Heang is the Founder and Managing Partner of Qualgro (2015). He has led many investments in data/AI and SaaS at Seed to Series B and has helped our portfolio companies grow regionally and globally. He has supported many companies on their fund raising and for realizing exits, through an extensive network of investors and international companies. 

His records include investments into 3 unicorns, several full-exits including 1 IPO and 3 acquisitions by international players. 

He was previously a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company (26 years) and a member of the McKinsey Global Board, with many years of experience in Europe and Asia. Before and during McKinsey, he was an entrepreneur building a series of companies. Deep business experience and networks in Consumer, Retail/e-commerce, Banking/Fintech and Technology. 

Yinglan founded Insignia Ventures Partners in 2017. Insignia Ventures Partners is an early-stage technology venture fund focusing on Southeast Asia and manages more than US$350 million from sovereign wealth funds, foundations, university endowments and renowned family offices. Insignia Ventures Partners is the recipient of two back-to-back “VC Deal of Year” awards for Payfazz (2019) and Carro (2018) from the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and its portfolio include many other technology leaders in Southeast Asia. He also co-hosts the On Call with Insignia Ventures podcast, where he chats with portfolio founders and regional investors. An author on venture capital, startups and innovation, he recently published his fourth book, Navigating ASEANnovation (World Scientific, 2020). He also serves on the International Board of Stars – Leaders of the Next Generation, the Singapore Government’s Pro Enterprise Panel and is a Board Member at Hwa Chong Institution. 

Jefrey Joe is a venture capitalist with tech, product and consulting background. 

Prior to co-founding Alpha JWC, Jefrey was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Groupon Indonesia, the leading daily deals site in Indonesia where he focused on technology, customer experience and logistics. 

Before Groupon, Jefrey was a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group where he primarily worked on strategy, market assessment and business plan development projects for some of the leading corporations in Indonesia.  Jefrey also spent a few years at Ernst & Young Advisory Services where he specialized in performing share valuation projects relating to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and IPO situations. 

Jefrey is highly entrepreneurial. He has started various companies in Australia, China and Indonesia. Before starting Alpha JWC, Jefrey co-founded Alterra, Indonesia’s pioneer online bill payment platform. 

Given his experience in strategy, technology, entrepreneurship and operations, Jefrey focuses on helping entrepreneurs on the right business strategy/model, how to scale up the business sustainably and achieve operational excellence. 

Jefrey is an active member of Indonesia technology community where he is a mentor of Founder Institute and Endeavor, and he is on the board of advisors of ANGIN. He also currently sits on the board of some of Indonesia’s fastest growing startups, including Kopi Kenangan, Kredivo, and Lemonilo. 

Jefrey obtained his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and London Business School (International Exchange Program).  Jefrey attended Harvard Business School for the Owner/President Management (OPM) program, a 3-year residential program for business owners and entrepreneurs, and he also attended the Summer Business Scholar Program at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  Jefrey received his undergraduate degree in Business Systems from Monash University in Australia. 

Jefrey is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world. 

Shwetank Verma is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Leo Capital. He has been an entrepreneur in the health and education spaces and has built businesses from the ground up. At Leo Capital, he leads investments in South East Asia and supports the India investments. He is based out of Singapore, and is a frequent traveler to India. He is personally passionate about opportunities in health-tech and insurtech. 

Belinda is the Managing Director of the XA Network where she is in charge of investment and operations activities for the leading technology executives’ investment network in Southeast Asia.  

Before joining XA, Belinda was at McKinsey and focused on shaping technology-enabled growth strategies for large conglomerates and public sector clients across the region. Belinda previously spent the better part of a decade in direct investment roles across Southeast Asia and the United States, culminating as Vice-President for a European multi-family office where she led their investing activities.  

Belinda holds an MBA from The Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore). 

Cheryl is a digital maven with 17 years of regional marketing, branding, and communication experience, largely in the technology and professional services space. She has developed and led large-scale marketing, branding, communications, and innovation strategies and initiatives on both global and regional levels.  

In addition, she is also an entrepreneur in experience and in heart – having founded a startup (and failed!). She eventually founded a Marketing & Communications boutique agency which she ran for 7 years. Now, her side hustle/passion project is a fashion brand that she launched in her late daughter’s name.  

She is also passionate about helping other women shine because she has been fortunate to be given opportunities and support when she needed it.  

In 2017, Cheryl co-founded Crazycat, a network for the everyday women from all walks of life who are living life serving their own purposes. She also sits on the Corporate Communications Advisory Committee at the Singapore Muslim Women’s Association (PPIS) as a non-Muslim member. 

As a strong believer in sharing knowledge, Cheryl also delivers keynote talks, panel sessions, training programmes, and workshops across markets on topics related to her work in English and Mandarin.  

Lastly, Cheryl loves traveling, art, history, and sports & fitness, and indulges in them when she is not busy being a mom. 

Cheryl is an alumnus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Columbia Business School. 

A veteran angel investor named UK Angel Investor of the Year 2015, selected as one of the Maserati 100, and classified as a “Business Angel you should know.” 

Murli is a co-founder of Tin Men Capital driving Tin Men’s investment strategy and market analysis functions. He was previously with Temasek Holdings, JAFCO and INSEAD. 

Von Leong is passionate about improving lives through investing in early stage inclusive and sustainable technologies, building teams and supporting purpose-driven ventures. 

Julien invests in early and growth-stage companies in China and in Asean for the Smart City Fund I & II. His main areas of focus are technologies & services to build smarter cities: mobility, logistics, new energy, property tech, industry 4.0 and underlying deeptech.

Dan joined Gobi in 2018. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 20 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and corporate venture investment. He was also previously the Vice President of Corporate Development at Singapore’s MediaCorp, where he completed several M&A deals, and led investments in growth-stage startups. Dan’s professional network includes various corporate investors, entrepreneurs and fund managers in the region. He is overseeing corporate governance at Gobi, riding on his knowledge gained in well-governed entities such as government-linked companies (GLCs), multi-national corporations (MNCs), and Big 4 audit firms.  

Jeremy is a pioneer of venture debt investing in Southeast Asia. A seasoned investor with 13 years of experience in the venture debt and venture equity ecosystem across the US, Europe and Southeast Asia, Jeremy has handled more than US$200m in equity and debt investments.

Jeremy started his investing career with Bio*One, the Singapore government’s Economic Development Board Investments (EDBI) US$1bn healthcare fund (2007– 2009), where he was part of the investment team overseeing medtech and devices portfolio.

From 2009 to 2014, Jeremy led EDBI’s Silicon Valley Office where, among others, he spearheaded over 10 investments (US$180m) and sat on various startup boards of US technology companies spanning healthtech, cleantech, digital tech and IOT industries. His experience managing down-cycle tech companies during the difficult sub-prime mortgage years has proven invaluable.

In 2015, Jeremy was recruited to establish and head DBS Venture Growth Partners, Southeast Asia’s first dedicated venture lender. During his 5 year tenure at DBS, Jeremy led over 15 debt investments (US$40m) in leading SE Asia tech companies. He also managed the bank’s SME Technology Partnership team and was a founding mentor of DBS Hotspot, a pioneer banking accelerator in SE Asia.

Jeremy is a panel member of EnterpriseSG Seeds Investment Committee and is an Adjunct Professor teaching innovation and entrepreneurship at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU).

Jeremy earned his PhD in Engineering from Southampton University (2002) and undertook postdoctoral training at Imperial College London (2001 – 2004).  Jeremy holds a Master of Engineering degree in robotics and artificial intelligence from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (1996-1998) and worked at a robotics SME after graduating. Jeremy has 6 patents to his name.

B. Paul Santos is Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners and led the establishment of the venture capital firm’s Singapore-headquartered Southeast Asia office in 2012. Wavemaker Partners is Southeast Asia’s go-to VC firm investing in early-stage enterprise, deep tech, and sustainability startups.

Since 2012, it has backed 170+ companies, of which about 150 (>85%) are in enterprise, deep tech and/or sustainability. The firm has over US$300 million in AUM across four funds in the region, and has seen more than 10 exits with an aggregate enterprise value of over US$700 million. These exits include TradeGecko’s acquisition by Intuit, and Moka’s and Coins.ph’s acquisitions by Gojek. Notable active portfolio companies include Borneo, ecoSpirits, eFishery, Growsari, GudangAda, Iterative Scopes and Silent Eight. Today, 75% of Wavemaker’s active portfolio startups in Southeast Asia are aligned with at least one UNDP Sustainable Development Goal. 

Paul is also one of the founding partners of Wavemaker Impact, a Southeast Asian venture builder partnered with Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), that aims to co-found climate tech startups. He also chairs the investment committee for Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ventures. Prior to starting Wavemaker Partners, Paul was an entrepreneur who co-founded six companies and sold three. He started his career as a product manager at Procter & Gamble. He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a B.S. in Management Engineering and a Joint Minor in International Management with the University of Antwerp. 

Paul has over 20 years of wealth and investment management experience. Prior to setting up Paragon Capital Management Singapore, he was Managing Director and Senior Advisor at Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. His portfolio management experience spans across more than two decades over several top-tier banks including Credit Suisse AG and Barclays Wealth & Investment Management, where he helped his high-net-worth clients navigate through volatile markets. His strong track record has earned him the trust of his clients, many of whom have remained clients for more than a decade. 

Kei Furukawa is a valued partner in UTokyoIPC, and is in charge of investment and business development. 

After the Graduation of the School of Literature at Waseda University, Mikiko Shimaoka joined an environmental NGO and worked on various global environmental issues such as climate change, toxics, and forest depletion. After having completed three-year senior management position, she resigned the organization to explore theories of nonprofit organization’s management at Waseda University and obtained Ph.D in 2013. She worked as a researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (2011), associated researcher at the Research Center of Waseda Business School (2011-2013), assistant and associate researcher at the Center of Research Strategy at Waseda University (2014-2018). She has been devoted to promote university’s research activities through MEXT EDGE (Enhancing Development of Global Entrepreneur) program. Since 2013, she has been one of the national advisory members for the program: “Accelerate Cooperative Efforts to Promote Regional Vitalization” by the Ministry of Environment. She is also a coordinator of a society for human resource department managers at the Institute of Management Studies.

Weng Kin is presently the Managing Partner and Founder of Journey Capital Partners, a South-East Asian Venture Capital fund focusing on Series A tech investments, while also advising and lending his expertise in the areas of operational and strategic growth. Prior to his current role, he forayed into the E-Commerce and Manufacturing sectors, founding 2 startups and overseeing the corporate development of their product offerings. A seasoned tech investor, Weng Kin was formerly Vice President of Investments at Provident Capital Partners, and has invested in the lifestyle jewelry brand Ask and Embla. His cumulative experience from both ends of the investor table have been vital in his day to day workings at Journey Capital Partners, where he oversees the developmental journey of SEA tech startups across their ideation and growth processes. Weng Kin also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business(Banking & Finance) from Monash University.  

Ravikrishna is presently the Manager of Leave A Nest Singapore Pte Ltd, overseeing the professional development of individuals within the fields of education, research and technology. A former research scientist at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, his experience extends beyond the training and development line. Ravikrishna is also the current director of Glocalink Singapore Pte Ltd, an Agri food-tech focused investment company addressing pertienent issues within the food security sphere. 
 

He holds a PhD in G-protein signaling in Fungal Pathogenesis from Nanyang Technological University. Ravikrishna has also completed a stint as a researcher fellow at the Indian Institute of Science, being well-versed in both the lines of corporate development and scientific research. 

Michael is currently the Director of Leave A Nest Singapore Pte Ltd, an agency championing the development within the fields of education, research and technology. With over 9 years of professional experience, he has experience within the international development of Leave A Nest’s Japanese office. Currently serving as the President of Leave A Nest’s United Kingdom office, Michael is well versed within the verticals of corporate development, strategy and communications to deliver value to clients and guests. 

 
He is also a dual degree holder from the Universty of College, London(UCL), obtaining a primary Bachelor’s degree in Zoology. Michael then went on to graduate with a Master’s specialising in Human Evoluition and Behaviourial Ecology. 

Jerry brings strategy and operating expertise gained across three continents. Most recently, Jerry held global strategy roles at Bayer, working across sales and marketing, new product launches, supply chain, and M&A. Previously, Jerry was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and a researcher at National Taiwan University. 

Jerry holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, a MS in molecular photonics for bio- and nanotechnologies from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay and a MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs in France. He is also a board member of the alumni association of Tsing Hua University. 

Nick is an entrepreneur turned professional investor.

Nick started his career in 1985 as an accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co’s Corporate Recovery practice in Sydney, Australia.  He left the profession in December 1989 to join his fathers’ concrete business in Adelaide, Australia and assisted with the sale of the company to Adelaide Brighton Cement.  Six months later he turned his attention to Southeast Asia and has lived and worked in the region since, firstly building Readymix – a concrete, quarrying and cement manufacturing business spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Singapore and, more latterly, leading Ready Ventures – a family office that has invested in a portfolio of early stage companies and is a partner of Velocity Ventures – Southeast Asia’s leading travel and hospitality focused VC.

Nick is the Managing Partner of Velocity Ventures and sits on the Investment Committee.  He is also a Director of portfolio companies Lumitics and AiGens.  He is a Director of Readymix Brunei and Butra Heidelberg Cement Brunei.  He is also the Lead Non-executive Director of SGX listed MTQ Corporation and chairs the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.  He is a past Singapore Chairman and regional board member of the Young Presidents Organization and was Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Australian National University and resides in Singapore.  He is married to Stephanie and has 3 adult children.

Tiang Lim Foo is the co-founder and managing partner of Forge Ventures. Forge Ventures is a seed venture capital firm looking to partner with founders in Southeast Asia at the pre-seed or seed stage.

Tiang had spent the past decade working at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and venture in Southeast Asia. He was a partner at SeedPlus, a leading seed fund in Southeast Asia backed by SGInnovate, Jungle Ventures, Cisco, and IFC. Previously, he launched and managed Evernote's operations in Asia, and was an early founding team of a SingTel Innov8-backed payments start-up in Singapore.

Tiang has invested in, advised, and worked with category-leading startups such as Fazz, Qoala, Rukita, Neuron Mobility, Homage, and Geniebook, amongst others. He currently serves on the board of Qoala, a Sequoia-backed insurance tech company in Indonesia.

Tiang holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honors from NUS and is an alumnus of the NUS Overseas College (NOC) program in Silicon Valley, where he attended Stanford University.

James Tan is Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, a top venture capital fund in Asia. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China. 

James is a board member or angel investor in top tier startups in Asia such as 99.co, Carousell, Carro, Ethis, Glife, and Shopback. 

James serves on several non-profit organisations. He is Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship - Singapore's national voice for entrepreneurship; and the Social Impact Catalyst - Southeast Asia's largest youth network for social impact. He is a board member on the Applied Innovation Institute - global leaders in industries, government, and academia for business transformation; and Sports Excellence Business - helping athletes excel with life after sport transition. He is a former Chairman of the Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia - Asia's oldest angel investment network. 

He has been guest speaker at Asia-focused and private equity events such as ITB Berlin, Private Equity Insights, Stanford-PARC Digital Cities, SWITCH, and World Islamic Economic Forum. He has guest lectured at universities including Fudan, IE, NTU, Tsinghua, and UC Berkeley. 

James was recognised as an outstanding overseas Chinese by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China. He is a recipient of the Alumni Award from the University of South Australia. He received scholarships from both Beijing and Singapore governments for his MBA from Tsinghua University in partnership with MIT. During the first dot-com era, he studied and dropped out of computer science at NUS to work on two-sided markets. 

For leisure, James enjoys photography and has been featured in ComputerWorld, Readers' Digest, and commercially represented by Liaison Agency. He backpacks Asia and volunteers in marine conservation as a PADI scuba-diving instructor.

My parents are Taiwanese, but I was born in South Africa and grew up in the UK for most of life, before moving to Hong Kong where I’ve lived for most of the last 15 years. 

I’ve always been fascinated by technology, studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Imperial College and moving on to start my career in the TMT/Private Placements teams in Deutsche Bank in London, working on pre-IPO venture deals until the bursting of the first tech bubble.  I was then transferred to the Industrials team and then later to Hong Kong to be part of Deutsche’s Asia M&A team. 

After 11 years of investment banking, I spent the next few years working with various Fintech start-ups – both on the investing and the operating side.  In particular, I worked at Nova Founders Capital, where I was able to work with a number of their portfolio companies such as CompareAsia Group.  I also co-founded Frank Insurance (a Thai non-life digital insurer, later sold to FWD) and Paycelerate (a supply chain financing business) which provided fantastic insight and experience on what it is like to have to build and scale businesses from scratch with all the tough lessons learnt. 

I love meeting with and learning from passionate founders – especially the process of understanding new business models and approaches to tackling growth. 

I love boxing – so I always try to find a good boxing gym whatever city I’m in. I am inspired by boxers Mike Tyson and Pernell Whitaker, although my current favourite is Canelo Alvarez. 

My favourite book is Dune by Frank Herbert and can’t wait to see the new movie. I also like The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, more tech-related. In terms of movies, I am a big fan of Three Colours Blue and Gattaca (although if desert island rankings probably more “Team America: World Police” and “John Wick”!). 

A Singapore-based Dutch entrepreneur, Maaike Doyer who is the founder and managing partner at Epic Angels.  

Maaike is an entrepreneur, educator, and design strategist with a twisted love for numbers. In the past decade, she led a global design firm as the CFO / COO. She personally brought the company from Europe to the US where she founded and scaled her offices in San Francisco and New York. Her company produced the famous business model canvas book, Business Model Generation. She supported hundreds of organizations of all sizes, all industries, and all geographies with their business model strategy.

At the end of 2020, she moved to Singapore, and launched Epic Angels, the largest female-only angel network, investing in startups in Asia Pacific.

Passion and diligence are two traits that I believe most reflect me as an individual. They are qualities that have driven me in my quest to advocate for and support those in need. I’ve been faced with many challenges. Although both experiences are unique, I’ve found that the responsibilities I held could only be managed by an individual with resolve. This dedication and attentiveness are essential principles needed to improve not just a single community, but society as whole. Without enthusiasm, patience and some degree of positivity, we cannot bring about the change that is needed to better the lives of those who seek our aid. 

Marc Dragon is the Managing Director at Reefknot Investments where he aspires to help lead in the transformation of the Supply Chain and Logistics Technology sector. 

With over 20 years of domain industry experience in supply chain technology, business building, and investments across multiple roles, ranging from being the Chief Executive at a leading Asian Technology Solutions company, leading and operating Business Units at MNCs, Strategy Consulting, founding 2 start-ups, as well as successful investments into early and growth stage start-ups.  Marc brings to the table a hands-on  understanding of the Supply Chain & Technology industry, as well as the dynamics of building a successful start-up. 

He is passionate about helping portfolio companies make a positive impact to the industry. 

Sameer is an Investment Director at DSGCP and heads the South East Asia operations. He joined in July 2021 and has over 14 years of experience as an operator, investor and management consultant. Prior to joining DSGCP, he co-led investments in a number of DSGCP portfolio companies for Singha or his personal capacity including Brewlander,  Melati, Golden Duck, YouVit and Perro. 

Before DSGCP, he spent 5 years as Chief Operating and Investment Officer for Singha Beer’s international division, where he led their operating businesses outside of Thailand, was responsible for M&A, partnerships and alliances, and aided a family member with private investing across consumer and tech businesses in India & South East Asia. Prior to that he was a Manager at Bain & Company SEA where he consulted extensively with consumer product companies. 

He worked at Deloitte Consulting in Canada, US and UAE prior to his MBA. Sameer has an MBA from INSEAD, a BSc in Economics and a BSc in Information Systems from Drexel University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was on the Dean’s List.

Scott is a Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures. He is responsible for setting the investment and deal execution strategy and manages overall operations. He previously was a Principal at tryb Group and led the Investments team. 

Prior to joining tryb in December 2016, Scott worked as Director and Office Head for Moore Stephens, leading corporate finance and CFO services practice, in Shanghai. At Moore Stephens, Scott worked closely with EU- and US-based boards and financial sponsors to manage financial operations for their investments in Asia, providing investment planning, restructuring and financial due diligence, while serving as regional finance head for 22 companies.

Scott started his career in New York with PwC. He worked in PwC’s Fixed Income and Credit Group where he worked with investment banks and portfolio managers on fixed income derivatives. He has extensive experience modelling fixed income derivatives and other sophisticated credit products. 

Scott graduated with a degree in Finance and Investments from Baruch College and is a Certified Management Accountant. Scott has previously served as Board Treasurer and Executive Committee member for the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. 

In his free time, Scott enjoys assisting social entrepreneurs with finance and accounting issues, volunteered for Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and has been a lecturer at kanthari.org’s India campus since 2013. 

General Partner and Co-Founder at Hustle Fund. 33% Singaporean pragmatism + 67% SF Bay Area idealism. Loves factoids and weird humans. 

Willson Cuaca is the Founding Partner at East Ventures, the most active venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Willson manages both the Seed and Growth funds at East Ventures, which has invested in 300+ tech companies across Southeast Asia, with a central focus in Indonesia, the largest archipelago in the world. 

Under Willson’s leadership, East Ventures captured the early wave of digital transformation in Indonesia by becoming the 1st investor of Indonesia’s unicorns, Tokopedia and Traveloka. East Ventures is also the early backer of many fast-growing companies in Southeast Asia such as Ruangguru, Shopback, Moladin, Sociolla, Xendit, SIRCLO and Waresix and is a shareholder of Grab and Gojek. 

Willson was listed in Asia’s Top 100 People Transforming Business in 2020 by Business Insider and named Fortune Indonesia Businessperson of the Year 2022. 

Gavin Teo is a General Partner at Altara Ventures where he focuses on early stage investments in Southeast Asia and serves as a Board Director for several technology companies. 

Earlier in his career, Gavin was a General Partner at B Capital Group, an investor at Comcast Ventures, a product manager at Zynga and a management consultant at Bain & Company. 

Gavin earned his M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar, and holds a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.

Glen joins TNB Aura as a managing partner, covering operations, buy-side and sell-side opportunities in Indonesia. 

Prior to TNB Aura, Glen has an extensive experience in banking and financial industry from his time building SI company that delivers high complex solutions, which includes core banking, anti-money laundering and risk management systems for major banks and governmental institutions in Indonesia. 

Glen’s first internet venture was RoomMe. As CEO & cofounder, he raised 4 rounds of venture financing and led the company to be one of Indonesia’s fastest growing proptech startup. 

Glen Graduated with a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

He has the determination and grit to become a great VC investor.  

More importantly, he wants to win!  

Irvan is based in Jakarta and will represent 1982 Ventures in Indonesia. 

Please reach out to Irvan Pandowo to get to know him! 

Jie Lun heads the Ventures team for Plug and Play APAC, headquartered in Singapore with presence in Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila. His primary responsibilities include sourcing for startups within the South East Asia region, including matchmaking startups to corporate partners as well as identifying potential startups for investments. Previously managing operations as well as the SPH Plug and Play program for Plug and Play, Jie Lun oversaw the team that executed 400+ startup deal-flows facilitating over 2000+ startup introductions and made 80+ investments over the past 7+ years across Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok and Manila 

Previously experiences include: 

Program Manager for SPH Plug and Play accelerator program, he is responsible for the execution of the program as well as building and maintaining relationships with a community of investors and mentors 

Program lead for 123JumpStart platform under SGTech (then SITF) overseeing the entire incubation cycle from screening pre-seed stage startup to funding, planning and execution of new initiatives. 

Business development executive at Tabsquare handling lead generation, business development, contract negotiation to project implementation from procurement to software installation on site. 

Passionate about high growth innovative technologies and startups, Jie Lun's objectives will be to become proficient in venture capital investments through identifying high potential startups, funding and assisting them towards their growth objectives. 

Mr. Jinesh Patel serves as Managing Partner at Integra Partners. Mr. Patel also served as Board Member at Impact Credit Solutions. Mr. Patel served as Partner at Dymon Asia Capital. Mr. Patel was a Board Member at QxBranch. 

Maxim is a Managing Director at Atlas Ventures an early-stage venture capital fund based in Singapore. Atlas Ventures backs ambitious founders at the earliest stages of their entrepreneurial journey. Maxim has led investments in a number of tech companies in Singapore and globally including Group IB (one of the global leaders in providing high fidelity threat intelligence and anti-fraud solutions), Tier One (the first esports andgaming talent agency in SEA), Mighty Bear (a Singapore-based studio building the next generation of massively multiplayer online mobile games), HealthifyMe (India’s largest health and fitness app), Right-Hand Cybersecurity (leading cyberawareness provider in APAC) and ShieldIOT (leading IOT cybersecurity provider). 

Before joining 500 Startups, Timur was a startup founder and 500 alumni, he has worked with some of the biggest brands, like Coca-Cola, Burger King, Disney, and Invisalign to run their Influencer Marketing Campaigns. He has also worked with some of the biggest publishers in the world like Time Inc, GQ magazine, Techcrunch, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Popsuger, PBS and many more, by Hiring and Scaling a Sales Team who focused on B2B Sales, he did this by creating a SaaS company which allowed publishers to directly push content from their computer to their Snapchat channel. 

Virginia Tan is the founding partner of Teja Ventures, an early stage VC fund for emerging Asia, targeting early stage technology companies for the future of consumption. She also founded She Loves Tech, the world's largest startup competition for women and technology which is in more than 30 international locations in 2020. Virginia is the founder of Lean In China, a women's platform with over 100,000 members across more than 25 cities and 100 universities in China, which supports the goals and aspirations of Chinese women.

Virginia's background is in law and finance, where she was an experienced finance lawyer for more than 8 years specialising on emerging markets, and has worked in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America for 2 magic circle firms, covering more than USD 30 billion of transactions. She moved to Beijing in 2013 to work on strategic investments related to the "One Belt One Road" initiative on behalf of Chinese state owned companies and financial institutions.

In 2022, Virginia was selected by Asia Society as one of its Asia 21 Leaders. In 2020/2021, she made the Peak's inaugural Power List, was selected by Rockefeller Foundation as one of 8 Next Gen Leaders for Gender Equality and made the inaugural list for Singapore’s Top 100 women in tech. In 2019 she was named by Fast Company as one of China’s 100 most innovative people in business and one of Prestige’s 40 under 40 in Singapore. She has also been a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum. Her work has been covered by leading press and TV media such as Bloomberg, Forbes, the Financial Times, BBC, CCTV, China Daily, Straits Times etc. She has spoken at leading institutions such as Alibaba, Baidu, Bloomberg, Dell, Disney, DSM, General Electric, P&G, HP, Medtronic, Facebook, Peking University, Tsinghua University and at international institutions such as UNICEF, UN Women, World Economic Forum, Asian Development Bank etc.

Visa Kannan is a Partner at Saison Capital, a single LP fund backed by クレディセゾン (CREDIT SAISON) that invests in Pre-Seed to Series B companies globally, but with a focus on South East Asia and India. Investing across all verticals, including but not limited to SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, Saison Capital has a deep fondness for embedded finance – non-fintech companies and industry leaders that are looking to build fintech arms within their ecosystems. 

Visa comes with a wealth of experience in the startup space, having previously held leadership roles at 2 unicorns - Grofers and Lazada. She also has a background in consulting and law. 

Alan leads SEA+India investments at DAOL (formerly KTB), a global VC firm that managed +US$3B in funds, and is building up its SEA investment arm from scratch. He will be investing into both Web2 and Web3 startups. Previously, Alan invested into +30 startups/ funds across the Web3, enterprise software and consumer internet space globally as both an angel (early-stage) and venture capitalist 

1. Dad to a toddler, a baby, and a furkid 
2. Leads SEA+India investments at Woori (formerly DAOL and KTB) 
3. Sector-agnostic with affinity for (i) uplifting SEA's +600M population and businesses, (ii) bridging Web2 and Web3, (iii) platform plays 
4. Advises in projects focused on the convergence of web2 and web3 
5. Co-founded Dweb Singapore community to build a more decentralized web 
6. Earlier in his career, managed early-stage startups' performance + business intelligence + prototyping. 
 
Previously invested/ advised across web3, fintech, marketplace, e-com, AI/ML, future of work — Avium, Advance.AI, AWSt, Carro, Carta, Circles.Life, Fando, Funding Societies, HQ.xyz, Linklogis, Novelship, Raydium, RealityCoin, ReNFT, Ridian, SCI Ecommerce, Seismic, Shopback, Smobler, TripleA, Upmesh, Visenze, Vesta, Forge Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Leo Capital, Play Future Fund, Play Ventures, etc 

Ivan spent the last 10 years in London operating within the investment banking and venture capital space before moving back to Singapore in 2021. He was a Vice President at Ace & Company, a global $1.6bn AUM fund, and led their venture capital strategy investing across early to growth stage technology companies globally. Ivan's FinTech investments include Wefox, N26, Payfazz, TransferWise, GoCardless and Osome amongst others. 

He previously spent more than 5 years in Technology Investment Banking at Macquarie Capital and IBIS Capital in London specialising in M&A globally. Ivan is a graduate from Imperial College London and Purdue University. 

Belinda is the Managing Director of the XA Network where she is in charge of investment and operations activities for the leading technology executives’ investment network in Southeast Asia.  

Before joining XA, Belinda was at McKinsey and focused on shaping technology-enabled growth strategies for large conglomerates and public sector clients across the region. Belinda previously spent the better part of a decade in direct investment roles across Southeast Asia and the United States, culminating as Vice-President for a European multi-family office where she led their investing activities.  

Belinda holds an MBA from The Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore). 

Cheryl is a seasoned digital expert with 17 years of extensive experience in regional marketing, branding, and communications, primarily within the technology and professional services sectors. Throughout her career, she has successfully devised and spearheaded comprehensive marketing, branding, communication, and innovation strategies on both a global and regional scale.

Beyond her corporate endeavors, Cheryl is also a driven entrepreneur, having established and operated her own Marketing & Communications boutique agency for a span of 7 years. Presently, she channels her passion into a fashion brand that she launched in honor of her late daughter.

Driven by gratitude for the opportunities and support she has received, Cheryl is deeply committed to empowering other women to shine in their respective fields. In 2017, she co-founded Crazycat, a network that supports and celebrates everyday women from diverse backgrounds as they pursue their personal goals. Additionally, Cheryl serves as a non-Muslim member on the Corporate Communications Advisory Committee at the Singapore Muslim Women's Association (PPIS).

Recognizing the importance of knowledge-sharing, Cheryl actively contributes to her industry by delivering keynote talks, participating in panel sessions, conducting training programs, and facilitating workshops in both English and Mandarin across various markets.

Outside of her professional pursuits, Cheryl finds joy in travel, art, history, sports, and fitness, indulging in these interests when she is not fulfilling her role as a mother.

Cheryl is an alumnus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Columbia Business School. 

Dr Mikiko Shimaoka is currently a Professor at the Innovation Department within Waseda University’s Graduate School of Management. Besides overseeing the development of on-campus academic research across different fields, she also concurrently teaches modules on entrepreneurship to graduate students. A former student at Waseda University, Dr Mikiko pursued her postgraduate studies in Public Management, receiving her pH.D in 2013. She has actively participated in campus-wide research projects from the WBS Research Centre, establishing a close touchpoint with academic and entrepreneurship students and faculty members alike through her collective endeavours.  

Jefrey Joe is a venture capitalist with tech, product and consulting background. 

Prior to co-founding Alpha JWC, Jefrey was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Groupon Indonesia, the leading daily deals site in Indonesia where he focused on technology, customer experience and logistics. 

Before Groupon, Jefrey was a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group where he primarily worked on strategy, market assessment and business plan development projects for some of the leading corporations in Indonesia.  Jefrey also spent a few years at Ernst & Young Advisory Services where he specialized in performing share valuation projects relating to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and IPO situations. 

Jefrey is highly entrepreneurial. He has started various companies in Australia, China and Indonesia. Before starting Alpha JWC, Jefrey co-founded Alterra, Indonesia’s pioneer online bill payment platform. 

Given his experience in strategy, technology, entrepreneurship and operations, Jefrey focuses on helping entrepreneurs on the right business strategy/model, how to scale up the business sustainably and achieve operational excellence. 

Jefrey is an active member of Indonesia technology community where he is a mentor of Founder Institute and Endeavor, and he is on the board of advisors of ANGIN. He also currently sits on the board of some of Indonesia’s fastest growing startups, including Kopi Kenangan, Kredivo, and Lemonilo. 

Jefrey obtained his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and London Business School (International Exchange Program).  Jefrey attended Harvard Business School for the Owner/President Management (OPM) program, a 3-year residential program for business owners and entrepreneurs, and he also attended the Summer Business Scholar Program at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  Jefrey received his undergraduate degree in Business Systems from Monash University in Australia. 

Jefrey is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world. 

Jefrey Joe is a venture capitalist with tech, product and consulting background. 

Prior to co-founding Alpha JWC, Jefrey was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Groupon Indonesia, the leading daily deals site in Indonesia where he focused on technology, customer experience and logistics. 

Before Groupon, Jefrey was a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group where he primarily worked on strategy, market assessment and business plan development projects for some of the leading corporations in Indonesia.  Jefrey also spent a few years at Ernst & Young Advisory Services where he specialized in performing share valuation projects relating to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and IPO situations. 

Jefrey is highly entrepreneurial. He has started various companies in Australia, China and Indonesia. Before starting Alpha JWC, Jefrey co-founded Alterra, Indonesia’s pioneer online bill payment platform. 

Given his experience in strategy, technology, entrepreneurship and operations, Jefrey focuses on helping entrepreneurs on the right business strategy/model, how to scale up the business sustainably and achieve operational excellence. 

Jefrey is an active member of Indonesia technology community where he is a mentor of Founder Institute and Endeavor, and he is on the board of advisors of ANGIN. He also currently sits on the board of some of Indonesia’s fastest growing startups, including Kopi Kenangan, Kredivo, and Lemonilo. 

Jefrey obtained his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and London Business School (International Exchange Program).  Jefrey attended Harvard Business School for the Owner/President Management (OPM) program, a 3-year residential program for business owners and entrepreneurs, and he also attended the Summer Business Scholar Program at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  Jefrey received his undergraduate degree in Business Systems from Monash University in Australia. 

Jefrey is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world. 

A Red-Dot and A’Prime Design award-winner and the first Industrial Designer in Singapore to be awarded the Doctoral of Philosophy (PhD) qualification from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr Agnes Xue received the NUS President’s Graduate Fellowship and was a NUS Research Scholar, investigating on better approaches in the design of self-care devices and applications for women’s health. She is currently an Associate Professor and Head of Design Factory at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Her research interest has always been exploring better designs for healthcare that will have user-centric impact in this digital age. She was previously the Curriculum Head at A*STAR-EDB Singapore Stanford Biodesign programme office and has trained over 400 budding medical device entrepreneurs. As a research-oriented design educator, Agnes is a frequent speaker at local and international conferences. During her time outside of the university, she has invested and started two design consultancies. In her personal capacity, she volunteers in the Council of Lupus Association Singapore for over a decade. 

Andy Zain is the Managing Partner of Kejora Capital a growth stage venture capital firm based in Southeast Asia. Kejora was recognized as the Top Performing VC Fund in Asia-Pacific by Prequin in 2020 - 2021. 

For almost 20 years, Andy has been a serial entrepreneur, an executive, and an advisor & involved in setting up businesses for several high-growth startups and working with global brand clients such as Disney Mobile, Yahoo! Mobile, Cartoon Network, EA Games, and Gameloft for go-to-market efforts in Southeast Asia. 

He holds an MBA for Monash University Australia and Post Graduate Degree in Business Law & International Finance. He is also an advisor to Prasetiya Mulya Business School (Indonesia), co-authoring the curriculum for Magister Management (MBA) program for New Ventures Innovation. 

Cristina was born in Spain and spent time in the US and several countries through Europe and Asia. 

Prior to joining White Star Capital, Cristina spent over twenty years in the luxury, consumer, and tech industries, working for the likes of LVMH, Gucci, Prada, Apple HK & China and Lane Crawford Joyce Group, focusing on strategic planning, international business expansion, innovation and global growth. During the last ten years, She focused on investing and advising start-ups and scale-ups through VenturaXVentures, with the purpose to create sustainable value by connecting human and financial capital in the areas of consumer tech, sustainability, blockchain and education. 

Herston is a Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures.  He is responsible for setting the strategy and direction of 1982 Ventures. He is active in investments, portfolio management and investor relations. 

Prior to founding 1982 Ventures, he was a Principal at tryb Group in Singapore and created and executed their early stage investment strategy. 

Before entering the private equity and venture capital industry, Herston was a Banker at The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) with nearly a decade of global financial services experience. As the Head of Southeast Asia based in Singapore, he executed the first single-listed U.S. ADR listing (NASDAQ) from Southeast Asia and has led numerous deals throughout Asia-Pacific. 

He spent 5 years in Hong Kong covering the China market and built their advisory platform for Asian clients. He has advised unlisted, pre-IPO and listed companies on U.S. capital markets, investor relations and market access. He has extensive experience in supporting tech companies and their advisors with respect to strategy, IPOs and US listings. Herston began his career in New York where he focused on connecting international companies with institutional investors, advisory and macro economic research. 

Herston has an Executive MBA from INSEAD and Master of Economics from Hunter College in New York City.  He is mentor for Plug and Play fintech accelerator. 

James joined REAPRA in August 2016, bringing with him extensive investment and business experience in the Digital Media, Marketing, and Technology space across Asia and North America. Prior to REAPRA, James was a consultant for Axiom, mainly focusing on negotiating large technology transactions and partnerships on behalf of some of the largest global companies. He previously held a similar role with IBM Singapore. Legally trained, James spent years as a securities litigator in New York followed by a stint with the Philippine Supreme Court. He completed his JD from Boston College Law School and BS in Communications Technology Management from Ateneo de Manila University.  James is a member of the New York Bar. 

Virginia is one of Asia's leading thought leaders on gender and technology, having co-founded She Loves Tech, the world's largest startup competition for women and technology. Virginia is also the founder of Lean In China, one of the country's leading platforms for women with over 100,000 members. 

Virginia’s background was in law and finance at two magic circle firms, Allen and Overy and Clifford Chance, focusing on investments in emerging markets and has covered more than USD30 billion worth of commercial transactions. 

Ryosuke is the CEO and Managing Director of SBI Ven Capital, the regional head quarter for SBI’s overseas business covering South East Asia and South Asia. He has been with the SBI Group since 2009 and has been engaged in private equity investments in Southeast Asia region since 2012.

Ryosuke brings 20 years of experience and expertise in private and public equity investments, digital media, financial service business, and entrepreneurship.

At SBI, he oversees multiple companies primarily in digital and fintech space, including companies such as Sendo from Vietnam, Jirnexu from Malaysia, and Mfine from India He is also a director in various financial service companies in sectors such as banking, securities brokerage, asset management and international remittance in multiple countries across Asia and Europe.

Eko is an early- and growth-stage investor with profound experiences in assorted industries. Prior to venture capital, Eko held over a decade of investment and strategy roles in regional private equity, major listed corporate, and M&A/ capital market advisory.

In Alpha JWC, he currently leads Alpha JWC’s end-to-end investment activities, strategy and operations, covering both new and follow-on deals. He also assumes an active portfolio management role, advising founders in their strategic direction, growth initiatives, and fundraisings.

Prior to joining Alpha JWC, Eko was Vice President of Investment in Creador, a regional PE fund focusing on growth capital investments across SEA and India, where he was responsible for domestic and regional deal sourcing and execution, portfolio management and exits. He was also involved in multiple key portfolio value creation projects covering organic & inorganic regional expansion, operations improvement, etc. Before that, Eko served as Manager in Corporate Development & Strategy division of Astra International Tbk. (IDX: ASII), part of Jardine Group of companies, where his team spearheads the group’s major investment and business development initiatives, from greenfield, joint-venture to buyout deals, as well as strategic internal projects: corporate restructuring, spin-off and IPOs. 

Prior to his buy-side role, Eko served as Corporate Finance Manager in PwC where he advised on end-to-end M&A and capital market transactions for local and multinational corporations and PEs. He was consistently placed as top-ranked consultant during his 5-year tenure. Earlier in his career, Eko was a Regional Banker in ANZ Bank Singapore, managing P&L and budgeting for their retail, corporate and private banking units across 9 Asia Pacific countries. 

He currently sits on the board of Hangry, Zenius, Noice, ESB, and Sayurbox.

Eko obtained a BBA degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with triple majors in Finance, Investment & Banking, Marketing and Economics.

Weihan Liew is a serial technology entrepreneur in Southeast Asia with 20 years of experience, having founded and successfully exited companies in the media and gaming space.

Before joining GGV, Weihan started “BaBe," the No. 1 mobile news app in Indonesia that serves up more than a billion news clicks every month to millions of readers by applying machine learning to the aggregation and recommendation of news and local content. He also is the founder of Main Games, the largest management platform for gaming live streamers in Indonesia as well as a leading mobile games publisher.

Chye Seng Lin is Venture Partner for tech startups in ICT, Semiconductors and Advanced Engineering at Origgin Pte Ltd.

EEE Engineer by training and have being working in Semiconductors, IOT, Mobile, ICT and technology licensing for the past 30+ years. Worked for MNCs and VC backed start-up companies in high tech environments. Experience in managing sales and business development teams across SEA, PRC, Taiwan and India.

Huey Lin is a Venture Partner with GGV Capital where she supports and advises the fund's portfolio companies. She also leads special projects at Terraformation whose mission is to catalyze global forest restoration to solve climate change. Prior to this, she was the President of Asia at Flexport, a modern freight forwarder and one of the fastest-growing companies in global trade. She led all activities for Flexport across Asia, the company’s most strategic market. She was responsible for the region’s overall strategy and P&L.

Alex has been involved in the real estate industry for the last eighteen years, as a co- founder of a serviced apartment platform, a co-founder of an asset manager and investor and also as an angel investor into early stage companies. Alex has always had a mission to make the built environment a better place to live, work and enjoy and Undivided Ventures represents what he hopes is a part of the solution to one of real estate biggest challenges

Kheng Nam Lee has extensive experience as a venture investor and technology executive.
He joined GGV Capital in 2005 as a Venture Partner and also served as Chairman of Heptagon through its successful acquisition by AMS. Kheng Nam is also Chairman of Advantec Pte Ltd, an investment holding company, and Chairman of Vertex Management (II) Pte Ltd and Deputy Chairman of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd (VVH), both wholly-owned subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited.
 

Raja Hamzah is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of RHL Ventures. RHL Ventures is a Southeast Asian-based private investment firm that focuses on growth capital investments in the Southeast Asia and US region. Hamzah brings his vast experience in various investment roles to advise companies and startups in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

Raja Hamzah is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RHL Ventures. RHL Ventures is a Southeast Asian-based private investment firm that focuses on growth capital investments in the Southeast Asia and US region. Hamzah brings his vast experience in various investment roles to advise companies and startups in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

David Yin is a Partner at GSR Ventures, focusing on investments in early-stage fintech, blockchain, consumer, and Southeast Asian companies. Prior to GSR Ventures, David was head of strategy at an AI-powered alternative lending platform and consultant at McKinsey’s startup practice. He is the co-founder of the Southeast Asia Startup Initiative at Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, and MIT. David earned a BA from Yale University, MPA from Harvard University, and MBA from Stanford University.

Carmen Yuen joined Vertex Ventures Singapore office in 2014. Her focus is in Singapore and Southeast Asia, leading investments and helping portfolio founders to grow their companies into regional and global champions. Carmen sits on the board of many of our portfolio companies and works closely with founders on the companies' strategies including fundraising, recruitment and market penetration. Carmen has served many years in Singapore’s government-backed venture capital initiatives including EDB Investments and Spring SEEDS Capital where she worked closely with many start-up companies in Singapore.
 
Prior to joining Vertex, she was with Majuven, a Singapore angel fund. Carmen currently serves on the Board of TickledMedia (dba The Parentinc).
 
Carmen received her BBA from Simon Fraser University.

Leon Toh is the Managing Partner of Damson Capital, supporting purpose driven startups in Asia. Damson backs early-stage entrepreneurs building world changing companies that can achieve high financial returns and have scalable social impact to the world 

Founded in 2015 and based in Singapore, Damson seeks to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through enterprise based solutions, with Asia as our primary focus.

Jelmer has a background in PE/VC, entrepreneurship, strategy consulting, and international negotiations, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. CFA charterholder.

Founding Partner at Foxmont Capital Management, which focuses on investing in early-stage, Philippine-based startups, as well as co-founder of Philippines Urban Living Solutions ("PULS", www.puls.ph), the first and largest coliving company in the Philippines, and one of the largest asset-heavy coliving companies globally with 18 buildings and 4,800 beds under management. 

Prior, Jelmer worked in China as an Investment Manager at China-based private equity fund Development Principles Group, mainland China's first private equity mezzanine fund in and the country's first ESG-focused fund, where he was responsible for due diligence, investment analysis, deal structuring, execution, value-add and exit. 

Finally, Jelmer worked for Lehman Brothers as an M&A Analyst, McKinsey & Company as a Consultant, and he was a negotiation instructor at Harvard Law School.

Jelmer graduated with a Master in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United States and has a BSc in International Business from the Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

A key professional goal for Jelmer is to create commercially attractive business strategies and attract private capital to solve economic, environmental, and social issues.

Varun Mittal is a seasoned professional adept at the cross-section of digital business building and financial services in South East Asia and global emerging markets. He has developed and implemented strategy, technology rollout, ecosystem management, and regulatory engagement for financial institutions and digital and internet technology companies. 

Varun undertook his MBA at the National University of Singapore and graduated with computer science engineering as his undergraduate major. Currently, he is leading innovation and ecosystem at Singlife, having previously served as Chief Digital and Growth Officer at Singlife.

In addition, he is the founder of the Fintech Nation project, comprising a book, podcast and investment fund to support the fintech ecosystem in Singapore. Varun is also the founder Singapore Fintech Association and ASEAN Fintech Network. In addition, he has been awarded as one of the top ten people in Singapore Fintech by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2019 and 2021. 

Varun is the founder of Boleh Ventures as his family office for private markets and early-stage investments. As an avid investor in startups in South East Asia, he has invested in over 50 startups with five exits and multiple successful scaled ventures in his portfolio.

Phylicia has over 9 years experience in marketing and growth, working with the likes of Mighty Bear Games, Voice Labs, Homage, Ethnicraft Online, as well as for the Singapore Economic Development Board.

Phylicia is based in Singapore and works on investment evaluation, due diligence, portfolio support, and fund operations. She also leads Play's diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Dr. Jeffrey Chi is a veteran in the venture capital industry and a strong advocate for the promotion of venture capital, entrepreneurship & socially responsible investing. Dr Chi is active in the support of entrepreneurship and impactful venture investing.  He is a founding investor and sponsor in Protege Ventures, a venture initiative aimed at providing students with an opportunity to evaluate and invest in student run startups. 

Dr. Chi co-founded Vickers Venture Partners in 2005 is currently its Vice Chairman for Asia and member of its Investment Committee. Based out of Shanghai, Dr. Chi heads Vickers Venture’s investments in Asia and hasinvestments in life sciences, medical devices, healthcare, financial services (including fintech) technology and educational technology (edtech) companies. Dr Chi heads Vickers’ SPAC business and was Chairman and CEO of Vickers Vantage Corporation I (NASDAQ: VCKA) which successfully de-SPACed with Scilex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SCLX).

Dr Chi has volunteered in multiple capacities including being the former Chairman and Ambassador of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, board member of SEEDS Capital (Investment arm of Enterprise Singapore) and on the advisory panels of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the National University of Singapore Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management. 

Dr Chi’s wealth of experience include investment banking (Partner at Pegasus Capital),strategy consulting (senior consultant at Monitor Delloitte) and operations (Managing Director of Spandeck Engineering SEA). Dr. Chi is a CFA Charter holder and a Chartered Valuer &Appraiser holder. He graduated from Cambridge University with 1st Class Honours in Engineering and earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in organizational knowledge and information technology.

Pinn joined Lightspeed in early 2020 as the first member of the Southeast Asia (SEA) team. She is focused on helping grow the Lightspeed platform in the region and invests primarily in consumer and financial technology companies.

Pinn‘s career began at Bain & Company, where she advised private equity clients on due diligence in the first wave of technology start-ups in SEA. Within a few years, enticed by the possibility to radically transform the region through innovation, she decided to join Grab – then, the ‘David’ ride-hailing company trying to take on the ‘Goliath’, Uber. Having been an operator in the early days of Grab, which became the first Decacorn of the SEA, she understands the intricacies of scaling a business across the multi-country region.

Pinn graduated from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania with a double degree in Finance and Psychology. Prior to Lightspeed, Pinn has worked alongside founders across all business life stages in China and India, most notably in companies such as Flipkart (sold to Walmart), Ola, Hike, Razorpay, and Uxin (NASDAQ: UXIN). Having spent meaningful time in the U.S. and around the world helps her understand trends in mature tech economies and contextualize those learnings to emerging markets in SEA.

“Great founders are grandiose in their vision but humble in their actions,” says Pinn. “They learn voraciously, find people to cover their blind spots, and never take anything for granted”. She finds it energizing and meaningful to support ambitious founders on their entrepreneurial journey. When she is not in the trenches with CEOs and their team, you can find her playing basketball, snowboarding, or practicing Vipassana meditation.

Tan Choon Kian (aka CK Tan) has over 20 years of experience as an investor, advisor, and entrepreneur to multiple technology start-ups across Asia.

Before joining Greenwillow, CK spent more than 10 years in Vertex Ventures, the premier Venture Capital arm of Temasek Holdings. He served as the Executive Director (Investments) where he led and managed investments to leading global developer and mobile game operator IGG(HK799), technology company and “SuperApp” Grab (NASDAQ: GRAB). As a member of Vertex’s Investment Committee, he has managed a portfolio of over US$1bn. He has also held roles in Whispir (ASX: WSP), an Australian Software Company, Singapore Technologies (ST) and Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore.

Currently, CK is the Managing Partner for Greenwillow’s Venture Capital funds. He is responsible for the investment and fund management activities for the Oriza Greenwillow Technology fund, which focuses on making investments into promising early-stage technology start-ups in Southeast Asia.

With over 26 years of experience in tech investing, M&A & supply chain management,  Raymond served at Ooredoo Group (OG), a leading Middle Eastern telecom group, & Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT), a Temasek-linked company for the last 16 years.

At OG, he was instrumental in digital transformation at group level, driving the internet economy across Middle East, China & SEA via partnerships & joint ventures, launching a startup accelerator & a VC fund. At STT, Raymond aligned strategy across the group's businesses, managing strategic investments in eCommerce, Fintech, Big Data, Telco OTT, submarine cable & broadband TV operators, IDCs & wireless/fixed line operators.

Prior to that, Raymond held various senior corporate development and management roles in companies such as Creative Technologies & Kaga Electronics.

He is currently a mentor at accelerator programmes such as SiTF 123 JumpStart, UOB Finlab (Fintech), TNB Accelerator, Airmaker (IoT) & PSA Unboxed (Marine & Offshore) among others.

John Lee is the CEO, Founder and Managing Partner of Infracrowd, which is a licensed fund management company in Singapore. He has more than 24 years in infrastructure and capital projects. John draws his experience and deep network from having worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1997 across multiple geographies including Asia, Europe and the United States. John worked in London, New York/Washington DC & Kuala Lumpur for more than 10 years before he started the Infrastructure & Projects Advisory practice in Singapore as a Centre of Excellence for South-East Asia & China.

As one of the Deals Advisory lead partners, John worked with many private sector and public sector clients including investment institutions and strategics in M&A, corporate & project finance activities. John was also the Co-Lead Partner for Valuations & advisory business in PwC Singapore.

In his broader professional capacity, John is also active in the following:

• Senior Adviser to Singapore Cooperation Enterprise
• Active speaker in the Venture Cap & Start-Ups communities
• Advisory Board Member of Huawei Spark – an accelerator program launched in 2020 for growth stage tech startups in Asia Pacific
• Judge in the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology 2020/2021
• Mentor in the PowerAce Start-Up competition – Mentee company was awarded top prize in 2021
• Mentor & Advisory Board Member in several start-ups in the Sustainability & Tech sectors
• Volunteer in the National Library Board and Asia Sustainability Forum. Sponsored the Eco-Warriors Program to promote awareness of Sustainability issues and positive actions to address climate change

John qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was awarded as Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). He also qualified as a chartered valuer & appraiser in Singapore.

Dr Wong Mun Yew is a seasoned investor, entrepreneur, and medical doctor by training. Before joining Greenwillow, he founded Asia Genomics, the Singapore-based molecular diagnostics company in 2016. He oversaw the company’s fundraising efforts and operations as the CEO.

Dr Wong spent over 10 years with Singapore’s EDB Investments and Formation8 Partners sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities of early-stage and growth companies across Southeast Asia and the US. He also served as a board director and observer for several start-up companies in the medical and energy sector based in the US and Singapore.

As the Managing Partner for Greenwillow’s Venture Capital funds, Dr Wong is responsible for the investment and fund management activities for the Oriza Greenwillow Technology fund, which focuses on making investments into promising early-stage technology start-ups in Southeast Asia.

Andy joined Wavemaker in 2021 as a Venture Advisor and the firm’s Investment Committee in 2022.

He is an angel investor, startup coach, and was a former global and regional leader at Facebook, Google, and Stripe. During his 10 years at Facebook, Andy helped the company launch in Asia and served as Managing Director for the SMB and mid-market advertising business, growing it to over 2 million customers and $6 billion in annual revenue.

Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from The Wharton School.

Xinhui started her banking career in 2005 and has chalked up a stellar track record as an investment specialist in delivering investment portfolio solutions to clients. She was a Product Controller with Deutsche Bank AG followed by Credit Suisse AG, before moving internally to Credit Suisse Private Banking (CSPB). In CSPB, she worked alongside the various product teams to deliver investment portfolio solutions to clients.

She left banking in 2012 to be an entrepreneur and exited the business at a PE of about 6X after five years. She realised a 33% IRR from a venture addressing Uber’s & Grab’s growing presence in Singapore. Prior to joining PCMS, Xinhui was Executive Director at Bayfront Capital Advisors where she covered clients in Singapore and China and assisted corporate clients to raise institutional and private debt and private equity, as well as to expand in offshore markets through joint ventures with strategic partners.

Weisheng is a Partner at Qualgro, with a focus on SaaS, FinTech, and EdTech. He currently leads the investment team. He has led several investments into regional, market-leading companies including EngageRocket, ErudiFi, Convosight, and Accredify.

Prior to Qualgro, he led an EdTech startup in Southeast Asia, and also worked at Alibaba Group in China. He previously worked in strategy at Parthenon Group in India and Singapore. Weisheng holds a BAcc from Singapore Management University, and a Wharton MBA.

Mr. Tony Wang serves as Managing Director and Vice President at Legend Capital. He focuses on investment opportunities in TMT and technology-enabled Consumer Services & Financial Services sectors. Before joining Legend Capital, he worked for Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accenture Consulting. Mr. Wang earned his master's degree in Operation Research and bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Globally recognised CIO with 20 years+ investment management experience of $50bn++ permanent wealth funds, currently managing the Endowment Fund of Singapore Management University. As a member of the C-suite and Investment Committee of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Harvey helped extend the Yale Model into one of the most sophisticated “endowment” portfolios globally with direct application to Family Offices and large Institutional Investors. He proposed, architected, and was responsible for running the structured institution-wide formal Investment Process, was Chairman of the Due Diligence Committee, and sat on most senior Committees. Harvey manages multi-asset class, global investment portfolios on both a direct internal and external basis via strong relationships with leading managers.

Portfolios have incorporated all traditional liquid and alternative / illiquid asset classes: Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Hedge Funds, direct / co-investments, Venture Capital, global equities, all fixed-income types, FX, and all forms of derivatives. Harvey’s talent is to envision the best incarnation of things, deploy a natural interpersonal ability and cultural sensitivity to gain genuine "buy-in" and ultimately deliver what the stakeholders really want. Harvey has published a number of investment pieces and holds a Masters in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge.

Yong Zhao is the Founding Partner of 01VC, a leading early-stage venture capital firm in China. 01VC focuses on To-B services, robotics, and cross-border internet sectors. Its portfolios include Lalamove, Hai Robotics, YesMRO, MangaToon, Hibobi, Xtransfer.

From 2009 to 2015, Zhao worked at Kingnet Corp as Co-Founder and COO. Kingnet is a leading Internet gaming platform and publishing company based in Shanghai (www.kingnet.com). In 2015, Kingnet went public on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZ002517). Prior to that, Zhao worked in KPCB China as Vice President. He had also worked for McKinsey and Accenture.

Zhao received his MBA degree from Columbia University and Engineering & Economics dual-major Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University.

After Industrial Bank of Japan and GE, Masato experienced launch and management, success and failure of startups in Japan and the United States. After startup investment as a venture capital partner, Masato started educating "customer development model" and the "lean startup” to entrepreneurs.

Masato co-founded Scale Out Corp. in 2020 to promote the unity and mastery of entrepreneurial mindset and skills of individuals and organizations.

• Graduate of Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo.
• Harvard Business School, MBA.
• XVC LLP. Co-founder and Partner
• Visiting Prof. Waseda Univ..
• Board Member of Japan Effectuation Association

After supporting companies’ global expansion at US Embassy in Japan, and ICMG (Japanese consulting firm), Kei joined Japan Innovation Network as a founding member. Supporting innovation management of large companies, designing startup eco-systems, and launching new businesses, Kei led collaboration with global startup communities. Co-founded Scale Out Corp. in 2020 to increase the number of innovators from Japan by the "effectuation theory" and the "lean startup".

• Graduate of Temple University, Asian Studies, BA. 
• XVC LLP. Co-founder and Partner
• HAX Tokyo Mentor and Lecturer
• Board Member of Japan Effectuation Association

Yeung Chia Li is Managing Partner (Investments) at EDBI and leads investments in the ICT sector. EDBI is a Singapore-based global investor in select high growth technology sectors ranging from Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Emerging Technology (ET), Healthcare (HC) and other strategic industries.

Chia Li oversees investments within the ICT sector including Enterprise IT, Fintech, Software as a Service, Cloud and Cyber Security. He also spearheads EDBI’s Fund of Funds mandate to catalyse more private sector investments into Singapore-based Deep Technology startups.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Communication) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and a MBA from National University of Singapore (NUS).

Wei Feng is the Chairman of Shanghai Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Fund, and founding partner of COCOCAPITAL.

With over 15 years of experience in venture capital, Wei Feng held various positions such as vice president at Zhangjiang Sino-Century (a PE fund of Zhangjiang) and partner at IvyCapital. He has extensive experiences in the IT sector and worked both as a senior management in MNCs and an entrepreneur.

His TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications) investments include companies such as Amarsoft (300380.SZ), Will Semiconductor (603501.SH), Newtouch Software (688590.SH), Denglin Technology, Boson Data (acquired by Ant Group), Dayee Cloud (acquired by 500588.SH), and Titan.

His investments in intelligent manufacturing include Doright (300950.SZ), Anwha Automation, Robot Phoenix, VisionNav and Sucheon Technology among others.

Wei Feng excels in value-added services such as strategic consulting, market planning, and digitalisation. A notable case in the market is his taking on the leadership of a struggling invested company facing significant operational risks. He played a significant role in strategic planning, cultural development, and team building, ultimately leading to the successful transition to new strategic investors within 11 months of his tenure.

Wei Feng holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering from Tsinghua University. He was awarded as "2019 Forbes China Best Venture Capitalist" and "2018 China's Best Angel Investor."

David Su is a founding managing partner at Matrix Partners China, focused primarily on mobile Internet, software and medical technology investments. David has been investing in China since early 2000 and his investments include Baidu (NSDQ:BIDU), Bona Film (NSDQ:BONA), Focus Media (NSDQ:FMCN), Kanghui Medical (NYSE:KH), AAC Technologies (2018.HK), Heptagon (SIX:AMS), Kingnet Games (SZ:002517), Nanjing Kingfriend Biochemical (SS:603707), Didi Chuxing, Youzan Mobile, Reach Surgical.

Before Matrix, David was a founding general partner of TDF Capital and KPCB China. Prior to joining the venture capital industry, David worked at Lotus Development, IBM Software Group for more than seven years and was last responsible for Lotus’ software and services business in Greater China region. David graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Milan is a serial entrepreneur and early stage investor with a focus of 0 to 1 growth. He is currently leading Showheroes APAC, after the acquisition of iVS by Showheroes Group in April 2023, and a Co-founder of Ascend Angels and a Partner of early stage SEA fund, Orvel Ventures.

Zhang Fan, Chairman of Ertz Capital, is a renowned angel investor and venture capitalist with extensive experience in the technology sector.  He has invested in many start-ups in fields such as Tech, Internet, FinTech, and Life Science over his more than two decades of venture capital career.  Zhang Fan is also a successful entrepreneur, having founded and managed several companies in the tech space.  He co-founded Sequoia Capital China and served as one of the firm’s managing partners. Forbes Magazine selected him as one of the top winners of the “Midas List” – Top Venture Capitalists in China” for four times.  He has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that arise in the fast-paced world of technology and is highly regarded for his strategic insights and business acumen.

Jupe is overall responsible for Plug and Play’s Asia Pacific operations with a focus on Southeast Asia. He joined Plug and Play in 2008 and was responsible for starting its first international accelerator program in Silicon Valley and also led its early expansion into Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Plug and Play APAC works with multinational corporations, conglomerates and government agencies in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Prior to Plug and Play, Jupe worked for National University of Singapore (NUS) as Program Director of NUS College in Silicon Valley, where he was responsible for managing the Silicon Valley operations for NUS.

Jupe holds a BA in Economics from National University of Singapore.