The Founders Peak Podcast

Konstantin Richter is the CEO and Founder of Blockdaemon, the leading institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure building a full suite of staking, node, API and custodial products connecting institutions and developers to leading networks. His curiosity about new digital monetization and payment processes led him to a stint at Nokia before he became an entrepreneur successfully building out Saa...

Arvin is the co-founder of hoolah, Southeast Asia’s first Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) payment provider that empowers consumers to afford the things they want through flexible payment options while helping merchants grow their payment capabilities. With combined experiences in both the corporate and startup world, he currently leads ShopBack’s Partnerships team in scaling its Financial Services offeri...

FinTech Entrepreneur, Investor and Product Builder with 25 years in leadership roles in Technology, Banking & Investment Management Industry across Asia and the UK. Founder of Bento, SaaS Wealth Tech (acquired by Grab). In this talk, Chandrima Das shares a part that founders often draw a veil over - the detrimental impact of their single-mindedness towards their venture on their families, frie...

Florian Dumas is a seasoned finance professional with a 25-year career in finance spanning across Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has directly managed U-Reg since the company was incorporated. In his previous roles as regional head of sales Florian managed teams across Asia and has led large infrastructure projects as either a sponsor or as a senior stakeholder. He is an expert in regulatory pr...

Gavin Tan is the CEO and co-founder of Brick, the leading Open Finance API provider in Southeast Asia. Gavin likes to think of himself as a modern data and payments plumber. He is a fintech enthusiast deeply involved in fintech products, operations and regulatory strategy. A lawyer by training, Gavin helped scale high growth fintechs across SEA, including Aspire (YC W18) - the 1st SME Neobank for...

Katrina Cokeng is the CEO & Co-Founder of Xen Capital, a B2B2C alternative investment platform offering wealth advisors and asset managers an easier way to access capital at scale. Previously, Katrina co-founded and scaled Oriente, a leading digital finance platform in Southeast Asia. She brings over 20 years of global experience in strategy, investment banking and private equity from McKinsey...

Mohit Chobey is a man of many talents. From being a Corporate Business leader & Banker for more than 2 decades,to being an Entrepreneur marrying off his Love for endurance sports & fitness with an E Commerce Health & Wellness company. Post an unsuccessful culmination, he pivoted to Ed-tech & turned around the fortunes of an ailing K 12 company. He is a 3 times Full Ironman finisher...

Vipul Sekhsaria has a taste for filter coffee, a wildlife junkie, ask him to sing a song next time you meet him, and he will not hesitate. Co-founder at Kaleidofin and an in-house customer network specialist. For the day job, Vipul is responsible for customer discovery, acquisition and distribution design spread across India covering 12 million platform users and 1.7 million + customers across Kal...

Wei Shi Khai is the General Partner and Chief Operations Officer at LongHash Ventures. In 2021, Shi Khai was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30. He was previously a management consultant at McKinsey, with a focus on digital transformation and analytics across the financial and telecommunications sector in Southeast Asia. Shi Khai holds a Bachelor of Science from Imperial College London. In this talk, Shi...

Ms Jacqueline Poh was appointed Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) on 4 October 2021. She was previously Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group, which leads and organises the Public Service to develop and implement the strategic priorities of the Government. She also oversaw the National Population and Talent Division and the Centre for Stra...

Being a disruptive digital explorer, Viktor Atanasov is the CEO and co-founder of WOGI, the fastest-growing incentive payments provider across South East Asia. Viktor is also a co-founder of a Frankfurt-listed, Allterco, an award-winning company specialising in IoT smart home automation devices. In this talk, Viktor digs deep into why co-founder conflicts happen in the first place, and how founder...

Sonam Wangchuk is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist. He is the founding-director of the ⁠Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh⁠ (SECMOL), which was founded in 1988 by a group of students who had been in his own words, the 'victims' of an alien education system foisted on ⁠Ladakh⁠ . He is also known for designing the SECMOL campus that runs on solar energy and us...

Recognised as a NFT OG and a pioneer in the fields of Blockchain, Crypto Currencies and Augmented Reality. Morten Rongaard is a regular speaker around the world on those topics and board member of the Nordic Blockchain Association and holds several advisor positions. Morten has the rare skill of being able to combine creative thinking with financial acumen and the key driver behind Reality + hugel...

Ladi Delano is a British-born Nigerian entrepreneur and the co-Founder and co-CEO of Moove, a global mobility fintech democratising access to vehicle financing for mobility entrepreneurs. He has previously founded and exited several businesses in Africa and Asia, and holds a Master’s degree from Oxford University and an MPA from the London School of Economics. In this talk, Ladi shares his lessons...

Life is a precious opportunity for unlimited progress through unending education” – this is the philosophy of Gitanjali Jain, a multi-hyphenate, who believes in constantly reinventing herself through lifelong learning. A social entrepreneur turned educator, Gitanjali is currently heading the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL) as its Founding CEO. HIAL is an alternative Institute fo...

Mr. Aswin Phlaphongphanich is the Co-founder and CEO of DeeMoney - Thailand’s leading and fastest-growing fintech specializing in cross-border payments. Born in Thailand, in a Sikh family, Aswin is the epitome of a self-made person, who started his first business from the basement garage, in his apartment, at the age of 21. Coming from a prominent real-estate and hotelier family that saw its fortu...

A tech visionary and a serial entrepreneur, Anish Achuthan is the Co-founder and CEO of the world’s fastest-growing digital banking enterprise, Open Financial Technologies. With over 17+ years of experience in the fintech industry, Anish launched OPEN - Asia’s first SME neobanking platform to solve the business banking challenges faced by startups, small businesses and freelancers. Then, he set up...

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. He leads the company's growth and expansion in Asia and beyond. He has over two decades of experience in the fintech space, having run his own startup and built large organisations. Prior to Pine Labs, Amrish co-founded Citrus Pay which was acquired by Naspers FinTech, PayU in 2016. Post the acquisition, he was made the CEO for PayU India and later took over as...

Amit Gupta is an entrepreneur now on his third successful venture – with a rewarding corporate career with leadership roles squeezed in as well! Amit believes in the power of democratisation and his two most recent ventures are Ecosystm - a next generation Technology Research & Advisory company, and Kampd – a platform for professional communities and content. He’s a firm believer in giving bac...

Diana Paredes is the CEO and Co-founder of Suade, a software platform that enables financial institutions to understand and deliver their regulatory requirements. Prior to founding Suade, Diana had a successful career in investment banking, covering all asset classes at Barclays and Merrill Lynch, across sales, trading & structuring. Whilst working in the industry, she saw an opportunity to in...

Gaurav Hinduja co-founded axio (formerly Capital Float) in 2013. Under his direction, the company has grown to become India’s leading digital finance company with over 7 million credit customers. As the Managing Director of axio, he continues to drive leadership in the Fintech space through numerous strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Amazon. Gaurav holds an MBA from Stanford Univ...

Wealth manager turned entrepreneur and digitalisation evangelist, Keith Tan’s passion for good coffee and technology kicked off Crown Coffee’s meteoric journey in 2016. Through astute observations, Keith quickly recognised gaps in the labour, service, and quality market that could be enriched by adopting industry-disrupting technology.  Leveraging on robotics, AI and data, Keith started Crown Digi...

Eric Barbier is a serial entrepreneur who has built and scaled multiple payments companies globally. This includes TransferTo (now Thunes and DT One) and Mobile 365 (acquired by SAP). Today, he is the CEO and founder of TripleA, the first cryptocurrency payments gateway to be licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). TripleA empowers more than 15,000 businesses across 120+ countries t...

Deepti Sanghi is the CEO & co-founder of Kodo, India's fastest-growing corporate card and spend-management platform for startups and scaled businesses. Kodo has raised ~$14M in equity capital from a group of investors led by YC Continuity and Brex. Deepti brings strong domain expertise in India's fintech and financial services ecosystem. Before launching Kodo, she headed Partnerships at MoneyT...

Jason Thompson is the Chief Executive Officer of Partior, the trusted global network for value exchange. He is responsible for steering Partior as it charts its growth strategy to disrupt the payments industry and for formulating strategies for the firm’s expansion and product offerings. With over 20 years of leadership experience in the financial services sector under his belt, Jason is known for...