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Asia PE-VC Summit

In its sixth year now, Asia PE-VC Summit is where you’d want to be for the most well-rounded conference experience for the investment and startup community alike. So far, the annual summit has drawn over 4000 attendees from 50 plus countries, the majority of whom are senior executives.

Stay ahead of the curve as our topline sessions offer you exclusive insight into the next big opportunity. Build relationships with professionals at the top of their game as we make available to you our growing list of 600+ attendees. And, zero in on trends and sectoral bets in Asia’s constantly evolving markets against the pandemic backdrop.

What’s on the agenda?

The Asia PE-VC Summit promises deep dive into the current landscape and a functional roadmap for the year ahead, with LP/GP perspectives on Southeast Asia, India and Greater China; the challenge and opportunities for PE & VC firms, frontier market plays and strategies, and deep dives into the potential of the spotlight countries in region, like India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

What makes the Asia PE-VC Summit worth attending? 

DealStreetAsia brings to the event the same exacting levels of rigour that have powered its editorial coverage.

At the Asia PE-VC Summit, attendees can expect true perspective and insight with no blatant company pitches or spin, and the chance to network with an audience of leaders. 

2020 highlights

Meet The Speakers

Weijian Shan

Chairman & CEO
PAG

 
Jie Gong

Partner
Pantheon

Sunil Mishra

Partner, Primary Investments Adams Street Partners

Cyrus Driver

Managing Director, Private Equity Asia
 Partners Group

Prateek Maheshwari

Managing Director and Head of Asia
OMERS Infrastructure

Edwin Wong
Edwin Wong

Managing Partner and CEO Ares SSG

Minette B. Navarrete

Co-founder, President & Vice-Chairman
Kickstart Ventures, Inc.

Ashish Saboo, Managing Director and Head of Jakarta, General Atlantic
Ashish Saboo

Managing Director & Head of Indonesia
General Atlantic

John Riady

CEO
PT. Lippo Karawaci

Atul Kapur, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Everstone Capital
Atul Kapur

Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer
Everstone Group

JP Lee 2021 June
JP Lee

CEO
SoftBank Ventures Asia

Sarah Chen
Sarah Chen

Co-founder and Managing Partner
The Billion Dollar Fund for Women & Beyond the Billion

Dr. Finian Tan

Chairman
Vickers Venture Partners

nicholas bloy
Nicholas Bloy

Co-Managing Partner
Navis Capital Partners

Ashwini Ashokan

Founder & CEO
Mad Street Den

patrick walujo
Patrick Walujo

Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Member of the Investment Committee
Northstar Group

Roderick Purwana
Roderick Purwana

Managing Partner
East Ventures

Amanda Susanti

Co-Founder & CEO
Sayurbox

Jefrey Joe

Co-Founder & General Partner Alpha JWC Ventures

Tai Lin

Managing Partner
Proterra Asia

Dr. Amit Verma

Managing Partner
 Quadria Capital

Haresh Chawla

Partner
True North

Tilman Ehrbeck

Managing Partner
Flourish Ventures

Rui Ma

China Tech Analyst
Tech Buzz China

Edward Tirtanata

CEO & Co-Founder
Kopi Kenangan

Hari V. Krishnan

CEO & Managing Director
PropertyGuru

Sanjay Nath
Sanjay Nath

Founder
Blume

Nicholas Cator
Nicholas Cator

Founder & Managing Partner Venturi Partners

Anderson
Anderson Sumarli

Co-Founder & CEO
Ajaib

Rajive Keshup
Rajive Keshup

Director
Cathay Innovation

Melisa Irene
Melisa Irene

Partner
East Ventures

Lawrence Chu

Co-Founder
Oriente

Kiran Mysore

Principal
UTEC Japan

Sachin Bhanot

Head of Southeast Asia Investments
Prosus Ventures

Darius Cheung
Darius Cheung

CEO
99.co

William Koo

Managing Director
Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator

Philip Thomas

Co-Founder
Bonza

Sheel Mohnot

Co-Founder
Better Tomorrow

Nainesh Jaisingh

Founding Partner & CEO
Affirma Capital

XQ Lin

Chairman and CEO
Esco Lifesciences Group

Chairman & Founder
EVX Ventures, Carmine Therapeutics

The amount of thought leadership that participated in this conference has been amazing.
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Co-CEO, Gojek

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Weijian Shan

Weijian Shan is chairman and CEO of PAG, a private equity firm which currently has $38 billion in capital under management. Prior to PAG, he was a partner at TPG, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, and co-managing partner at TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital).

He led a number of landmark transactions, including the acquisitions of two Asian banks, both of which made his investors billions of dollars in profits and were made into case studies by Harvard Business School. Previously, Shan was a managing director at JP Morgan, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a farm laborer in China's Gobi Desert.

He holds an MA and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. Shan’s first book Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America hit the LA Times bestseller list and was one of the FT’s 2019 top ten Best Books of the Year. Now, Shan, who Fortune calls "China's private equity champion," writes an insider account of one of the most successful and dramatic PE deals in history: MONEY GAMES: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea’s Most Iconic Bank.

PAGChairman and CEO
PAG

Jie Gong

Jie Gong is a Partner at Pantheon, and a member of the firm’s Asia Regional Investment Committee and the Global Co-investment Committee. Jie joined Pantheon from Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ private equity fund of funds group, where she was head of Asia, and before that she worked at JP Morgan in leverage finance. Jie holds a BA in Economics and International Trade from Shanghai International Studies University, an MA in Economics from the University of Miami and a Master’s degree in Finance from the London Business School. Jie is a Vice Chairman at the Hong Kong Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
PantheonPartner
Pantheon

Sunil Mishra

Sunil Mishra is a Partner at Adams Street Partners and specializes in the sourcing and execution of Asian investments ex-China, specifically in India, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Korea.

Sunil manages relationships with several of Adams Street’s managers and sits on advisory boards of more than a dozen private equity firms within the Adams Street Partners portfolio.

Sunil is a member of Adams Street’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee.
Adams Street PartnersPartner, Primary Investments
Adams Street Partners

Cyrus Driver

Cyrus Driver is Head of Private Equity in Asia, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Private Equity Directs Investment Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s portfolio companies CSS Corp., Guardian Early Learning and SPi Global. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at J.P. Morgan Partners LLC and Helix Investments. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Partners GroupManaging Director, Private Equity Asia
Partners Group

Prateek Maheshwari

Prateek joined OMERS Infrastructure in 2019 as a Managing Director based in London and leads investment efforts in transport and renewable energy infrastructure. Prateek also serves on the boards of Associated British Ports and London City Airport.

Prior to joining OMERS, Prateek was a Senior Principal with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for 12 years, where he has worked in the power, energy and transport sectors across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Before GIP, he worked as an investment banker with Dresdner Kleinwort, Barclays Capital and ICICI Bank in M&A, leverage and project finance, debt capital markets and derivative structuring.

Prateek has a Bachelor of Engineering with a specialisation in Electrical and Industrial Electronics from Pune University. He also has a Masters in Finance from London Business School and an MBA from HEC Paris.
OMERS InfrastructureManaging Director and Head of Asia
OMERS Infrastructure

Edwin Wong

Mr. Wong is Managing Partner and CEO of Ares SSG. He serves on the Ares Executive Management Committee. He additionally serves as the chair of Ares SSG Investment Committee and is a Director of Ares SSG Hong Kong. Mr. Wong primarily focuses on investment activities, as well as overseeing strategic matters and business operations of Ares SSG. Prior to joining Ares in 2020, Mr. Wong founded SSG Capital Management in 2009 and served as its Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, where he focused on special situations and private debt investments across Asia-Pacific. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong from 1997 to 2008, where he ran their Asia Special Situations Group and other credit businesses. Mr. Wong started his career at Coopers & Lybrand, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994, and went on to join JP Morgan Securities Asia in Hong Kong. He is a founding member of the APAC Alternative Credit Council (ACC), which helps in developing the private credit markets in the region. Mr. Wong holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from Manchester Business School and the University of Wales
Ares SSGManaging Partner and CEO
Ares SSG

Minette B. Navarrete

Minette is Vice-Chairman and President of Kickstart Ventures, Inc., the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Globe Telecom. She is a member of the Ayala Corporation’s Innovation Advisory Council, and of Globe’s Innovation Advisory Board. She is a Senior Vice President at Globe Telecom, focusing on New Business, and a member of the Board of Directors of AdSpark, Globe’s wholly owned digital advertising subsidiary. Minette has held a number of CEO/COO positions in various industries, ranging from scrappy Philippine startups to iconic global companies.
Kickstart Ventures, Inc.Vice-Chairman & President
Kickstart Ventures, Inc.

Ashish Saboo

Ashish Saboo is a Managing Director and leads the firm’s Indonesia operations. Before joining General Atlantic in 2019, Ashish was a Business Development Director at CT CORPORA for over 12 years where he helped make the company one of the leading diversified consumer players in Indonesia. Prior to joining CT CORPORA, he was an Executive Director at PwC, based in Jakarta, for almost 10 years. Ashish is also a Co-Founder of Mansionly, a global service platform for interior and lifestyle solutions.
General AtlanticManaging Director & Head of Indonesia
General Atlantic

John Riady

John Riady is CEO of PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk and President Commissioner of PT Siloam International Hospitals Tbk, respectively the largest real estate and hospitals company in Indonesia. He is also Executive Director at Lippo Group and is an active investor in the Southeast Asia technology sector, including in OVO, where he currently serves as President Commissioner.

John is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and holds degrees in Political Philosophy and Economics from Georgetown University, an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Juris Doctor from Columbia University Law School. John also serves on the Columbia University International Advisory Board, the Wharton Business School Asia Executive Board, and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (YGL).
PT. Lippo KarawaciCEO
PT. Lippo Karawaci

Atul Kapur

Atul Kapur co-founded the Everstone Group and currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer. Based in Singapore, he divides his time between all the Everstone offices to successfully oversee investments in each location.

Before the foundation of Everstone in 2006, Atul spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director in the Principal Strategies group (Goldman Sachs proprietary capital), based out of London. Prior to this, Atul worked in the Principal Investment Area group of Goldman Sachs in both Asia and Europe, deploying the Goldman Sachs Capital Partners family of funds.

Atul holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Delhi and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Everstone GroupCo-founder and Chief Investment Officer
Everstone Group

Joonpyo Lee, (JP Lee)

JP is the CEO and Managing Partner of SoftBank Ventures Asia (SBVA), where he oversees and makes investments for the corporate venture capital firm into high-tech startups in Asia, Israel, the US, and the EU. Before becoming CEO in 2018, JP was a Partner at SBVA for three years. He also currently holds eight board and advisory roles, including as Board Member at Toss Lab, a SaaS enterprise software company and as Member of Board of Directors at medical artificial intelligence (AI) company, Lunit and MyMusicTaste, a fan-initiated concert making platform.

A serial technology entrepreneur and investor, JP has been exploring the phenomenon of technological disruption and aims to discover start-ups that have the potential to greatly impact economies, business models and people. Prior to joining SBVA, he was Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Enswers, a video search technology company acquired by Tribune Media in 2015. There, he commercialised and drove the development of Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), negotiating with Samsung Electronics to apply ACR technology to all Smart TVs in North America. Prior to Enswers, JP was Vice President of Business Development at Gretech- GOMTV, South Korea’s largest internet video service. He also ran the GOM Star League –the world’s first e-sports league serving over 100 million viewers and negotiated multi-million dollar licensing deals with Google, Intel and Warner Brothers.

Earlier in his career, JP was the Founder and CEO of start-up Evixar Inc., a web-based remote control platform that developed and provided the largest PC remote control service in Japan. Evixar was acquired by public company Dacom in 2004.

JP studied at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), majoring in Computer Science.
SoftBank Ventures Asia CEO & Managing Partner
SoftBank Ventures Asia

Sarah Chen

Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Sarah’s career spans across venture capital (VC) and innovation, in Asia and the US. She is Co-Founder of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, a global consortium of venture funds that have now pledged to invest and are actively deploying beyond $1 billion towards women-founded companies, to begin to address the venture investment gap where women founders receive less than 3% of total VC funding. Going Beyond The Billion, her mission is now to catalyze the larger landscape of capital, working with the top of the capital stack of limited partner investors (LP) to drive returns through diversity, collectively. To date, the consortium consists of close to 100 VCs and LPs and boasts 6 female founded unicorns.

Previously, she was a member of the pioneer team that built a corporate venture capital unit within $13Bn publicly traded Asian conglomerate, Sime Darby, investing in later-stage biotechnology companies. Named Forbes 30 Under 30, she is a recognized speaker and adviser on VC/startups and women in leadership, having been featured among others on Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg Der Spiegel, Fast Company and at the United Nations, and is a celebrated host on the show and podcast #BillionDollarMoves, featuring the top US-Asia founders, funders and executives.

Driven by a mission to fuel women's ambition, power and influence, she currently sits on multiple boards including 131 & counting, a bipartisan effort backed by Bloomberg Government and Holland & Knight to fete the unprecedented number of women serving in the House and Senate in the US and encourage more qualified women to run for office; and Lean In Malaysia, which she co-founded, a platform accelerating women into leadership, recognized as the voice of credibility for professional women issues in Muslim- majority Malaysia. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) from King’s College London. A proud Malaysian, she is now based in Washington DC but typically spends her time between the US Asia. She can be found on @SarahChenGlobal on all social media handles.
The Billion Dollar Fund for Women & Beyond the BillionCo-founder and Managing Partner
The Billion Dollar Fund for Women & Beyond the Billion

Dr. Finian Tan

Dr. Finian Tan founded Vickers Venture Partners in 2005 with four partners. He is currently based in Singapore.

Before starting Vickers, Finian was a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, acting also as the founding partner of its Asia Pacific Operations, he led the investment into Baidu and remained its largest backer until IPO.

Prior to DFJ, Finian was Deputy Secretary of Trade and Industry for the Singapore Government where he oversaw the creation of the billion dollar TIF fund and was subsequently appointed as chairman of the fund.

As part of his earlier career path, Finian ran Goldman Sachs Asian trading arm.

Finian received his Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy in Engineering from Cambridge University. He received his B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Glasgow.
Vickers Venture PartnersChairman
Vickers Venture Partners

Nicholas Bloy

Nicholas Bloy is one of two Managing Partners of Navis and an Investment Committee member. At Navis, he leads investment teams, works with company management and sits on the boards of a number of portfolio companies. He is also responsible for fundraising. He co-founded Navis after spending ten years in Asia with The Boston Consulting Group, where he held various positions, including managing partner of the Kuala Lumpur office, Head of The Boston Consulting Group’s Energy and Utilities Practice in Asia, and Head of The Boston Consulting Group’s Asia Marketing Committee.
Navis Capital PartnersCo-Managing Partner
Navis Capital Partners

Edward Tirtanata

He graduated Magna Cum Laude in finance and accounting from Northeastern University. After a brief stint in Ernst & Young Tax, he became a serial entrepreneur in a range of different businesses. In 2015, he started Lewis & Carroll tea, one of the largest premium tea house chains in Indonesia where he quickly realized the importance of online delivery, affordability, and technology in F&B business. The experience triggered him to start Kopi Kenangan, a tech enabled grab & go premium affordable coffee chain, which became one of the largest coffee chain in Indonesia in just 2 years.
Kopi KenanganCEO and Co-Founder
Kopi Kenangan

Patrick Walujo

Patrick Walujo is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Northstar Group. The Northstar Group is a Singapore headquartered private equity firm managing more than US$2.0 billion in committed equity capital dedicated to investing in growth companies in Indonesia and to a lesser extent other countries in Southeast Asia. Since its founding in 2003, the Northstar Group has raised four private equity funds and invested in more than 30 companies across the banking, insurance, consumer/retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, coal and mining services, technology, telecom, and agribusiness sectors. The Northstar Group has invested over US$2.8 billion with its co-investors in the Southeast Asian region.

Prior to co-founding the Northstar Group, Patrick was Senior Vice President of Pacific Century Ventures Ltd. In Tokyo, where he played a key role in the firm’s mergers, acquisitions and corporate business development. He started his career at Goldman Sachs & Co. in London and New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, USA. In 2009, Patrick was awarded Ernst & Young’s prestigious ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations New York.
Northstar GroupCo-Founder & Managing Partner
Northstar Group

Roderick Purwana

Roderick Purwana is the Managing Partner of East Ventures. Roderick has a diverse background with experiences in management, operations, investment, and portfolio management through his work as an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and in Southeast Asia. He received his M.S from Stanford University and his B.S from Cornell University.
East VenturesManaging Partner
East Ventures

Amanda Susanti

Amanda Susanti earned a BSc Management from the University of Manchester in 2011. After 2.5 years at Chemifin as the head of supply chain, she became the Indonesia start-up manager for LHN Group. In 2015, she quit her job to set up her own farm, Amantani Farms. The experience inspired her to build Sayurbox, Indonesia's leading farm-to-table e-commerce grocery, providing over thousands of high quality vegetables, fruits, meats, seafood, and grocery items sourced directly from local farmers, producers, and suppliers.
SayurboxCEO and Co-Founder
Sayurbox

Jefrey Joe

Jefrey Joe is the co-founder and managing partner of Alpha JWC Ventures, a leading venture capital firm based in Indonesia and Singapore. The firm currently manages two funds with AUM of more than USD 150 million, with 32 active portfolio companies in Southeast Asia, and three exits.

Prior to co-founding Alpha JWC, Jefrey was the COO of Groupon Indonesia where he focused on technology, customer experience, and logistics. Jefrey also co-founded Alterra, Indonesia’s pioneer online bill payment aggregator company.

Jefrey has been an angel investor in early-stage tech startups in Asia and United States. He also sits on the board of ANGIN (Angel Investment Network Indonesia).

Besides investment, Jefrey is an active member of the Indonesian tech community where he is a mentor of Founder Institute and Endeavor.
Alpha JWC VenturesCo-Founder & General Partner
Alpha JWC Ventures

Tai Lin

Mr. Lin is the Managing Partner of Proterra Asia where he directs Proterra’s food investments in China and South East Asia.

Prior to Proterra, Mr. Lin served as a Managing Director for Black River Asset Management, a division of Cargill, where he focused on food sector investments. Mr. Lin joined Black River from Credit Suisse First Boston. He spent multiple years in M&A investment banking in London, Hong Kong and New York. During this time he worked on various cross-border corporate finance and capital market transactions involving Asian markets and Chinese companies. Mr. Lin is currently helping the World Food Center of UC Davis’ establish the Asian Council as a Founding Member.

Mr. Lin holds a Master’s degree in Business & Finance from the Vienna University of Economics in Austria. He is a CFA Charterholder. Mr. Lin speaks English, German and Chinese.
Proterra AsiaManaging Partner
Proterra Asia

Dr. Amit Varma

Dr Amit Varma is the co-founder and managing partner of Quadria Capital, one of Asia’s largest healthcare private equity firms, with assets under management exceeding $1.5 billion across South and Southeast Asia.

In addition, Dr Varma is a sponsor of Healthquad, a healthcare focused venture capital firm investing in technology backed companies in India. He also spearheaded the $100-million healthcare and education focused India Build Out Fund.

He co-led the deployment of RHC Principal, a $700 million principal pool of capital across various healthcare sub-sectors in Asia. Previously, he has worked with leading healthcare groups in India, including Fortis Healthcare, Narayan Hrudayalaya and Manipal Heart Foundation.

He has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh and the Cleveland Clinic.
Quadria CapitalManaging Partner
Quadria Capital

Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla is currently a Partner at True North, one of India’s most experienced and respected private equity funds, with over $3.0 billion under management. At True North, he focuses on investments in the food and consumer sectors where he identifies and helps transform mid-size businesses.

Chawla is one of the most influential commentators in the Indian digital space. His work on Founding Fuel is considered the gold standard in thought leadership. He is visiting faculty at the SP Jain Institute of Management. He is best known though for his leadership in transforming the Network18 Group into a formidable media network. Under his watch as Founding CEO, Network 18 became India’s fastest growing Media and Entertainment network. His career at Network18 spanned 12 years, and he grew revenues from $3 million in 1999 to $500 million in 2012. Chawla has also been keenly engaged in the consumer internet revolution in India from the early nineties. He is credited with building India’s largest, most well-known internet businesses like Moneycontrol, Bookmyshow, Yatra, Firstpost and Homeshop18. He continues as a successful investor and mentor to several internet and consumer start-ups today.

Haresh holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from IIT Bombay and a Master's degree in Business Management from IIM Calcutta. He lives with his wife and two children in Mumbai. You can find him on twitter @hchawlah.

True NorthPartner
True North

Tilman Ehrbeck

Tilman believes that luck favors the prepared. He thrives when stellar entrepreneurs, technology-led business model innovations, and untapped market opportunities come together. He co-manages Flourish and globally works with purpose-driven founders, investing in actionable ideas that help people improve their economic prospects and financial lives. He currently serves as chair of the Advisory Council to the U.N. Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance in Development.

Before Flourish, Tilman was a partner at Omidyar Network, where he built the global financial inclusion team. Prior to that, he served for five years as CEO of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), a global partnership to advance financial inclusion. Before CGAP, Tilman grew from associate to partner at McKinsey & Company, where he helped build the global financial services and healthcare practices and worked for more than a decade with leading businesses in North America and India.

Tilman started his professional journey as a journalist in Germany before earning a PhD in Economics from the EU-affiliated European University Institute in Italy and joining the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.
Flourish VenturesManaging Partner
Flourish Ventures

Hari V. Krishnan

Hari is a seasoned General Manager & Board director with a deep digital technology pedigree. He is a TEDx speaker and vocal advocate for sustainable urban living solutions.

He has over two decades of industry leadership in technology and digital organisations across Asia and the US. driving digital transformation for industries like music, travel, recruitment, and now real estate.

As the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at PropertyGuru Group, Hari leads a team of over 1,200 employees of the Group across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, for Asia’s leading proptech company. He currently serves on the Singapore Government’s Future Economy Council Modern Services Sub-committee, and has advised the government on Real estate industry transformation and Skills development.

Prior to PropertyGuru, he started up, scaled and led LinkedIn in the Asia Pacific region, as their Vice President & Managing Director. He has also worked in leadership positions at Fox Interactive, Yahoo! and Cisco, and market-changing start-ups like Travelguru.

He is a long-time investor and advisor to multiple innovative startups. Hari has an MBA from INSEAD and an M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado.
PropertyGuruChief Executive Officer and Managing Director
PropertyGuru

Sanjay Nath

Sanjay Nath is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, one of India's leading early stage venture funds. He also represents Blume on the boards of Arka Venture Labs and the Draper Venture Network. Blume focuses on Seed to Pre-Series A stages of funding and has made over 100 investments across its 10-year history across multiple funds. Sanjay has invested in and advises a wide portfolio of startups including GreyOrange Robotics, Dataweave, Locus, Tricog, LBB, Lulu, Lambdatest, TapChief (acquired by Unacademy), Nektar.ai and Obviously.ai amongst others.

Prior to Blume, Sanjay held consulting and management roles at Sun Microsystems, PwC and IBM Global Services (all in Silicon Valley). Sanjay got his start in venture capital as an active angel investor through the Mumbai Angels. His angel investments include InMobi, LittleEye Labs (acquired by Facebook), Tonbo Imaging and Svasti Microfinance amongst others. Sanjay holds an undergraduate degree from BITS Pilani and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
Blume Ventures Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Blume Ventures

Nicholas Cator

Nick, a long-time executive at Belgium’s family-owned investment firm Verlinvest SA, launched Venturi Partners in 2019.

Nick joined Verlinvest in 2006 and was appointed Director of Business Development of Armonea, the largest nursing home operator in Belgium. He joined the Verlinvest investment team after 2,5 years and made investments in Europe, India and the US in a range of industries. In 2012 Nick returned to Armonea, this time as CEO, with a view of improving operations and growth.

In October 2014 Nick rejoined Verlinvest as Executive Director, responsible for opening the Singapore office and with a focus on the E-commerce, Education and Healthcare Services sectors. Nick holds a Masters in Economics and complemented his education in executive leadership and strategic marketing at INSEAD and Stanford.
Venturi partnersManaging partner
Venturi partners

Anderson Sumarli

Anderson Sumarli is the co-founder and CEO of Ajaib, an online wealth management tool that brings personalized mutual fund and stock investing to the masses, potentially mobilizing billions of investable assets across Southeast Asia.an online investment advisory startup. The company is a YCombinator graduate and has recently raised a $25mn Series A funding from Horizons Ventures and Alpha JWC Ventures.
AjaibCo-Founder & CEO
Ajaib

Rajive Keshup

Rajive is a Director at Cathay Innovation, a $1.5B global venture capital fund (part of Cathay Capital) headquartered in Paris. Based out of the firm’s Singapore office, he is focused on investing in Series A through C companies in Southeast Asia and broader South Asia with initial checks ranging from $5-20M. The firm’s notable investments in the region include Finaccel, Coherent, Igloo Insuretech and KaiOS.

Prior to venture capital, Rajive has been a founder, operator, and strategy consultant based out of New York City. Rajive has an MBA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and a BSc. from Bentley University in Boston, MA.
Cathay InnovationDirector
Cathay Innovation

Melisa Irene

Melisa Irene is Partner of East Ventures with responsibility of providing support coordination for deals and portfolio companies. She graduated from Binus International University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Accounting degree with a track record in debate championship and business competition. She sits on several boards for portfolio companies in Indonesia, serves as AMVESINDO Head for International Relation (Ketua Bidang Luar Negeri) and ranked #1 for Indonesia Young Women Future Business Leader in 2020 by SWA Magazine.
East VenturesPartner
East Ventures

Lawrence Chu

Lawrence has over 16 years of international investment experience and founded BlackPine, an investment company that has provided capital and advice to companies such as VSFG, Kenetic, Lufax, C2FO, WH Group, Evergrande and GCL Polysilicon. Prior to this, he served as Portfolio Manager at UBS O’Connor in Hong Kong and as Strategy Executive in the Chairman’s office of EMI music in London. Lawrence began his career at the TMT M&A investment banking division at UBS in London and Hong Kong. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.
OrienteCo-founder
Oriente

Kiran Mysore

Kiran Mysore is a Principal at UTEC Japan, a deep-tech VC fund with an AUM of $800 million. He is an AI-researcher-turned-VC. Kiran leads UTEC’s global AI investments. Since joining UTEC in 2018, Kiran has led investments of close to $30 Million in frontier science & deep-tech companies in Singapore, India and USA. Prior to that, Kiran worked on Open innovation in Deloitte Japan, and was an AI/ML researcher at The University of Tokyo where he also co-founded a student-led social enterprise named 'Kriya'. For his contribution to the ecosystem, Kiran was featured in the 2020 FORBES Asia 30 Under 30 list in the Finance & VC category.
UTEC JapanPrincipal
UTEC Japan

Sachin Bhanot

Sachin Bhanot is the Head of Southeast Asia Investments at Prosus Ventures, where he spends his time covering a range of sectors including consumer enablement, B2B commerce, fintech, logistics and more. Prior to joining Prosus Ventures, Sachin was a member of the investment team at B Capital Group, where he focused on venture investments in Southeast Asia. Before B Capital, Sachin was part of The Abraaj Group’s Private Equity team in Southeast Asia and MENA for five and a half years. Prior to that, he was the Special Assistant to the former CEO / Chairman of CIMB Group. Sachin graduated with a Masters of Engineering Science from Oxford University.
Prosus VenturesHead of Southeast Asia Investments
Prosus Ventures

Darius Cheung

Darius Cheung is the founder and CEO of 99.co, the leading real estate technology company in Southeast Asia.

With a mission to build the most trusted property marketplace, 99.co fuses data, design and technology to help property buyers make the best decision on the biggest purchase in their life. 99.co is the fastest growing property platform in Southeast Asia, operating brands including 99.co, iProperty.com.sg, Srx.com.sg and Rumah123.com, and garnered investment from top investors including Sequoia, East Ventures, REA, AllianzX and Eduardo Saverin.

Prior to founding 99.co, Darius was the Director of Consumer Mobile Technology at McAfee, the world leader in software security, which he joined through the acquisition tenCube, a Singapore-based mobile security company he founded and served as CEO for 5 years. At tenCube, Darius grew the startup to a team of 26 people in 2 locations, raised 2 rounds of financing, created award-winning mobile security product WaveSecure and led the startup to profitability. Darius was awarded the Singapore Youth Award, Singapore's highest youth accolade. He is an angel investor in over a dozen startups, an Alumni of NUS Overseas College.
99.coCEO
99.co

William Koo

William is Managing Director at Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator, a joint venture between Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Vertex Holdings. Headquartered in Singapore, William is based out of the accelerator’s operations, located within the National University of Singapore.

He is focused on nurturing and growing disruptive life science innovations in the areas of Agri-Food Technology, Industrial & Synthetic Biology, as well as Human & Veterinary Sciences. William also oversees early-stage investments through the firm’s Life Sciences Innovation Fund.

Prior to joining Temasek Life Sciences, William was a founder, consultant and early-stage investor in Singapore and China. He also held senior management roles in public and private sectors. William graduated with an EMBA from Peking University and MSc in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Temasek Life Sciences AcceleratorManaging Director
Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator

Philip Thomas

Philip Thomas is the Co-Founder/ Chief Product and Data officer of Bonza, a big data analytics platform with a mission to empower organizations to turn data into business impact. At Bonza, he oversees product development and data solutions. He led the development of Bonza's Rt modelling that is being used extensively by many organizations to track the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia.

Before co-founding Bonza, Philip was a data scientist lead in several technology companies in Southeast Asia. Philip received his PhD from University of Stavanger, Norway, in the area of decision making under uncertainty.
BonzaCo-Founder
Bonza

Sheel Mohnot

Sheel is a co-founder of Better Tomorrow, a $75M 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 is 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.
Better TomorrowCo-Founder
Better Tomorrow

Nainesh Jaisingh

Nainesh Jaisingh is a Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Affirma Capital. He is based in Singapore and also oversees the Private Equity business in South East Asia.

Prior to leading the MBO of Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) to form Affirma Capital, Nainesh was a founding member of the business within Standard Chartered Bank in 2002, and most recently the Global Head of the Principal Finance business of the Bank.

Over two decades as a Private Equity investor in the Emerging Markets, Nainesh has a long track record of successful investments and exits, partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to build leading businesses. During this period, Nainesh has been instrumental in building PE franchises in India, South East Asia and the Middle East, with high calibre teams.

In 2003, he was instrumental in launching the Merlion India Fund, a joint venture between SCPE and Temasek, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Singapore - which returned 3.7x to its sponsors. In 2001, he co-founded FinVentures, a proprietary Venture Capital Fund sponsored by SCB and headquartered in Singapore. His early career was with ANZ Investment Bank and ANZ Grindlays.

Nainesh is an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), BHU, and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore.
Affirma CapitalFounding Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Affirma Capital

XQ Lin

XQ Lin is building a global life sciences ecosystem, and he has personally led over 1B in transactions. Products he has developed have cumulative revenues over 1B. Lin is a Wharton graduate who has lived and work in the US, China and Singapore, plus extensive experience in Europe. Proven partner to entrepreneurial scientists. Founder/major shareholder of multiple business platforms: He is the Chairman and CEO, Esco Lifesciences Group which provides enabling technologies, products and services to the life sciences and healthcare industries, supporting academic research and scientific discoveries, clinical practice, as well as biopharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing. Headquartered in Singapore, Esco has an extensive sales network in over 100 countries, direct sales and service offices in over 20 countries, 8 manufacturing and R&D hubs in the US, Europe, the UK, China, Singapore, and over 1300 employees worldwide. Recently, the firm closed a 200M USD Series A round with Vivo Capital, Novo Holdings, CIC, EDBI and other sophisticated investors. Lin is also the Chairman and Founder, Carmine Therapeutics, which is headquartered in Cambridge MA, and is pioneering non-viral gene therapies based on red blood cells extracellular vesicles. The firm was co founded with Prof. Harvey Lodish. The company has Inked a 900M deal with Takeda and received the Fierce 15 award only a year or so after founding. He is also the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, EVX Ventures which is based in Boston/Singapore, and builds and invests in biotech companies across Asia and the US. Portfolio companies include Carmine Therapeutics, PairX Bio, Hummingbird Biosciences, Nuevocor and others. EVX Ventures also invests in US/European biotech companies, bridging them to the Asian markets, especially China. Founder/Chairman of EVX Ventures. Lin is also building a stealth-stage Shanghai-Boston biotech company focused on novel modalities 2.0.
Esco Lifesciences GroupChairman and CEO
Esco Lifesciences Group