Asia PE-VC Summit 2022

27 & 28 September 2022

Sofitel Singapore City Centre

Speakers

Cyrus Driver

Managing Director
Partners Group

Kenneth Cheong

Managing Director
Baring Private Equity Asia Pte Ltd (BPEA)

Huai Fong Chew

Regional Lead, East Asia & the Pacific Funds
IFC

Michael Liu

Managing Director
Portfolio Advisors

Matthew Michelini
CEO
Apollo Asia-Pacific
Bert Kwan

Head of Private Equity
Silverhorn

Jenny Lee

Managing Partner
GGV Capital

Dr. Thomas Lanyi

Head Southeast Asia
CDH Investment Advisory Private Limited

Catherine Hindra Sutjahyo

Director / Head of Food and Indonesia Sales & Ops
GoTo

Ronnie Screwvala

Co-Founder & Chairperson
upGrad

Nainesh Jaisingh

Founding Partner & CEO Affirma Capital

Yar-Ping Soo

Partner
Adams Street Partners

Rishika Chandan

Managing Director
Venturi Partners

Kerry Goh

Founder, CEO & Chief Investment Officer
Kamet Capital

Nick Nash

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Asia Partners

Dave Richards

Managing Partner
Capria Ventures

Kabir Narang

Founding General Partner
B Capital Group

Visa Kannan

Partner
Saison Capital

Sunil Thakur

Partner
Quadria Capital

Pui Yan Leung

Partner
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India

Jessica Huang Pouleur

General Partner
Openspace Ventures

Cristina Ventura

General Partner & Chief Catalyst Officer
White Star Capital

Eddie Ong
Deputy CIO & Head of Private Investments
SeaTown Holdings
Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Andrea Campagnoli

Partner
Bain & Company

Helen Wong

Managing Partner
AC Ventures

François Pictet
Managing Partner
Pictet Group
Sui Ling Cheah

Operating Partner
Wavemaker Partners

Doug Coulter

Partner
LGT Capital Partners

Anup Jain

Managing Partner
Orios Venture Partners

Jason Sambanju

Partner, CEO & Founder Foundation PE

Sutapa Amornvivat

Founding CEO
SCB Abacus

Juliet Zhu

Group President and CFO
Carsome

Vadim Shpak

Operating Managing Director
Vickers Venture Partners

Mohan Kumar
Managing Director
Avataar Ventures
Shilpa Kulkarni

Founder & Managing Partner
Panthera Growth Partners

Chik Wai Chiew

CEO & Executive Director
Heritas Capital

Avina Sugiarto

Partner
East Ventures

Ganesh Rengaswamy

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Quona Capital

Wei Jian Tor

Managing Director
EQT Private Equity

Mahesh Joshi

Head, Private Equity
Investment Asia
BlueOrchard Finance

Sarah Chen

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Beyond The Billion (launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women)

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner
500 Global

Seamon Chan

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Palm Drive Capital

Yinglan Tan

CEO & Founding
Managing Partner
Insignia Ventures Partners

Justin Ferrier

Managing Partner, Private Credit
Navis Capital Partners

Smita Aggarwal

Global Investments Advisor
Flourish Ventures

Paul Robine

Founder & CEO
TR Capital

Ivan Kwong
Principal,
Global Impact
KKR
Caroline Wee

Investment Partner, Asia Circulate Capital

Desmond Lee

Managing Director (Singapore)
NewQuest Capital Partners

Denny Goenawan

Managing Partner
Indies Capital Partners

Nicholas Smalle - Apis
Nicholas Smalle
Partner
Apis Partners
Dmitry Levit

Founder & General Partner
Cento Ventures

Utari Octavianty
Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer Aruna
Darius Cheung

CEO
99.co

Julian Tan
Founder & CEO
FastCo
Jennifer Ho
Partner
Integra Partners
Anupum Khaitan

Executive Director
Capital Square Partners

Melissa Guzy

Managing Partner and Founder
Arbor Ventures

Nitish Agarwal

CEO and CIO
Orion Capital Asia

Wei Hsien Chan
Managing Director
SeaTown Holdings
Iwan Photo
Iwan Suryaputra
Chairman
Volta Indonesia
Abhinay Peddisetty
Co-Founder & CEO
BukuWarung
Eka Himawan
Managing Director
Xurya Daya Indonesia
Jon Crandall

Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Ontra

Saima Rehman
Investment Officer, Private Equity Funds Group
IFC
Sebastian Togelang
Co-Founder & CEO
Rigel Capital
Grace Sai
Co-founder and CEO Unravel Carbon
Swati Baghel
Senior Vice President
Blackstone
Jerry Lee
Jerry Li

Founding & Managing Partner
eWTP Arabia Capital

Jennifer Wong
Jessica Wong
Founding & Managing Partner
eWTP Arabia Capital
Nishant Rao
Founding Partner Avataar Venture Partners
Ali Fancy

Partner
Cento Ventures 

En Lee
Managing Director LGT
Arvind Sankaran

Founder

Imaginarium Advisors
Ravi Thakran

Ex Group Chairman
LVMH Asia

Kwang Yew See
Kwang Yew See

Principal
The Blackstone Group

EXCLUSIVE!

Virtual Session Speakers

Satish Chander

Partner
True North

Chibo Tang
Managing Partner
Gobi Partners
Misbah Naqvi

General Partner & Co-Founder
i2i Ventures

Faisal Aftab

Co-Founder & General Partner
Zayn Capital

Omer Khan

Founder
PostEx

Halima Iqbal

CEO & Founder
Oraan

Sameer Brij Verma
Managing Director
Nexus Venture Partners
Mandar Dandekar 
Partner
Sorin Investments
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Founder
Info Edge India
Shailendra Singh
Shailendra Singh

Managing Director Sequoia Capital India Advisors

Virtual Sessions are exclusively curated pre-recorded sessions and will only be sent to participants  with a valid registration for the Asia PE-VE Summit 2022 in Singapore. These content sessions will be sent via email, post-event, to registered participants only. These sessions are not sold individually at a separate price for viewing. 

Register for the Asia PE-VC Summit 2022 now to get access to both in-person and virtual sessions!

Moderators

Michelle Teo 

Managing Editor
DealStreetAsia

Andi Haswidi

Head of ASEAN Research
DealStreetAsia

Akito Tanaka

Chief business news correspondent
Nikkei Asia

Kristie Neo

Senior Writer
DealStreetAsia

Deepshikha Monga

Editor
DealStreetAsia

Paramita Chatterjee

Editor
DealStreetAsia

Eudora Wang

Senior Reporter, Hong Kong
DealStreetAsia

Ariba Shahid

Contributor, Pakistan
DealStreetAsia

Kunal Talgeri

Editor – Commissioned Research
DealStreetAsia

Tsubasa Suruga

Staff Writer
Nikkei Asia

Dylan Loh

Singapore Correspondent
Nikkei Asia

 

 

Joji Philip

Founder & Editor-in-Chief
DealStreetAsia

Agenda

8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration & Morning Networking

 

9:00 am – 9:15 am | Welcome note

by Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia

 

9:15 am – 10:00 am | How is private equity in Asia riding the downcycle?

  • Kenneth Cheong, Managing Director, Baring Private Equity Asia Pte Ltd
  • Nainesh Jaisingh, Founding Partner & CEO, Affirma Capital
  • Eddie Ong, Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Managing Director (Private Investments),
  • SeaTown Holdings
  • Doug Coulter, Partner, Head of Private Equity, Asia-Pacific, LGT Capital Partners
  • Deepshikha Monga, Editor, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

10:00 am – 10:30 am | Fireside Chat: The LP View – Investing in Asia: Opportunities in

the largest markets and beyond

  • Francois Pictet, Managing Partner, Pictet Group
  • In conversation with Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia

 

10:30 am – 11:00 am | Networking and Coffee break

 

11:00 am – 11:30 am | Fireside Chat: Post-pandemic, has edtech in India fallen out offavour?

  • Ronnie Screwvala, Co-Founder & Chairperson, Upgrad
  • In conversation with Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia

 

11:45 am – 12:30 pm | The LP View: Backing emerging market and first-time managers in

adverse times

  • Soo Yar-Ping, Partner, Primary Investments, Adams Street Partners
  • Huai Fong Chew, Regional Lead, East Asia & the Pacific PE Funds, IFC
  • Dave Richards, Managing Partner, Capria Ventures
  • Sarah Chen, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Beyond The Billion (launched as The
  • Billion Dollar Fund for Women)
  • Tsubasa Suruga, Staff Writer, Nikkei Asia (Moderator)

 

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Lunch Networking

 

1:20 pm – 2:00 pm | Time for private credit to shine in Asia

  • Denny Goenawan, Managing Partner, Indies Capital Partners
  • Wei Hsien Chan, Managing Director, Seatown Holdings
  • Nitish Agarwal, CEO and CIO, Orion Capital Asia
  • Matthew Michelini, CEO, Apollo Asia-Pacific
  • Justin Ferrier, Managing Partner, Private Credit, Navis Capital Partners (Moderator)

 

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Values vs value: Scaling impact through private capital

  • Chik Wai Chiew, CEO and Executive Director, Heritas Capital
  • Mahesh Joshi, Head, Private Equity Investment Asia, BlueOrchard Finance
  • Ivan Kwong, Principal, KKR & Co. Inc.
  • Utari Octavianty, Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer, Aruna
  • Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

2:50 pm – 3:35 pm | PEs & VCs compete on the same turf with rising growth funds and

lure of tech bets

  • Vadim Shpak, Operating Managing Director, Vickers Venture Partners
  • Shilpa Kulkarni, Founder and Managing Partner, Panthera Growth Partners
  • Sunil Thakur, Partner, Quadria Capital
  • Anupum Khaitan, Executive Director, Capital Square Partners (Moderator)

 

3:35 pm – 4:00 pm | Networking and Coffee break

 

4:00 pm – 4:40 pm | Is the time ripe for secondaries as IPOs and trade exits turn cold?

  • Paul Robine, Founder & CEO, TR Capital
  • Michael Liu, Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors
  • Desmond Lee, Managing Director, NewQuest Capital Partners
  • Jason Sambanju, Partner, CEO & Founder, Foundation PE (Moderator)

 

4:40 pm – 5:25 pm | What makes PE investors bet on SE Asia’s macro story?

  • Bert Kwan, Head of Private Equity, Silverhorn
  • Kerry Goh, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Kamet Capital
  • Dr Thomas Lanyi, Head Southeast Asia, CDH Investment Advisory Private Limited
  • Wei Jian TOR, Managing Director, EQT Private Equity
  • Andrea Campagnoli, Partner, Bain & Company (Moderator)

 

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Private equity in Asia: What’s the next big play?

  • Ravi Thakran, Ex Group Chairman, LVMH Asia
  • In conversation with Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia

 

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Networking and Cocktails

8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration & Morning Networking

 

9:00 am – 9:15 am | Welcome address

by Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia

 

9:15 am – 9:45 am | Opening Keynote: Have we hit the bottom? Where do we go from

here?

by Nick Nash, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Asia Partners

 

9:45 am – 10:30 am | VCs have a diversity problem. What can they do to bridge the gap?

  • Rishika Chandan, Managing Director, Venturi Partners
  • Pinn Lawjindakul, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • Cristina Ventura, General Partner & Chief Catalyst Officer, White Star Capital
  • Deepshikha Monga, Editor, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

10:30 am – 11:00 am | Networking and Coffee break

 

11:00 am – 11:45 am | Are early-stage deals still hot amid funding winter?

  • Anup Jain, Managing Partner, Orios Venture Partners
  • Avina Sugiarto, Partner, East Ventures
  • Khailee Ng, Managing Partner, 500 Global
  • Jennifer Ho, Partner, Integra Partners
  • Andi Haswidi, Head of ASEAN Research, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

11:45 am – 12:30 pm | Build local, think global: The opportunity for cross-border SaaS

play

  • Kabir Narang, Founding General Partner, B Capital Group
  • Cyrus Driver, Managing Director, Partners Group
  • Nishant Rao, Founding Partner, Avataar Venture Partners
  • Mohan Kumar, Managing Partner, Avataar Ventures (Moderator)

 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch Networking

 

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Fireside chat: Capturing value in a downturn as private market

valuations hit correction course

  • Jenny Lee, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
  • In conversation with Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia

 

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm | Fintech in SE Asia turning into an ecosystem play. What next?

  • Juliet Zhu, Group President & CFO, CARSOME
  • Julian Tan, Founder & CEO, FastCo
  • Ganesh Rengaswamy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Quona Capital
  • Darius Cheung, CEO, 99.co
  • Nicholas Smalle, Partner, Apis Partners
  • Ali Fancy, Partner, Cento Ventures (Moderator)

 

2:50 pm – 3:25 pm | The future of Warung/Kirana tech in India and SE Asia

  • Smita Aggarwal, Global Investments Advisor, Flourish Ventures
  • Abhinay Peddisetty, Co-Founder & CEO, BukuWarung
  • Arvind Sankaran, Founder, Imaginarium Advisors
  • Visa Kannan, Partner, Saison Capital (Moderator)

 

3:25 pm – 3:50 pm | Networking and Coffee break

 

3:50 pm – 4:35 pm | Venture investing and generating alpha in turbulent times

  • Seamon Chan, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Palm Drive Capital
  • Helen Wong, Managing Partner, AC Ventures
  • Jessica Huang Pouleur, Partner, Openspace Ventures
  • Yinglan Tan, CEO & Founding Managing Partner, Insignia Ventures Partners
  • Kristie Neo, Senior Writer, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

4:35 pm – 5:15 pm | Driving decarbonisation: How the startup ecosystem can take the

lead

  • Sui Ling Cheah, Operating Partner, Wavemaker Partners
  • Pui Yan Leung, Partner, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
  • Caroline Wee, Investment Partner, Asia, Circulate Capital
  • Grace Sai, Co-founder and CEO, Unravel Carbon
  • Dylan Loh, Singapore Correspondent, Nikkei Asia (Moderator)

 

5:15 pm – 5:45 pm | Closing Fireside: GoTo: Scaling up ecosystem integration for

greater impact?

  • Catherine Hindra Sutjahyo, Director / Head of Food and Indonesia Sales & Ops, GoTo
  • In conversation with Akito Tanaka, Chief business news correspondent, Singapore
  • Bureau, NIKKEI & Nikkei Asia

 

5:45 pm – 7:30 pm | Networking and Cocktails

Virtual Sessions are exclusively curated pre-recorded sessions and will only

be sent to participants with a valid registration for the Asia PE-VE Summit

2022 in Singapore. These content sessions will be sent via email, post-event,

to registered participants only. These sessions are not sold individually at a

separate price for viewing.

 

Virtual Session 1 | Pakistan’s long-term investment potential intact despite funding

slowdown

  • Faisal Aftab, Co-Founder, Zayn Capital
  • Misbah Naqvi, General Partner & Co-Founder, i2i Ventures
  • Omer Khan, Founder, PostEx
  • Halima Iqbal, CEO and Founder, Oraan
  • Ariba Shahid, Contributor, Pakistan, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

Virtual Session 2 | Fireside Chat: Investment & exit opportunities for private equity in India – The road ahead

  • Satish Chander, Partner, True North
  • In conversation with Paramita Chatterjee, Editor, DealStreetAsia

 

Virtual Session 3 | From unicorn frenzy, the balance tilts to sustainable business models

in India

  • Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge India
  • Mandar Dandekar, Partner, Sorin Investments
  • Sameer Brij Verma, Managing Director, Nexus Venture Partners
  • Paramita Chatterjee, Editor, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

Virtual Session 4 | Fireside Chat: Top concerns & focuses for China VCs as they up

stakes in global market

  • Chibo Tang, Managing Partner, Gobi Partners
  • Eudora Wang, Senior Reporter, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

 

Virtual Session 5 | Fireside chat: Balanced growth & governance focus are key to building

sustainable enterprises

  • Shailendra Singh, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India Advisors
  • In conversation with Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia

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About the Summit

In its seventh 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.

Deep dive into current landscape and a functional roadmap for the year ahead

Get LP & GP perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for PE & VC firms in SE Asia, India and Greater China

Exploring the potential of spotlight countries in the region such as Indonesia & Vietnam

A chance to network with an audience of leaders in the investment & start-up community

Past Event Highlights

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Southeast Asia’s tech sector enters golden age with accelerated digital adoption

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SE Asia’s macro trends point to a long runway for growth in tech

Asia PE VC Summit 2021
Strong capital structures, liquidity and credit access key to navigate the crisis
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The art and science of making PE investments during crisis times

Asia PE VC Summit 2020
The road ahead for Gojek

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Cyrus Driver

Kenneth Cheong

Huai Fong Chew

Michael Liu

Matthew Michelini

Bert Kwan

Jenny Lee

Dr. Thomas Lanyi

Catherine Hindra Sutjahyo

Ronnie Screwvala

Nainesh Jaisingh

Yar-Ping Soo

Rishika Chandan

Kerry Goh

Nick Nash

Dave Richards

Kabir Narang

Visa Kannan

Sunil Thakur

Pui Yan Leung

Jessica Huang Pouleur

Cristina Ventura

Eddie Ong

Pinn Lawjindakul

Andrea Campagnoli

Helen Wong

François Pictet

Sui Ling Cheah

Doug Coulter

Anup Jain

Jason Sambanju

Sutapa Amornvivat

Juliet Zhu

Vadim Shpak

Mohan Kumar

Shilpa Kulkarni

Chik Wai Chiew

Avina Sugiarto

Ganesh Rengaswamy

Wei Jian Tor

Mahesh Joshi

Sarah Chen

Khailee Ng

Seamon Chan

Yinglan Tan

Justin Ferrier

Smita Aggarwal

Paul Robine

Ivan Kwong

Caroline Wee

Desmond Lee

Denny Goenawan

Dmitry Levit

Utari Octavianty

Darius Cheung

Julian Tan

Jennifer Ho

Anupum Khaitan

Melissa Guzy

Nitish Agarwal

Wei Hsien Chan

Abhinay Peddisetty

Eka Himawan

Jon Crandall

Saima Rehman

Sebastian Togelang

Grace Sai

Swati Baghel

Nishant Rao

Ali Fancy

En Lee

Arvind Sankaran

Ravi Thakran

Satish Chander

Chibo Tang

Misbah Naqvi

Faisal Aftab

Omer Khan

Halima Iqbal

Sameer Brij Verma

Mandar Dandekar

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Michelle Teo

Andi Haswidi

Akito Tanaka

Kristie Neo

Deepshikha Monga

Paramita Chatterjee

Eudora Wang

Ariba Shahid

Kunal Talgeri

Tsubasa Suruga

Dylan Loh

Joji Philip