ASIA PE-VC Summit 2024

The conference is getting bigger and much more well attended with every passing year. What I like about these conferences that DealStreetAsia hosts are that there’s a lot of content packed into each of these discussions, including the content that comes out of the organisers. I like the fact that there are four different tracks. 

There’s been a lot more about authentic, hard conversations that, we, as an ecosystem should have, should constantly be talking about. So stuff like exit opportunities, governance issues what are the new themes? Are we overinvesting in the region, all of us can have different perspectives. But I think the fact that all these perspectives can be put together in one place so that everyone can hear what others have to say, is a very important role that DealStreetAsia as an ecosystem player can play. 

As a woman, I think it’s a phenomenal turnout, in terms of just overall diversity. I look around me and definitely, I would almost say 30 or 40% of the participants are women, which makes me happy.

These are really interesting times for Asian private equity. We’ve seen a lot of discussion around China. And it’s been great to be able to talk about some of these topics here. The speaker lineup has been great and has allowed us to take away some topics for further discussion.

I think it’s really important to be well-informed about the trends in the market and how investors generally are allocating their capital. So to be in a room where other institutional investors are present, GPs and LPs is valuable, especially at a time of uncertainty.