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

In this episode, founders and VCs shared their predictions for Southeast Asia’s tech scene for 2021 such as what investor sentiment would be like, as well as the industries to watch in their recovery phase. If you are interested in joining us on our next episode of SEA Tech Clubhouse, sign up now at jeremyau.com. Nominations are limited and approved on a rolling basis. You can self-nominate or nominate someone who you think would fit the bill. You can find the episode's transcript in the podcast description. Let's dive right into it. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/sea-tech-clubhouse-two

Stefano Virgilli is the Marketing Director of Mitigram, the world’s largest marketplace for Trade Finance. Founded in 2015 in Sweden, Mitigram supports network creation and expansion for corporates and financial institutions; comprehensive automated quotation workflows; audit trail, analytics on asset pricing and activity data across multiple trade finance instruments. It currently facilitates more than $2.5Bn worth of transactions per month and has spearheaded over $55Bn transactions, across over 1,000 issuers and more than 100 countries. Before Mitigram, Stefano was the CEO of Pocket Money, a credit startup that aimed to bring innovation in the Lending Industry by creating a global marketplace for lenders and borrowers. He built an online community with members in 25 countries, and managed an investment of US$750,000. He was also the CEO of VOX.sg, a podcast startup that interviews startup Founders and CEOs globally and asks them about the origins of their ventures, achievements, pain points, challenges with fundraising, competition and technology. Stefano has had 20 years of experience as a veteran public speaker and strategic consultant, and specialises in empowering progressive business leaders to maximise their performance and potential of their teams through speaking, mentoring and consulting. He is a six times TEDx speaker and a keynote speaker at over 90 conferences. He has ventured in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia, leading and/or participating close to 30 businesses and startups. Stefano graduated from the Università del Progetto with a Diploma in Communications and Design. He holds over 80 certifications and is the most certified Adobe trainer in the global arena, having trained 14,000 participants in his career. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/stefano-virgilli You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/36-stefano-virgilli-on-southeast-asia-vs-europe-culture-cross-border-communication-and-surprisingly-common-touch-points

Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit, Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Huang’s research examines early-stage entrepreneurship, and the role of interpersonal relationships and implicit factors in the investment decisions of financiers such as angel investors and VCs. Her work studies the subtle signals and cues that often impact the behavioral perceptions of investors, which can lead to implicit bias in the investing process. Her research has been published in several academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and has also been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature. She has won a number of awards for her research, and was named one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants. You can connect with Laura at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-huang-a3861a/ Shownotes at http://www.jeremyau.com/blog/laura-huang

Jaime Ng is the Founder and CEO of MatchCasts, Asia's first audio podcast advertising and analytics platform for brands. Founded in 2019, Matchcasts is funded by Entrepreneur First [EF], a global talent investor, supporting the world’s most ambitious individuals. EF is backed by some of the world’s best investors, including the founders of LinkedIn, DeepMind and PayPal. MatchCasts makes audio podcast discovery, analytics and advertising simple for brands. It helps brands and podcasters take the pain out of finding the right podcast to create campaigns that resonate with audiences. As of 2020, Matchcasts has 1.6 million podcast titles under its database. Before MatchCasts, Jaime was a technical and data-driven Chief Marketing Officer [CMO] with over 18 years of experience working in the US, UK and SEA. She has built MarTech and AdTech platforms for top companies including MediaCorp and TripAdvisor. Most recently she led both marketing, product and technical teams as CMO in RedMart and NTUC Link. Jaime graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Economics from the National University of Singapore. Aside from her full time career, she also angel invests and writes on a blog . You can find her on her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimeng Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jaime-ng You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/34-jaime-ng-on-founding-asia-s-first-podcast-advertising-platform-leading-incumbents-vs-startups-catalyzing-change

Su-Ren Neo is currently the Senior Director for Marketing, for Twilio in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, where she is responsible for driving Twilio's marketing and brand strategy. Twilio is an American cloud communications platform, as a service company based in California. Twilio allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, and perform other communication functions using its web service APIs. Su-Ren has over 20 years of experience in leading integrated marketing and brand development across technology, financial services, and telecommunications industries, in global and regional capacities. Prior to Twilio, she drove marketing strategy with companies such as HSBC, Credit Suisse, United Overseas Bank, Sony, Qualcomm, and Singtel. Su-Ren graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. You can connect with her at www.linkedin.com/in/surenneo. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/su-ren-neo You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/33-su-ren-neo-on-trusting-your-gut-vs-uncertainty-leading-across-geographies-and-sharpening-your-marketing-play

Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network (AHN), Crushing it in Real Estate (CIIRE), HateIsAVirus, and a venture partner at Outlier Fund. He is passionate about bringing together communities of like-minded individuals through growing AHN to over 65,000 members in a little over 10 months and managing an active CIIRE group of over 2,000 investors. Managing a team of 25 people, Bryan seeks to uplift Asian entrepreneurs around the world with the goal of having better representation in mainstream media and upper corporate and investment ladders. Bryan and his co-founder, Maggie Chui, are also the hosts of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast and community leaders bringing onboard AAPI entrepreneurs to inspire and share their knowledge to provide the foundation for future generations to succeed. Outside of AHN, Bryan is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at StartUpGrind, Berkeley that brings together an ecosystem of VCs, angel investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs. He is also an active angel investor and real estate investor and has been featured on Bloomberg, Business Insider, NextShark CGTV, LA Times, and VoyageLA. You can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bvpham28/ Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/bryan-pham

On 29 November, we talked to founders and venture capitalists on emerging technology trends in Southeast Asia. We learnt about which startups to join, emerging country and regional trends, and fresh takes on the latest founder, VC and investment news. Interested in joining us on our next episode of SEA Tech Clubhouse? Sign up on jeremyau.com. Nominations are limited and approved on a rolling basis. You can self-nominate or nominate someone who you think would fit the bill. You can find the episode's transcript in the podcast description. The audio quality for future episodes will be improved. Let’s dive right into it. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/sea-tech-clubhouse-one You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/31-southeast-asia-tech-emerging-trends-china-vs-us-as-north-star-startup-building-first-principles

Jimmy Ku is the COO of MixerBox , the premier provider of mobile media applications with over 300 million downloads and users who have spent over 120 billion minutes. MixerBox is backed by investors such as Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Infinity Ventures, and more. Previously, Jimmy was the General Manager of Fundraise Concierge at Atrium where he helped startup founders with the process of fundraising. He spoke to over a thousand startups during 2019 and helped his clients raise over $200M in funding. Jimmy also has experience as a venture scout at 10X Capital and Grishin Robotics.  Jimmy graduated with honours from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business with degrees in Business Administration and Economics and started his career as a management consultant. You can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmyku/ Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jimmy-ku

Shaun Hon is currently a Director at Rainmaking, a corporate innovation venture studio that has built, invested and accelerated over 900 ventures globally and has a combined portfolio value of more than USD2 billion. The team has worked with over 100 Fortune 500 leading organisations such as Allianz, Barclays, HSBC, IKEA, Intel, Jaguar Land Rover, Maersk, Visa to deliver technological innovation. The firm has a presence across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. Prior to joining Rainmaking, Shaun was a Principal at TRIVE, a seed stage Venture Capital Firm based in Singapore. Shaun began his career as an engineer, helping companies such as Rolls-Royce and Royal Dutch Shell develop engineering solutions in industry. He worked in the automotive industry where he led performance design in electric vehicles for clients in multinational organisations such as Amazon, BMW, and Ford Motor Company. Shaun received his Masters in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honours from Imperial College London on a full scholarship, where he was also appointed Team Principal to lead the design and development of electric race vehicles for Imperial Racing Green. He enjoys playing Trine 4 and Solitaire in his free time. You can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunhon/ Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/shaun-hon You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/29-shaun-hon-on-corporate-venture-building-compounding-relationships-and-skin-in-the-game

Niels Wielaard is the Founder and CEO of Satelligence, a satellite-based forest, agriculture, carbon and water monitoring service provider based in the Netherlands. Founded in 2016, Satelligence has over 60 clients and partners, including Mondelez, Unilever, Bunge, the World Wildlife Fund, Rabobank, Robeco, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and others. Satelligence aims to aid stakeholders in agricultural commodity production in their progress towards sustainability commitments, transparent agricultural sourcing and better investment decisions. Niels has been working in tropical forest landscapes for over 20 years and is also an expert on Monitoring Reporting Verification systems for REDD+. He was an invited member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and technical advisor to the European Commission on satellite monitoring issues related to the implementation of the EC Renewable Energy Directive. Niels received his MSc in Forestry with a specialization in Remote Sensing from Wageningen University in 2003. A retired competitive swimmer, he enjoys exploring the forest with his kids, cycling, and snowboarding. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/niels-wielaard You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/28-niels-wielaard-on-fighting-deforestation-with-satellites-sustainability-via-startups-and-landing-your-first-customer