Gavin Teo is a General Partner at Altara Ventures, where he invests in high growth tech companies. He serves as a Board Director to Clevai, Klinik Pintar, Kyan Technologies, Med247, Staffinc and Saturdays. Prior to launching Altara with his partners, Mr. Teo was General Partner at B Capital Group and held appointments at Comcast Ventures, Zynga, Xbox and Bain. He earned his M.B.A. from The Wharton School, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar and his B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna Col...
Aug 05, 2025•52 min
Jay Eum is Co-Founding Managing Partner of GFT Ventures. Jay brings over 20 years of extensive investment experience across both institutional and corporate venture capital firms. Jay co-founded TransLink Capital, a Palo Alto based early stage venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs developing customer connections and partnerships in Asia. Jay was responsible for leading investments in AI, AR/VR, blockchain, cloud, and consumer technologies. Prior to TransLink, Jay was Managing Directo...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Keith Lee is a startup growth expert specializing in global expansion and corporate innovation. As a Director at PEN Ventures, he leads cross-border business development, helping startups scale internationally. Previously, he worked in corporate innovation at Plug and Play Tech Center and contributed to strategy teams at various startups. Keith focuses on deep tech startups—particularly in AI, sustainability, and robotics—bridging opportunities between the US and APAC regions. Read more about Pe...
May 16, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 60
With a PhD in Neuroscience and recognized as one of the top 60 AI influencers in Eastern Europe, Genia is a visionary leader in the tech industry. She has been acknowledged for her extraordinary ability by USCIS and has built a successful tech recruitment company, AiHub, headquartered in the US. Under her leadership, AiHub secured contracts with major companies such as Microsoft, Phillips, and Agoda, and became a Google community partner in 2019, with support from Google’s Mountain View office.T...
Jan 02, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Peng is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage tech venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Peng is an industry veteran with over 25 years of industry experience as an entrepreneur, founder, and investor in Silicon Valley and in Asia. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures in China. The firm is known for its successful investments in companies like Didi Chuxing, Eleme, and Qunar. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded a seri...
Dec 20, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Curt Shi is a highly experienced venture capital professional with a global investment track record spanning Australia, Israel, the United States, and China. In addition to holding positions in a number of listed companies in the classical tech space, he has also achieved significant success through his investments in blockchain and web3 technologies. Notable among these are Efficient Frontier, which generated a 10X return, Swell, which delivered a 3X return in just three months, and STEPN, whic...
Nov 13, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Steve is an investor, advisor, and award-winning tech entrepreneur with 28 years of building businesses in Asia and Europe. This includes scaling teams from 2 to 1,500 people, raising over $400M in funding, M&A deals, and investing in and mentoring green-tech start-ups. He’s passionate about entrepreneurship, climate change, and social equality. In 2007, Steve co-founded PropertyGuru out of personal frustration, and set out to increase transparency and “empower consumers to make confident pr...
May 05, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Jeep Kline is a seasoned venture capitalist, a senior executive at Intel and pre-IPO technology companies, a World Bank economist, and a faculty at UC Berkeley with more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry. Her multi-industry career paths are threaded together in one big theme: global impact. She believes that “financial returns are necessary but not sufficient; impact returns are also required”. This has been the guiding principle of her career that yields positive results acr...
Apr 27, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 55
David runs operations and the Deal Hub at On Deck Angels, where he and the team help angel investors refine their investing craft so that they can be some of the world's most helpful angels. He also co-leads DECODE's fund accelerator program that helps experienced angel investors raise their first funds. Outside of On Deck and DECODE, he's a scout for seed and Series A deals in consumer technology, a mentor at multiple startup accelerators including Techstars and Alchemist Accelerator, and write...
Dec 26, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Zécca J. Lehn is the General Partner of Responsibly Ventures, based in California, backing U.S. PreSeed startups in both Social and Sustainable Tech—using multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guidepost per investment. Over the past 15+ years, he has worked as an Environmental Economist, Data Scientist, Non-Profit Board Member, and Co-Founder. He grew up in an off-the-grid Japanese-style home, on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Through his world travels and living in Sc...
Nov 20, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Yaw was previously the GM of International Product and Business for CDN, Edge Computing, Video, and cPaaS under Alibaba Cloud from 2019 to 2021. Prior to Alibaba, he was responsible for new market expansion in the Asia-Pacific region for Twilio and has been intimately involved in the Twilio journey since the early days of 2012. Yaw currently spends his time investing in startups, as part of XA Network and personally. He's keenly interested in helping startups scale and transform Southeast Asia f...
Nov 18, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Will is a Singapore-baed Norwegian entrepreneur and technology VC who co-founded the price comparison portal Zoomit.com (later merged with Kelkoo, which was sold to Yahoo! in 2004. He served as one of the judges on the television series Angel's Gate , which was broadcast on Channel NewsAsia in 2012. He is a co-founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Cocoon Capital. He holds an MBA from INSEAD where he is an EIR. He has invested in over 50 startups in Singapore and across the world since 20...
Oct 30, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Nick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Velocity Ventures with over 3 decades of experience as a CEO, board leader, professional investor, and successful entrepreneur in Asia. Prior to founding Velocity Ventures, Nick was CEO of Readymix and ReadyVentures. As CEO of Readymix, he expanded the family business from Australia to Southeast Asia and built a sizeable presence across Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Thereafter, as CEO of ReadyVentures, Nick invested S$20 million ...
Oct 23, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Ben Cardarelli is a founder and angel investor with experience in several industries, namely fintech, education, and sports tech. His investments are focused on emerging markets in Asia and MENA, and include startups like QisstPay, Dash, Chari, TAG, and Duhqa. Born in Canada but living in Asia for 8+ years, Ben began his career in Accenture's global banking practice before launching his ventures. Read more about Crossfund here https://www.crossfund.com/ and you can connect directly with Ben on L...
Oct 17, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Sheel is a co-founder of Better Tomorro w, a seed-stage venture capital fund investing in Fintech companies globally. His own startup experience includes 2 successful Fintech exits — a payments company and a high-stakes auction company — and he’s GP of the 500 Fintech fund. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his Fintech career at the non-profit p2p lender, Kiva. Read more about Better Tomorrow Ventures here https://www.btv.vc/ or connect with them on Linkedi...
Apr 15, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Alwyn Rusli is a founding member of the venture investment arm of Trihill Capital, investing primarily in pre-seed to growth industry disruptors in Southeast Asia. He sources, leads, and supports portfolio companies around the clock as any good investor should be. He is also an angel investor in enterprise & consumer platforms and actively advises early-stage startups across different ends. On the side, he writes about the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia at www.001.partners . Read more abou...
Apr 07, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Alan Cui is a partner at Boson Ventures. He is an ex-startup founder, ex-management consultant, and ex-programmer (still a hobby). Alan has 12 years of experience in management consulting (Partners in Performance, Accenture Strategy) and corporate strategy (Ausgrid PLUS ES). He was also a strategic partnership executive in AGL New Energy (corporate venture). Alan co-founded a technology startup (Gentech Computer System) when he was a third-year university student and exited to other shareholders...
Mar 31, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Joseph started his career as a scientist, developing new cancer therapies during his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. He co-founded a medical device startup during his studies which brought him into the world of business and his first interactions with VCs. He first learned about active investing during his time at DM Capital in Shenzhen, helping launch their first fund, Harmony. He then joined Oliver Wyman’s health and life sciences practice to understand and develop strategies towards addre...
Mar 24, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Franco is the Managing Partner at Foxmont Capital Partners, a Philippine-focused early-stage venture capital fund by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Prior to Foxmont, Franco was the Founding General Manager of Grab Philippines. He is an Experienced Operator with a demonstrated history of working in early-stage high-growth startups in Asia. He is skilled in Business Planning, Operations Management, Sales, and Strategy. He excels in Business Development and strategizing for key partnerships. He h...
Mar 19, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Joeri has a proven track record in building regional sales organizations. He launched Ammado, a global Software as a Service company in Asia, and served as its managing director for 3 years where he was responsible for closing deals with global brands such as Aviva, Coca-Cola, and Diageo. Prior to Ammado, Joeri was head of business development Asia Pacific for RBS Worldpay, the global leader in online payments. He also served as Director, Asia Pacific for Red Herring, the leading technology maga...
Mar 11, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 43
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. Murli has been a board member of more than 25 venture-backed firms since 2008 across an array of enterprise tech sectors, countries (Singapore, India, Australia, and the US), and stages (from pre-revenue startups to 2000+ employee firms). His first board roles came just as the global financial crisis began, which was a brutal cr...
Mar 03, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Tae Hea co-founded Storm Ventures, an early-stage VC fund based in Silicon Valley and investing worldwide. Storm has invested in nearly 200 B2B software companies leading to 11 unicorns, including Algolia, Marketo, Pipedrive, Solarisbank, Talkdesk, and Workato. At Storm, Tae Hea was the founding CEO of Airespace, a B2B startup, which was later sold to Cisco for $450m. Based on his experience, Tae Hea also co-authored Survival To Thrival to help founders unlock growth by finding Go-To-Market Fit....
Feb 24, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Shauraya is a Co-Founder at Capital Connect Advisors, a boutique investment bank based in Singapore and New Delhi which provides corporate finance, portfolio management, and ecosystem services to leading tech founders and investors in Asia. Shauraya has been working alongside companies since the early days of the technology wave and has built extensive deal experience, network, and industry expertise working with over 50 technology companies across Southeast Asia and India. Shauraya loves workin...
Feb 18, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Shwetank Verma is the co-founder of the India Insurtech Association and of Leo Capital, a venture capital fund investing in companies in India and South-East Asia. Recent investments include Upmesh (live commerce), CyberSierra (cyber security and insurance), Devtron Labs (K8S deployment) among others. Previously, he led Open Innovation for MetLife Asia and was a part of the senior management team of LumenLab, MetLife's innovation consultancy. At LumenLab, he advised MetLife country CEOs and seni...
Feb 10, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Chris Sirise is a partner at Saison Capital, a multi-stage fund investing across Pre-Seed to Series B stage start-ups globally and the venture capital arm of Credit Saison. He leads the team of operator-turned investors based out of Singapore. Chris has played an active role in Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem for almost a decade, having been involved in policymaking, venture capital, and operational roles. Prior to Saison Capital, he was with Grab Financial Group launching and heading financial ...
Feb 03, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 38
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. He led investments into Alami, a leading Indonesian Islamic Finance Platform, Gradana, a pioneer in Proptech in Indonesia, and managed the investment into Mari...
Jan 27, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Michael is the Executive Vice Chairman (deputy CEO) of True Digital Group (TDG). TDG is an autonomous business unit of True Corp, the #1 integrated telco and media company in Thailand (listed on SET), to drive innovation and capture new growth opportunities. Michael led the incubation of TDG in 2018, carving out digital products and initiatives from True Corp, and structuring TDG as a market-focused organization with four business lines: digital media, commerce, data monetization, enterprise sol...
Jan 20, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Kuo-Yi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures , a leading early-stage venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. He is based in Singapore and is a board member of Ninja Van, Padlet, KKday, Jio Health, Horangi, Saleswhale, Finaxar, and Zipmatch.In the early 2000s, Kuo-Yi was an early employee of Encentuate, an identity and access management software startup (acquired by IBM), and Reputation Technologies, a supplier relationship management software startup (acquired by Securit...
Jan 13, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Yishai Klein is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of BlueRed Partners. Yishai was born and educated in Melbourne, Australia. He is based in Singapore where he has resided for the past 18 years. Prior to forming the Fund, Yishai was an Advisor at OUE Ltd., and the Head of Innovation and Strategic Investments at the group, reporting directly to the Chairman. He focused on identifying investments in innovative technologies addressing “Smart Building & Retail Technology” solutions with the pri...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 34
Jen is Integra Partners’ newest partner. She was formerly a principal with Integra Partners, joining the firm in 2017. Jen started her career in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division in New York, covering financial sponsors and consumer retail companies. She returned to Singapore in 2011 when she joined TPG Capital, evaluating investment opportunities in Southeast Asia. Jen also spent several years with a family office focusing on investing in and actively managing early-stage companies. ...
Dec 30, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 33
