sport tech business 'Sport Heroes,' rising to be Managing Director as the start-up raised millions in Series B funding from France's biggest sporting retailer, Decathlon. After two years at Sport Heroes Sam joined ClassPass in late 2018, fresh off their Series D funding round, amidst aggressive worldwide expansion -especially in Asia and Europe. Sam originally oversaw ANZ, before stepping up to lead the entire APAC region in June last year. Sam splits his time between Singapore and Sydney, and he's currently based on Bondi beach, where he's still never learned to surf properly!

Company Profile

ClassPass, founded in 2013 in New York is the world's biggest fitness subscription - an app and website that acts as a global passport to access more than 33,000 fitness, wellness, and beauty venues, in 30 countries and 2500 cities. Users sign up for ClassPass and use its in-app currency - called ClassPass credits - to book everything from yoga in New York, to Pilates in Perth, to boxing or cycling or gym time in Kuala Lumpur to axe throwing in Bangkok, to a sauna and spa experience in Singapore. ClassPass credits work seamlessly wherever you are in the world - one simply opens their app, selects the activity near them they'd like to book, and pays with ClassPass credits - no matter the local currency. ClassPass became the decade's first Unicorn in January 2020, raising a $285m Series E to take its valuation above US$1B, and total funding to $549M.

DAN ROBERTS - Global Head of Business Banking (Interim)
DAN ROBERTS
Personal Bio

Dan Roberts is Head of Strategic Growth for HSBC Commercial Banking in Asia, and interim Global Head of Business Banking. In addition to leading the digital transformation and innovation team, Dan drives the coordination and delivery of strategic growth initiatives including Business Banking, ASEAN and the Belt & Road Initiative. He joined HSBC in 2019 having previously run transaction banking at Barclays.

Dan has been actively involved in financial services innovation for many years both as a product owner and investor. He was a board director of Barclays Financial Investments Limited and previously ran their venture capital business. He is particularly interested in the applications of data and analytics in financial services. Dan holds a degree in mathematics from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Chicago Booth.

Company Profile
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is the founding member of the HSBC Group. HSBC serves customers worldwide from offices in 64 countries and territories in our geographical regions: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,715bn at 31 December 2019, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations.
DAVID SNG - Growth & Expansion Lead, SEA
DAVID SNG
Personal Bio
David leads Stripe's efforts to expand into and grow new markets across Southeast Asia. He works closely with companies—from high-growth startups to the region's most well-known brands—to help them reach global customers, reduce fraud rates, and improve business results. Prior to Stripe, David led early stage investments at a government linked VC (SGInnovate), ran and grew various functions at e-commerce company ShopBack, was a part-time software engineer, and helped Fortune 500 companies expand internationally as a management consultant at McKinsey. David holds a degree from Princeton University. 
Company Profile
Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies like Salesforce and Facebook—use the company’s software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries. Stripe helps new companies get started and grow their revenues, and established businesses accelerate into new markets and launch new business models. Over the long term, Stripe aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
BELINDA CHIU - Business Development Manager, Listings
BELINDA CHIU
Personal Bio

Belinda Chiu is a Business Development Manager, Listings at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Sydney. She is responsible for the development of ASX’s domestic and international listings business. Joining ASX in early 2012 as a Listings Compliance Adviser, Belinda worked closely with international companies seeking an ASX IPO as well as post-listing compliance matters. Prior to her Business Development role, Belinda was a senior listings adviser to ASX technology companies. Belinda holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Company Profile

ASX - a powerful platform for growth and global exposure.

For tech innovators needing capital to grow their business, ASX is the leading public market in the Asia Pacific, with a successful track record of supporting companies with attractive potential, offering a powerful platform from which to grow and achieve global exposure.

ASX provides a full suite of services, including listings, trading, clearing and settlement across a comprehensive range of asset classes.

ASX is a world leader in raising capital, consistently ranked in the top 10 globally. And it’s at forefront of technology itself, being among the first to embrace distributed ledger technology to enhance its post-trade services.

With access to the world’s fourth largest pool of pension assets and a sophisticated investor base, more than 2,200 companies across various sectors and geographies, already enjoy the benefits of listing with ASX.

NICKO WIDJAJA - CEO
NICKO WIDJAJA
Personal Bio

Nicko Widjaja is the CEO of BRI Ventures, a venture arm of Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI), the country’s largest bank by assets. 

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 Telkom Indonesia backed venture capital, with investment in over 10 countries. Under his leadership, MDI Ventures become one of the most profitable venture capital firms in the region with two international IPOs (ASX and TSE) and six trade exits in just four years since inception. 

Prior to MDI Ventures, he launched one of the first Indonesia venture funds in 2010 called Systec Ventures. He joined Telkom Indonesia’s Indigo Creative Nation as Managing Director before he co-wrote the investment thesis for MDI Ventures in 2014. He also works closely with various state-owned, advising on digital transformation initiatives across different sectors and industries. 

His vast experience was complemented by his role at Indofood, the largest FMCG company in Indonesia, where he took on corporate transformation and organizational change. His exposure to startup ecosystem was provided by his beginner’s years in Silicon Valley (1999 - 2003) where he worked at multiple early stage startups. 

He is also an adjunct professor at UPH Business School since 2010, where he is involved in the design of entrepreneurship and venture capital curriculum. 

Throughout his career, he’s invested in more than 100 startups globally. 

Company Profile
BRI Ventures (BV) is a corporate venture capital initiative backed by Bank Rakyat Indonesia, with headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. The firm is established as an independent entity with its own funding processes. 
BEVERLY CHEN - Marketing Director, APAC
BEVERLY CHEN
Personal Bio
Beverly leads AppsFlyer’s marketing efforts in the APAC region where it is committed to growing a dynamic mobile ecosystem by providing data-driven mobile marketers a comprehensive suite of measurement and analytical solutions to optimize their mobile business. Prior to joining AppsFlyer, Beverly honed her passion in the mobile space at Zalora Group where she was Head of Online Channels. She is also a highly adaptable full-stack marketer with significant domestic and regional growth experience across a range of marketing disciplines. 
Company Profile
AppsFlyer's technology is found on 98 percent of the world's smartphones, making it the global leader in mobile attribution and marketing analytics. Data-driven marketers trust AppsFlyer for independent measurement solutions and innovative tools to grow and protect their mobile business. AppsFlyer's platform processes billions of mobile actions every day, empowering marketers and developers to maximize the return on their marketing investments. AppsFlyer's People-based Attribution, NativeTrack™ Attribution, Marketing Analytics Data, OneLink's Deep linking capabilities and Protect360 enterprise-grade fraud solutions have made AppsFlyer's platform the go-to resource for the most successful mobile apps in the world. With Facebook, Google, Twitter, Pinterest, Snap Inc., Tencent and 4,600+ other integrated partners, and clients including HBO, Alibaba, Adidas, Skyscanner, Activision, SEA Group, Kabam, Grab and 12,000+ leading brands worldwide, AppsFlyer has 15 global offices to support marketers everywhere. To learn more, visit www.appsflyer.com.
CHANDRA FIRMANTO - Managing Partner
CHANDRA FIRMANTO
Personal Bio
Chandra Firmanto is Managing Partner of Indogen Capital, an early stage VC firm investing in greater SEA. He is a seasoned entrepreneur turned investor. Prior to Indogen Capital, he has over 20 years of experience in managing his family business and investments as the Chairman of  PT Aneka Makmur Sejahtera. The family business operates across FMCG, automotive, and property sectors and has over 3500+ employees and 150+ branches across Indonesia.
Company Profile
Indogen Capital is an Indonesia based early stage VC fund. Since our inception in late 2016, we have invested in 19 companies across multiple sectors in greater SEA. We invest in pre-series A to series A stage with ticket size ranging from $300k - $500k. Our vision as a fund is to become the best local partners for the founders by leveraging local know-how and extensive local business networks in not only 1st tier cities but also in 2nd and 3rd tier cities in Indonesia.
MARC WOO - Country Manager, Malaysia
MARC WOO
Personal Bio

Marc Woo is the new Country Head of Google Malaysia and oversees Google’s sales and business development operations in Malaysia, determining the business strategy for its local offices as well as partnerships for Google’s products. A Google veteran of seven and a half years, he was among the very first Malaysia hires for Google when it began operations here in January 2011.  

Marc has been the Industry Head for the e-commerce, travel and financial services business for Google in Malaysia for the past several years. His previous experiences before joining Google included building a digital agency in Singapore, technology consulting in London and designing websites for the World Cyber Games. 

Marc graduated with first class honors in Actuarial Science from the London School of Economics, and obtained full distinctions at Raffles Junior College in Singapore under the ASEAN scholarship program. For leisure, he enjoys exploring new culinary experiences and spends half a day a week on the golf courses of Klang Valley. He is married with one child. 

Company Profile

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome, and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known companies in the world.  

 

It’s really the people that make Google the kind of company it is. Every day, teams bring their insight, imagination, and a healthy disregard for the impossible, believing in the ability of technology to change the world as they create opportunities for everyone - whether down the street or across the globe.  

DAVE NG - General Partner
DAVE NG
Personal Bio
Dave Ng is a General Partner at Altara Ventures. Throughout his career, he has built expertise in early and growth stage investments, business strategy, technology thought leadership, startup operations and product development. 
Company Profile
Altara Ventures is a venture capital firm led by general partners with extensive experience in founding, operating and investing in technology startups in Southeast Asia and globally. We back founders in their journeys to build and scale by leveraging the partnership’s global networks and prior experience in building companies to successful exits.
ED CLARKE - Co-Founder & Managing Director
ED CLARKE
Personal Bio

Ed Clarke is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Yojee, a fast growing logistics technology company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: YOJ). Ed is an experienced technology entrepreneur with extensive experience in taking innovative technology platforms to market in areas such as real-time communication, big data marketing and e-commerce. As Vice President of Sales at Temasys, Ed was part of a team that IBM recognized as one of the “Top-5 global start-ups to watch in 2014”. 

Prior to this, Ed was Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Silicon Valley and Asia venture capitalist-backed big data e-commerce marketing technology platform, Ematic Solutions, which now has more than 100 of South East Asia’s leading e-commerce retailers on its technology platform. 

Ed has been featured and provided keynotes around the world including on the Executive Series in Australia, Tech in Asia magazine, Prime Mover, Proactive Investors Australia, Post And Parcel magazine and numerous logistics and technology related media. 

Company Profile

Yojee, is helping supply chain logistics companies solve their biggest challenges through the application of innovative technology. Its cloud-based (SaaS) logistics Platform seamlessly and uniquely manages, tracks and optimises freight movements along the entire logistics chain, from sender to end customer, across borders and between logistics providers (land, sea, air), with subcontractors and for multi-leg journeys.  

Rarely is a single carrier servicing an entire goods journey from sender to end customer, or exclusively using one type of transportation method. Yojee ensures connectivity and more efficient planning along the entire journey by managing, tracking and auditing goods movements and, undertaking route and schedule optimisation. Yojee is scaling and already has global top 10 enterprise customers. 

WILLIAM BAO BEAN - General Patner
WILLIAM BAO BEAN
Personal Bio
William is a General Partner at SOSV - The Accelerator VC - the #1 most active venture capital investor in the world in (2Q20, Pitchbook) with US$740m assets under management. At SOSV he is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, the first startup accelerator to launch in Asia and the first and only active accelerator in Asia to have a unicorn go through its program - Bitmex a leading crypto exchange in the world, and also the Founder and Managing Director of MOX - the Mobile Only Accelerator which provides startups with free user acquisition to the 90m smartphone users on the platform. William joined SOSV from SingTel Innov8Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director supporting Greater China investments. Prior to that William was a General Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China andSouth East Asia. William started his career in equity research most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was top ranked analyst in Asia Internet and China Tech, Media and Telecom and worked on IPOs and investments for Alibaba, Kingsoft, eLong (Expedia China), OnMobile, Rediff and Naukri.
Company Profile
SOSV — The Accelerator VC — is a $700M venture fund operating global accelerator programs: HAX(Shenzhen/San Francisco) for hardware, IndieBio (San Francisco/NYC) for life sciences, Chinaccelerator(Shanghai) and MOX (Taipei) for cross-border internet, Food-X (NYC) for the business of food, and dlab (NYC)for blockchain. SOSV invests in over 150 companies per year and over its two-decade history has a trackrecord that puts it in the top 10% of VC funds in the world.
PAUL WHITEWAY - Senior Director, APAC 
PAUL WHITEWAY
Personal Bio

Paul Whiteway is Senior Director, APAC at Skyscanner. Based in the regional headquarters in Singapore, he is responsible for helping lead the company’s growth across APAC, he also heads up the Japan business based in Tokyo.  

Paul has been working with Internet companies since the industry’s formation and is experienced at scaling businesses in both start-up and corporate environments. He was previously General Manager of the Internet Advertising Division for Yellow Pages Australia, VP for a telecommunications start-up in New York City and Business Manager for MSN in London. He has been working in Asia since 2007 where, amongst other roles, he held senior roles at Yahoo!, leading product, editorial and engineering teams across the region and was Chief Operating Officer for iProperty, based in Malaysia up till his appointment at Skyscanner in 2013. Paul is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at INSEAD Singapore where he provides coaching and advice to students interested in entrepreneurship. 

Company Profile
Founded in 2003, Skyscanner is a leading travel company dedicated to putting travellers first by making booking trips as simple as possible. Skyscanner helps more than 100 million people in 52 countries and over 30 languages find the best travel options for flights, hotels and car hire every month. Skyscanner is available on desktop, mobile web and its highly rated app has 110 million downloads. Working with 1200 travel partners, Skyscanner’s mission is to lead the global transformation to modern and sustainable travel.   

For more information, visit: https://www.skyscanner.net/about-us
DAVID KELLS - Director, Corporate Advisory
DAVID KELLS
Personal Bio
David is a Director in the Corporate Advisory division of Morgans. He has over 15 years’ experience working across both Equity Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions transactions. 
Having been involved in domestic and cross border M&A together with having raised significant capital for domestic and foreign companies, David brings a depth of experience to his clients and is committed to helping his clients fund and achieve their growth objectives. 
David has executed transactions across a wide range of industries, including software, technology, advanced manufacturing, consumer, retail and healthcare. 
David is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance (FINSIA), and a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney.  
Company Profile

Morgans is Australia's largest national full-service stockbroking and wealth management network with over 240,000 client accounts, 500 authorised representatives and 950 employees operating from 61 offices in all states and territories.  We have been helping Australian investors with stockbroking services for over 35 years. 

The Morgans Corporate Finance team is a market leader in capital raisings and corporate advisory solutions for Australian companies.

PAUL HADJY - Co-Founder & CEO
PAUL HADJY
Personal Bio
Paul Hadjy is the CEO and Co-founder of Horangi, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that offers an integrated SaaS security platform and CREST-accredited services including  penetration testing. Prior to Horangi, Paul worked at Palantir Technologies across the U.S., Korea, New Zealand, and Afghanistan, where he was part of the US Department of Defense Counter-IED unit. Paul was also the Head of Information Security at Grab.

As the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Horangi Cyber Security, Paul leads a team of cybersecurity specialists who create software that solves challenging cybersecurity problems. Horangi aims to bring world-class, cyber solutions to the Asian market. The company provides clients with the right, actionable data to make critical cyber decisions. Prior to Horangi, Paul worked at Palantir Technologies, where he was instrumental in expanding Palantir’s footprint in Asia Pacific. He worked across Singapore, Korea and New Zealand to build Palantir's business in both the commercial and government space and grow its regional teams. He has over a decade of experience and expertise in Anti-Money Laundering, Insider Threat, Cyber Security, Government and Commercial Banking. In 2016, Grab selected Paul as their Head of IT to shape the company’s internal technology, information security and business process architecture during their rapid scaling. 
Company Profile
Horangi Cyber Security is a Singapore-based CREST-accredited company backed by a team of global cybersecurity experts in Asia and trusted by Industry Leaders such as Gojek, MoneySmart, PropertyGuru and Tiket.com. Founded by ex-Palantir cybersecurity experts Paul Hadjy and Lee Sult in 2016, Horangi Cyber Security offers the latest in product innovation and technology to protect organizations.
MELISA IRENE - Partner
MELISA IRENE
Personal Bio
Melisa Irene is Partner of East Ventures, an early stage investment fund with B2C and B2B focus industry. Over 5 years, she has worked closely with startup founders across SEA to provide coordination and support for venture growth and fund raising. 
Company Profile

East Ventures is an early stage venture fund focused on Southeast Asia and Japan. Over several years, East Ventures has invested in hundreds of companies in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand. The majority of East Ventures’ portfolio firms have been able to raise follow-on financing rounds.  

East Ventures has a strong track record in developing pan-Asia tech-ecosystems and backing startups in their early days. The company has invested in over 400 startups and 4 among them are the unicorns. Success cases include companies such as Tokopedia, Traveloka, Mercari, Warung Pintar, Fore Coffee, Disdus (acquired by Groupon), Kudo (acquired by Grab), Loket (acquired by Gojek), Tech in Asia, Omise, IDN Media, Ruangguru, MokaPOS, ShopBack, and CoHive.  

SHAHID NIZAMI - Managing Director, APAC
SHAHID NIZAMI
Personal Bio
Before joining HubSpot, Shahid led the Account Management business for Google Cloud in APAC where he managed a team spread across six different locations, achieving unparalleled results. Before Google, he held several leadership positions at Oracle and has developed a remarkably deep understanding of the APAC market.
Shahid’s appointment follows more than three years of instrumental growth for HubSpot in APAC. The depth and breadth of his experience, as well as his passion for cultivating a remarkable workplace culture, will bring a wealth of impact to HubSpot’s success in the region.
Company Profile
HubSpot is a leading growth platform with thousands of customers around the world. Comprised of Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, and a powerful free CRM, HubSpot gives companies the tools they need to grow better. Our company culture builds connections, careers, and employee growth. How? By creating a workplace that values flexibility, autonomy, and transparency. If that sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we’d love to hear from you. You can find out more about our company culture in the HubSpot Culture Code, which has more than 5M views, and learn about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, too. 

Thanks to the work of every HubSpotter globally who has helped build our remarkable culture, HubSpot has been named a top workplace by Glassdoor, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and more. HubSpot was founded in 2006. We’re headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and we have offices in Dublin (Ireland), Sydney (Australia), Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Singapore, Tokyo (Japan), Berlin (Germany), Paris (France), and Bogotá (Colombia), and hundreds of employees work fully remotely around the world.
SHAUN DI GREGORIO - Founder & CEO
SHAUN DI GREGORIO
Personal Bio

Recognised as a global leader in online marketplaces, Shaun is the CEO and Founder of ASX listed ‘Frontier Digital Ventures’ (ASX:FDV)  a company focused on investing in online marketplaces in emerging markets across the globe. FDV currently has 15 investments covering 20 countries and a market of over A$500 million.

Prior to launching FDV, Shaun was the CEO of ASX listed company ‘iProperty Group’ operator of Asia’s #1 network of property portals. During his five year tenure (2014-2009), Shaun spearheaded the transformation of iProperty Group from a small online business with a market capitalization of US$15 million into the largest listed Internet company in ASEAN with a market capitalisation of US$600 million. Under Shaun’s leadership, iProperty Group achieved revenue growth of 500 per cent, achieved profitability, with the share price increasing by 4000 per cent.

Prior to this, Shaun spent eight years as General Manager at Australia-based REA Group, a global leader and publisher of 20 real estate websites in 12 countries. As General Manager of the core Australian business ‘realestate.com.au’, Shaun grew the business alongside a team of eight people with revenue of AU$5million into a company with more than 300 staff and revenues exceeding AU$150 million.

Company Profile
Frontier Digital Ventures is focused on becoming a leading operator of online marketplace businesses in emerging markets across the globe. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the investment firm offers local operators both capital and expertise in developing, growing and operating online marketplace businesses. Frontier Digital Ventures partnering with local teams who want to build leading online marketplace businesses in emerging markets. The firm provides funding, advice and assistance on setting strategy and the execution of that strategy. Its vast pool of knowledge of the online marketplace space and well established global business network, positions it perfectly to enable and advance local operators in frontier and emerging markets across the globe.
VU VAN - Co-Founder & CEO
VU VAN
Personal Bio

Ms. Vu Van is a female entrepreneur and the Co-founder & CEO of Silicon Valley-based ELSA, the world’s best and smartest English pronunciation app. She worked with leading speech scientists, machine learning scientists, and linguists from around the world to create ELSA. Powered by the company’s proprietary AI and speech recognition technology, ELSA scores a learners' speech to pinpoint individual syllable and phoneme level mistakes with real time feedback. 

 

Prior to founding ELSA, Vu lived and worked in Vietnam, Singapore, Denmark where she experienced the challenges of an English language learner abroad. She served as an Engagement Manager at Booz & Co, one of the top four global management consulting firms. Vu earned an MBA and a Masters in Education from Stanford University and is originally from Vietnam.  

 

Company Profile
Together with a very talented team of speech recognition scientists and linguistic experts, we created ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant), one of the smartest A.I. assistant for pronunciation training and accent reduction. Our vision is to enable the 1.5 billion language learners around the globe to speak foreign languages with full confidence and unlock their opportunities in life. Our flagship product, ELSA Speak, is a personal virtual pronunciation coach. ELSA can listen to you speak English, pick out the exact errors as you speak at an individual sound level or intonation, rhythm, and pitch. ELSA will then give you instant feedback and recommendations on how to fix those errors. All these feedback are fully automated using our proprietary speech recognition technology based on deep-learning algorithm.

Our recent accomplishments: - “The Best Digital Learning App” at Reimagine Education 2016 - The 2016 winner of the world’s largest startup competition SXSWEdu Launch - Recognized as Top 5 Best Artificial Intelligence Apps (by Research Sniper); and Top 4 Companies Using AI To Transform The World (by Forbes) - A growing user base of 4 million people from 101 countries - Recently invested by Gradient Ventures - Google’s A.I. fund.
MINETTE NAVARRETE - Co-Founder & President
MINETTE NAVARRETE
Personal Bio
Minette Navarrete is Vice-Chairman and President of Kickstart Ventures, Inc. She is a member of the Ayala Corporation’s Innovation Advisory Council, and of Globe’s Innovation Advisory Board. She is a Senior Vice President at Globe Telecom, focusing on New Business, and a member of the Board of Directors of AdSpark, Globe’s digital advertising subsidiary. Minette has held CEO/COO positions in various industries, ranging from scrappy Philippine startups to iconic global companies.

Minette Navarrete joined Globe Telecom Inc. in July 2006 to start Business Development in what was then a pure-play mobile operator. Under Minette’s leadership, the team created Globe’s first digital strategy blueprint and put in place the foundation of Globe’s digital media, content, and mobile advertising businesses. In 2012, Minette led her team to found Kickstart Ventures, Inc. (www.kickstart.ph) and spin it out as a wholly-owned Globe subsidiary. As a corporate venture capital firm, Kickstart invests globally, providing capital, mentoring, and market access to early-to - early-growth stage tech startups. Its portfolio consists of 45 companies in eight countries around the world, investing out of its two early (2012 and 2015) funds. In 2020, Kickstart closed the ACTIVE Fund, anchored by the Philippines’ first business house, the Ayala Corporation, and subsidiaries of the conglomerate –leaders across a wide range of industries. 

The ACTIVE Fund tracks four investment theses; and will invest in early-and early-growth tech companies around the world. Minette is also a member of Ayala Corporation’s Innovation Advisory Council and of Globe’s Innovation Advisory Board. Minette has held CEO/COO positions in various industries, ranging from Philippine startups to iconic multinationals. Before joining Globe, she was Philippine Managing Director of online game publishing startup, Level Up! She previously served as Levi Strauss & Company’s Country Manager for the Philippines and Guam; and President & CEO of Shangri-La Plaza Corporation. She cut her teeth in global FMCG giants, Unilever and L’Oréal. Minette holds a Bachelor of Science, Major in Management Engineering, from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Company Profile
Kickstart Ventures is the wholly-owned corporate venture capital firm of Globe Telecom, the Philippines’ leading mobile operator. Kickstart invests in early-to early-growth stage tech startups globally, and they serve as advisor to the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture Fund (“ACTIVE Fund”) established by AC Ventures together with various Ayala group business units.
HUGH TERRY - Founder
HUGH TERRY
Personal Bio
Hugh Terry is the Founder of The Digital Insurer. Hugh has more than 20 years’ experience in the Insurance industry including operational, consulting and entrepreneurial roles. He is an actuary by profession and lives in Singapore. He is passionate about the application of technology to insurance business models and as well as writing articles he actively shares his experience via consulting assignments, speaking opportunities and participation in entrepreneurial initiatives in the field of digital insurance 
Company Profile

The Digital Insurer is committed to working together to accelerate the digital transformation of insurance. The Digital Insurer has built the world's largest dedicated knowledge base on digital insurance for a community of more than 35,000 people who have a common interest in digital insurance. Join us and find out more at www.the-digital-insurer.com 

 

ERIC CHENG - Co-Founder & Group CEO
ERIC CHENG
Personal Bio

Eric Cheng co-founded Carsome, Southeast Asia’s largest online used car trading platform in 2015. With his combined knowledge in accountancy, business development, digital marketing and strategy, he leads the overall strategic direction of the business across multiple verticals and expansion strategies. Carsome has since expanded from Malaysia into Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, and currently transacts more than 40,000 cars annually totalling more than US$600 million in transacted value. Eric was previously an Account Director of Digital Media at Innity. 

 

Company Profile

Carsome is Southeast Asia’s largest online used car trading platform with presence in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. It aims to digitalize the region’s used car industry by reshaping and elevating the car buying and selling experience. Carsome provides end-to-end solutions to consumers and used car dealers, from car inspection, ownership transfer to financing, promising a service that is trusted, convenient and fast. Carsome currently transacts more than 40,000 cars annually totalling more than US$600 million in transacted value. For more information, please visit www.carsome.com.  

FIRAS ALSUWAIGH - Chief Strategy Officer
FIRAS ALSUWAIGH
Personal Bio

Firas Alsuwaigh is the Chief Strategy Officer at Ninja Van where he leads the Regional Strategy Department’s development on new products, provides strategic insights on how to identify potential business opportunities and frames clear strategic initiatives across Southeast Asia.

With strong entrepreneurial passion and inter-departmental collaboration skills, Firas works closely with the CEO and senior executives to devise effective short and long term plans for the company.

As a critical thinker, Firas also analyses product line performance closely, monitors changes within the logistics industry and helps define the implications for the company. The department takes a long-term view of Southeast Asia and explores additional use cases for Ninja Van's network to see if they have the potential for viable growth to fit into the company’s larger business units.

Firas was previously the Country Head of Singapore and Ninja Xpress Indonesia where he helped position Ninja Van as the leading technology-based logistics provider in both countries. During his undergraduate law degree days with NUS, he joined a group of friends to start men’s custom fashion retailer Marcella. Upon graduation, he spent a brief period working at a law firm before heeding the call of entrepreneurship.

Company Profile
Ninja Van is a tech-enabled express logistics company providing hassle-free delivery solutions for businesses of all sizes across Southeast Asia. Launched in 2014, Ninja Van started operations in Singapore and has become the region’s fastest growing last-mile logistics company, powering businesses with innovative logistics solutions. Today, Ninja Van has grown its network to cover six countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. For more information, visit www.ninjavan.co.  
CHEE SOON NG - Managing Director
CHEE SOON NG
Personal Bio
As Managing Director of Carousell Singapore, Chee Soon is responsible for managing overall business strategy as well as daily operations for Carousell Singapore. He is accountable for the overall revenue goals across verticals including Advertisements, SMBs/Merchants, Internal Self-Serve, Autos, and Property, as well as future revenue streams. Chee Soon is a seasoned business leader with over 30 years experience managing businesses of varying scale and complexity, from disruptive startups like Grab, to well established large companies, like HP and Compaq, as well as smaller organisations like Sennheiser. 
Company Profile
Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. Launched in August 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and is now one of the world's largest and fastest growing marketplaces in eight markets across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Carousell is backed by Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, Sequoia Capital, and Naspers. The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets and fashion accessories. Download the app for iOS or Android, and visit www.carousell.com for more information. 
 
TIGER FANG - Co-Founder & CEO
TIGER FANG
Personal Bio

Having started his career in investment banking, Tiger early on developed an appreciation of the awesome power of financial and technological leverage in driving profound change into operationally intense industries such as logistics and e-commerce. 

Tiger is a veteran of massive platform launches into new markets. For instance, he helped launch Rocket and Lazada operations into Thailand and Vietnam. Later, he built out Uber in Western China. At one point, the provincial capital Chengdu was in fact Uber’s busiest urban market globally. 

After five years leading Uber's operations in Western China and later, Indonesia, Tiger co-founded Kargo Technologies in late 2018 to tackle inefficiencies in the trucking space in Indonesia. The business - self-described as Uber for logistics - provides a platform for companies to find truckers or other transportation providers online to move their products via the app. Tiger is now the CEO of the company. 

Company Profile
Kargo Technologies is a venture-backed freight logistics marketplace covering the entire Indonesian archipelago. The company aims to revolutionize the country’s freight logistics industry by implementing technology that drives efficiency, transparency, and accountability. Kargo comes with a bold mission of digitizing all of Indonesian's logistics. 
DHRUV ARORA - Founder & CEO
DHRUV ARORA
Personal Bio
Dhruv is the Founder & CEO of Syfe, an MAS licensed Digital Wealth Manager, offering fully-managed investment solutions across user segments. Syfe has been growing rapidly in Singapore and soon expanding to other geographies in Asia. Dhruv is a former Director at UBS. He started his career as a Portfolio Trader in Hong Kong and then went to lead UBS’ Asia Pacific Exchange-traded Funds (ETF) distribution efforts. After an extensive career in finance, Dhruv joined Softbank-backed Grofers, a leader in India's e-grocery space, as Vice President of Product and Growth.   
Company Profile
Syfe is a MAS-licensed digital wealth manager that helps people invest better and make smarter financial decisions. Grounded in the deep expertise of our financial research team, Syfe offers investment strategies for the most important goals in life, from purchasing your first home to retiring comfortably. Creating personalised, professionally managed portfolios takes only a few minutes with Syfe's mobile and web applications. Clients enjoy access to Syfe's wealth advisors and an intuitive investing experience that is low cost and hassle-free. The platform has no minimum investment amounts and maintains a low annual fee, starting at 0.4 percent of the total amount invested. For more information on Syfe, please visit: www.syfe.com 
REYNAZRAN ROYONO - Founder & CEO
REYNAZRAN ROYON
Personal Bio
Reynazran (Rey) Royono is the Founder & CEO of Snapcart, a platform that applies proprietary AI to connect Brands and Customers through real-time data and purchase attributions. Before founding Snapcart in 2015, Rey has 13 years of experience working at FMCG giant Procter & Gamble and top-tier consultancy The Boston Consulting Group, before transitioning to the startup scene. In 2014, as the CEO of Berniaga.com (a 701Search joint-venture company of Singapore Press Holding, Schibsted, and Telenor) Rey led the site to be the number 1 commerce site in Indonesia within just 6 months, before finally exiting to OLX. Rey is an avid gamer, and currently ranked Top 5 Player vs Player (PVP) battle globally in one of a well-known mobile online games. He and his wife recently adopted a toy poodle, helping them breeze through social distancing period. 
Company Profile
Snapcart applies proprietary AI to connect Brands and Customers through real-time data and purchase attributions. Since its launch in September 2015, the company prides itself in the creation of technologies to collect billions of unstructured data while processing those data into value-add services within just seconds. This approach enables Brands to measure, target, and optimize sales and advertising, helping them compete in an increasingly competitive, data-driven world. To date, Snapcart has partnered with over 75 Brands in multiple sectors such as Consumer Goods, Telco, Electronics, F&B, Media, Research, and Public Sector. The company is widely recognized by global institutions, receiving multiple awards and is identified as one of the businesses with the most potential to influence, change or create new global markets. 
JOHNATHAN LEE - Country Head, Malaysia
Johnathan Lee
Personal Bio
Johnathan has more than 20 years experience in various industries and holds qualifications from Otago University (NZ). In the last 10 years’ alone, he has held senior management roles at a top government agency that put Malaysia on the global startup map, co-founding his own healthcare startup, heading business development for one of Malaysia largest public listed tech companies, to building and fundraising for an early stage Venture Capital firm. Now, Johnathan spends his time advising top corporates and governments in Southeast Asia in the areas of innovation, growth and investment as the Country Head (Malaysia) of RISE.  
Company Profile
RISE is a leading Corporate Innovation Powerhouse based in Southeast Asia. With the mission to raise 1-percent of the GDP of this region, we work closely with Fortune 500, large family businesses, and government agencies across the region to help set up and scale innovation initiatives from outside and within the organization. We are known for our Global Accelerator Program, Intrapreneurship University, Venture Building Services, and Corporate Innovation Summit - Asia’s Largest Experiential Conference. We have been creating a global ecosystem for corporate innovation with a network of more than 400 corporations, 2,000 startups, and over 20,000 corporate innovators and partners from 40 countries around the world, contributing to a combined impact of over US$1 billion. 
 
For more information about RISE, visit https://riseaccel.com 
GIULIO XILOYANNIS - Chief Commercial Officer
GIULIO XILOYANNIS
Personal Bio

Giulio Xiloyannis is ZALORA’s Chief Commercial Officer leading ZALORA Group’s commercial team. Before his appointment as CCO, Giulio served as Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and as Managing Director for four key markets – Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan – better known as “The Cluster”, leading the performance and business plan within these markets.

His scope of expertise encompasses managing Buying and Stock Planning, Pricing, Online and Offline Marketing, Partnerships and Alliances, Communications and Public Relations, Product and IT System Development and Management.

Prior to ZALORA, he worked in other companies founded by Rocket Internet GmbH, the world's largest Internet incubator as well as covering positions in the investment banking world for JP Morgan and Rabobank International. Giulio Xiloyannis holds a Master of Economics and Business from University of Pisa.

Giulio’s key business philosophies include analytic problem solving, nurturing the growth of employees and teams, and informed decision-making. He believes that a sign of a great leader is being able to render himself “useless” in certain tasks by coaching second-liners into being better and more focused than he is on them.
Company Profile

ZALORA is Asia’s online fashion destination. Founded in 2012, the company has a presence in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan. ZALORA is part of Global Fashion Group, the world's leader in online fashion for emerging markets. ZALORA offers an extensive collection of top international and local brands and products across apparel, shoes, accessories, and beauty categories for men and women. Offering up to 30-day free returns, speedy deliveries as fast as 3 hours in some markets, free delivery over a certain spend, and multiple payment methods including cash-on-delivery, ZALORA is the online shopping destination with endless fashion possibilities.    

JOEL LEONG - Co-Founder
JOEL LEONG
Personal Bio

Joel Leong is the Co-Founder of ShopBack, the #1 rewards and discovery platform in Asia-Pacific. ShopBack was born when Joel, together with his friend and colleague Henry Chan, toyed around with the idea of devising a smarter way to shop, which led to the nascent concept of online cashback. This was modelled after Ebates which was acquired by Rakuten for US$1B. This cashback model was popular in the US, China and Europe but nobody had done it in Southeast Asia. Soon after, ShopBack was launched in Singapore in 2014. 

 

As the head of Merchant Development at ShopBack, Joel is focused on solving problems for both merchants and users of ShopBack. He also oversees ShopBack’s operations in Singapore. 

 

Prior to launching ShopBack, Joel was in charge of managing regional partnerships in ZALORA. This is where he was given first-hand insight into the e-commerce industry. 

Company Profile
ShopBack connects consumers and merchants with direct benefits to both parties. It provides users a one-stop rewards platform to earn cashback, while delivering performance-based marketing to merchants. ShopBack works with renowned e-commerce merchants and is leading the wave of smarter shopping in Asia Pacific with its dominant presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Australia. 
DAVID GOWDEY - Managing Partner
DAVID GOWDEY
Personal Bio
David is based in Singapore and is the Managing Partner at Jungle Ventures.  Prior to Jungle, David spent 3.5 years at TPG Capital where he led internet investments outside of the US within the TPG Growth fund.  He continues to be a Senior Advisor at TPG Capital in Asia and represents them as a non-executive director on the board of Propertyguru, the largest online real estate platform in SE Asia.  Prior to TPG, David spent 12 years at Yahoo! Inc where he was the Head of International M&A.  In this role, he was responsible for driving all transaction activity and the investment strategy for Yahoo! outside of North America, including the Yahoo!7 and Yahoo!Xtra joint ventures. 
Company Profile

Jungle Ventures is a Singapore based venture capital firm, which is focused on Series A / B investments.  Jungle invests in consumer internet or technology businesses that are based in or are focused on the India, SE Asia, Australia and NZ markets.   

 

Jungle has also launched an early or seed-stage fund, called SeedPlus, which is a platform focused on providing capital to teams building globally disruptive internet businesses in areas such as IoT, artificial intelligence, blockchain, security, software, and others. 

BUDI HANDOKO - Co-Founder & COO
BUDI HANDOKO
Personal Bio

Budi is the Co-Founder of Shipper, an innovative tech start-up that transforms Indonesian shipping and fulfillment experience to be easier and more convenient. 

With 12 years of entrepreneurship experience, Budi offers a world class ability to capture market needs, looking for exciting new opportunities, and create a laser-cut technology solutions of the needs. 

Prior to founding Shipper back in 2016, Budi has founded several tech start-ups. 

In 2011, He created OCash, a virtual currency system in Australia to help the payment system for Australian gamers. Ocash outstanding business performance is very attractive to bigger business that it’s finally acquired by MOL Malaysia.  

Budi led this acquisition process and acted as MOL Australia Director afterwards.  

Budi, born and raised in Singkawang Indonesia, holds a master’s degree in information and communication technology and a bachelor’s degree in computer science form University of Wollongong. Both with High Distinction honours. 

Driven by the spirit of innovation, Budi envision Shipper to ease Indonesian pain points towards shipping and fulfillment process and to create the best logistic experience for customers. 

Company Profile
Shipper is a tech-enabled logistics platform that offers a one-stop logistics solution, from a multi-courier shipping aggregator to distributed warehousing & fulfillment network. 
Shipper was founded with a mission to create simple logistics experience for small and 
medium business owners.
AMRA NAIDOO - Co-Founder & General Partner
AMRA NAIDOO
Personal Bio

Amra is Co-Founder of Accelerating Asia and General Partner at Accelerating Asia Ventures, an award-winning startup accelerator that scouts and propels the best founders in the region and provides pre-Series A startups with the resources and investment to scale their growth.  

 

For close to a decade, Amra has spearheaded high-impact partnerships and programs including the award-winning UN Women global social entrepreneurship program, Project Inspire and was a key contributor to muru-D’s wide recognition as one of the top startup accelerator programs in Asia. It is this outlook and depth of experience that has fostered a unique perspective and ability to deliver high impact programs at Accelerating Asia for multinationals and governments to optimise startup engagement.  

 
Amra is the Asia Pacific Lead for Shaper Impact Capital, a Singapore Global Shaper, an initiative of the World Economic Forum and is the host and creator of the Doing Good Podcast. She has been interviewed and featured as a guest author on industry blogs, including The Straits Times, Techcrunch, Reuters and named as one of Harper's Bazaar’s Women Who Inspire Others

Company Profile

Accelerating Asia is an accelerator VC that runs programs for early-stage startups and investors. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Accelerating Asia's early-stage VC fund focuses on pre-Series A startups with untapped potential that are 6-18 months away from institutional funding. Accelerating Asia invests up to S$200,000 in pre-Series A startups, and the current portfolio covers ten countries in Southeast and South Asia including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Malaysia. 

With most angel investors and startup programs in the region focussed on ideation-minimum viable product stage startups, and venture funds focused on solid product-market fit, startups with a robust product at early stages of customer traction are often overlooked. That's where Accelerating Asia comes in. Accelerating Asia unlocks potential in startups. Our accelerator and venture capital model is designed to support pre-Series A startups to fast track growth and drive success. 

At the core of the work we do is the guiding belief that entrepreneurs are one of humanity's greatest catalysts for positive change. 

MANNY AYALA - Managing Director, Philippines
MANNY AYALA
Personal Bio
Manny has a long-standing interest in helping entrepreneurs become more successful in business and in helping them develop their “give back” acumen. Prior to Endeavor, Manny founded Hatchd, a tech incubator in the Philippines that has built a portfolio of consumer tech companies. He is also a past president of the Philippine Chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization (“EO”), where he launched the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards across Asia. Manny was a co-founder of IRG Ltd, a Hong Kong based M&A advisory boutique, where he worked on a variety of transactions in the Telecoms, Media and Tech sectors across the Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Manny spent several years in the Television industry in Asia, working for Discovery Channel and Turner Broadcasting in Strategy and Business Development roles. Manny sits on the Board of Directors of Sky Cable. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University. 
Company Profile
Established in 1997, Endeavor is leading the global high-impact entrepreneurship movement to drive economic growth and job creation by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. To date, Endeavor has screened more than 60,000 individuals and selected more than 2,000 founders leading over 1,200 scale-up companies. With support from Endeavor’s worldwide mentor network, Endeavor Entrepreneurs have created over 4.1 million jobs, generate more than $24 billion in revenue each year, and inspire future generations to innovate and take risks, building strong entrepreneurship ecosystems in growth markets. Headquartered in New York City, Endeavor currently operates in 35+ growth markets throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. 
SAEMIN AHN - Managing Partner
SAEMIN AHN
Personal Bio
Saemin Ahn is Managing Partner at Rakuten Ventures. He has held this position since the fund’s inception in 2013. Based in Singapore, Saemin invests in diverse verticals such as advertising technology, artificial intelligence and on-demand business around the world. Some of the portfolio investments he manages include Carousell, ViSenze, Epic!, and Algorithmia. 
Company Profile
Investing across the IT sector, Rakuten Ventures partners with early and growth-stage startups to build services that can have a lasting impact in an increasingly competitive digital age. Rakuten Ventures combines the objectivity and network of traditional venture funds with the unique access to Rakuten’s global businesses to help portfolio companies unlock the distribution and expertise necessary to stay ahead of the curve. 
GANESH KUMAR BANGAH - Founder & Executive Chairman
GANESH KUMAR BANGAH
Personal Bio

Ganesh Kumar Bangah (“Ganesh”) is a technology industry leader, serial entrepreneur and startup investor. Ganesh was the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Malaysia 2012 and one of Asia’s most influential people according to Society Magazine 2015. He was also recognised as one of South East Asia’s Top 30 Tech Founders by Tech In Asia in 2016 and was recognised as one of the most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs by Top 10 of Malaysia. 

In 2017, Ganesh founded Commerce.Asia, an All In One eCommerce Ecosystem. As Executive Chairman, Ganesh grew Commerce.Asia within 3 years to have a database of over 8,000,000 SME's across 7 countries with over 61,000 sellers that sell RM1.5 billion (USD375m) worth of products a year. 

Prior to founding Commerce.Asia, Ganesh was the Founder of MOL Global Inc. (“MOL”) where he served as the Chief Executive Officer of MOL for 15 years since its inception and was certified by the Malaysia Book of Records as the youngest Chief Executive Officer of a Malaysian public listed company when MOL was originally listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange in 2003. Through a series of acquisitions all over the world, Ganesh built MOL to become South East Asia’s leading online payment gateway and South East Asia’s first internet company to be listed on the NASDAQ in 2014. 

Ganesh is currently the Immediate Past Chairman of PIKOM, the National Tech Association of Malaysia; a member of the Special Task Force to Facilitate Business (“PEMUDAH”) and a Board Member of the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (“MAGIC”). 

Company Profile
Commerce.Asia is an All in One eCommerce ecosystem that integrates best of breed technology solutions, talent development programmes and big data insights for South East Asian businesses to succeed online. Commerce.Asia has a database of 8,000,000 SMEs across 7 countries with 61,000 active seller that sold over US$375m worth of goods annually. Founded by award winning serial entrepreneur and industry leader Ganesh Kumar Bangah in 2017, Commerce.Asia has been awarded as the “Best e-commerce consulting/services company in APAC 2020” by APAC CIO Outlook. 
KELVIN TEO - Co-Founder & Group CEO
KELVIN TEO
Personal Bio
Kelvin Teo is the co-founder of Funding Societies | Modalku. Selected as one of the Top 200 FinTech Influencers in Asia and appointed Co-Chairperson for the Marketplace Lending Committee of Singapore FinTech Association, Kelvin has spoken at major conferences such as LendIt Shanghai, Boao Hainan and Money20/20. He has also been featured on Bloomberg, BBC and Business Times. Prior to this, Kelvin served as a consulting professional at KKR, McKinsey and Accenture. Kelvin graduated from Harvard Business School and National University of Singapore, and is a certified Chartered Accountant. 
Company Profile
Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. It is licensed in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, and backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others. It provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is crowdfunded by individual and institutional investors. In 5 years, it has helped finance over 3 million business loans with over S$1.7 billion in funding. It was given the MAS FinTech Award in 2016, the Global SME Excellence Award at the United Nations’ ITU Telecom World in 2017, Brands for Good in 2019, recognised by IDC as amongst the 5 fastest growing FinTechs in Singapore, and the Stevie® Award in 2020. 
PAMITRA WINEKA - President & Co-Founder
PAMITRA WINEKA
Personal Bio
Pamitra Wineka is the co-founder and president of TaniHub Group which operates ecommerce platform TaniHub,peer-to-peer lending platform TaniFundand supply chain management TaniSupply. Since its establishment in September 2016, TaniHub Group has connectedover30,000farmers to 290,000 users and has helped improve farmers’income by an average of 20%.Pamitra is also the senior partner of Akulaku, South East Asia’s leading fintech lending platform. Prior to the tech industry, Pamitra worked at theWorld Bank as a researcher in micro finance. He holds a degree in mathematics fromInstitut Teknologi Bandung, and Economics from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
Company Profile
TaniHub Group is an Indonesian agritech startup which acts as a holding company for TaniHub, TaniFund and TaniSupply. Its vision, ‘Agriculture for Everyone’, is made possible by accelerating positive impacts in the agriculture sector through IT. Agriculture, Technology and Social Impact are the company’s three pillars in building an ecosystem to reimagine agriculture in Indonesia.TaniHub is a B2B and B2C e-commerce platform for agriculture products, which connects farmers to businesses and end-users. TaniHub was established in mid-2016 by a group of young people passionate in helping Indonesian farmers who face difficulties in selling their harvests. Along the process, the co-founders realized that farmers also needed access to finance aside from access to market. Thus, in 2017, a crowdfunding platform called TaniFund was launched as a solution to the problem of access to financial services among local farmers.Two years later, in 2019, TaniSupply was born to solve problems in the agriculture supply chain.With these threearms, TaniHubGroup hopes to make the dream of Indonesia’s food resilience and sufficiency a reality.
HANN LIEW - Co-Founder & CEO, RinggitPlus.com
HANN LIEW
Personal Bio

Hann Liew is the Co-founder of Malaysian Fintech company Jirnexu Sdn Bhd (Jirnexu) and Chief Executive Officer of RinggitPlus.com, Malaysia’s leading financial comparison website which has helped over 1,000,000 Malaysians with their financial product applications since 2012. Hann currently heads RinggitPlus in its pursuit to help Malaysians to be more financially literate and to help them do more with their money. 

In 2012, Hann co-founded SaveMoney.my and JimatCermat.my, two financial advice websites dedicated to helping people manage their money better. In 2014, he led SaveMoney.my through a successful merger with RinggitPlus to form Saving Plus Sdn Bhd and going on to launch KreditGoGo.com in Indonesia. Saving Plus later rebranded itself into what is now Jirnexu.  

Hann is a former Assistant Vice President, Equities and Funds Structured Markets at Barclays Capital in the United Kingdom (UK). Hann graduated with a First Class Honours in BSc Business Mathematics and Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK in 2007. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the Financial Planning Association Malaysia (FPAM) as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). 


Company Profile

RinggitPlus.com is Malaysia's leading financial comparison website. Every day, we help you get more for your money – whether you're applying for a credit card, personal loan or a new insurance plan, planning the best mortgage for your dream house, looking for great discounts from mobile service providers, and much more. 

Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, RinggitPlus is one of several brands owned and operated by FinTech company Jirnexu Sdn Bhd (co. no. 1081989-D). We made our start back in 2012 when the company’s co-founders met and realised that they share a mutual passion for giving individuals the financial advice and tools they needed to spend, manage and save money wisely.  

EE LING LIM - Head of Innovation & Partnerships, SEA
EE LING LIM
Personal Bio

Ee Ling Lim is the Southeast Asia Lead for Innovation and Partnerships at 500 Startups. 

At 500 Startups, Ee Ling develops partnerships and implements innovation programs for corporates, government agencies, and economic development organizations; helping them to innovate and grow through partnerships with startups. 

Ee Ling is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Smarter Me, an education startup that equips K-12 students with the skillset, mindset, and heartset of the future, through digital tech, design thinking, and entrepreneurship education. 

Prior to Smarter Me, Ee Ling spent almost a decade in investment banking with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and CIMB Investment Bank, advising large corporations in South East Asia on M&A, equity capital markets, and debt capital markets.  

Company Profile

500 Startups is the most active global venture capital firm, according to Pitchbook. We’re on a mission to uplift people and economies around the world through entrepreneurship. We have backed more than 2,400 companies or 5,000+ entrepreneurs in 75+ countries.  

Because of our global network and expertise, beyond investing, we are in a unique position to build thriving startups ecosystems worldwide. Through our partnerships with corporates, governments, investors, and foundations, we have run 60+ growth and accelerator programs supporting over 1,500 startups across 16 countries; and engaged with more than 100 corporates through intrapreneurship programming, startups matching, perks, and innovation partnerships. 

CAMERON PRIEST - Director, Quickbooks Commerce
CAMERON PRIEST
Personal Bio

Cameron Priest is a Kiwi based in Singapore, ex-CEO of TradeGecko, cofounded and sold the #1 commerce operating backend system for SMBs, TradeGecko to Intuit, now QuickBooks commerce.  

Currently, Director at Quickbooks Commerce having sold his company - TradeGecko to Intuit/QB. Now working to bring the re-branded and expanding TradeGecko platform to millions of SMBs as Quickbooks Commerce.  
Built and sold TradeGecko to Intuit, our vision at TradeGecko was to power entrepreneurs. TradeGecko built software to help entrepreneurs build amazing commerce business.  

Company Profile

Intuit is a mission-driven, global financial platform company that gives everyone the opportunity to prosper. We’re the proud makers of TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Mint. ​Our products and services help more than 50M people around the world put more money in their pockets, with less work and greater confidence. From uncovering data patterns for how wealth is created, to designing conversational interfaces that deliver personalized experiences, we’re putting AI, ML, and an unrivaled set of data to work to help millions of people achieve financial freedom. Advance your skills in an innovative, diverse, and collaborative environment where technology makes an impact worldwide.  

Our culture and entrepreneurial spirit have earned us a spot on “Best Companies to Work For” lists year after year. We’re dedicated to living our mission of powering prosperity, not just through our products, but through our social impact initiatives. Through our Prosperity Hubs, we’re bringing new jobs, teaching new skills, and supporting small businesses in distressed communities to help local economies rebuild and thrive.  

 

AMIT GUPTA - CEO
AMIT GUPTA
Personal Bio

Amit is founder and CEO at Ecosystm, a next generation Technology Research and Advisory Platform. Ecosystm is the pioneer in truly democratising data and making research available to a much broader tech ecosystem as technology markets evolve.  

Ecosystm brings together three key stakeholder groups that make up the tech ecosystem – tech buyers, tech vendors and industry experts – and challenges traditional IT research practices by offering unrivalled accessibility, transparency and autonomy on its www.ecosystm360.com platform.  

As a global first, companies can leverage high quality industry research and data that updates in real-time for an affordable monthly subscription, enabling them to make better planning and purchasing decisions to shape their future digital footprints and roadmaps. 

Amit holds a Master’s in Engineering Management (Hons) from the University of Auckland. In his spare time, Amit sits on the advisory board of several digital start-ups, is a Beachhead Advisor at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, a Singapore Fintech Festival Ambassador and on the Board of Directors of TiE Singapore.  

Company Profile
Ecosystm is a private equity backed Digital Research and Advisory Platform. As a global first, Ecosystm brings together tech buyers, tech vendors and analysts into one integrated platform to enable the best decision making in the evolving digital economy. Our Mission is to democratise technology research, with an emphasis on accessibility, transparency and autonomy. 
ROSALINE CHOW KOO - Founder & CEO
ROSALINE CHOW KOO
Personal Bio
Rosaline invested $5M of her savings and borrowed another $5M to build her startup CXA after 5 years trying to convince her firm to invest in Asia. Rosaline supervised P&G factory lines in Iowa and then worked on Wall Street. She launched two dot-com start-ups before moving to insurance. Rosaline also grew Mercer’s 14 APAC countries 800% over 8 years. She graduated from UCLA Cybernetics and Columbia Business School. 
Company Profile

CXA Group is Asia’s first employee ecosystem platform for better health, wealth and wellness choices. Through the CXA platform, employers can empower employees with access to personalised health and lifestyle offerings, with clear and quantifiable ROI for the business. Founded in 2013 with the mission of transforming the delivery of employee benefits from pen-and-paper and one-size-fits-all to a digitised and personalised platform, the company aims to shift healthcare spend from treatment to prevention, to improve workplace population health. 

Driven by a team of industry veterans with extensive leadership experience across Asia’s human resource, insurance, finance, healthcare and technology industries, CXA serves more than 600 enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, and more than 700,000 employees. CXA has received recognition as InsurTech of the Year from the Asia Insurance Industry Awards.  

HARSHET LUNANI - Founder & CEO
HARSHET LUNANI
Personal Bio

Harshet Lunani is the Founder and CEO of Qoala, the fast-growing Southeast Asian Multi Channel Insurtech company that aims to revolutionize insurance through a combination of under writing risk for high frequency events in daily lives and photo-based claims ,assisted by machine learning.

In his role as CEO, Harshet sets the vision for the company and leads the strategy to help the team consistently achieve major goals, while always having an eye on product improvements to

make customers happy. This is critical to Qoala’s mission to humanize insurance and provide better access to insurance for all members of society. Before successfully building Qoala, Harshet founded and ran Bima Mobile’s Indonesia setup as part of the their first foray into SE Asia. Prior to this, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and Merrill Lynch. Harshet graduated from the University of Oxford, with a Masters in Mathematics and Computer

Company Profile
Qoala is a Multi-Channel Insurtech company on a mission to humanize insurance through a combination of new product creation supported by scalable technology and photo-based claims, assisted by machine learning. Qoala aims to delight customers by creating a seamless customer experience through parametric claims and personalized products while helping insurers reduce costs and risk through digital fraud detection. Qoala collaborates with leading insurers to develop new insurance products to drive insurance awareness through use cases such as flight delays, hotel quality checks, e-commerce logistics, phone screen damages etc. and reach customers through a wide network of ecosystem partners. The company also leverages technology to help digitize insurers and insurance intermediaries supporting their need to be more efficient and improve customer experience. This ease and transparency for what is usually a complicated process lets user stake greater control of their lives, making insurance claims as simple as ordering a pizza. Founded by Oxford University and UCL graduates Harshet Lunani and Tommy Martin, the team comprises individuals from diverse industry backgrounds through their experiences at Accenture, Allianz, AIA, Boston Consulting Group, BIMA, Chubb, Lazada, PayPal, PayU, Shopee, Tokopedia and Traveloka among others.
ADRIAN LI - Founder & Managing Partner
ADRIAN LI
Personal Bio

Adrian is Founder & Managing Partner at AC Ventures, formerly Convergence Ventures. ACV is an early stage Indonesia focused technology venture capital fund. ACV manages 3 funds with a portfolio of over 100 businesses. Notable investments include, Payfazz, Koinworks, Stockbit, Shipper and Bukuwarung. He has over 15 years of experience in China and Indonesia as a technology entrepreneur and investor. 

He is a business mentor at several organisations including Endeavour, Founders Institute and Antler. He is a longstanding member of Entrepreneurs Organisation and Young Presidents Organisation in Indonesia. 

Adrian graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in Economics and was elected a Hawk for his contributions to University and National level Judo. He obtained his MBA from Stanford while studying in the dual degree MBA & Education MA program and is currently enrolled in the Tsinghua OBOR EMBA program. He is a Kauffman Fellow in Class 21. He speaks Mandarin and English and is proficient in Cantonese and Bahasa. 

Adrian is a sponsored endurance athlete and ranked in top 5% in his age group for Ironman 70.3 distances. He has completed several marathons and a full Ironman. He has also completed certification as an Ironman University Triathlon Coach.

Company Profile

AC Ventures is a an early-stage technology venture fund that focuses on investing in Indonesia’s digital disruptors. Our mission is to partner and support our entrepreneurs with more than capital, combining our operating experience, industry knowledge and deep local network to bring value. Our vision is to be a generational partner to entrepreneurs driving positive change to Indonesia and beyond through technology enabled ventures. 

As veteran entrepreneurs, operators and investors we are a founders-first venture capital fund. We leverage our industry insights, support services and global network to empower our founders to build impactful, significant and scalable businesses for Indonesia and Southeast Asia. 

ACV primarily invests in companies with a focus on Indonesia or with the intention to win the Indonesian market. We research technology driven business models which have demonstrated successful adoption in more mature and emerging markets such as the US, China and India to build localised thesis for Indonesia. 

 

DIONISIUS NATHANIEL - Chief Marketing Officer
DIONISIUS NATHANIEL
Personal Bio
As Chief Marketing Officer, Dion is responsible for leading the overall marketing operations of Halodoc business, including strategic planning, product marketing management, and go to market strategy across multiple Halodoc’s product and service verticals. Taking Halodoc’s mission of simplifying access to healthcare, he works on synthesizing the mission statement into further elevating the Halodoc brand positioning and propositions. While at the same time leveraging growth opportunity in the health and wellness space, emphasizing users as the focal point.

Prior to Halodoc, Dion served as the CMO for Southeast Asia’s leading travel booking platform Traveloka. He also spent nine years working in FMCG industry where he progressed through various key positions in marketing, sales and finance verticals, at both local and global level.
Company Profile
Halodoc is an Indonesian tech-health company established in 2016. Upholding the mission to simplifying access to health care for all, Halodoc is the most comprehensive health tech platform offering a seamless online to offline journey. We champion three core businesses, namely Chat with Doctor, Health Store and Appointment. Using ​Chat with Doctor, users could consult with more than 20,000 doctors in our ecosystem at anytime and anywhere using their most preferable communication methods; chat, call or video call. E-prescription received during the virtual consultation or any health products could be bought through our​ Health Store, where by we partner with more than 3,000 pharmacies in 100+cities across Indonesia. 

The Appointment feature in our app enables users to book any medical-related activities, from making an appointment with the doctor, booking a medical test in the hospital, to scheduling a vaccine to COVID-19 test. Halodoc is also the pioneer in​ enabling insurance linking in Indonesia where insurance payers could incorporate our digital services as part of their benefits, solving the problem for many private insurance users. Halodoc has received several international recognitions, including being listed in CBInsights’ Digital Health 150 in 2019 and 2020, Most Innovative Startup 2018 from Galen Growth Asia, and Choice Startup from Forbes Indonesia.
CATHERINE HINDRA SUTJAHYO - Chief Food Officer
CATHERINE HINDRA SUTJAHYO
Personal Bio

Catherine ​is the ​Chief Food Officer of Gojek Group. She joined Gojek in 2017 and leads the company’s food delivery platform, with a focus on developing innovative strategies and products to meet consumer demand, while empowering micro, small and medium enterprises across the region. Under her leadership, GoFood has grown to become the largest app-based food delivery service in Southeast Asia today, based on the total number of orders.

In March 2019, Catherine was invited by the United Nations (UN) to speak on how Gojek empowers women entrepreneurs, during the annual meeting for the organization’s Commission on the Status of Women. She has also been named to Prestige Indonesia’s “​40 under 40: The Indonesian Vanguard of 2020​” list, which recognizes rising young personalities who are helping Indonesia remain a matchless agency of change and growth in these unprecedented times.

Catherine joined Gojek from Alfacart (PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya), where she was responsible for the overall business as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, Catherine played a key role in building Zalora Indonesia as Managing Director and Co-Founder. Earlier in her career, Catherine gained experience with the world’s top consulting firm McKinsey & Company as Senior Associate, and with Innosight as a venture leader.

In 2014, Catherine received her Bachelor of Business in Banking & Finance from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Company Profile
Gojek is Southeast Asia's leading technology group and a pioneer of the integrated super app and ecosystem model. Gojek is founded on the principle of using technology to remove life's daily frictions by connecting consumers to the best providers of goods and services in the market. The company was first established in 2010 focusing on courier and motorcycle ride-hailing services, before launching the app in January 2015 in Indonesia. Since then, Gojek has grown to become the leading super app in Southeast Asia, providing access to a wide range of services from transportation and digital payments, to food delivery, logistics and many other on-demand services. 

Gojek now operates across main cities in five Southeast Asian countries. As of June 2020, Gojek’s application and its ecosystem have been downloaded 190 million times by users acrossSoutheast Asia. 
As a super app, Gojek is dedicated to solving the daily challenges faced by consumers, while improving the quality of life for millions of people across Southeast Asia, especially those in the informal sector and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

The Gojek application is available for download via iOS and Android.
MARSELA LIMESA - VP, Growth & Product
MARSELA LIMESA
Personal Bio
Marsela is leading the Product and Growth team in Kopi Kenangan to drive the company’s profitable growth and transform it into the first tech-enabled F&B brand in SEA. 
Formerly a VC investor with Sequoia Capital and a start-up operator with Grab, she is humbled to witness the rise and struggle of companies to become unicorns and to personally experience scaling business from x to 10x. Marsela is bringing those learnings to build an A+ standard for company and people management in Kopi Kenangan. 
Company Profile

Kopi Kenangan is a non-franchise grab-and-go beverage retail with the fastest growth in Southeast Asia. We have almost 400 stores and sell more than 3 million cups of beverage per month. Kopi Kenangan was founded in 2017 and managed to fill a sweet spot between the high-priced coffee served at international coffee chains and the instant coffee sold at many street stalls with their understanding and exploration of local taste as well as their ‘new retail’ model that focuses on customer experience. Their vision is to become the largest beverage retail business in Indonesia, and even Southeast Asia, through affordable quality products, quick and friendly service, quality control, and continuous improvement. 

CHRISTIAN SUTARDI - Co-Founder
CHRISTIAN SUTARDI
Personal Bio

Christian is co-founder of Indonesian furniture brand Fabelio, where he’s responsible for overall customer experience. He has been working with or for tech startups since 2011 and is familiar with both sides of the table as an investor and founder. 

Christian obtained his business degrees from University of Hamburg and Boston University. 

 

Company Profile

Established in 2015, Fabelio is now one of Indonesia's leading New Retail furniture brands, combining the best of the online and offline retail world. With a solid ecommerce foundation and a network of 21 stores, Fabelio has already served over 100,000 customers and clients. The company has recently closed its Series C and has been recognized as a “Top 10 High-Growth Company” in APAC  by the Financial Times early this year. 

 

PATRICK STEINBRENNER - Managing Director, APAC
PATRICK STEINBRENNER
Personal Bio

Patrick is Insider’s Partner and Managing Director in APAC, responsible for Insider’s growth and expansion in the region with his vast experience in Consumer Marketing, Digital Marketing and Predictive Technologies.  

Prior to joining Insider, Patrick worked at ZALORA for over 4 years in the earliest days of the start-up that is now a fashion giant e-tailer in Southeast Asia. As Regional Director he was responsible for Product Innovation, Branding, Content Strategy, and Overall User Experience across ZALORA’s eight countries of operation. His work has been awarded the “Best Use of Consumer Insights” at the Loyalty and Engagement Awards and he is a regular speaker and judge on consumer insights like at eTail Asia (2014-2016) or Harvard Business School's Asia Business Conference. Before joining ZALORA, Patrick worked in Private Equity and Consulting in Germany and Portugal. 

Company Profile
Insider Growth Management Platform (GMP) helps digital marketers drive growth across the funnel, from Acquisition to Activation, Retention and Revenue. We work with more than 450 partners across industries worldwide including prestigious Fortune 500 companies and top brands in retail, travel, insurance, automotive industries and more. 
RICHARD ELDRIDGE - Co-Founder
RICHARD ELDRIDGE
Personal Bio

Mr. Eldridge is the CEO of LenddoEFL, world leader in identity verification and scoring technology using non-traditional data. 

Mr. Eldridge started with Lenddo, an online lending platform, which he was the co-founder and CEO. After 4 years of lending, Lenddo opened its technologies to banks, lending institutions, utilities companies and credit card companies worldwide to reduce risk, increase portfolio size, improve 

customer service and verify applicants. Then in October 2017, Lenddo and EFL merged with a shared goal of financial inclusion for 1 billion individuals & SMEs around the world.  

Mr. Eldridge has more than 6 years of management consultancy experience with Renoir Consulting, operating across various industries and business functions in more than 8 countries. Since its inception in 2001, Mr Eldridge has been known as one of the pioneers in the outsourcing industry in the Philippines, having successfully ran two outsourcing companies in the form of Summersault and Infinit-O.  

In addition, Mr. Eldridge is a director at the British Chamber and the European Chamber of Commerce Philippines. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Management Sciences from Warwick University in the United Kingdom. 

Company Profile
Courage Rocks is a Singapore based company that mentors and invests in for-profit social impact technology companies in SE Asia. 
DONALD WIHARDJA - CEO
DONALD WIHARDJA
Personal Bio

Donald Wihardja is the CEO of MDI Ventures, a US$790 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecoms company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. 

 

Spent combined 25 years of experience in technology and investment in Indonesia to invest in over 40 tech startups in Indonesia. Donald's main interest is in Fintech, Logistics, and Telco, as he built billing systems, big data warehouses, and payment gateways prior to Convergence Ventures. 

 

Donald is also active in building the Indonesian Tech Startup Ecosystem by advising various government ministries in Indonesia on the tech ecosystem. He is a Deputy Head of AMVESINDO, Indonesia's Venture Capital Association, and Board member of NEXTICORN Foundation to curate Indonesian tech startups and regional VCs. 

 

Donald holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Cornell University. 

 

As the largest Corporate VC to an Indonesian State-owned Enterprise, MDI seeks to invest in all stages of tech companies, from Seed to Series C and beyond. We invest mainly in Southeast Asia, but we have a global mandate as well. We put extra emphasis in synergy with our Telkom parent companies, as well as other SOE of Indonesia, with a dedicated team to bridge the gap between the agile and growing tech startups, and the established, dominant SOE with a large reach and dedication to finding the next frontier. 

 

Company Profile
MDI Ventures is the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Telkom Indonesia with offices in Indonesia, Singapore and the United States. Since 2016, MDI has been trusted in managing multiple funds and so far have invested over 47 companies across 12 countries.

Currently, MDI's investments are focused towards the Southeast Asia region and the United States. In the past, MDI Ventures have developed an end-to-end investment ecosystem stretching from ideation to pre-IPO stage through multiple investment vehicles, as well as strengthening its role in Telkom Group, having developed synergy ecosystem within the corporation.
GEORGE HENDRATA - CEO
GEORGE HENDRATA
Personal Bio
George Hendrata is CEO of tiket.com. He is also Djarum Group Director of Business Diversification, and specialises in starting greenfield operations and turnaround situations. Prior to that, he was with the Boston Consulting Group and advised clients in the banking, consumer goods and telecommunication sectors. George began his career as an engineer at Motorola’s cellular phone division in Chicago, USA. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In his spare time, he enjoys being involved with impactful Social Enterprises. Company Profile tiket.com is an Online Travel Agent pioneer in Indonesia that provides booking services for airplane tickets, hotels, trains, car rentals, as well as events and attractions. Established in 2011, tiket.com simplifies ticketing process for people who wishes to order various tickets swiftly, comfortably, and safely. In the past three years, tiket.com has been growing very rapidly, making it effortless for people to travel, and becoming one the largest Travel Platform in Indonesia. Today, with bold moves, tiket.com aims to democratize travel and become the number 1 Travel Platform in SEA in the process.
 
Vision
To be the most consumer centric Travel Platform
 
Mission
Effortless travel using awesome tech & friendly service
Company Profile
Tiket.com is an Online Travel Agent pioneer in Indonesia that provides booking services for airplane tickets, hotels, trains, car rentals, as well as events and attractions. Established in 2011, tiket.com simplifies ticketing process for people who wishes to order various tickets swiftly, comfortably, and safely. With a variety of numerous features, tiket.com is considered as one of the largest Online Travel Agents in Indonesia to facilitate ticket bookings for tourism and attractions.Today, with a high effort and determination, tiket.com aims to become a unicorn and number 1 OTA in Indonesia.'
Vision: To be the most consumer centric Indonesian-made OTA.

Mission: Simplifying travel using awesome tech.
GIBRAN HUZAIFAH - Co-Founder & CEO
GIBRAN HUZAIFAH
Personal Bio
As a fish farmer-turned-agriculture tech entrepreneur, eFishery founder and CEO Gibran Huzaifah is revolutionizing the relatively untapped $9.4 billion-valued Indonesian aquaculture market. eFishery uses cloud-based smart-feeding technology in fish and shrimp farms across the vast archipelago, to ensure the fish are healthy and waste minimized -to increase feed efficiency by 21%. The IoT startup doesn't just sell products, it also collects data from feeding, production, water quality and fish behavior, to create predictive insights for farmers. The company uses the data platform to provide and connect farmers with services like financing, market access, and supply. He was part of Google Launchpad Accelerator in 2015 and Unreasonable Impact in2018. He was listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Innovation category) 2018, and MIT Technology Review Asia Innovators under 35 in 2019.
Company Profile
There are, at least, three most concerning world issues which are food, tevchnology and inequality that drives us to keep innovating in technology for Aquaculture. We do this by devising the keys to fight world hunger, initiate relevant technology for everyone and eliminate economic inequality through an innovative way. In short, we aim for shaping technology that can be owned by and Empowers Farmers. 
AI in eFishery.ai stands for Aquaculture Intelligence, we aim to be the most advanced End - To - End solution for Aquaculture Technology. 
KELVIN LAM - Regional General Manager, SEA
KELVIN LAM
Personal Bio

Kelvin is the Regional General Manager of YouTrip, Southeast Asia's leading multi-currency travel wallet to re-define payment experience for travellers. Having founded the YouTrip operations in Singapore, and expanded the brand overseas to Thailand, Kelvin manages and oversees the local market growth and regional expansion of YouTrip in Singapore, Thailand, and other upcoming future markets in Southeast Asia. 

Kelvin has over 10 years of experience in Financial & Technology sector. Prior to YouTrip, Kelvin was the Managing Director in Compare Asia Group, a regional fintech group focusing on helping consumers across Asia find the right financial products at the most competitive price. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, Kelvin was an Associate Director in UBS Investment Bank, advising tech, consumer, and financial corporates on Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets transactions. 

Company Profile

YouTrip is a multi-currency mobile wallet with a prepaid Mastercard® that lets you pay with no fees in 150+ currencies at wholesale exchange rates. The mobile application also allows for the exchange and storage of 10 selected currencies in advance through the in-app exchange feature. The YouTrip mobile application works with a linked pre-paid Mastercard® and can be used to make payments at more than 30 million Mastercard accepting merchants worldwide. 

 

As a regional financial technology startup based in Hong Kong and Singapore, we are dedicated to creating the best mobile financial services for travellers by simplifying overseas spending and creating a fuss-free travel experience. YouTrip's mission is to help people across Southeast Asia manage their money in a simpler yet smarter way, starting with a core focus on travellers. 

JASON LEE - Co-Founder & CEO
JASON LEE
Personal Bio
Jason Lee is currently the Co-founder & CEO at Cohive, the largest Coworking space in Indonesia, where he was previously the CFO. He brings financial and operational experience from venture capital and startups in Southeast Asia as well as Latin America. Jason started his investment banking career at Deutsche Bank (New York) and Merrill Lynch (Singapore). Jason graduated cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 
Company Profile

CoHive is Indonesia’s largest coworking space company and community platform, previously known as EV Hive. We offer a cohesive work and living experience by providing the options of coworking, coliving, coretail and event space. Our goal is to be the biggest community builder in Indonesia, where we connect and enable startups as well as micro, small and medium enterprises - SMEs (UMKM) to grow their businesses. Currently, we have over 10.000 members working from 32 locations in Jakarta & Tangerang, Medan, Yogyakarta, Bali and Surabaya with a total of approximately 75.000 sqm. Around 80 percent of our members are startups and SMEs, while the rest are Enterprises from various industries. CoHive is managed by Jason Lee (Chief Executive Officer), Ethan Choi (Chief Creative Officer), Erich Hirawan (Chief Operations Officer) and Iris Wee (Chief Commercial Officer). For more information: https://cohive.space.  

 

MATT O'KEEFE - ASPAC Cyber Lead Partner, Australia
MATT O'KEEFE
Personal Bio

Matt O’Keefe is a Partner and the ASPAC Cyber Leader at KPMG.  Matt has more than 25 years technology, finance, assurance and advisory experience, and specialises in cyber security and technology advisory, providing a range of services to clients across technology governance and risk, project management and governance, IT strategy and performance and cyber security.  His clients are predominantly in the financial services sector, in particular Asset and Wealth Management and Banking. 

Matt leads KPMG Asia Pacific Cyber Services, across 12 countries, and is a member of the KPMG's global cyber leadership team.  He has authored numerous KPMG publications and thought leadership articles, covering topics including cyber, technology risk and technology in Asset and Wealth Management.   

Matt has more than a decade of boardroom experience, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. 

Within a strong background in both information systems and accounting, Matt has significant experience in assisting CIO's, CISO's, IT Directors and Executive Management with the structure, governance and management of IT and cyber functions to enable and support better business value.  He has many years of experience in dealing with the Board and Senior Management of organisations is relation to their technology issues and opportunities. 

Company Profile

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing a full range of services to organisations across a wide range of industries, government, and not-for-profit sectors. 

Our service areas are Audit, Assurance & Risk Consulting; Deals, Tax & Legal; Management Consulting; and Innovation & Digital Solutions. In addition, KPMG Enterprise tailors its services to meet the unique needs of mid-sized, fast growing and family owned businesses. 

KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 147 countries and territories and have more than 219,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. 

In Australia, KPMG has a long tradition of professionalism and integrity, combined with our dynamic approach to advising clients in a digital-driven world. We have approximately 6,700 people, including over 400 partners. 

Our deep expertise has seen us work with renowned companies to help them solve complex challenges, steer change, disrupt sectors and grow. Collaboration and innovation are ingrained in our approach, with our people aiming to provide genuine, sustainable value for our clients. 

MATTHEW GLITZER - Vice President, IBN Security, Asia Pacific
MATTHEW GLITZER
Personal Bio

Matthew Glitzer is currently the Vice President of IBM’s Integrated Security Business Unit - Asia Pacific. In this role he is responsible for all Security Software sales and Services in the region and is a member of IBM’s regional Senior Leadership Team.

Prior to this role, Matt was a member of the Global Technology Services leadership team holding the positions of General Manager of Global Technology Services for Hong Kong and Head of Client Management and Offerings, where he had country and regional P&L responsibility for all managed service clients, as well as technology solutioning, consulting and go-to-market offerings.

Matt was also the IBM Sr. Project Executive for BHP Billiton where he was responsible for the global P&L and service delivery teams in Australia, America, Philippines, Singapore and India. He was the Global Client Executive for the DuPont account where he was responsible for client engagement across all of IBM’s lines of business. Before joining IBM, Glitzer was the North American VP of Field Sales Alliances at SAP.

Matt holds a MBA from the George Washington University. He is also a graduate of IBM’s Harvard Business School Certification Program and IBM’s Master Deal Making program through the Wharton School of Business.

Company Profile

IBM is a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company that excels in IT innovation, services and systems. At IBM, we believe in world-changing progress: the full application of intelligence, reason and science to improve business, science and the human condition. 

 

VINNIE LAURIA - Founding Partner
VINNIE LAURIA
Personal Bio

Vinnie is an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Southeast Asia with over US$250M AUM and 50+ investments to date. He is a Kauffman Fellow, and a guest lecturer at the National University of Singapore. He was rated by the Founder Institute as highest startup mentor in Asia from a pool of 2,500 mentors. 

Prior to setting up Golden Gate Ventures, Vinnie built two startups in Silicon Valley: Meetro, a location-based chat service which was dissolved with many lessons learned in 2007; and Lefora, a forum hosting platform which grew to over 100,000 communities and was acquired by CrowdGather in 2010. He founded the Silicon Valley NewTech meetup, featuring hundreds of startups to a monthly audience w/ more than 10,000 members. 

Earlier in his career, Vinnie spent four years within IBM, helping to shape how IBM was approaching social software for the enterprise. Vinnie is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Engineering. Vinnie is passionate about building startup ecosystems and joined his first startup while still in high school. 

Company Profile
Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital fund in Southeast Asia (SEA) founded by Silicon Valley natives. Since 2011, Golden Gate Ventures has launched four funds and made over 50 investments. With over US$250M in assets under advisory, the firm focuses on investing in the rising consumer internet class of Southeast Asia. 
WISNU NUGRAHADI - Co-Founder & CEO
WISNU NUGRAHADI
Personal Bio
Former Go-Jek operations manager Wisnu Nugrahadi has embarked on his own entrepreneurial journey, establishing gig marketplace app Sampingan in 2018.  After a brief stint as an intern at Uber Indonesia where he was part of the company's Bandung launch team, Wisnu joined on-demand transportation company Go-Jek in June 2015. He was promoted to head of operations for Go-Life (the lifestyle services arm of Go-Jek) within a few months of joining, after which he became senior operations manager in 2017. Wisnu graduated with a bachelor's in Business Administration from Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia in 2015. 
Company Profile
As a one-stop business solution, Sampingan provides manpower outsourcing, workforce management system, market research, and business process outsourcing services for other companies to scale at lightning speed at a fraction of the cost. In our mission, we have garnered over 300.000 agent-partners across 48 cities in Indonesia, helping over more than 150 companies ranging from FMCGs to Tech Giants in achieving their goals.

HOI CHEUNG - Co-Founder & CEO
HOI CHEUNG
Personal Bio

Hoi started his digital career back in 1999, running sales in Asia for one of the pioneering internet companies at that time - internet.com (NASDAQ: INTM).  Internet.com was a network of 279 websites targeting IT professionals across the globe,  and one of the first companies in Asia to promote digital advertising back in early 2000.  Afterwards Hoi moved to start a number event companies targeting different verticals, from tech / security / digital conferences; corporate IPO roadshows for financial institutions; to real estate/property exhibitions across different cities around the world (from Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, London etc).  

 

One of the companies was sold to iProperty (ASX:IPP) in 2013 – an e-marketplace for property purchase/rental across Asia.  iProperty was later sold to REA in 2016 for S$750M representing one of the largest exits in ASEAN. 

 

With a background in events and online, Hoi co-founded Hitchbird in 2016 -  an e-marketplace helping international couples plan weddings locally and overseas. Global wedding spend, inclusive of travel, is a huge untapped trillion dollar market. Hitchbird received its seed round in 2018 from Catcha Group bringing back together the same team that started and ran iProperty.   

Company Profile

Hitchbird is dedicated to delivering the latest news, tips and offers from wedding destinations and vendors in Asia (including Australia & New Zealand). The site lists over 5,000 wedding vendors in 24 categories covering 50 cities in the region - the largest wedding listing for premium brands. Clients include wedding venues such as Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Banyan Tree, Grand Hyatt, JW Marriott, Renaissance, Conrad, Intercontinental etc, through to award winning photographers, bridal designer gowns, and much more. Hitchbird is based in Hong Kong with operations in South East Asia. 

 

YUKI ISOBEL - Member of the Board & SVP International
YUKI ISOBEL
Personal Bio

Yuki is an Investor, Member of the Board and SVP at Geniee (TSE6562 A Member of SoftBank Group). Co-founder of a startup-focused M&A consulting firm, ex-CFO successfully exited from Medcare, a HealthcareTech next-unicorn. 

 

He has over +15 years of experience in Global Leadership roles as Member of the Board and Executive Officers in APAC and EMEA regions. His main areas of expertise are International Business Development, Investment & M&A (Corporate Finance and Venture Capital), Corporate Development and Turnaround & Restructuring Consulting. 
 
Prior to Geniee, Yuki held several Senior Leadership roles in global companies. Mainly technology sector: Digital Marketing (MarTech/ AdTech/ Digital Strategy Consulting), Mobile Gaming and HealthcareTech (MedTech/Telemedicine) industries. Most recently, he was a Member of the Board and CFO at MEDCARE, one of the next unicorns in Healthcare/Telemedicine. Also, he was a regional Member of the Board EXCO at GroupM/Essence under WPP Group, a global professional firm specializing in Advertising and Marketing Consulting Services. 

Company Profile

Geniee (TSE6562) is a global AdTech/MarTech Software Company listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange. Geniee. is an ad technology company that maximizes customer revenue by using cutting-edge ad technology. The company’s offerings help create new value and work together with clients to build success. 


ANTONNY LIEM - Investment Partner
ANTONNY LIEM
Personal Bio
Company Profile

GDP Venture is a venture builder, focusing on commerce, media and entertainment, and solution companies. 

Founded in 2010, GDP Venture is not only about venture capital. It is about growing sustainable and reputable companies in business of the future. 

Our purpose is to build and nurture world class companies in the Indonesian new economy, supported by teams of great technopreneurs, engineers, product people and marketers. 

JEFFREY CHI - Vice Chairman
JEFFREY CHI
Personal Bio

Dr. Jeffrey Chi is a Managing Director of Vickers Venture Partners, Vice Chairman of Vickers Capital Group and a member of its Investment Committee. He is also former Chairman and currently Ambassador of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. Dr. Chi also sits on the advisory panels of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the commercialization arm of A*Star and the National University of Singapore Division of Engineering and Technology Management. Based out of Shanghai, Dr. Chi heads Vickers Venture’s investments in Asia and has investments in artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, education, e-commerce, healthcare/wellness and financial services (including fintech). 
Formerly a corporate finance specialist with and Executive Director at Pegasus Capital, he has managed engagements for large and small clients in both the public and private sectors. Prior to Pegasus Capital, Dr. Chi was a senior consultant with the Monitor Group. Dr. Chi's operational background includes seven years on the management team of an engineering group with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Indonesia. As its Managing Director, he led the group into the Enterprise 50 in 1997 in Singapore. 
Dr. Chi is a C.F.A. Charter holder and graduated from Cambridge University with 1st Class Honours in Engineering. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in organizational knowledge and information technology. 

Company Profile

Vickers Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and growth capital. The firm prefers to invest digital media, new-media, financial services innovations, healthcare, life science, communications, internet, mobile internet, clean energy and pharmaceutical businesses. It focuses on investments in China, South East Asia and USA. 

 

The firm was founded by Finian Tan, Khalil Binebine, Jeffrey Chi, Damian Tan, and Linda Li in 2005 and has offices in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, San Diego, New York and San Francisco. 

 

It seeks to invest between USD1 million (SGD1.42 million) and USD10 million (SGD14.27 million). The firm’s portfolio covers life sciences, technology, media, and telecommunications as well as consumer and financial services. Some of its clients include Baidu.com, Focus Media, Kongzhong Corp, Cambridge Real Estate Investment Trust, Sunfun Info Co., Asian Food Channel, UUCUN, TWG Tea, RTG Asia, and JJE as well as Samumed. 

 

J.P. ELLIS - Co-Founder & CEO
JP ELLIS
Personal Bio
J. P. co-founded C88 while serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kejora Ventures, and as Chief Executive of the company, has led the team from conceptual idea to currently employing over 400 people, delivering consistent triple digit y-o-y growth with margin expansion and ebitda profits, with top-tier investor support of over US$45mio from leading venture capital and private equity funds.

John Patrick ("J. P.") is an experienced Singapore and Jakarta-based financial technology executive with a private equity and entrepreneurial background and a demonstrated history of successful leadership in the financial services, enterprise software, consumer internet, and data analytics industries.

J. P. has successfully founded companies as well as new divisions within companies, grew and transformed P&Ls, performed and successfully integrated M&A transactions, successfully raised equity and debt financing, worked with company boards as well as policy makers to solve complex problems and establish road-maps, and led diverse and talented multi-national teams distributed across different time zones.

J. P. earned his B.A. in politics and international relations from Columbia University in the City of New York where he also studied languages and played rugby. He also holds various computer science and STEM certificates.

J. P. speaks several languages, including fluent, business-ready Bahasa Indonesia, and enjoys reading, programming and cooking in his free time. 
Company Profile
C88 Financial Technologies is a privately-held, venture and private equity-funded, diversified technology company serving B2B, B2C and B2B2C customers in Southeast Asia across insuretech, fintech, credit scoring, data, analytics and decisioning spaces.
Today, C88 serves leading enterprise clients in the financial services space including most of the top banks and insurance companies in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, while simultaneously serving tens of millions of retail consumers through digitally-native direct-to-consumer financial services.
CASEY LIANG - Co-Founder
CASEY LIANG
Personal Bio

Casey is a co-founder at Pomelo, the largest vertical online fashion brand in Southeast Asia.  With a team of over 160 people, the company is headquartered in Bangkok with additional offices in Singapore, Jakarta, and China. 

Prior to Pomelo, Casey was a managing director at Lazada Thailand.  He began his career at Barclays Capital in New York and Vector Capital in San Francisco, a $2 billion private equity fund focused on technology investments.  Casey graduated from Northwestern University. 

Company Profile
Launched in 2014, Pomelo is a leading international online fashion company based in Bangkok. Products are proudly designed and produced around Asia for today’s global consumer. From our design studios in Bangkok and teams across Asia to the doorsteps of millions around the globe, Pomelo now delivers to over 50 countries globally. 
JUHN TEO - Co-Founder & CEO
JUHN TEO
Personal Bio
Juhn Teo is the co-founder of Common Ground, Malaysia's largest coworking space. Together with co-founder Erman Akinci, they strive to provide connectivity to an increasingly intersectional business landscape through building a synergistic community across Southeast Asia's business networks. Transcending the barriers of orthodox office spaces, Common Ground's platform champions synergy, entrepreneurship development, and integration through its myriad of business and social weekly events, as well as hundreds of partnerships across lifestyle and professional sectors. With a strong background in real estate and a keen understanding of workplace dynamics, Juhn seeks to bridge the gaps between the traditional pillars of today's industries in Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. 
Company Profile

Common Ground is redefining traditional workspaces, and making it accessible to startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses so they can do their best work. The award-winning coworking space has 20 venues across Malaysia, Thailand and The Philippines, with all the amenities required to allow its 5,000 members to thrive. 

 

Access to an active business community  

Common Ground recognises that creating success is a heavy task for any business to do alone. Partnerships and communities present opportunity to learn and grow. It is with this idea that Common Ground created an accessible ecosystem through its app for innovative businesses, freelancers and entrepreneurs to collaborate and contribute to their collective success. 

KIM LIM - Co-Founder & CEO
KIM LIM
Personal Bio

Kim Lim is the CEO and co-founder of PichaEats, a food business rebuilding lives of refugees in Malaysia. PichaEats was part of the MaGIC (Malaysia Global Innovative and Creativity Centre) Global Accelerator Program, e@Stanford program in San Francisco, the Westerwelle Foundation in Berlin, and a grantee under the Air Asia Foundation.  

 

PichaEats was also the winner of The Chivas Venture 2017/18 in Malaysia and thrived into the Top 5 at the international level, the winner of Allianz's "Empowering Future Generation" in Munich, Germany, Booking Booster's Top 10 sustainable venture with Booking.com and recently Top 10 Asia’s Social Enterprise. The company represented Malaysia to participate in a program organised by Chivas and Skoll Centre in the University of Oxford. In 2017, she was awarded THE EDGE Inspiring Young Leaders 2017 awards, listed Forbes 30 under 30 Asia, Prestige 40 under 40 Malaysia and recently, Asia Tatler's Generation T.  

Company Profile

PichaEats’ mission is simple: to serve you great food. But as you enjoy the great food, you are also providing an opportunity for refugees in Malaysia to start a new life. We specialise in delicacies from the homeland of our chefs – from Rohingya Curry, Palestinian Hummus to Afghani Dumplings & Syrian sweets - with everything made of authenticity & love. Since 2016, we have partnered with 30 families from Syria, Palestine, Pakistan, Iraq & Afghanistan, served more than 200,000 meals and bringing you delicious meals that fill your tummy & soul.  
 

SWAROOP SHAH - CEO, Vietnam
SWAROOP SHAH
Personal Bio

With over 20 years in global banking in emerging and matured markets like India and Vietnam, Swaroop’s experience covers a spectrum of functions which include consumer lending, sales, credit underwriting, risk management and credit operations. 

As one of Validus’ earliest employees, Swaroop has worn various hats and headed multiple teams across the business, and has played a key role in taking Validus from a fintech startup to Singapore’s largest SME financing platform in just a few years. Swaroop will continue to play an instrumental role in helping to pivot Validus in Vietnam, and drive financial inclusion for the many unbanked or underbanked SMEs. 

Prior to Validus, Swaroop headed CitiFinancial Consumer Finance as Collections Head for Personal Loans and Prudential as Director of Audit, Groupwide Internal Audit.   

Swaroop holds an MBA from Welingkar Institute of Management, Master of Commerce from Sydenham College and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Mumbai.  

Company Profile
Founded in 2015, Validus is Singapore’s largest SME financing platform for businesses and accredited investors. With a presence in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, Validus uses Data Analytics and AI to drive growth financing to the underserved SME sector. An award-winning fintech, Validus has achieved several industry-firsts in the region. Its data-driven, collaborative approach to business lending has helped it to forge strong industry partnerships with many established brands. One such partnership with Visa saw the launch of a virtual card-based solution for SMEs. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and a registered entity with OJK, Validus is an approved financing partner on GeBIZ and is a founding member of the Marketplace Lending Committee by the Singapore Fintech Association. 
PRAJIT NANU - Co-Founder & CEO
PRAJIT NANU
Personal Bio
Prajit Nanu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nium, a global financial technology platform that aims to break currency borders by empowering businesses and consumers to send, spend and receive funds anywhere in the world in a more convenient and transparent way. Based in the company’s headquarters in Singapore, Prajit is responsible for expanding the company’s geographic reach and establishing Nium as a leading financial technology platform all over the world. He oversees not just Nium’s B2B arm of the business, but also its B2C platform InstaReM, powered by Nium’s technology. Prajit is also responsible for driving innovation in key markets that Nium has offices in, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States of America. 
Prior to co-founding InstaReMand eventually, Nium, Prajit held leadership positions in various global organizations. He was the Global Sales Director at TMF Group, a multinational professional services firm headquartered in Amsterdam, and was the VicePresident of Sales and Account Management at WNS Global Services, a business process management company.
Prajit holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce & Economics from the University of Mumbai.
Company Profile
InstaReM was founded in 2015 with a mission to improve the cross-border payments experience for consumers in the APAC region.
While continuing to be an expert in consumer remittances, we’ve expanded and scaled our offerings to meet the needs of SMEs, Financial Institutions, Enterprises and other payment service providers. Our network is powered by our portfolio of licenses, hard-earned by building trust with financial regulators in over 38 countries. Our platform offers a wide range of payments services grouped into three categories: Send, Spend and Receive.
As a company, we are continuously innovating and pushing boundaries. We aspire to become enablers, creators of an open platform that businesses and partners can use to build a world free of the old constraints and restrictions – a world of Open Money. That platform is Nium.
SAI SRINIVAS KIRAN G - Co-Founder & CEO
SAI SRINIVAS KIRAN G
Personal Bio
The Co-Founder and CEO of Mobile Premier League (MPL), Sai Srinivas is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur. Along with his Co-Founder Shubh Malhotra, this is his second startup. Their first venture Creo, a streaming hardware company, was acquired. Sai's interest in gaming dates right back to his days at game developer Zynga. Passionate about eSports, Sai hopes to take them across the country and democratise them with MPL. Sai hails from Hyderabad and has spent most of his professional life in Bengaluru.
Company Profile

Mobile Premier League is a skill-based eSports platform where users can play their favorite mobile games and win real cash. Its application offers an arcade, sports, and adventure games, that enable game enthusiasts to showcase their talent, win prizes, and enjoy with their friends.

Mobile Premier League was established in 2018 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

JOSEPHINE CHAN - COO
JOSHEPHINE CHAN
Personal Bio

Josephine is currently the Chief Operating Officer of WHub - Hong Kong's largest startup ecosystem platform. She also heads up the Corporate Innovation team, which has created programs for Accenture, HSBC, DBS and Microsoft. 

Throughout her career Josephine has supported and helped grow startups and businesses in Hong Kong and internationally. She has worked with the entire spectrum of companies from FinTech to BioTech, from grassroots ventures to unicorns. 

She often moderates and speaks at key international startup events. She also sits on investor panels to provide angel investments for seed stage startups. 

Josephine is a certified transformative coach, helping individuals and companies uncover their passions and key drivers; and is a strong D&I advocate - previously leading the speaker team of TEDxWomen in Hong Kong.  

 

Company Profile

WHub (whub.io), Hong Kong’s largest startup community platform and power connector. We unleash startups’ full potential and accelerate their businesses through making meaningful connections to the resources they need and fosters the growth of the entire ecosystem. 

WHub is based on 3 pillars: 

  • Showcase Startups & Startup News 

  • Connect Startups with Key Players and the Community: For Recruitment, Startup and Corporate Co-Innovation Programs and Geographical Expansion to other ecosystems 

  • Educate and Empower through insights, white-papers (HK Startup Ecosystem Toolbox and FinTech White Paper , GBA Whitepaper) and events. 


 

KONG WAN LONG - Co-Founder & CCO
KONG WAN
Personal Bio
Wan Long, Co-founder of JustCo, led the charge in laying a strong foundation in the company’s early days, and spearheaded all sales activities with his commercial acumen and a deep understanding of the target consumer. Previously the Head of Sales, Wan Long brings with him a wealth of industry experienceas he now takes on the role of Chief Commercial Officer and leadsthe Group’s Enterprise team. As a mentor to theEnterpriseteam, Wan Long’s passion and dedication is reflected in the rigorous training programmes he has developed for the team to ensure that they are well-placed to provide the best for clients. He also takes a personal interest in the growth and career progression of his team members, always making sure that they have the best support that they need. Wan Long is also a firm believer of conducting businesses with integrity, and this translates into the goodwill that his team has earned with JustCo’s clientele over the years. As part of his regional role, he often travels around the world to better understand how the company’s corporate culture can be seamlessly transferred across geographical and cultural boundaries as the Group continues expanding. As an enterprising individual, Wan Long constantly keeps abreast of the industry’s latest trends and developments. He plays a key role in JustCo’s evolution into one of the region’s key market players.
Company Profile
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Singapore, JustCois Asia Pacific’s leading premium flexible workspace provider. We continually disrupt the status quo and redefine collaborative working.In our communities, we connect dynamic entrepreneurs, start-ups and large corporations. People are at the heart of what we do, as we create networking events and strategic partnerships for our members and partners to gain insights, collaborate,and help each other. Our passion for customer satisfaction ensures our members findthe same JustCo hospitality –comfort and peace of mind –no matter where they are.We make work better by revolutionising how people work, empowering our ever-growing community with exceptional flexibility, opportunities and experiences.
MALINA PLATON - Managing Director, Strategic Accounts, APAC
MALINA PLANTON
Personal Bio

Malina Platon joined UiPath in 2016 as a business development manager in Bucharest, Romania. Her role expanded and she worked across the globe to support customers with their digital transformation using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to increase productivity, reduce costs and improve employee satisfaction. In 2017, she moved to Singapore to head up the Asia Pacific business as Managing Director for ASEAN. Malina drove UiPath’s growth and expansion in Asia Pacific, opening offices in South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and other markets as enterprises and governments in the region saw the benefits of automation. 

As Managing Director, Strategic Accounts, APAC, UiPath, Malina is focussing on UiPath’s vision of one robot for every employee and works closely with large enterprises to help them implement this initiative. She also advocates the need for reskilling and preparing the workforce for the future of automation, driving Centre of Excellence initiatives with customers and Academic Alliance partnerships with educational institutions. 

Previous to UiPath, Malina served in sales and marketing roles for high tech companies and academia.  

Company Profile

UiPath has a vision to deliver A Robot for Every Person, one where companies enable every employee to use, create, and benefit from the transformative power of automation to liberate the boundless potential of people. Only UiPath offers an end-to-end Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform with a full suite of capabilities that enable every organization to scale digital business operations at unprecedented speed. 

LEAH EDWARDS - Partner
LEAH EDWARDS
Personal Bio
Leah Edwards is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that is focused on making strategic investments in high-tech startups and connecting them with the Pegasus network of over 30 corporate Limited Partners.  Leah has been part of the Pegasus investment team that has invested in over 100 companies, including SpaceX, 23andMe, Bird, and RobinHood.   
Company Profile

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in exceptional emerging technology companies around the world. Pegasus offers a unique Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) model for global corporations that wish to partner with cutting-edge technology startups. Leveraging its extensive global network, the firm vets investment opportunities for its corporate partners, manages the investments, and connects portfolio companies to its ecosystem of global corporate partners to accelerate growth.  Pegasus is stage agnostic and invests into diverse domains, such as IT, Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Quantum Computing, FinTech, and other Next Generation Technologies. 

Pegasus also founded and sponsors Startup World Cup, one of the biggest and richest startup competitions in the world. Startup World Cup extends to over 50 countries across six continents, with a Grand Finale in Silicon Valley featuring a $1 Million investment prize. 

REXY DORADO - Co-Founder & President
REXY DORADO
Personal Bio
Rexy Dorado, President & Co-Founder, Kumu | Rexy is the president & co-founder of Kumu, the largest livestream community app for Filipinos. Kumu has reached the #1 Overall App in Apple App Store and #1 Social App in the Google Play Store in the Philippines (and top 10 in Canada and Kuwait) with more than million registered users around the world. Before Kumu, Rexy founded Kaya Collaborative, a program that connects Filipino diaspora leaders to high-impact organizations in the Philippines, and supported global entrepreneurs through roles in Ashoka and Endeavor. 
Company Profile
Kumu.ph | KUMU is a powerful social media platform that brings the voices of Filipinos from all over the globe at the forefront. Aside from presenting users real-time earning opportunities as a live streamer, chances to win cash in various game shows, and engagement in campaigns, KUMU also fosters communities that ignite relevant discussions among Filipinos. 
MILAN KOCH - Co-Founder & Managing Partner
MILAN KOCH
Personal Bio
Milan Koch is Co-Founder and Managing Partner MANTIS Venture Capital, an early-stage VC fund partnership with grammy-award winning duo The Chainsmokers. 

Milan has 7+ years early stage Venture Capital experience and facilitated 30+ investments across 3 early stage funds. 

Additionally, Milan led innovation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies such as HPE, IBM, Capital One and UBS - building trusted relationships between startups and established corporations. 
Company Profile
MANTIS is an early stage technology investment firm supporting the most innovative companies across consumer tech, media & entertainment, distributed ledger and other emerging technologies.
NORHIZAM KADIR - VP, Growth Ecosystem Development
NORHIZAM BIN ABDUL KADIR
Personal Bio

Hizam brings with him 20 years’ experience in multi-market technology and energy industries in various markets across Asia Pacific. He was with Intel, Microsoft and Ballard Power System before joining MDEC as Vice President in 2015. He has wide experience in corporate strategy and marketing, end-customer sales, business development, communications and channel marketing and enablement.


At MDEC, he currently oversees new growth areas, with key emphasis on Fintech and Islamic Digital Economy. Main responsible are building and growing the ecosystem in setting Malaysia as the hub for Inclusive and Islamic Fintech. Prior to this, Hizam managed the tech startup ecosystem where he formulated policies to attract global startups and its ecosystem, facilitated tech funding accessibility, prepared talent in emerging technologies and partnered with corporates for co-innovation.


Hizam sits on the board of directors of MiMOS Berhad. He is also an Investment Panel for Penjana Kapital and a member of the Advisory Council for Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Purdue University, USA and a masters degree in Corporate Marketing and Communication from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Company Profile

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is a government agency under the purview of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia entrusted to lead Malaysia's digital economy forward. Incorporated in 1996 to oversee the development of the MSC Malaysia initiative, MDEC's primary mandate today is to accelerate the growth of digitally-skilled Malaysians, digitally-powered businesses, and digital investments in Malaysia. MDEC is focused on creating inclusive, high-quality growth through the nationwide digitalisation initiatives that are in line with the Government’ Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 and firmly establishing Malaysia as the Heart of Digital ASEAN. 


HENDRA KWIK - Co-Founder & CEO
HENDRA KWIK
Personal Bio
Hendra Kwik is the CEO and Co-founder of PAYFAZZ, a mobile application that serves as a platform for Indonesian citizens in rural areas to conduct financial transactions. In 2016, Hendra and his two childhood friends founded PAYFAZZ. Currently, over 300+ FAZZMILY serves the unbanked population alongside the three founders.

Prior to co-founding PAYFAZZ, Hendra acquired a diverse range of background. From researching at Pertamina, Indonesia’s oil and gas state-owned enterprise, to becoming an engineer in Brazil for Schlumberger, the leading provider in the energy industry. After two and a half years abroad, Hendra came back to Indonesia to reinvent financial access for the unbanked population.

PAYFAZZ is the first Indonesian founded company to be seeded by YC. In just three years PAYFAZZ has undergo two seed funding rounds as well as receiving prestigious awards such as HR Best Place to Work For and FORBES 30 under 30. Now they continue to develop an ecosystem to support Indonesia financial service industry.
Company Profile
PAYFAZZ operates the largest branchless banking agent network in Indonesia to distribute banking services to around 180 million unbanked who live in rural part of Indonesia. Currently, PAYFAZZ has more than 250,000 registered agents spread across rural areas in 514 districts in Indonesia, serving more than 10 million monthly active users and processing more than 2 billion US$ of annual transaction volume on 2020.

PAYFAZZ provides bill payment, money transfer, merchant payment, lending, and deposit/saving services to unbanked through platform partnership with various billers, banks, financial institutions, lending companies, and payment companies. PAYFAZZ’s position as the distribution platform earns it a decent 0.5%-1% commission from its partners. PAYFAZZ counts Y Combinator, Tiger Global, DST Global, Insignia Ventures Partners, B Capital Group, and Indonesian Largest State Owned Bank - BRI Ventures as its major investors.
ERIC TAN - Co-Founder & CEO
ERIC TAN
Personal Bio

Eric Tan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Instahome, one of the leading home rental platform in Malaysia. 

Before founding Instahome, Eric was the Chief of Staff to the CEO at Catcha Group, where he led the group’s investment team in driving new investment opportunities and providing hands-on operational & corporate development support for their portfolio companies. Prior to that, he founded a live-streaming app backed by Catcha Group in Indonesia and was previously the Head of Southeast Asia at a London-based mobile app analytics startup, Reflection.io, where he led their growth and expansion effort in APAC. 

Eric is also an active writer and contributor in the SEA tech scene. His articles have been featured in major regional tech publications, such as Tech in Asia, e27, VC Insider News and Mastsea.  

Company Profile

Instahome is the leading home rental platform in Malaysia. We provide a seamless home rental experience for tenants, agents and landlords using our end-to-end digital platform. We check every single home and provide HD virtual tours for all the homes on our platform. Tenants can manage their homes using our platform to pay rent, collect rewards, find maintenance services and manage their relationship with the agents and landlords. Built by a group of renters, Instahome is backed by Catcha Group, operator/ investor behind successful internet companies such as iProperty Group, iCar Asia, iflix and Rev Asia. Check out The New Way to Rent a Home at www.instahome.com  

 

SIMONE MARTIN - Managing Editor
SIMONE MARTIN
Personal Bio
Simone is a managing editor for KrASIA, covering tech-driven businesses across the Asia Pacific region. He is a multi-platform journalist with over nine years of experience across Asia and America. Previously, he worked for video news agency CCTV+ and financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, among other outlets. Avid reader, traveler, and photographer. Simone speaks fluent English, Spanish, Chinese, and Italian.
Company Profile

Founded in 2017, KrASIA is a tech media platform that covers news from the tech and startup ecosystems in China, Southeast Asia and India. From fund-raising news to analysis of the latest tech trends, we help our audience keep up with the developments of Asia's tech scene and the next wave of innovators who challenge the status quo.

We started out with the simple idea of bringing quality news about China's tech scene out to the global audience. Yet, our ambition continues to grow and with our resources and networks built across Asia. Thus, we also provide innovation consulting services for a variety of partners. These services include startup scouting, customised innovation events, in-depth market reports analysis and ecosystem tours

Together with our 36Kr Global sister teams in Beijing and Tokyo, we are able to support tech and innovation happening across borders.

ANDREW MAWIKERE - CEO
Andrew Mawikere
Personal Bio
Company Profile
Founded in 2015, Bizzy.co.id was established as a B2B (Business to Business) marketplace and e-procurement that connects vendors with business customers on its platform. ​ Bizzy.co.id is expanding its business by collaborating with Bizzy Logistics and Bizzy Distribution, to be able to offer full supply chain services to all businesses in Indonesia. ​ Following the collaboration, Bizzy Group was established on 6 April 2019, comprising of four Business Units:​
Bizzy Marketplace - a digital procurement marketplace​ 
Bizzy Consolidation - a consolidating purchase solution​ 
Bizzy Logistics - a multi-modal, cross-border logistics company​ 
Bizzy Distribution -a nationwide FMCG distribution company ​
Bizzy Group is building an integrated digital platform for procurement, logistics, and distribution; providing end-to-end supply chain services in Indonesia. 
Bizzy Group’s Mission is to underpin a clean economy by powering an inclusive digital business ecosystem that enables transparent, efficient and accountable commerce for all stakeholders.​
PAULINE WRAY - Global Lead
Pauline Wray
Personal Bio

Pauline has deep expertise in financial services, financial regulations, and digital topics, with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the global leader of BCG Expand FinTech Control Tower, a JV between Expand and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), drawing on the skills of the entire BCG ecosystem in this collaborative and multidisciplinary effort. As head of Expand Research Asia, Pauline continues to develop her knowledge of major financial institutions, technology companies, and financial services regulators. 

Having worked in London and New York, Pauline founded Asia Expand Consulting PTE LTD, before the acquisition by BCG in 2011. 

Pauline is a member of the Expand & BCG leadership team and financial industries sectors advisory board. 

Company Profile
BCG Expand FinTech Control Tower (FCT) is a research-focused unit developed jointly by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Expand Research, the professional benchmarking arm of BCG. The FCT identifies initiatives, technologies, and companies that matter most in today’s FinTech ecosystem, and assesses their impact. This is completed using our internal platform that can ingest data from multiple sources and apply a proprietary taxonomy combined with a rigorous framework, resulting in a highly accurate and globally complete FinTech dataset. We engage directly with financial institutions, regulators, industry stakeholders and innovators, putting us at the forefront of the latest research and FinTech trends. 
WAYAH SURYA WIROTO - Managing Director, Indonesia
WAYAH SURYA WIROTO
Personal Bio

Wayah Surya Wiroto joins Endeavor Indonesia as the new Managing Director with a background in Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for over 20 years. 

Wayah spent over 4 years in GE Indonesia in different functions namely Country Sales Director GE Renewable, and Market Development Director GE Global Growth Indonesia. Wayah also served as HRD Director and Corporate Planning & Learning Director of PT. Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk. since 2011 – 2014. 

Prior to that, Wayah was the Vice Rector for International Collaboration and Marketing Director of Universitas Bina Nusantara in Jakarta Indonesia. Currently sits as External Advisor at YCAB Foundation since 2011. 

He earned a Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering from Bogor Agricultural University in 1993, MSc in Community Nutrition from SEAMEO TROPMED, Regional Center for Community Nutrition at the University of Indonesia in 1996 and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Institute of Agriculture Policy, Market Research and Economic Sociology, Bonn University, Germany in 2002. 

Company Profile
Established in 1997, Endeavor is leading the global high-impact entrepreneurship movement to drive economic growth and job creation by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. To date, Endeavor has screened more than 60,000 individuals and selected more than 2,000 founders leading over 1,200 scale-up companies. With support from Endeavor’s worldwide mentor network, Endeavor Entrepreneurs have created over 4.1 million jobs, generate more than $24 billion in revenue each year, and inspire future generations to innovate and take risks, building strong entrepreneurship ecosystems in growth markets. Headquartered in New York City, Endeavor currently operates in 35+ growth markets throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America.  
THURA SOE-PAING - Co-Founder & Managing Director
THURA SOE-PAING
Personal Bio

Thura is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of All Myanmar Advisors (AMA). A leading Myanmar focused multi-disciplined advisory firm.

In 2012, Thura also co-founded and was the Managing Director of Frontier Technology Partners (FTP) – one of the first mobile money service providers in Myanmar under the myKyat brand. During his time as MD, Thura was able to get seed money and two further rounds of funding as well as taking the company to launch.

Thura served as an Origination Partner at a Myanmar focused Private Equity firm, Golden Rock Capital.

Thura also holds a position as a Director of the British International School in Yangon, a part of the Nord Anglia Education.

Prior to his return to Myanmar, Thura was with a Corporate Finance boutique Strategy613 in Beijing where he worked on a few landmark deals – including the sale of Thailand’s ACL Bank to China’s ICBC. Thura started his career in the UK and worked for companies such as Citibank and Boston Consulting Group.

Thura holds a Masters in Management Science from Boston University and a BSc (Hons) in Economics from London School of Economics

Company Profile

All Myanmar Advisors (AMA) is a leading Myanmar focused Advisory Firm providing effective and customised solutions for local and international clients.  AMA services include Management Consulting, Financial Advisory and Corporate Services, with a commitment to support clients from fact-finding to effective and pragmatic implementation. 

AMA has supported clients ranging from social enterprises to leading multinational corporations, including NGO’s, Development Finance Institutions, Myanmar SME’s and Private Equity funds. 

AMA team is also actively involved in investments into Myanmar businesses as consultants to PE firms as well as individual investors. 

AMA has worked across a wide range of sectors including financial services, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail, Fin Tech, energy, renewables, real estate, non-for-profit organisations and agriculture 

AMA’s strength lies in its team of highly qualified and dedicated Myanmar based local and foreign professionals with a wide range of experience from leading institutions worldwide. 

LEE WILLIAMSON - Editor
LEE WILLIAMSON
Personal Bio
Lee Williamson is a Hong Kong-based journalist with a decade of experience in the Greater China region. Formerly in the editor’s chair at Time Out Beijing, he now heads up editorial for Generation T, Tatler Asia's content and events platform for the Leaders of Tomorrow. He was selected as a WAN-IFRA Young Media Leaders Fellow 2020.  
Company Profile

Generation T is a content and community platform for young leaders shaping Asia’s future. We celebrate the entrepreneurial drive and disruptive spirit of entrepreneurs and creatives across the region. 

Today, our “T” represents the Leaders of Tomorrow. Our first product, and today our flagship, is the “Gen.T List,” 400 Leaders of Tomorrow who are redefining their industries or breaking new ground. This list has become the definitive index of young leaders in Asia. 

Generation T operates in eight territories across Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. 

KATHY TAN - Co-Founder & CMO
KATHY TAN
Personal Bio
Kathy Tan is a serial entrepreneur, digital growth consultant, Facebook certified media buying professional and public speaker. Her company, Meekco.Asia is actively onboarding brands into global eCommerce under their Facebook Global Expansion Partner Program They are also Shopify Plus partner, the leading global enterprise eCommerce platform. Their clientele includes AirAsia, Bonia, Nestle, All IT Hypermarket and BookXcess. She believes the future is digital, thus been nurturing businesses about O2O strategies, digital marketing automation via hosting meet-ups and social media community. Her frequent appearances in tech conference and seminars such as Seamless Asia Singapore, e27 Echelon Summit Asia Singapore, Wild Digital SEA and Shopify Meet-Ups has made her a warm ambassador of digital retail businesses.
Company Profile
Meekco.Asia is a Full Stack Conversion Marketing Company, with specialises in Marketing Automation & Shopify Plus retail eCommerce. We come with the mission to connect the missing dots between technology and marketing to make future commerce better. We position ourselves as the thought leader in Shopify cross border eCommerce and digital marketing automation. We have been working with Shopify, the world largest eCommerce and retailing automation platform since 5 years ago. We have many success stories in digital on-boarding with Brands and SMEs and bringing them breakthrough in digital revenue grow. Meekco.Asia has also join Facebook as their Global Expansion Partner to help businesses to sell & grow cross-border. 
RYAN WEI - Chief Strategy Officer & CFO
RYAN WEI
Personal Bio

As Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Corporate Development, Ryan acts as a company builder, growth strategist and corporate financier for GudangAda, Indonesia’s fastest growing B2B eCommerce player for FMCG. 

A serial entrepreneur and former founder himself, Ryan was a Managing Director at a cross-border PE fund and M&A boutique. Prior to that, he was with Actis PE, a London-based emerging markets fund, and Swiss-based Partners Group, focusing on growth equity, buyouts and venture LP investments in Europe and Asia.  

Ryan graduated from London Business School and the University of Toronto with high distinction. 

Company Profile

GudangAda was founded in January 2019 with a mission to empower the entire FMCG supply chain players through technology. GudangAda aims to digitize the traditional FMCG industry by providing a platform that facilitates faster, cheaper, smarter and bigger transactions between the FMCG traders and brand owners.  
Since its inception, GudangAda has successfully onboarded hundreds of thousands FMCG wholesalers and retailers in over 500 cities across Indonesia. GudangAda has raised over USD 30 million over two rounds in 2020 and is looking to close series B in early 2021. Headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, GudangAda has more than 800 employees, ready to grow the business and be the leader in the FMCG industry.  

DEREK PANDO - Head of International & Partner Marketing
DEREK PANDO
Personal Bio
Derek Pando is the Head of International and Partner Marketing at Zoom Video Communications. He joined Zoom in 2017. He has spent his career at high growth enterprise software companies including Salesforce and LinkedIn. He has held a variety of different marketing roles in his career. His expertise is in international marketing, product marketing and marketing strategy. He also writes and speaks on collaboration, technology, marketing, and professional relationships. Derek has an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a MBA from Brigham Young University. He speaks Spanish fluently and can get by in Portuguese. 
Company Profile
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) brings teams together to get more done in a frictionless and secure video environment. Our easy, reliable, and innovative video-first unified communications platform provides video meetings, voice, webinars, and chat across desktops, phones, mobile devices, and conference room systems. Zoom helps enterprises create elevated experiences with leading business app integrations and developer tools to create customized workflows. Founded in 2011, Zoom is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices around the world. Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom_us.  
SURINA SHUKRI - CEO
SURINA SHUKRI
Personal Bio

Surina Shukri brings two decades of experience working across a diverse range of companies including global multinationals, middle market companies as well as early stage startups across the financial services, natural resources and technology sectors. She spent the bulk of her professional career in the United States, including 17 years at JPMorgan Chase & Co, as Head of Strategy, Innovation & Business Management for Middle Market Banking and Chief of Staff to the CEO and Executive Director in Natural Resources Investment Banking. She left JPMorgan Chase in 2018 to start SheNovation Ventures, where she advised fintech and blockchain startups on growth strategy and capital raising and consulted business leaders on culture change and transformation.

She graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s Management & Technology dual degree program with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School and Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Company Profile

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is the lead agency in driving the digital economy in Malaysia. Our role is to build a vibrant digital economy and ensure that Malaysia plays a leading part in the global digital revolution. We are passionate about digital technology and its potential to transform the future of our nation and the world.

MDEC’s implementations and efforts are centred on building awareness on digital economy, creating credible talents for the industry, and encouraging digital technology adoption among the people (rakyat) and businesses. MDEC is also the agency entrusted to nurture the growth of the technology industry in Malaysia including the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

On the global front, MDEC is responsible to ensure that Malaysia plays an integral part in digital revolution around the world, while attracting participation from global ICT companies to invest and develop cutting edge digital and creative solutions in the country.

RON BAETIONG - Founder
RON BAETIONG
Personal Bio

Ron Baetiong is an experienced startup founder in the Philippines who has done the following: 


Founded Podcast Network Asia, the biggest Podcast Network in the Philippines that helps podcasters produce and monetize their shows using technology.  


Hosts the #1 business podcast in the Philippines, and one of the top entrepreneurship podcasts in Asia - Hustleshare. 


Created ChatbotPH, the first chatbot development agency in the Philippines and led the company to be acquired by the Sterling Paper Group in 12 months since conceptualization. 


Conceptualized, designed, launched and scaled  the biggest nightlife app in the Asia - Partyphile. Garnered 120,000+ users for the mobile app. 

Company Profile

Podcast Network Asia is the biggest podcast aggregator in Asia with over 80 podcasts and 9 Million listeners combined. PNA also helps brands invest in Asian podcasts through their Podcast monetization and analytics platform - Podmetrics. 


OKKA PHO MAUNG - Co-Founder & CFO
OKKA PHO MAUNG
Personal Bio
Okka is co-founder and CMO/CFO of Recyglo, Myanmar’s first recycle & Sustainability-tech Company for recycling, waste management, circular economy & resource recovery. Okka has a background in management consulting at EY (Ernst & Young). He lived and worked for 10 years in the United States, Hong Kong, South Korea, Belgium, Norway, Czech Republic, and Japan before returning to Yangon. Organizational transformation expert and highlighted experience involve Unilever Indonesia, Frisian Flag Indonesia, and Alibaba China.

RecyGlo implements waste management platforms and practices through smart logistics, recycling service, and reporting mechanisms for traceability. In two years they managed to recycle more than 1,000 tonnes of waste.RecyGlo also provides an e-commerce trading platform where people can sell and buy recycle raw materials through the whole supply chain, which is a key way to support sustainable practices in Myanmar.
Company Profile
RecyGlo is a circular economy waste management, data analytics platform that helps businesses and organizations to be more sustainable, manage their waste streams and impact, legally comply with regulatory requirements for sustainability reporting and supply chain data management.
WEI BENG NG - Co-Founder & CEO
WEI BENG NG
Personal Bio
Wei Beng has had over 10 years of corporate R&D experience in consumer device development, with over 10 international patents under his belt, before making the switch to medtech innovation. Wei Beng obtained his PhD in Biomedical engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, specialising in biomaterials and bioelectronics. He has since been working as a medical device regulator at Health Science Authority (HSA), Singapore in charge of premarket approval and post-market surveillance, and later on in his career as a senior regulatory affairs associate in an international medical device manufacturer, supporting premarket approval for high risk products by US FDA and CE marking in Europe. Wei Beng is also a trained internal auditor for ISO 13485, the international standard for quality management system of medical devices. Other than Sporogenics, WeiBeng is also the co-founder of Medix Consultancy which provides consultancy assistance in terms of regulatory strategy to local medtech SMEs. Wei Beng holds strong believe in delivering cost-effective and sustainable clinical solution which could benefit all patients, regardless of social and financial status.
Company Profile
Up to 93% of patients develop adhesions following initial laparotomy, in spite of existing commercial anti-adhesion products. Small bowel obstruction, infertility and pelvic pain are common sequelae of adhesions. Sporogenics, a Singapore-based medical device incorporated in August 2019, has identified an unique anti-fibrinolytic characteristics in a unique plant-derived biopolymer. The capsules of Sunflower pollen, also known as exine, are made up of a natural biopolymer: Sporopollenin. These naturally derived biopolymer contains an abundance of bioactive ingredients which specifically attenuate the cellular mechanism and signalling pathway of fibrogenesis. In the light of the above, Sporogenics has developed an innovative proprietary solution to address the above unmet clinical need, by presenting a proprietary solution in the form of hydrogel film for open surgery, and a spray-on microgel for keyhole surgery. We have validated our technology via rat models to verify the combined physical mode of action in combination with adjuvant bioactive mechanism. Within a span of 21 days we observed no cytotoxicity and complete absence of adhesion in the animals post-surgical. Sporogenics is one of the top 5 start-ups which has made it into the grand finale of MedTech Innovator 2020 Asia Pacific program.
AUNG CHIT KHIN - Managing Director
Aung Chit Khin
Personal Bio
Aung Chit Khin is an entrepreneur, marketer and educator with an active interest in promoting the role and responsibility of business organizations in Myanmar’s development.  He was born in July 1980.   He is the Founder and President of Strategy First University and SFUx – an online learning initiative of the University.  Aung also owns Putet Comics Publications (an innovative comic mobile application) and Waso Learn Mobile Applications – a business with a social mission to make the quality education affordable and accessible to all the basic education students nationwide.   Aung Chit Khin is a member of Central MSME Development Agency, an Agency by the Government of Myanmar, and a Central Executive Committee Member of Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs Association (MYEA).
Company Profile
Founded in 2020, Waso Learn Mobile Applications is a business with a social mission to make the quality education affordable and accessible to all the students nationwide.  It is an edutainment tech company where education, technology and entertainment are combined.
KUSH AGARWAL - Founder & CEO
KUSH AGARWAL
Personal Bio
Kush is a Singaporean innovator, who is a technologist by training, a scientist by profession, and an entrepreneur by DNA, which stems from his early childhood involvement in the family pharmaceutical business. He has created technology business ventures from concept to launch and beyond within friends & family. To date, Kush has co-founded three Singapore based tech-startups through his inventions and is currently leading his A*STAR spin-off company - WaveScan Technologies in the role of CEO. WaveScan is a deep-tech company developing the next generation of AI-powered microwave & millimeter-wave contactless, see-through, radar technology.

He holds a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore, an M.S. from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, and a B.Tech. from College of Engineering Roorkee India, all in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, specializing in component and system-level wireless interfaces. Kush has close to a decade of experience in the R&D & management of wireless technologies and, has authored 25 refereed papers, book chapters, and six patent filings. He has worked with the CGI (Canada), A*STAR, NUS & NTU (Singapore), and is actively involved in supporting and building the deep-tech start-up ecosystem in the Asia-Pacific region in his role of 2019/20 IEEE Entrepreneurship Steering Committee. 

Company Profile
WaveScan is a Singapore-based A*STAR spin-off company specializing in the R&D and productization of disruptive beamforming electromagnetics based smart scanner systems and advanced AI algorithms. Our proprietary technology builds upon nearly a decade-long R&D on microwave & millimeter-wave contactless, see-through scanner systems. It is capable of high-resolution 3D imaging for non-destructive testing (NDT) applications focusing on market verticals such as – Aerospace, Oil & Gas Pipelines/Tanks, Infrastructure, Power/Energy, etc.

Smart scanning systems, integrable with autonomous vehicles, along with a centralized AI-enabled analytics solution, are the future of active inspection systems for sustaining resilient high-stake assets. At WaveScan, we envision safer, productive & livable cities by creating a predictive maintenance ecosystem through data-driven standardization of inspection processes. We are looking for global partners & early adopters to join us in our mission of disrupting the practices of how infrastructure & facilities are planned, built & managed today.

ZAC LIEW - Co-Founder & CEO
ZAC LIEW
Personal Bio
Zac previously worked at Barclays Bank in London and was a Product Manager for 2 enterprise-tech companies. He was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2020

Company Profile
Curlec is a VC-backed FinTech company that makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to collect recurring payments and take control of their cash flow. We do this by building technology on top of banking payment infrastructure.

Founded in 2018, Curlec is the first independent software company in Malaysia to process online interbank Direct Debit payments and offer this to businesses that have been traditionally underserved by banks. Whilst Direct Debit was our entry point, Curlec has now broadened our payment offerings to include recurring and one-off credit card payments, as well as alternative online banking options. This ensures that merchants have the most comprehensive payment mix for their recurring business activity.

Curlec was named Malaysia's Best FinTech Startup at the Southeast Asian Global Startup Awards 2019.

ALEX WICKS - Founder & CEO
ALEX WICKS
Personal Bio
Alex has been working as a tech entrepreneur in Myanmar for over 8 years. Alex has direct operational experience in the digital world across South East Asia, specialising in web-based development and marketing. After running a successful SEO & digital marketing business, he decided to invest in disrupting the logistics sector in ASEAN’s last frontier market, Myanmar. 
 
Company Profile

Karzo manages the largest virtual truck fleet in Myanmar providing B2B goods transportation for corporate enterprises & SMEs moving cargo anywhere in the country and beyond. It is the first online transportation platform in Myanmar to easily connect independent truck drivers, fleet owners, third-party logistics and commercial logistics providers directly with businesses needing reliable and trackable distribution and delivery. 

 

VINCENT BAKKER - Co-Founder & CFO
VINCENT BAKKER
Personal Bio
Vincent Bakker is co-founder & CFO of Positive Energy. He worked 10 years in complex energy investments in Royal Dutch Shell, in Europe and Asia, where he did M&A, government negotiations and divestments. He decided to bring his M&A experience to the Asia renewables market, unlocking capital for sustainability. Vincent has a MSc. In Financial engineering and is CGMA accredited. 
Company Profile

At Positive Energy, we simplify the financing of renewable energy projects. Because of the falling costs of solar panels and wind turbines, these are profitable investments. Renewable energies are booming with 150 bln USD investments last year in Asia alone. However, there is a large funding gap. Due to the size of these projects and the complex investment process, many of these projects are left unfinanced. 

Our digital platform drastically reduces the time and cost of financing. We charge only for successful funding of projects. We are the only ones doing this in Asia. We launched in 2019 and now have ~750 mln USD of projects listed. We plan to keep growing our project and investor base, in Asia and beyond. 

MICHAEL OYSON - CEO & Co-Founder
MICHAEL OYSON
Personal Bio
Michael Oyson is CEO and Co-Founder of Skibre. He is a former investment banker and has extensive knowledge in strategy and compliance having started and scaled two stock trading firms. He worked in Deutsche Bank for 15 years in various senior roles and offered investment advice to the world’s top long-only institutional funds and hedge funds. He started businesses in large organizations, put in place strong compliance systems, and worked closely with regulators. He has experience in expanding businesses in large organizations and startups and has been involved in various landmark multibillion-dollar IPOs in Asia. He is a former national athlete who qualified to compete in the 2010 Asian Games and is a casual gamer. He holds an Executive MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a CFA Charterholder.   
Company Profile

SKIBRE is a social and mobile-based competitive multiplayer mobile esports platform that hosts skill-based casual mobile gaming tournaments for players across genres like arcade, puzzle, sports, action, quiz, and AR/VR. We help amateur mobile gamers compete professionally on our platform and get recognized for their talent, earn prizes, and become famous. We host esports tournaments and the Olympics for casual games. Users download the app, get matched with other players, compete in games that are integrated in our app, and win prizes. Skibre partners with local and international game developers by enabling social competition in their games and hosting them on Skibre’s super app. Our mission is to help casual gamers go pro. Skibre is an Antler portfolio company. Antler is the world’s largest technology company builder and a global early-stage venture capital firm. 

 

DR. ANEESH SATHE - CEO & Co-Founder
DR. ANEESH SATHE
Personal Bio
Aneesh earned his PhD in Mechanobiology from one of the world’s top labs. A decade of experience in biology, microscopy, and a deep interest in automated analysis led Aneesh to develop cutting edge artificial intelligence algorithms to detect cancer cells. 
With Qritive, Aneesh, and his co-founder Kaveh, are revolutionizing cancer diagnosis with digital pathology and interpretable AI.
Company Profile
Qritive makes cancer diagnosis fast, accurate, and affordable. The world is facing a critical shortage of pathologists leading to delays, and high costs in cancer diagnosis. Diagnosis is still done by eye, causing errors. Qritive solves these problems with AI powered solutions for digital pathology and diagnosis. Their workflow tools enable pathologists to diagnose cancers in minutes, rather than hours, and at much higher accuracy than manual analysis. Qritive has been working with Singapore’s largest hospitals for the past three years to improve their workflow and is now expanding into regional markets. Qritive’s products are clinically validated and have received CE marking.
NITESH CHELLARAM - Co-Founder
NITESH CHELLARAM
Personal Bio
Co-Founder - Nitesh Chellaram, born and brought up in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to Dropezy, Nitesh was the co-founder of a recruitment firm called Talent Search Recruitment - Indonesia. He was dealing with the well known startups in the country like Gojek, Tokopedia, Zilingo, OYO Rooms, etc. Helping them with their hiring needs. Nitesh also managed his family business where he was dealing in trading of FMCG items and other branded products.
Company Profile
A one stop platform for all your daily needs. We are a low cost subscription based grocery delivery platform where a user can either shop for items a-la-carte or even subscribe to daily / weekly recurring needs. At Dropezy we encourage to buy small eat fresh by automating and simplifying your shopping routine.
DR EMLIRA SOGHRATI - CTO & Co-Founder
DR EMLIRA SOGHRATI
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Dr Elmira Soghrati (CTO) is a technical expert with 6 years of experience in product development, material chemistry and design of advanced material. She has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore. She was an A* scholar with extensive experience working at ICES (Institute of Chemical Engg and Science), an A*star institute with an active R&D space for collaboration between academia and industry. Her research expertise and technical know-how will form the core of aerogel insulation material formulation development. 

 
 

Company Profile
KrossLinker is a venture capital backed, advanced material start-up based in Singapore founded by a team of scientists. We develop a class 
of thin, lightweight Silica Aerogel Composites delivering the world's best thermal insulation performance for challenging applications. For the first time, with our disruptive breakthrough patented platform technology for fabrication & formulation, we are making this premium material affordable and accessible across all mainstream insulation markets. Our first product serves the cold-chain biopharmaceutical packaging (CCBP) industry and with our high-performance thermal insulation material, we protect temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, precious biologics and vaccines throughout their shipping journey. Beyond CCBP, our aerogel fabrication platform will play a transformative role in addressing tough thermal insulation challenges in construction, refrigeration, battery, oil & gas, automotive and marine industry. 
HERRY NUGRAHA - Co-Founder & CEO
HERRY NUGRAHA
Personal Bio
A serial entrepreneur with a very strong background in commercial area: brand management, strategic marketing, sales operation and channel management. His experiences in established MNCs has brought a holistic approach in his start-up etanee founded recently 
Company Profile

It is a digital supply chain platform that is specialised in creating cold-chain ecosystem for frozen and fresh produce to deliver easy, quality and value-for-money frozen and fresh foods; by connecting food suppliers, logistic hubs and delivery transporters using social-commerce and automation technology. 

ADI KURNIADI - Co-Founder, CFO & Data Science
ADI KURNIADI
Personal Bio

After spending 15+ years in engineering, technology, and data science leadership in the USA, the EU, and China, Adi came back to Indonesia and joined together with Andrew and Sonja and created Halosis. 

Prior to Halosis, Adi has successfully led implementations of predictive manufacturing AI and has led the commissioning of new renewable energy technologies in a large-scale manufacturing plant.  

Adi is a certified DuPont Six Sigma (manufacturing data science specialist) and a recipient of the DuPont Excellence Award. Adi received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Masters in Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Company Profile
Halosis is a multiple award winning startup focusing on AI & conversational commerce. 
Halosis empowers small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) & women entrepreneurs through social commerce platform powered by Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) such as chatbot, image recognition, machine learning, and natural language processing (NLP). 

Halosis helps increase operational efficiency by providing virtual assistants which complete tasks such as taking orders, manage stock inventory, confirm payment, estimate shipping cost and delivery time, process complaints and customer feedback. 
We also give SMEs & womenpreneurs business analysis tools so we can teach them how to monitor their businesses on a daily basis and prepare for growth. 
 
We believe technology such as AI will not eliminate jobs but will enhance productivity and create new jobs for the growing business. 
SEAVPOR TENG - Co-Founder & CEO
SEAVPOR TENG
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Company Profile
PEYMAN SALEHIAN - Co-Founder & CEO
PEYMAN SALEHIAN
Personal Bio
Peyman is an entrepreneur-scientist with a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He successfully built his first start-up at 22 years old, where he transferred technology from the lab and commercialized it to the level of 50 people. In 2013, He was one of the 3 peoples who won highly competitive Singa Scholarship and joined NUS to follow his passion to gain more knowledge through Ph.D. He published novel research papers and led several industrial projects during his Ph.D. After Ph.D., he joined a technology consultant firm as head of business development where he managed an international team and expanded the company in SEA. He started Allozymes, with the vision of revolutionizing the way industries using enzyme for sustainable manufacturing of chemicals and natural compounds.
Company Profile

In the current world that green and sustainable manufacturing is no longer an option but a choice, enzymes are going to play a pivotal role. Mimicking nature's manufacturing machinery, enzymes are finding enormous application in various industries but their performance needs to be improved before deploying them for industrial processes.  


On one hand, improving and optimizing enzyme performance requires screening a very large number of enzyme variants to find the right enzyme. On the other hand, the current technology takes years, needs millions of dollars, and generates tons of biohazard and plastic waste with no guarantee of success. At Allozymes, we spend 3 years and USD5M to address these limitations with our advanced microfluidic-based technology for enzyme development. It integrates and accelerates the sophisticated steps of the enzyme development process, greatly reduces the development time and cost by 10 folds, and increase the chance of success by 200 folds, with no waste over the development process.  


Allozymes is a platform company here to revolutionize the way industry will use enzymes to generate chemicals and natural products. We are an enabler for breakthrough developments for sustainable manufacturing of ingredients for pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, cosmetics, and chemicals. 

WILL PAGE - Author & Former Chief Economist, Spotify
WILL PAGE
Personal Bio
Will Page is the former Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS for Music where he pioneered Rockonomics. At PRS he published work on Radiohead's In Rainbows and saving BBC 6Music. At Spotify he helped redefine catalogue and articulated the global value of music copyright.. Will is now working on his first book, ‘Tarzan Economics: Eight Principles in Pivoting through Disruption’, A passionate communicator, Will’s work is regularly featured in Billboard, The Economist and the Financial Times. His most recent publication examined COVID-19's Impact on Britain's Live and Recorded Music Industries. Will is a Visiting Fellow of the London School of Economics and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 
Company Profile
FRANCO VARONA - Managing Partner
FRANCO VARONA
Personal Bio
Franco is the Managing Partner of Foxmont Capital Partners. Franco guides his investee companies and their founders in tackling the unique business and operational challenges present in the Philippines. Franco is also a Co-Founder and Director of Global Media Post Ltd. (HK), a boutique media agency specializing in promotional country reports. Prior to Foxmont, Franco led Grab Philippines as General Manager from 2012-2014.  
Company Profile

Foxmont Capital Partners is a multi-focus venture capital fund dedicated to investing  in Philippine startups and Filipino founders. The fund typically participate in Seed to Series  B investment rounds and provide entrepreneurs with further support in the form of capital, expertise, and network.  

Foxmont is grounded by the philosophy of being “entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs” as we take an active, hands-on approach in assisting portfolio companies depending on the area of need. Apart from the fund's founders being startup entrepreneurs themselves, Foxmont assists their portfolio companies with through our collective experience in operations management, private equity, investment banking, real estate, and logistics.  Current portfolio companies include Kumu, a live streaming platform providing a voice to the youth in the Philippines and abroad; Edukasyon, an education platform focused on helping students find the right school and the right education; and Booky,  a company focused on creating the digital infrastructure for the F&B industry. 

 

WAI HONG FONG - Co-Founder & Chieftain
WAI HONG FONG
Personal Bio

Wai Hong Fong is Chieftain and Co-founder at StoreHub, an omnichannel operating system for over 15,000 retail and restaurant businesses across Southeast Asia. Raised in Malaysia, Fong spent four years in Singapore as an ASEAN Scholar and lived in Melbourne for a decade. Soon after completing his BA at the University of Melbourne, Fong co-founded OZHut – a multi-niche online retailer – and served as managing director for five years. 

Fong was also named Australia's Best Young Entrepreneur in 2011 by StartupSmart and amongst Melbourne's top 100 most influential people by Australian daily The Age, that same year. Fong spent a year and a half studying Mandarin in Shanghai and eventually returned to Malaysia in 2013, and founded StoreHub.

Company Profile

StoreHub is the operating system of successful omnichannel businesses. Our platform enables more than 15,000 restaurant and retail entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia to automate the growth of their revenue and customer base, as well as the entire process of running their operations. 

StoreHub was founded in 2013 by Wai Hong Fong and Congyu Li, starting off as an all-in-one tablet-based Point of Sale (POS) system that helps business owners manage and grow their store from a single platform. Since then, it has expanded its cloud-based offering to include a powerful QR loyalty cashback program, QR table ordering system, food delivery service and an easy-to-adopt ecommerce platform. 

 

SHARON GOH - Chief Disruption Officer
SHARON GOH
Personal Bio

Sharon is a serial entrepreneur with over +20 years’ experience in the IT industry. She is also a certified trainer in profession. Sharon founded Syuen Zens Resources in 2012, a training & consulting firm providing end-to-end digital transformation solution & advisory for businesses of all sizes, helps brick & mortar business to digitize their business.

Prior to Syuen Zens Resources, Sharon was the Founder & Advisor for IT Comp Sales & Services Sdn Bhd ( founded 2003 ) leading a trusted IT Company championing efforts in retail chain, corporate IT Solutions & the e-commerce business.  

Growing together with the Digital Transformation in Malaysia, Sharon is also actively sharing her experience across e-Commerce & Cashless event as a contributor of the industry.

Company Profile

Sharon is a serial entrepreneur with over +20 years’ experience in the IT industry. She is also a certified trainer in profession. Sharon founded Syuen Zens Resources in 2012, a training & consulting firm providing end-to-end digital transformation solution & advisory for businesses of all sizes, helps brick & mortar business to digitize their business. 

Prior to Syuen Zens Resources, Sharon was the Founder & Advisor for IT Comp Sales & Services Sdn Bhd ( founded 2003 ) leading a trusted IT Company championing efforts in retail chain, corporate IT Solutions & the e-commerce business.   

Growing together with the Digital Transformation in Malaysia, Sharon is also actively sharing her experience across e-Commerce & Cashless event as a contributor of the industry. 

EDWIN WIBOWO - Co-Founder & CFO
EDWIN WIBOWO
Personal Bio

Edwin Wibowo is the Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Waresix, a technology platform offering trucking, logistics and warehousing solutions to companies navigating Indonesia’s 17,000 islands. At Waresix, Edwin is responsible for finance, human capital and organisational development. He has over seven years of experience in logistics operations and managing software systems. 

Edwin started his career in Indonesia in one of the largest transportation companies where he learned about procurement, managing inventory and digitising the logistics process. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Company Profile

Waresix is a technology platform founded in 2017 that offers trucking, logistics and warehousing solutions for companies in Indonesia. By connecting shippers and businesses with available trucks and warehouses across Indonesia, Waresix offers a one-stop solution for transportation both by land and by sea, as well as cold storage and general cargo handling. 

The company aims to optimise operational costs and logistics for companies navigating Indonesia’s archipelago of 17,000 islands by leveraging technology to provide better transparency, higher standards of service, and improved income for asset owners. 

Currently, Waresix operates in more than 100 cities in Indonesia, and manages over 40,000 trucks and 375 warehouses. The company has received US$127.1 million in funding from leading VCs and investors such as EV Growth, Jungle Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Asia, EMTEK Group, Pavilion Capital and Redbadge Pacific. 

GANESH MAHENDRANATHAN - Co-Founder
GANESH MAHENDRANATHAN
Personal Bio
Ganesh is an entrepreneur, consultant and design thinking leader with a strong professional foundation as an auditor and strategy consultant. He has proven success in delivering innovation and driving incremental value across start-ups (plantOS, Drinkentrepreneurs, The CViator, Betacode), scale-ups (Fave and MoEngage), innovation consulting firms (Found8 and NOBA Ventures) and the government (MaGIC). He currently heads up innovation initiatives at RHB and prior to this was Country GM of Found8, a Singaporean-based co-working space, and corporate innovation firm.  
Company Profile
JEFFREY EVANS - Co-Founder & Partner
JEFFREY EVANS
Personal Bio

Mr. Evans is lauded entrepreneur with successes in the technology, music & entertainment, finance and human capital industries. He is currently a co-founder and Partner in Mantis Venture Capital, a VC opportunity fund in partnership with The Chainsmokers, President of Buskin Records, an independent record label he launched in 2011 and Bassline Management an artist management firm. Evans label and management firm launched the careers of multiple artists including the international star Andra Day.

In 2011 Evans took his brick and mortar entrepreneurial skills into the technology space as he co-founded TigerText the first controlled and impermanent mobile communication company. TigerText (rebranded TigerConnect) is currently the leading secure mobile communication application in the healthcare industry. TigerText has raised over $100 million to date. While Evans was leading TigerText he helped incubate Whisper App within the company. Later that year Whisper was spun out of TigerText and valued at over $100 million.

The acquisition of Orion International was completed in 2007 in partnership with Centre Partners with Evans sourcing and leading the acquisition. Orion is primarily dedicated to finding permanent placement civilian opportunities for exiting junior military officers, enlisted technicians and military healthcare professionals. Orion has placed over 50,000 former-military personnel with more than 4,000 different corporations. Mr. Evans served as Orion International’s Executive Chairman since 2007 - 2016.

Mr. Evans additional successes include On Assignment (NASDAQ: ASGN) where from 1994-1999 he ascended to become Senior Vice President and General Manager of the specialty staffing company. His responsibilities included developing and managing the corporate support, business development, training, mergers & acquisitions, and operational aspects of the organization. During his tenure On Assignment grew from $35,000,000 to over $125,000,000 in annual revenue (with a corresponding stock price increase from $5.50 to $34.50).

In late 1999 Mr. Evans took a controlling interest in OnStaff as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Evans was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s vision, creating the business model, sales, marketing and national expansion. He grew OnStaff from a $5,000,000, 3 office local staffing firm to a $100 million revenue national player with 40 offices in major cities throughout the country. In late 2002 he sold OnStaff to Hall Kinion (NASDAQ: HAKI), and joined the HAKI management team as Senior Executive Vice President of Operations. In 2004 he helped complete the sale of HAKI to KForce (NASDAQ: KFRC).

Mr. Evans has served on the President's Commission for White House Fellows, and is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.

Mr. Evans holds a B.A. from Emory University and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He currently resides in Calabasas, CA with his wife and 3 children.

Company Profile
MANTIS is an early stage technology investment firm supporting the most innovative companies across consumer tech, media & entertainment, distributed ledger and other emerging technologies.
SHEYANTHA ABEYKOON - Executive Director, Aspirasi
SHEYANTHA ABEYKOON
Personal Bio
Sheyantha is the Head of Financial Services and Executive Director of Aspirasi, a micro-enterprise and SME focused fintech service provider under Axiata Digital.


As Executive Director of Aspirasi, he has operational oversight over all areas of the business.  

Prior to taking up his current role in Axiata Digital, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the largest e-commerce platform in Sri Lanka. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of CT CLSA Capital, a leading Colombo based investment advisory firm. He also held many leadership positions in start- ups, ecommerce, financial services and fintech businesses. 


He holds an M.B.A from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a Chartered Management Accountant and a CFA Charter holder. He is currently a Board member of a number of Digital portfolio Companies under the Axiata Group.

Company Profile
Aspirasi is an end-to-end digital financial services platform that serves and empowers micro- enterprises and SME businesses. We offer a range of micro-financing solutions such as working capital, supply chain financing and invoice financing, along with micro-insurance products that include credit insurance, health insurance and term life insurance. Our aim is to help the underserved community achieve their business goals, while providing support on their journey of dynamic financial growth. For more information, visit www.aspirasi.co  
JEETA BANDOPADHYAY - Co-Founder & COO
JEETA BANDOPADHYAY
Personal Bio
As Tookitaki Co-Founder and COO, Jeeta Bandopadhyay is responsible for operations, product design, marketing and client engagements. She is also on the Board of Directors and has more recently been awarded by the Singapore 100 Women in Tech society, which celebrates women who have made significant contributions to the tech industry in Singapore. A marketing, communications and project management expert, Jeeta previously worked with India’s largest media conglomerate The Times Group, handling its B2B magazines. She holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Calcutta (India) and a post graduate diploma in Integrated Marketing and Communication from St. Xavier’s College (India). 
Company Profile

Tookitaki is a global regulatory technology company providing an ecosystem of AI-based smart solutions that create sustainable compliance programs for the financial services industry. It offers the most advanced, machine learning-powered, end-to-end AML/CFT analytics platform, the Anti-Money Laundering Suite (AMLS), to detect, investigate and report financial crime. AMLS leverages an automated model management platform for faster implementation and a growing library of money laundering patterns, called Typology Repository, for complex case detection. The solution also has smart modules dedicated to Screening and Customer Risk Scoring. Tookitaki also provides an AI-based reconciliation analytics system enabling automated matching and automated exceptions management.


The uniqueness and robustness of our innovation in the field of compliance-based machine learning have been acknowledged worldwide. In October 2020, we won the G20TechSprint competition in the monitoring and surveillance category. We were selected as a Technology Pioneer (2019 cohort) by the World Economic Forum, recognizing our ability to shape the AML industry and the region in new and exciting ways. Tookitaki celebrates a culture of grit, innovation, and empathy, as we grew from an initial 5-member team to a 65-member strong global team with offices in Singapore, India and the US in the last 5 years.