BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)

Hon Weng Chong is the founder and CEO of Cortical Labs, a Deep Technology startup looking to fuse biological material with computing chips resulting in a proto-AGI device. Previously he was the founder and CTO of CliniCloud; a medtech startup that built full-stack connected medical devices that was backed by Tencent and Ping An ventures. Hon Weng trained as a medical doctor at The University of Melbourne and was exposed to the world of technology entrepreneurialism during his research year at Johns Hopkins. In addition to being a medical doctor, Hon Weng is a full-stack software engineer and a machine learning enthusiast. Hon Weng is a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient in 2018. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/hon-weng-chong You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/hon-weng-chong

David Thian is a former management consultant who helped to start Conjunct Consulting in 2011. Today, he is one of 300 Administrative Officers transforming and building capabilities in the Singapore Public Service. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/david-thian You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/david-thian

Jeep Kline is a Partner of MrPink VC, an impact venture fund targeting South American entrepreneurs. She recently founded SeaSky Lab, a project that bridges knowledge and resources from Silicon Valley to Asia for tech entrepreneurs. An advisor to several incubation programs, she is UC Berkeley Skydeck’s lead ambassador to 48 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. She is also a guest lecturer in the Sustainable and Impact Finance Group at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She has professional experience working with a number of international organizations. At the World Bank, she implemented technology projects in South America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Later, she joined Intel Corp., where she created the company’s first Android tablet for emerging economies. She is a Board Member of the Intel Alumni Network. She also holds an MBA from the UC Berkeley and an MA in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A native of Bangkok, Thailand, she graduated with First Class Honours from Chulalongkorn University. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jeep-kline You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jeep-kline

Fandy Santoso is Co-founder and CEO of Giladiskon, a social buying club where 2m Indonesian members get exclusive discounts at restaurants and lifestyle retailers. Besides helping their members saving money every day, they also help retailers to get instant exposure to millions of millenials through social media. Fandy started his entrepreneurial journey in 2013 when he started an IT consulting business and have established several other companies since. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/fandy-santoso You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/fandy-santoso

Michael Lints has over 20 years of experience helping innovative businesses obtain the resources, insights, and expertise they need in order to be successful. Michael has been a startup operator, investor, and mentor, and is currently a Partner at the Singapore-based venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures. He joined the firm in 2013 and is currently leading growth venture efforts, which include LP fundraising and portfolio management for Golden Gate Venture's investments at Series B and beyond. Michael’s entrepreneurial journey began in 2000 when he co-founded an IT managed services startup in Europe that was acquired by a large data and telecom company six years later. In 2007, Michael founded a venture fund focused on Dutch small- and medium-sized enterprises to help them with capital financing, business development, and strategy. During the same period, he was invited to join the Economic Development Board Rotterdam as Vice Chairman. In that role, he launched the Young Economic Development Board where he brought together a highly influential Dutch network to develop a sustainable framework for public-private relationships that increased local business investment while leveraging the public infrastructure. Outside of work, sport is an essential part of Michael’s life. He is a former member of the Dutch karate team and the former ambassador for Treknology (Trek bikes distributor in Singapore). Michael actively participates in Ironman 70.3 races and marathons. He is also passionate about social justice and uses sport as a vehicle to raise awareness for important issues such as civil rights, economic opportunity, and education. Besides sport, Michael is an active writer and writes articles regarding life, balance, and venture capital on michaellints.com. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/michael-lints You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/michael-lints

As the Global Head of Circularity at SecondMuse, Simon leads programs focused on strengthening circular and regenerative economic systems and processes. This work currently includes The Incubation Network in South and Southeast Asia, and the Ocean Plastic Pollution Accelerator (OPPA) in Indonesia, both of which are built around addressing ocean plastic pollution. Simon is a systems architect, researcher, and entrepreneur who is committed to foregrounding communities in developing solutions that tackle today's most complex and pressing social and environmental challenges. His experience extends through the private, government, non-government and UN sectors in more than a dozen countries. His insights and research has been published widely and across multiple platforms. Simon lives in Singapore with his wife and two children. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/simon-baldwin You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/simon-baldwin

Projjal Ghatak is the CEO & Co-Founder of OnLoop, a pre-launch VC-backed seed stage SaaS start-up in a new category called Collaborative Team Development (CTD) to reinvent how individuals and teams of knowledge workers develop in a new hybrid future. Prior to founding OnLoop in 2020, Projjal spent three and a half years at Uber in a variety of roles including leading Strategy for Business Development globally, leading Strategy for the APAC rides business, and GM of the Philippines rides business. A lot of his personal pain as a leader in high-growth, high-functioning orgs led to the founding of OnLoop. Projjal has also spent time in finance raising debt and equity from New York hedge funds for an industrials conglomerate, in strategy consulting in South East Asia, and in early stage companies in Latin America. He has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and a Bachelor of Business Management from the Singapore Management University. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/projjal -ghatak You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/projjal-ghatak

Joshua spearheaded The SG Boys podcast to create a platform for gay stories in Singapore. Outside of co-hosting the podcast, he is a radio presenter in Singapore, known for his interviews with the world’s biggest stars, from Katy Perry to Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. Joshua’s interviews have crossed millions of views on YouTube. Joshua is also an independent singer-songwriter whose debut album, titled Filthy, was hailed ‘one of the best albums to come out of Singapore, by music publication Bandwagon Asia. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/joshua-simon You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/joshua-simon

Anita Hossain is Co-founder and CEO of The Grand, a learning and development platform to help people navigate transitions at the intersection of work and life through the support of group coaching and community. Anita has extensive experience as an executive coach and group facilitator, supporting clients on their journeys to become the most effective and intentional leaders they can be. She previously was The Head of Knowledge at First Round, where she designed and launched hundreds of learning initiatives – from summits to unconferences to masterclasses and more – providing entrepreneurs and tech operators resources to stay motivated, accelerate their businesses and build community. Before joining First Round, Anita was an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank and managed over $400MM in investment portfolios for Latin American clients. She also worked for MTV and Nickelodeon to create integrated marketing strategies and amplify their social impact initiatives. Anita graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University, where she studied Marketing and International Business with a minor in Spanish. She is also an MBA graduate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/anita-hossain You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/anita-hossain

As a tech ecosystem builder, connector and investor, Elise's mission is to bring the global ecosystem closer together and nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs who will change the world for the better. Currently, she is Director of Communications and Community at Vertex Ventures. Previously she was VP of Investor Relations and Partnerships at LongHash Ventures, a blockchain-focused fund and accelerator. In her free time, she runs Asia Startup Network with like minded peers. One of the initiatives organised under ASN was #Mentorforhope, which gathered over 300 tech startups and 250 mentors together from the Asia Pacific region to support each other’s growth and entrepreneurial journey. Through the initiative, founders accessed over 520 hours of mentorship on areas ranging from business strategy to fundraising. She is also an advisor to the NUS Angels Ventures, SouthEast Asia's first student run angel investment network, established in 2020 to connect angel investors and mentors with startups. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/elise-tan You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/elise-tan

Brian Toh is a Singaporean software engineer and entrepreneur. He is the Founder & CEO of AskDr, a health information platform aiming to make reliable health information accessible to all, and is involved in product management, growth, remote culture, partnerships, and fundraising. Prior to that, he ran a digital product agency as the lead engineer focused on building, designing, and marketing digital products for clients across different industries. Brian received his Bachelors degree at University College London. Outside of work, Brian enjoys a good BBQ and is passionate about paying it forward by helping others learn how to code. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/brian-toh You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/brian-toh

With 15 years experience in the industry, Hazel is a music-tech lifer, guitarist and CEO/Co-Founder at Musiio. She started her music-tech journey as an early employee at Shazam and spent time understanding the pain points of the industry at Pandora, Universal and HMV before launching Musiio in 2018. Hazel travels the world speaking at conferences and educating catalogue owners about the value of artificial intelligence integration and digital transformation in the music industry. As a female CEO in the heavily male-dominated industries of music and tech, Hazel offers a breath of fresh air and insight, with interesting and humorous anecdotes, as well as easy-to-follow explanations and digestible use cases of artificial intelligence technology. Show notes at:https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/hazel-savage You can find the community discussion for this episode at:https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/hazel-savage

Karen Tay was formerly Smart Nation Director in Singapore's Prime Ministers Office and Regional Vice President at the Economic Development Board, based in the Bay Area. She started and grew the Singapore Government's global tech talent recruiting function, boosting its pipeline by 20X, and was later hired by EDB to build its global talent platform for the tech sector in Singapore. She's passionate about transforming workplaces to be conducive to human flourishing, which she believes is the best strategy to attract and keep great talent. Her past experience includes implementing $2B preschool reforms to increase equitable access, starting up Strategic Communications and Engagement for the 40k-strong Ministry of Education, and serving as special assistant and speechwriter to various Ministers. She most enjoys full-stack work: bridging strategy, operations and team building. Show notes at:https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/karen-tay You can find the community discussion for this episode at:https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/karen-tay

Spencer Yang is a Senior Product Manager at Coinbase. He is an active angel investor with investments in various early-stage startups. He was the VP of Growth, Operations and Revenue at CoinMarketCap, the largest cryptocurrency information site. He led the business areas of spanning across data, content and revenue. He was part of the executive team and led the company through a successful acquisition by Binance. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/spencer-yang You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/spencer-yang

Reginald Koh is the founder and host of The Financial Coconut, the first podcast network in Singapore dedicated to personal finance. What started as a dining table project, grew to become a series contender in the finance content space. At the core, he is a creative and explorer, avid backpacker, serial failed entrepreneur, and now a champion for personal finance. He is quite a rebel and failed to meet most of the stereotypical goals embedded into the Singapore narrative. He hopes you can live a life you love while managing your finances well. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/reginald-koh You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/reginald-koh

Jingjin is co-founder and CEO of ZaZaZu, the first personalized sexual wellness hub in APAC that synergizes education, digital services and products to help women own their sexual wellbeing. Prior to ZaZaZu’s inception, Jingjin spent more than 10 years in the entrepreneurial and automotive scene. During her previous tenures, she has led global product management teams, driven portfolio turnarounds and built organisations from scratch, across a wide range of geographies such as Germany, China and US. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jingjin-liu You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jingjing-liu

Grace Sai is the Founder and CEO of Ravel Innovation, an innovation agency that helps corporations and governments innovate by working with startup and social good ecosystems globally. She is also the Managing Partner of Found Ventures, a seed fund investing in early-stage tech companies. She is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD, TEDx Singapore speaker and a Kauffman Fellow. She resides in Singapore and has an MBA from University of Oxford. She speaks 6 languages. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/grace-sai You can find community discussions for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/grace-sai

Andre Lorenceau is the CEO & Founder of DiviGas. A serial entrepreneur and a "Forbes 30 Under 30" listmaker, he has built, funded and scaled multiple B2B companies. He grew startups to beyond series B with millions in revenue and raised over $15m in VC capital. He has worked in a variety of sector such as media software, consumer products and now heavy industrial hardware. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/andre-lorenceau You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/andre-lorenceau This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Jason is the founder of Strengths School™ and Performance Capital™, who has over 13 years of Training and Coaching Top Leaders in MNCs, SMEs; to optimise team development and drive PERFECT PERFORMANCE™. His work spans organisations across Asia, Canada and the UAE. Some of many include Ubisoft, DHL, Johnson & Johnson, Lee Jeans, Vans, VF Corp, National University of Singapore, NUS Business School and Singapore’s Ministry of Education. As SouthEast Asia's 1st Gallup Certified StrengthsFinder® & Platinum Coach, Jason was invited as a keynote speaker for an ASEAN Future Leaders Summit. He also sits on the Singapore’s NUS Business School panel as a StrengthsFinder® Advisor. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jason-ho You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jason-ho This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Mark Shmulevich is a senior executive in technology business and early-stage investor. He is an avid supporter of education, talent development, science and technology as key drivers of societal progress. Mark’s professional track record includes both public and private sector experience, while the industry domains he has worked in range from space and quantum technologies to artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Mark Shmulevich has been COO and SVP at TAIGER, an NLP AI software company, since 2018. Headquartered in Singapore, TAIGER pioneers AI products that use human-like logic to automatically read, understand and extract information. Previously, Mark was Chief Strategy and Operations Officer at Acronis, a global software and services company working on efficient data storage, protection and security. Acronis achieved the $2B+ valuation and serves over 500,000 customers worldwide. In 2012, at the age of 29, Dr. Shmulevich was appointed Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) of Russia, responsible for policy making in IT and IT industry support. He suggested and implemented changes to legislation allowing small and medium IT companies to enjoy a tax regime more beneficial for innovation, as well as simpler employment schemes for highly qualified foreign talent. Dr. Shmulevich is an advisory board member of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Innovation Centre (ICT branch). SMART supports entrepreneurship in Singapore, providing grant support and mentoring to the project teams. He is also a board member of SGTech, the largest technology business federation in Singapore. In 2020, Dr. Shmulevich was appointed Chairman of its Digital Transformation Chapter. He is married and has two daughters. Mark resides in Singapore with his family since 2016. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/mark-shmulevich You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/mark-shmulevich This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Wally is an award winning filmmaker and runs a brand content company www.bigredbutton.com.sg As an ontological coach and organisational development practitioner, Wally uses storytelling to help people/corporations/government agencies tackle emergent and persistent issues in Singapore. Wally also leads a ground up initiative: https://m.facebook.com/StandUpForSG/, to find ways to contribute to Singapore’s narrative on what kind of country she could be and how are the best ways to contribute to one another. In his spare time, Wally likes to look at global problems and help out in his own little way. He has built Indonesia’s first Haze Clean Air Shelters, crowdfunded aid in Sri Lanka after the bombings in 2018, crowdfunded 20 tonnes of rice to the Smokey Mountain community in the Philippines. See the projects here: https://fb.watch/6f1jAW29xV/ Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/wally-tham-3 You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/wally-tham This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Stefanie Irma is currently Co-Founder of DishServe - an asset light network of ghost kitchens in Indonesia, which took the opportunity in the midst of pandemic to start the company. She is based in Jakarta, Indonesia and with the others 3 co-founders she build DishServe since October 2020. Prior to DishServe she was a Country Head in RedDoorz Philippines, started the first expansion there since 2017 until managing the whole country business and operations, and grew the Philippines to become the second biggest country operations for RedDoorz in South East Asia after Indonesia. She graduated from London School of Public Relations- Indonesia with Bachelor's Degree of Communications majoring Public Relations. With her various skills and experience in marketing and also communication, she also mentoring some startups together with New Energy Nexus focusing on Marketing Communication module. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/stefanie-irma You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/stefanie-irma This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Jun Yong is the Protocol Lead at HaloDAO- Enabling the next phase of crypto expansion via asset backed stablecoins issued by regulated emoney issuers by providing decentralised infrastructure that other innovators can build on to optimise crypto trading, fx and payments. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jun-yong You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jun-yong This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Michelle led the product growth team at South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong based news media company owned by Alibaba Group. Before that, she was the founder of Weava, an ed-tech productivity tool startup that allows users to highlight, organize, and create their own research documents all in one place. Before that, she did UX design at Amazon in Seattle, where she worked in the Core Design team focusing on Amazon’s core shopping experience on web and mobile. She was also a venture fellow at True Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/michelle-chan You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/michelle-chan This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Rahul is the host of the Understanding VC podcast where he talks to Venture Capitalists to learn how they work. The aim of the show is to provide entrepreneurs with experiential and actionable insights to have a collegial working relationship with VCs. He is also a serial entrepreneur who has built multiple startups in the E-commerce and 3D printing industry and has spent time with a Venture Capital fund, Cocoon Capital as an Associate. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/rahul-thayyalamkandy You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/rahul-thayyalamkandy This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Mark Johnson is Co-Founder of SEED Strategies, a communications and public relations consultancy for startups and companies that are scaling. Founded in 2019, since its inception, SEED Strategies has worked with a range of companies seeking to deliver a positive impact across a multitude of industries and geographies. Prior to establishing SEED Strategies, Mark worked as Head of Customer Experience at INSEAD, where he helped drive digital transformation in the degree programmes and implemented structures that helped embed the need to focus on the customer in all levels of decision-making. From 2011 to 2017, Mark worked across Asia within the public affairs and communications space. He helped drive the global communications strategy for Masdar and the Zayed Sustainability Prize whilst working in the UAE, formulate strategy and advise clients such as Mars and RB in Indonesia on the opportunities and challenges of the forthcoming government, and led the communications for clients such as Audi during his time working in China. Mark started his career as a communication adviser and political strategist in the United Kingdom and European Parliament. During his 6 year's in politics he helped devise and implement comprehensive grassroots communications strategies to ensure electoral success for the Labour Party. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/mark-johnson You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/mark-johnson This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Jeraldine Phneah (彭嘉琳) is a Millennial Content Creator who cares about the challenges and aspirations of her generation. To empower them, she creates content around how Millennials can cope with the high cost of living, build rewarding careers, strive for the best for their families, and lead meaningful lives. She also pushes for policies to uplift her generation. When Jeraldine first graduated, she quickly realized that the job market, economy, and the world we live in today are just radically different from that of the previous generation. Jobs were being displaced due to technology, there were cases of discrimination against Singaporeans in our own country; and our starting salaries have not grown as fast as our cost of living. From talking to her peers, she learnt that many were dealing with similar challenges. They were anxious about falling behind and not being their ideal self; fearful of not being able to find a career which they could thrive in and overwhelmed with the steep learning curve of adulting. Through her content, she hopes to share her experiences, learnings and advocate for her generation. Ultimately, she believes that all hard working Singaporeans should be given the right tools and support to pursue their dreams, to strive for the best for themselves and their families. Jeraldine Phneah was listed as the youngest honoree on LinkedIn Top Voices 2020. She was also profiled by Her World Magazine as part of their 60th Anniversary. She is also a recipient of the Women Leading Change Award (Rising Star) by CampaignAsia. She has been featured on Forbes, Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, and Cleo Magazine. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jeraldine-phneah You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jeraldine-phneah This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Bradian is the Co Founder & CEO of Hawksight.co, an AI Trading Assistant for retail investors to make smarter investment decisions in stocks, cryptocurrency, and forex through crowdsourced & AI-optimized trading signals. For his latest venture, the three-time startup founder is backed by a global deeptech accelerator called Entrepreneur First, but prior to this, Bradian has bootstrapped global technology businesses from Indonesia - one of which got acquired, and another scaled to profitability. After immersing himself in the B2B startup scene in Los Angeles and graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Bradian returned to Jakarta to co-found IconReel, an influencer marketing platform that became the largest in Indonesia in three years before it got acquired by a publicly-listed Southeast Asian consumer goods company. With a focus on scalable impact and being global from day one, Bradian then founded a social analytics software-as-a-service (SaaS) for Instagram and TikTok analytics with an all-Indonesian team that scaled to 50+ countries profitably with clients ranging from Warner Media and Boston Consulting Group, to small-to-medium businesses and solopreneurs. Today Bradian is based in Singapore, while building a remotely distributed team across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, to scale Hawksight.co into the world's largest platform for crowdsourced trading signals. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/bradian-muliadi You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/bradian-muliadi This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Joel is the Co-Founder & Country Head at Aspire, the #1 all-in-one finance platform for growing businesses in South East Asia. Prior to starting Aspire, Joel was a multiple-time entrepreneur in the E-commerce space. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/joel-leong You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/joel-leong This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Yiping Goh is a Partner at Quest Ventures, a top venture capital fund in Asia. Prior to this, Yiping was Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of MatahariMall.com, the largest omnichannel fashion ecommerce site in Indonesia backed by the Lippo Group. Lippo Group also acquired All Deals Asia, the Southeast Asia ecommerce aggregator and group-buying platform co-founded by Yiping. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/yiping-goh You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/yiping-goh This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Rachel graduated from King's College, London (LL.B.) in 2013 with First Class Hons. Since then, she has worked as a corporate M&A lawyer in leading international law firms such as White & Case LLP, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee and Allen & Gledhill LLP in Singapore and London. She is also a committee member of The Law Society of Singapore (Corporate Committee and the CPD Committee). Whilst helping a founder in his series fundraising process in Singapore, she was impressed by how 'founder-friendly' certain venture capital funds and law firms in Silicon Valley were – in particular, Founders Fund. She also felt that the legal community in Singapore could do better in providing more robust legal support for the growing startup community in South-east Asia, whilst noting cultural nuances and trends in this region. With this in mind, Founders Doc was born in 2021. Founders Doc collaborates with Eugene Thuraisingam LLP, where she spearheads the Corporate Practice, with the hope that founders in South-east Asia get the full support that they need. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/rachel-wong You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/rachel-wong This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Galvin is the CEO and Co-founder of Lauretta.io, a profitable Techstars company that builds bleeding edge military grade computer vision technologies that are now available to commerical buyers with no AI capability of them own. Prior to this, Galvin wore two hats as a data strategist in DBS, building RegTech products, while also running Es Teler 77 Singapore, a chain of quick service restaurants serving nostalgically authenic Indonesian food to our migrant population. He was also CFO of a New York based Uber-for-everything startup as well as first local employee of a boutique management consultanting firm that has since been acquired by PWC. In his free time, you will often find Galvin creating new recipes in a bid in increase his children's tolerance to spicy food. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/galvin-widjaja-2 You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/galvin-widjaja This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Aditya Mehta is the Founder CEO of Art&Found™ — a curated marketplace for South Asian artists making art accessible to global buyers and brands like WeWork, Levi's and Starbucks: www.artandfound.co Prior to Art&Found, Aditya worked as a Senior Art Director at Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai driving creative and social impact campaigns for Mondelez International (Cadbury), Castrol Asia-Pac and Cancer Patients Aid Association. If this solo founder gets any time off work, it goes into CrossFit, graphic novels, memoirs, mountains, films, craft beer. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/aditya-mehta You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/aditya-mehta This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Mika Reyes is currenty building something new in the creator economy, as part of the South Park Commons Founder Fellowship. 💼 She was Previously PM @ LinkedIn Jobs, Kumu & Ripcord through the KPCB Product Fellowship. She also started the Filip[in]os @ LinkedIn group & was a Women in Product executive member. 🎓 She graduated B.A. Economics, Psychology, Data Analysis from Wesleyan University, Phi Beta Kappa & a summa cum laude equivalent and is a proud Philippine Science High School scholar. 🇵🇭 She's most passionate about broadening access through tech in emerging markets like her home, the Philippines & in the rest of S.E. Asia. On the side, She works on a virtual startup incubator for emerging markets, & launched a fun social card game. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/mika-reyes You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/mika-reyes This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Alfa is a lifelong entrepreneur, adventurer, and a technology enthusiast. As the CEO & Co-founder of ProSpark, he is mainly focused on the company’s growth in SE Asia and in other emerging markets. Prior to forming ProSpark, Alfa has worked for technology companies in the United States in Silicon Valley such as Apple Inc. and Rockwell Automation. He also has extensive commercial and engineering experiences across multiple industries in the CPG, Manufacturing, Energy, Consulting, Health Care and E-commerce sectors with multinational companies such as Proctor & Gamble & Johnson & Johnson. Additionally, Alfa founded two other ventures in e-commerce and health & fitness space. During his spare time he enjoys youth mentorship helping to cultivate the next generation of entreprenuers. Also plays basketball and travelling. Huge fan of Liverpool Football Club (Y.N.W.A). Alfa holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior to Chicago Booth, Alfa holds Masters and Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering from Southern Polytechnic State University and an Associate degree in Computer Science. All from the United States of America. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/alfa-bumihira You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/alfa-bumihira This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Paulo Joquiño is a writer and content producer for tech companies. He shares the stories and insights of founders and investors in Southeast Asia as the senior content strategist of Insignia Ventures Partners, through the firm's official publication Insignia Business Review and podcast On Call with Insignia Ventures. Last year, he co-authored and published a book with Yinglan introducing the region’s startup ecosystem and their views on company building in Southeast Asia -- Navigating ASEANnovation. As a university student, he took up multiple work opportunities in content and marketing for startups in Asia. These included interning as an associate at G3 Partners, a Seoul-based marketing agency for tech startups, running tech community engagements at coworking space and business community, ASPACE Philippines, and interning at workspace marketplace FlySpaces. While in university, he was also a member of YouthHack Manila, an independent student-led startup organization, where he organized local and international events in Manila and Seoul, including hackathons, pitching competitions, and accelerator programs. He graduated with a BS Management Engineering at Ateneo de Manila University in 2019. When he's not blabbing on about startups and VCs, he's blabbing on about Kpop, Kdramas and other Asian pop culture stuff, which he talks about on weekends with friends on the Weekly Stan Up podcast. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/paulo-joquino You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/paulo-joquino This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Xi Liu is the founder and CEO of Ferne Health, a women-focused healthcare insights platform that delivers at-home screenings and consultations for sexual health. Xi started Ferne Health to challenge the stigma around women's private health concerns in Asia. Xi was a product manager at the Alexa Voice Service team of Amazon prior to starting Ferne. Working closely with the industry giants such as Lenovo and Facebook, her team was to design and deliver Alexa voice assistant's integration experience in third-party electronic products. They successfully launched the Lenovo Smart tab and Facebook Portal, both showcased in CES. Before Amazon, she worked in the Photoshop team at Adobe, building Photoshop Mobile experience and exploring integration with new hardware input modalities such as Apple touch bar or Microsoft dial. Xi graduated with a Master's degree in Integrated Innovative Products and Services (Miips) from Carnegie Mellon University, an interdisciplinary program hosted by the business, engineering, and design school to train the next generation of innovators and disruptors. She had her bachelor's degree in Game Design and Engineering from the Communication University of China. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/xi-liu You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/xi-liu This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Mao Ching Foo is the Co-Founder at RealVantage, a property co-investment platform bringing access and enables users to easily own investment grade properties without the traditional hassles of being a landlord. Previously Mao was the CTO & Chief Data Scientist of Funding Societies | Modalku, leading and growing the technology and data teams while working closely with the business teams to scale the platform for users. Prior to Funding Societies, Mao founded QVantage, a startup empowering equity traders to make smarter decisions using professional quantitative insights. He has also served as Chief Data Scientist of Paktor, a technology startup with presence in 8 countries in the region, and over 5 million users. In this role, he set up the full data science infrastructure and pipelines, built up a team of data analysts, scientists and conducted various studies / models to advance Product & Marketing metrics lift. Before the world of startups, Mao was a quantitative equities trader / portfolio manager in Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco, and subsequently at Ronin Capital, a proprietary trading firm in Chicago. In these roles, he managed all aspects of a market neutral quantitative equities long-short global portfolio. This included researching alpha signals, constructing country specific Barra-type daily risk models, automatic sub-hourly portfolio optimizations, automatic trade execution algos & T-Cost analysis. Trade execution was through a Java OMS on FIX connectivity to DMA destinations. Market exposure was 100 x 100 mio long short with consistent after cost IR performance of 2+ on the overall global portfolio. Mao graduated from Stanford with a MSc. and a MComp, BComp Hons in Computer Science from National University of Singapore. He has publications in top ranked journals, refereed conferences and book chapters. He is a strong believer of building technology startup ecosystems and is an angel investor and mentor to several startups in the region. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/mao-ching-foo You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/mao-ching-foo This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Zishuang is currently spending time writing about tech startups in South-East Asia at https://zishuang.substack.com/ . More than the act of putting out his thoughts, he appreciates the feedback he gets from it. He's also spending time as a Venture Scout with Saison Capital which is an early stage venture fund with a focus on SouthEast Asia and India. In this capacity, he works with the fund to fund the best startups and understanding what verticals we should bet on. Prior to this, he was the Country Launcher at Circles.life, a startup backed by Sequoia and Founder's Fund. He also founded a few startups which was a journey of many lows that made the highs extremely fulfilling. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/cheng-zishuang You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/cheng-zishuang This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Jes Min is Co-Founder and CEO of The Recommend Group, South East Asia's #1 Home and Property Platform operating in Indonesia (Sejasa.com) and Malaysia (Recommend.my). The company connects customers and businesses to tens of thousands of the top-rated service professionals in categories like renovations, interior design, cleaning, aircon servicing, electrical repairs and pest control. Recommend Group is unique in its vision of building technology that turns services into products, by standardising prices and quality, creating a layer of trust so that services can be transacted safely online. It has served 1,000,000 homes to date in services that range from $10 to $50,000. Across both countries, Recommend empowers service professionals who connect to the platform to grow their business, collect payments and manage their team in a seamless manner. Throughout the pandemic, the company actively supported their service professionals in obtain permits to operate and advocating vaccination throughout the service worker force. Jes Min is an ex-Consultant with Bain & Company and Accenture, where she has helped multi-national companies scale their business and operations throughout Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. She has also helped national sovereign funds and banks transform their technical infrastructure, as well as program managed some of the largest financial services mergers and acquisition activities globally. Her personal mission is to build technology as a method to grow incomes and alleviate communities out of poverty. Her experience in SEA and also in Africa drives her belief that small businesses play a huge role in improving livelihoods, and this underpins the mission behind Recommend Group as well. Jes Min is also a mother of 2 little children. By the ease at which they twist her around their little fingers, she strongly believes they will one day take over the world. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jes-min-lua You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jes-min-lua This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Reuben Noronha has spent the last few years building and scaling businesses in Asia. He founded his first company, Nivaasa, a co-living startup in India, in 2016 and ran it for a few years before selling it. He then had the opportunity to move to Southeast Asia to build and scale new business verticals at Zilingo. He enjoys the 0 to 1 phase the most and love building teams up. When not working, he spends his time podcasting, DJing, and trying to understand the cryptocurrency world. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/reuben-noronha You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/reuben-noronha This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Crystal Widjaja is the Chief Product Officer of Kumu, a social live streaming superapp platform that amplifies Filipino creativity, community, and commerce. She is currently the cofounder of Generation Girl, a non-profit for young women in STEM fifelds, an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Reforge, an educational program for product and growth practitioners, and an angel investor through the Sequoia Scout and Monk's Hill funds, where she works with startups across South East Asia and the Bay Area. Previously, Crystal was Chief of Staff and SVP of Growth and Data at Gojek. She has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 and HerWorld's Woman of the Year. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/crystal-widjaja You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/crystal-widjaja This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Cathy Liu is an analyst, designer, and aspiring entrepreneur. Her most recent projects included building the open-source platform, Help With Covid, with Sam Altman, Radu Spineanu, and a team of core volunteers. Over three months, Help With Covid attracted the work of 800+ projects and 17,000 volunteers who aimed to quickly solve some of the most hard-pressed problems during the pandemic. She was born and raised in California in the United States where she currently calls San Francisco Bay Area home. Currently, she is pursuing building her own startup. She most recently joined On Deck’s Founder Fellowship (ODF10) where she will spend 10-weeks shaping her vision into reality. Prior to ODF10, she spent her time at Intel, Didi, and CBS Interactive where she drove operations for global supply chains and designed experiences for car rentals in international markets. She takes particular interest in industries such as travel, mental health, and e-commerce. During her free time, Cathy likes to try new computer/board games, watch Asian dramas, and go to pilates classes. Cathy is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego where she holds a B.S. in Management Science and a minor in Cognitive Science. You can find Cathy on LinkedIn to follow her journey. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/qna-ondeck You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/qna-ondeck This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

In this special Q&A episode, Jeremy unbundles his experiences from Harvard's MBA program. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/harvard-mba-qna You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/harvard-mba-qna This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Valerie is Vietnam Country Head of Venturra Capital, a Southeast Asia focused venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology-based businesses headquartered in Jakarta. Venturra’s primary investment focus is on internet companies, in sectors such as e-commerce, financial technology, marketplaces, healthcare and education amongst others. Valerie began her career at Deloitte U.S. where she provided clients in the asset management industry with the tax and deal advisory services. Raised by an entrepreneurial family, Valerie is fascinated by breakthrough technology and product innovation. She then joins the digital transformation of Southeast Asia by joining Venturra to empower and support entrepreneurs throughout their journey. On the side, Valerie is managing Launch Vietnam Startup, the largest Vietnam online start-up community with more than 50k members. Launch started out as a playground for startup founders, investors, and like-minded talents who are contributing to Vietnam tech ecosystem. Launch’s main mission today is to foster entrepreneurship and innovation through sharing startups journey together, growing together, and succeeding together. She hosts weekly session of “Founder Stories” on Launch Vietnam Startup to deliver knowledge and insights to the Vietnamese tech community. Valerie was born and raised in Vietnam and was a first-generation college graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. She loves traveling, volunteering for educational initiatives, and learning new languages. She is currently learning Mandarin Chinese, her 5th language, after Vietnamese, French, English, and Spanish. Show notes at: www.jeremyau.com/blog/valerie-vu You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/valerie-vu This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Anna Haotanto is the Partner & COO of ABZD Capital and the CMO of Gourmet Food Holdings, an investment firm focusing on opportunities in the global F&B industry. She is also the founder (former CEO) of The New Savvy – Asia’s leading financial, investments and career platform for women. Anna is part of the founding committee of the Singapore FinTech Association and was in charge of the Women In FinTech and Partnership Committee. Anna is the President of the Singapore Management University Women Alumni. Anna is also part of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Career Women’s Group executive committee. Anna invests and sits on the board of a few startups. Anna’s story is featured on Millionaire Minds on Channel NewsAsia. She hosts TV shows and events, namely for Channel NewsAsia’s “The Millennial Investor” and “Challenge Tomorrow”, a FinTech documentary. Anna was awarded “Her Times Youth Award” at the Rising50 Women Empowerment Gala, organised by the Indonesian Embassy of Singapore. The award was presented by His Excellency Ngurah Swajaya. She was also awarded Founder of the Year for ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards. She was also awarded the Women Empowerment Award by the Asian Business & Social Forum. Anna has been awarded LinkedIn Power Profiles for founders (2018, 2017), Tatler Gen T, The Peak’s Trailblazers under 40 and a nominee for the Women of The Future award by Aviva. She was nominated and selected for FORTUNE Most Powerful Women conference in 2016 (Asia) and 2015 (San Francisco, Next Gen). Anna is on the panel for Singapore Computer Society for Best Tech Company to work for and Digital Proficiency Program. Anna was awarded Top Student (Salutatorian) for UOB-SMU Private Banking course. She completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) FinTech course. Anna spearheaded and founded the Women Alumni group at Singapore Management University. She graduated from Singapore Management University (Finance and Quantitative Finance), Hwa Chong Junior College. She held leadership roles – she was the founding member and Vice-President of the Quantitive Finance club, the Soccer Captain and the Vice-President of the Dance Society. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/anna-haotanto You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/anna-haotanto This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

In this bonus episode, Jeremy answers Q&A from his four interns, Adriel Yong, Tan Yong Quan, Lyndon Lee & Pooja Sinha on Clubhouse and the future of Audio storytelling. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/clubhousevspodcasts You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/clubhousevspodcasts This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Jenna Hua is the founder and CEO of Million Marker, a health-tech company that empowers people to detox their lives through mail-in test kits, lifestyle audits, and counseling. Harmful chemicals are present in food and drinks, plastics, and everyday products. These chemicals have been linked to infertility, IVF failure, child development, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. Million Marker is the first and only company that makes it easy for everyday consumers to learn about their toxic chemical exposure, and provides scientific and actionable solutions to minimize future exposure. A registered dietitian and environmental health scientist by training, Jenna completed her Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition, Master of Public Health and PhD in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley, and postdoctoral fellowship in chronic disease prevention at Stanford Medicine. Jenna's past research has focused on how our surrounding environment impacts our behaviros and health. An ardent believer in disease prevention, Jenna wants to provide personalized preventive strategies to everyone to lead a healthier life. Show notes at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/dalia-katan You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/dalia-katan This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Dalia Katan is the CEO and Founder of Presently, a leading group celebration startup that helps groups collaborate around special occasions. At Presently, Dalia is working to create meaningful and sustainable opportunities for communities to connect regardless of proximity, leveraging over 15 years of experience in design, business strategy, and inclusion. Before Presently, Dalia worked as a management consultant at Deloitte and as an independent consultant. She worked closely with leadership at over 30 companies, ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune-10 corporations, to design consumer-led growth strategies, go-to-market approaches, and new product innovation. She also spearheaded Doblin Innovation's expansion to the West Coast in 2018 and was a fellow at the renowned Center for the Edge with John Hagel in 2016. Prior to Deloitte, Dalia led marketing and user experience at two early-stage startups and built and scaled her first product to over 4M users. Her passion projects center on bridging divides and nurturing inclusion, influenced by her family's refugee journey and her thesis at Princeton. Dalia co-founded Deloitte's Refugee Community of Interest and launched an offering on refugee integration in the workplace, backed by a $450K grant from Deloitte leadership. She also authored publications on the future of work, inclusion in the workplace, and diversity. Dalia received her BA from Princeton University, where she studied international affairs, entrepreneurship, and human-centered design. She was an OnDeck Fellow and Afore Capital Fellow in 2020. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/dalia-katan You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/dalia-katan This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.

Joseph Ling is the Founder and CEO of Vouch, an award-winning technology start-up that creates engaging digital concierges to help hotels streamline operations and enhance guest experience. Since launching, Vouch has steadily garnered recognition for its work in catalysing digital transformation in the hospitality industry, receiving the Singapore Tourism Awards’ Best Business Innovation award in 2019, as well as being named one of PhocusWire’s “Hot 25 startups for 2021”. The company has also been shortlisted to participate in Facebook’s prestigious Startup Station Accelerator and the Amadeus Next Startup programme. Joseph is a government scholar who graduated with a double degree in Electrical Engineering and Economics from National University of Singapore. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/joseph-ling You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/joseph-ling This episode is produced by Kyle Ong.