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

Jeremy Au

Episodes

Mentioned books

undefined
Mar 21, 2022 • 41min

David Foo: Malaysia’s Kampung Spirit, First Time Founder Journey & Giving Feedback - E146

By leveraging his experience as a former investment banker and FMCG corporate manager, David co-founded Red Ideas to create JaGaApp. JaGaApp is a mobile application product developed and distributed by Red Ideas Sdn. Bhd., a tech startup company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since its launch in December 2015, and subsequent listing on Bursa Malaysia LEAP board in 2017, the company has reached more than 500 neighbourhoods with its total solutions for neighbourhoods, namely JaGaSolution. JaGaApp helps neighbourhoods to enhance their security, communication and convenience by offering features like Emergency Assist button, Wireless Intercom, VMS, Notice Board, Facility Booking, Bill Payment and many more. After graduating with a Master of Commerce at the University of Melbourne, David began his career as a Fixed Income Analyst with HwangDBS Asset Management (now known as AffinHwang Asset Management) in Kuala Lumpur. He subsequently joined Credit Suisse in Hong Kong as Debt Capital Market Analyst. David left Hong Kong to join Malaysia's top food manufacturing company, Mamee-Double Decker in 2010 as Business Development Manager, before rising the rank as Head of International Business, Head of Strategy and Commercial Director for Beverage & Chilled Division. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/david-foo You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/david-foo
undefined
Mar 17, 2022 • 45min

Nellie Wartoft: Serial Founder, Asia’s Underdog Energy & Not Cheaping Out - E145

Nellie Wartoft is the CEO and founder of Tigerhall, a social learning platform that helps professionals — regardless of their backgrounds and circumstances — achieve their career and life goals by learning directly from Asia’s most successful people. As CEO, Nellie is responsible for planning and executing the overall strategic direction, growth and expansion, leadership and future vision for Tigerhall. She also works closely with C-suite executives and people leaders to develop their leaders and propel their teams to new heights. Tigerhall is currently supporting organisations such as HP, Cisco, P&G, IDEMIA, Bank of Singapore and more in their leadership development and digital transformation efforts. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/nellie- wartoft You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/nellie-wartoft
undefined
Mar 14, 2022 • 45min

Prantik Mazumdar: Professional Cofounder Breakups, Angel Pitch POV & Tough Times - E144

Prantik Mazumdar is an award winning Entrepreneur, marketer, venture investor and acts as a Digital Transformation Catalyst in organizations to drive sustainable change and impact. He started his entrepreneurial journey with Happy Marketer in 2011 where he spent a decade building & scaling up one of the best and most awarded independent digital marketing services firm in the region that served brands like Standard Chartered Bank, Income, Great Eastern Life, Royal Brunei Airlines, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks, Ping An, Grab, Shopee, GoJek, Kimberly Clark, PropertyGuru, PegiPegi, Starhub, Singtel, Nanyang Business School, Kaplan, INSEAD amongst many of it's prestigious clients. In February 2019, he had a successful exit when Happy Marketer was sold to an American digital enterprise called Merkle, which is part of dentsu International, the largest Japanese advertising conglomerate. He is currently serving as the Managing Director of the CXM Group at Dentsu Singapore. Apart from his corporate role, he is an active angel & venture investor, mentor, advisor and speaker through organizations like Quest Ventures, Tie Singapore, HealthXCapital, NUS Angel Ventures and is an Entrepreneur-In-Resident at INSEAD. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/prantik-mazumdar You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/prantik-mazumdar
undefined
Mar 10, 2022 • 42min

Aaron Lim: Intrapreneurship Lessons, Toggling Army & Founder Lifestyles & Worst Case Scenarios - E143

Aaron is the co-founder & CEO of Privyr, a mobile CRM built for salespeople who work off their phone and use apps like WhatsApp, SMS, and iMessage to interact with their customers. He's a third-time founder across Silicon Valley and Singapore. Prior to starting Privyr, he built and launched CRMs at the world's leading financial institutions, as a Vice President at GIC and APAC CRM Lead at BlackRock. Aaron graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from UC Berkeley. He was born in Singapore, raised and educated in California, and has been back in Singapore for the last 13 years. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/aaron-lim You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/aaron-lim
undefined
Mar 7, 2022 • 38min

Mo Jalil: US vs. SEA Tech Ecosystems, Building Talent Networks & Founder Tips - E142

Mo is a serial entrepreneur, Goldman Sachs alumni and a guest lecturer at Monash University department of computer science discussing AI & entrepreneurship. Mo holds several degrees and is an alumnus of London School of Economics, UCL and King College London. His work has been featured in Forbes, Billboard, Adage and Mindshare and has won awards at Cannes Lion. He is currently the co-founder of Metapair and has spent the last decade running startups across Europe, the US and Asia, in addition to being an advocate and conference speaker on the practical applications of NLP. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/mo-jalil You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/mo-jalil
undefined
Mar 3, 2022 • 39min

Tulika Raj: ClimateTech Learning Curve, Kazakh Oil Rigs & Getting Smart vs. Getting Even - E141

Tulika is the co-founder of SunGreenH2, a startup disrupting green hydrogen production with its high performance, low cost electrolyser technology. Originally an electrical engineer who started out working on offshore oil rigs in Kazakhstan and Norway, she pivoted towards clean energy in 2007 and has never looked back. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/tulika-raj You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/tulika-raj
undefined
Feb 28, 2022 • 44min

Hayley Bakker: Diversity & Inclusion, Building Self Awareness & South Africa Roots - E140

Hayley Bakker is a Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Diversely, an HR SaaS platform that helps businesses attract more diverse applicants and remove bias from their hiring with smart (AI driven) tools, diversity analytics and bite-size unconscious bias training. Prior to that she founded Colibri Growth, a Tech Offshoring company that helps tech startups in Singapore to set up and manage their tech teams and development in Vietnam. Hayley’s passion and drive for diversity in the workplace was sparked from her experience working in traditionally male dominated industries (M&A, banking and tech). She led non-profit Girls in Tech's Singapore chapter for a number of years and recently helped to set up the Vietnam chapter - both working to empower, engage and educate women (with an interest) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Hayley graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Masters of Science in Financial Engineering and Management and is Certified in Agile Scrum, Human-Centered Design and Lean Six Sigma. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/hayley-bakker You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/hayley-bakker
undefined
Feb 24, 2022 • 42min

Chan Yuk Chi: Space Lawyer, SE Asia Deep Tech & Science Fiction Classics - E139

Yuk Chi is a published space lawyer, startup founder, On Deck alumnus, and former Army logistics officer. He is currently working on a stealth-mode project that will democratise access to orbit by uncomplicating the space mission planning process. He is also (in no particular order) a high school dropout, the survivor of a ruptured lung from his days in the Service, and a published science fiction author. As a space lawyer, Yuk Chi focuses on space sustainability, orbital debris mitigation policy, and smallsat regulation. His work has been published by Springer Nature and the European Space Agency, and he is one of the youngest Singaporeans to speak at the United Nations. Yuk Chi heads two research and advisory teams in the Space Generation Advisory Council, and recently led a group to advise the government of the Republic of Uganda on their draft national space policy and legislation. He is also currently working with Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP, Singapore’s oldest law firm, to help them establish their groundbreaking new space law practice. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/chan-yuk-chi You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/chan-yuk-chi
undefined
Feb 21, 2022 • 28min

Vu Trong Nghia: Vietnam Startup Landscape, Finding a Technical Cofounder & Managing Risk - E138

Vu Trong Nghia (Vince) is currently CEO and co-founder of Bizzi, a VC- backed startup providing intelligent accounts payable & receivable automation platform. Before his MBA in the US, Nghia had an established career with different positions at multinational companies, including brand manager at GlaxoSmithKline and Unilever, and marketing manager at Dairy Queen where he successfully led the launch of Warren Buffett’s brand in Vietnam. He also has a passion to work with early-stage innovative startups as an angel investor and mentor. Vince holds an MBA (with Honor) from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, where, as a Thunderbird SHARE Fellow, he was proudly funded by the Fulbright scholarship program. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/vu-trong-nghia You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/vu-trong-nghia
undefined
Feb 17, 2022 • 37min

Jonathan Eg: Cofounder Basketball Dynamics, Influencer Marketing Strategies & Living Within Your Means - E137

Jonathan Eg is the Founder & CEO of Partipost. Partipost is a platform that allows brands to connect with influencers across all tiers, from your nano influencers aka everyday people to your macro influencers, at scale and with speed. Since the launch of the Partipost platform in the beginning of 2018 till 2021, Partipost now has over 500,000 influencers and worked with more than 1700 brands on over 5,000 marketing campaigns. Prior to this, Jonathan worked at United Crest Healthcare, taking care of the product and operations. Before that, Jonathan was actively involved at United Crest Capital, a boutique private equity managing largely funds of private families. Jonathan serves on the board of directors for United Crest Capital and United Crest Healthcare. Jonathan has a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He enjoys reading, playing basketball, and watching TED Talks. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jonathan-eg You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jonathan-eg

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
 Get the app