BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)

Andrew Barry  is currently the Program Director for the  On Deck Course Creator Fellowship, where  On Deck  is building the first global community of Superstar Teachers. He is also the founder of  Curious Lion , a boutique training agency reimagining the way companies like  PagerDuty ,  Pinterest  and KPMG upskill their people. Prior to that, he was Head of Learning at  Lobster Ink , a video-based...

Youngrok is a partner at Ginza Ventures, cross border early-stage venture capital fund based in Japan and the US. Currently, he is structuring the fund while raising the capital from potential limited partners. With an emphasis on B2B and FinTech, the fund intends to invest in startups in various industries and aims to help its portfolio companies expand in Japan (and Korea). He also launched a me...

Yishi is an entrepreneur and investor. He was born in China and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. His first job out of college was as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco. He worked for 3 years at a fundamental-value hedge fund thereafter. After 20 years in the Bay Area, he moved to Boston in 2016 to pursue an MBA at MIT Sloan. While at MIT, he co-founded DeepBench....

Ricky Willianto  is the Co-Founder and CEO of  Ravenry , a knowledge work platform that connects companies with the top 5% freelance researchers and writers in the world. Previously, he was involved in strategy and research, having been Managing Director for Dash, a Senior Consultant at  BTS , and an Industry Analyst at  IBISWorld . Ricky received a  Seth Godin ’s  altMBA , and his Bachelors in Co...

Alexandre (Alex) Lazarow has spent his career working at the intersection of investing, innovation, and economic development in the private, public, and social sectors. He is the author of  Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley  (HBR Press). Alex is a venture capitalist with  Cathay Innovation , a global firm that invests across...

Steven is co-founder and CEO of Aman , digital platform for employee benefts in Indonesia, empowering employers to conveniently find and manage health insurance for their employees. Prior to starting Aman, Steven lived in Beijing, building and leading business development team for ByteDance in Southeast Asia. Before that, he was based in Singapore for 4+ years, working on product partnerships for...

Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh is the author of ' Floating on a Malayan Breeze: Travels in Malaysia and Singapore ' and co-author of ' Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus '. He is currently working on a book about China and India. From 2006-13 Sudhir worked for the Economist Corporate Network and Economist Insights [units of The Economist Group ] in Hong Kong and Singapore. He continues to w...

Jasmine Wang is the Co-founder & CEO of Copysmith , an AI brainstorming partner for marketers. Previously, Jasmine has been heavily involved in AI research at Partnership on AI , OpenAI and the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms (MILA) . Jasmine started out in engineering and research for  Lyft self-driving , and  Microsoft Research’s Tech for Emerging Markets group . She also received...

Albert Lie is a deep lover of engineering with previous experiences in business development, civic technology, and product. He has experience working in non-profit, government, and start-ups (ideation, early-stage, series-A, and series-B) Albert was the 1st engineering hire for Xendit , an impact-focused FinTech startup and the 7th person in the company with a mission on making customers be able t...

Jackson Aw is a 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 honouree and Founder & CEO of Singapore-based Mighty Jaxx , a technology-driven integrated future culture platform that designs and manufactures collectibles and lifestyle products in partnership with the greatest talents in the world as well as global brands such as Hasbro , Nickelodeon , Sesame Street , Toei Animation , Cartoon Network , Warner Brother...

Paul Veradittakit is a Partner at Pantera Capital and focuses on the firm’s venture capital and hedge fund investments. Pantera Capital is the earliest and largest institutional investor in digital currencies and blockchain technologies, formerly managing over $1B. Since joining in 2014, Paul has helped to launch the firm’s second venture fund and currency funds, executing over 100 investments. Pa...

Prior to Asia Partners , Mr. Nash was the Group President of Sea , Greater Southeast Asia’s leading internet company with a ~50Bn market cap, from 2014 to 2018. Mr. Nash led Sea’s landmark initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SE), which raised approximately $1 billion of primary capital and which was the largest ever U.S. IPO of a company from Southeast Asia. Mr. Nash join...

Ashwin Purushottam was an Entrepreneur in Residence with Entrepreneur First , the world’s leading talent investor. His role ended in October 2020. As General Manager of Lime and Deliveroo Special Projects, Ashwin oversaw operations, government relations, marketing, business development, and recruiting. He previously also led the Business Insights team at Shopee . Having built cloud kitchens in Sin...

Sandra has been working in C-level positions in Fintech companies in Singapore for the last 5+ years. Before that, she worked in private-equity real estate in Malaysia and started her career in a German bank belonging to Europe's biggest cooperative banking network in 2001.   She gets her energy from working with smart people towards a shared goal to create an impact and has expertise in founding...

In this episode, founders and VCs shared their predictions for Southeast Asia’s fintech scene for 2021 such as the hype around Fintech in Asia and the up-and-coming models in the industry. If you are interested in joining us on our next episode of SEA Tech Clubhouse, sign up now at  https://www.jeremyau.com . Nominations are limited and approved on a rolling basis. You can self-nominate or nominat...

Eddy Chan is a founding partner of “Indonesia-only” independent early-stage venture capital firm Intudo Ventures , that acts as the Indonesia beachhead strategy for dozens of leading institutions, VC/PE/hedge funds and family offices from the United States, North Asia and Southeast Asia and supports the “digital transformation” strategy of dozens of Indonesian conglomerates. Intudo portfolio compa...

In this episode, founders and VCs shared their predictions for Southeast Asia’s travel tech scene for 2021 such as the rise of domestic travel, future of work and transformation of the MICE industry. If you are interested in joining us on our next episode of SEA Tech Clubhouse, sign up now at jeremyau.com . Nominations are limited and approved on a rolling basis. You can self-nominate or nominate...

Brent Liang is a 3x founder ($1M ARR), recording artist, and the co-founder & executive producer of The Quest podcast along with Justin Kan , co-founder of Twitch . Born in New Zealand, raised in Shanghai and currently completing his law studies in Australia, Brent started his entrepreneurial journey at 18 making mini podcasts. He built his first company facilitating bail assistance for Aborig...

Chris Sirisereepaph is a partner at Saison Capital , a FinTech-focused venture capital fund, that has done especially well in emerging markets like Southeast Asia and India. Their direct investments include Grab , Southeast Asia's largest startup and super-app, as well as ShopBack , Southeast Asia's largest shopping and cashback rewards platform. Their limited partner investments include global fu...

Jan Gliszcynski is a Senior Project Manager and Implementation Leader at IKEA , an MNC of Swedish origin that is famed for its innovative and modernist flat-packed furniture.  Jan has over ten years of experience working in the retail and logistics sectors and has led project teams in almost a dozen countries across three continents. He is currently leading a global programme to digitally optimise...

Ryan Chew is a second-generation serial entrepreneur and COO of Tribe , a deep technology innovation, talent & education platform supported by the Singapore government. Tribe’s ecosystem is supported by some of the world's leading organisations including AXA , BMW Group Asia , Citibank , Enterprise Singapore , EY , IBM , IMDA , Intel , MAS , Nielsen , PwC , R3 , SGInnovate , Temasek , Ubisoft...

Patty Smith is the CEO and Co-founder of Managerie , a platform connecting hiring managers to professionals looking to advance their careers on the basis of their professional growth goals and aligned company mission, setting up potential connections for a future hire. Managerie has attracted over 400+ candidates to support the delicate construction of high-performing teams, which balances a genui...

In this episode, founders and VCs shared their predictions for Southeast Asia’s tech scene for 2021 such as what investor sentiment would be like, as well as the industries to watch in their recovery phase. If you are interested in joining us on our next episode of SEA Tech Clubhouse, sign up now at jeremyau.com . Nominations are limited and approved on a rolling basis. You can self-nominate or no...

Stefano Virgilli is the Marketing Director of Mitigram , the world’s largest marketplace for Trade Finance. Founded in 2015 in Sweden, Mitigram supports network creation and expansion for corporates and financial institutions; comprehensive automated quotation workflows; audit trail, analytics on asset pricing and activity data across multiple trade finance instruments. It currently facilitates mo...

Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit , Harvard Business School . Prior to joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania . Professor Huang’s research examines early-stage entrepreneurship, and the role of interpersonal relationships and implicit factors in the investment dec...