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

Andrew Ive is the Founder & Managing General Partner at Big Idea Ventures . Big Idea Ventures is a hybrid venture firm with a VC arm and accelerator program. It runs the $50M New Protein Fund , which is the world’s first and largest plant-based accelerator fund. The fund is backed by giants like Tyson Foods and Temasek , the Singaporean government’s VC arm. They focus heavily on plant-based pr...

Nurul Jihadah Hussain is the Founder of The Codette Project . Operating since 2015, The Codette Project is a nonprofit ground-up initiative to improve access and opportunities for minority & Muslim women in technology. The Codette Project runs classes, workshops, panels, networking sessions and social events regularly, including Singapore’s only women's hackathon. She wants to create better co...

Hsu Ken Ooi is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Iterative . Iterative is a Y Combinator -style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia. In their latest batch, they chose the top 9 companies out of over 300 startup applicants. The domains range across proptech, fintech, direct to consumer and logistics.  In 2009, he co-founded Decide.com with Hsu Han Ooi , Brian Ma and Ian Ma . Deci...

Amir Salihefendić is the founder and CEO of Doist , the remote-first company behind the productivity app Todoist and Twist , a team communication app. Todoist keeps track of all your tasks, projects, and goals in one beautifully simple place. It syncs across all your devices and integrates with all your favorite apps. This app is for people who need less chaos and more peace-of-mind. Todoist has h...

"When you have a personal mission in your life and you let it shine in a way that you live and breathe it, people are attracted to it. People see the dedication and the passion, and they want to help in many ways."​ - Geoffrey See Geoffrey See is the founder and chairman of Choson Exchange . Over the past 12 years, he built the leading grassroots-led organization driving economic change in North K...

Elaine Truong is the first product technical product manager at Facebook Singapore. Facebook  connects 241 million Southeast Asians and one interesting difference is that 94% use Facebook through mobile. She's worked on connecting people in developing countries to the internet, 5G and virtual reality as well as the latest products by Facebook and Instagram . Elaine mentors startups around the worl...

Vardhan Kapoor is the Business Strategy Manager for  Deliveroo , overseeing the development and deployment of the organization's strategy across Singapore. He also co-founded the company's  Global Sustainability Committee . He is passionate about seeing the technology industry evolve in an increasingly sustainable manner. For those in the know, Deliveroo is a food technology company present in 13...

Chia is a Principal at Saison Capital , a leading FinTech-focused venture capital fund, who 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 some of the top...

Kwok Jia Chuan currently leads payment product policies for Google. Previously, he was Deputy Director in the Singapore government's digital transformation office . He led a product team working on digital payment and identity products. He also led the project for PayNow, one of the world's first government-created peer-to-peer payment systems . He led its national adoption from 0% to over 75% in...