SEA of Startups

This week we are joined by Effon Khoo of Kakitangan.com , which is an online HR Software for Malaysian businesses that helps handle payroll, claims, benefits, leave and more. During the conversation we move from the 10 years’ experience in Microsoft through to raising multiple rounds of capital (crowdfunding, CVC, and VC).  We discuss details around scaling a highly localized product and how they...

This week we are joined by Julie Ng of Vase.ai, which is a consumer insights company breaking the long-cycle times of market research to deliver agile research in 24 hours. This was a great conversation as went from the origins of the co-founders meeting at a hackathon through to a critical pivot which meant turning away from 70% of revenue at the time.  It is an insightful conversation about the...

This week we are joined by Francesca Chia of GoGet, which is a technology platform connecting businesses to on demand workforce of verified workers, called GoGetters. This was a great conversation as we navigated the origin story which involved a couple of pivots.  Through the conversation there are great pieces of advice on building a business, including the bottom-up/top-down way to prioritize g...

This week we are joined by Joe Khoo of iStore iSend, which is a holistic end-to-end e-fulfilment company providing Warehousing-as-a-Service (WaaS) solutions, serving more than 1,000 businesses across 6 different countries, as of this recording. This was a great conversation as we touched on some great milestones in the Founder journey, including a pivot which meant turning away 90% of revenue.  Th...

As the initial launch of the SEA of Startups podcast, we are highlighting clips from the upcoming episodes that we are bringing to you. In this episode you will hear from - Effon Khoo from Kakitangan.com - Yienyee Soh from Avana - Francesca Chia from GoGet - Joe Khoo from iStore iSend - Julie Ng from Vase.ai - Ramachandran Muniandy from Asia Mobiliti - Whei Meng Wong from Speedhome You will find t...