Kadan Capital

True Founder Stories

Business EN ↓ 8 episodes

True Founder Stories by Kadan Capital is a series sharing raw, personal conversations with founders and operators building at the edge of Fintech and AI in Asia and beyond. Designed for a founder audience, each episode dives deep into the real stories, hard lessons, and bold moves behind today’s most ambitious ventures.

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Kadan Capital

Episodes

E08: Ilya Kravtsov - Serial Entrepreneurship & AI Banking 21.04.2026 47:19

The co-founder of Ringkas elaborates on his startup lessons, scaling to 1+ billion USD in annual mortgage volume, and why the future of banking has no apps.

E07: Marcus Lim - Global Banking & Immigrant Stories 03.03.2026 44:06

The founder of @PEXX opens up about navigating market meltdowns, managing doubt, and building a global neobank on stablecoins.

E06: Jingjing Zhong - AI in Home Services & Founder Therapy 11.02.2026 37:09

The founder of Superbench shares hard truths about building for service businesses and how entrepreneurship forces personal growth.

E05: Kevin Kang - Crypto Cards & Surviving Crises 06.01.2026 43:54

Kevin Kang, the Co-founder of Reap, shares how he built one of the first crypto card issuers in APAC, and how he found a silver lining in multiple crises.

E04: Milind Sanghavi - Stablecoin Summer & Building Resilience 04.12.2025 38:04

Milind Sanghavi, the founder and CEO of Xweave explains how stablecoins are drastically changing global payments and how he built resilience as a founder.

E03: Winston Damarillo - Silicon Valley & Growing from Failure 07.10.2025 42:00

Winston Damarillo, the co-founder and CEO of Higala shares how Silicon Valley is different from Southeast Asia, and how founders can learn from past mistakes.

E02: Theodoric Chew - Founder Mental Health & Entering Japan 02.09.2025 34:33

Theodoric Chew, the founder and CEO of Intellect speaks about founder mental health and the challenges and benefits of expanding into Japan.

E01: Nathan Gunawan - Childhood Challenges & Athlete Mindset 05.08.2025 42:57

Nathan Gunawan, the co-founder & CEO of Pallav Technologies, talks about childhood challenges, emerging market credit & the “athlete mindset”.