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Fintech has come a long way in China, from barely being recognized to one of the fastest growing markets in the region. As the world’s leader in Fintech technology, China is a breeding ground for Internet finance companies, and accordingly, investment in the industry. With millions of users and an ever-growing number of fintech unicorns, the future of Internet finance looks exceedingly bright in China.
Today, ASP selected the special episode that Oscar Ramos sat down with venture capitalist and fintech investor Wei Hopeman. After beginning her career in financial services and investment banking, Wei co-founded Arbor Ventures in 2013, the first VC fund specialized in fintech in the Asian ecosystem. She talks to us about the growth of fintech, the benefits of corporate VCs, and how founders and corporate VCs can improve their interactions with each other.
Show notes:
1:28 Intro2:07 How Wei got into financial services
5:46 Going into investment banking
7:30 The growth of fintech in Asia
9:32 The lack of infrastructure in financial services
12:18 Launching fintech in China
15:18 Benefits of corporate VCs
17:08 Key questions a founder should ask corporate VCs
18:31 Key difference between types of VCs
21:02 Educating corporates in working with startups
23:17 Women in VC
30:16 The future of Arbor Ventures
thanks to our host Oscar Ramos, guest Wei Hopeman, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website at Chinaccelerator Website
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In this episode, we talk about Peng’s journey as an investor and how he perceives the great potential in Southeast Asia. More importantly, he summarizes a very important trend in SEA’s startup ecosystem, "Technification". We also talk about the impact that China's Internet giants have on SEA through investments and M&A.
Shownotes
2:26 Peng’s journey as an investor
3:54 Main differences btw seed round and Series A
9:47 More capital investment in SEA
10:52 The most interesting trend in SEA
11:28 “Technification” in China
12:36 The opportunities of “technification” in SEA
15:05 “There is no way for a company to grow that fast without technology”
18:03 The core DNA of a successful founding team
19:26 China’s role in SEA’s service industry
22:58 The role of Chinese and Japanese corporate venture capital in SEA
26:56 The infrastructure development in SEA
28:57 A hard push on deep technology in SEA?Many thanks to our guest Peng T.Ong; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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ASP Selection: Inside the VC Mind (II)
In today’s rebroadcast, Inside the VC Mind Part II, we invite Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early-stage venture funds. Sanjay 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.
What is the trajectory for Indian startups expanding abroad? How do they start in India and move to the US and SEA? How can startups build and sell remotely and operate in a virtual world? What are the repercussions of localization when internationalization? Sanjay, as an active investor in the space, brings his experience in answering all these questions and more!
Show Notes
02:10 Introduction to Sanjay Nath
02:55 Sanjay’s transition from consulting to VC
07:41 The trend of Indian startups expanding overseas
11:20 Overcoming the barriers of cross-border expansion
16:38 How Blume VC supports startups with their expertise and best practices
24:10 Localisation vs Internationalisation from Day 1
28:22 Popular revenue models among Indian startups
31:04 The second-order effect of Covid19 on cross-border expansion
38:22 Opportunities for Indian SaaS companies in China
41:05 Leveraging diaspora and ecosystems to expand to the US and Europe
45:17 Sanjay’s final thoughtsMany thanks to our guests Sanjay Nath; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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Asia Startup Pulse Selection: Examining the Fundamentals of the Marketplace Business Model with James Tan, Managing Partner at Quest Ventures.
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Today, we are going to dig deeper into marketplaces again with James Tan, Managing Partner at Quest Ventures. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China.
Show notes:
2:43 - Introduction to James Tan
4:21 - Transition from startup founder to venture capitalist
6:06 - Introduction to Quest Ventures
7:20 - Most rewarding achievements of running a marketplace
9:37 - Why James is excited about marketplaces
12:23 - The advantages of a marketplace over a B2C company
15:41 - How to manage and control your marketplace
17:55 - The most innovative marketplace models that James has seen
20:28 - Is a marketplace in Southeast Asia a regional business?
23:21 - The right time for marketplaces to internationalise
25:53 - How should companies localise in Indonesia?
31:31 - Where should Indonesian companies internationalise to
34:13 - When should companies reconsider expansion
35:13 - How to innovate the marketplace revenue model?
40:11 - Does “marketplace” have a higher valuation multiple compared to e-commerce?Related Episodes
Building the Biggest Used-car Marketplace in SEA, with Aaron Tan, founder of Carro (Ep 159)
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Having accomplished his goal of transforming the gaming industry, Johnson Yeh is now turning his attention to his long-time passion: circular economy and sustainability. He founded ROEHL to provide consumers with a more sustainable and convenient lifestyle, starting with a subscription-based home appliance service.
Johnson recently sat down with Oscar Ramos in our Shanghai recording studio. Listen for their discussion on:
Why Johnson left his job at the summit of the gaming industry to pursue this mission
What we can do in a world of planned obsolescence
Economic benefits to a circular economy
How ROEHL is speeding up the rate of green-tech adoption, starting with air-purifying products
China’s leading position in green technology
The most exciting opportunities for new companies in the sector
About the speaker:
Johnson Yeh is the founder and CEO of ROEHL, the world’s first Lifestyle-as-a-Service (L.a.a.S) company. Before founding ROEHL in 2019, Johnson led Riot Games in China, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Under his leadership, LPL and e-sport went through a formidable transformation, becoming China's biggest spectator sport, with viewing numbers increasing by 15 times in 5 years. In 2019, the total number of hours watched reached 4 billion in China alone, surpassing CSL, NBA, and other traditional sporting events.
Many thanks to our guest Johnson Yeh; host Oscar Ramos; producers Sagar Chaudhary and Lace Nguyen; editor David Xu; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
We sat down with Kamarul Muhamed, founder and CEO of Aerodyne Group, a world-leading drone-based enterprise solutions provider, to talk all things drones, the Uberization of agritech, how drone tech has created a new market for technology talents. We also discussed why Southeast Asia, once dominated by traditional agriculture, is so bullish on new technologies, and the wonderful future of the region’s home-grown unicorns.
EPISODE NOTES
“Drones, in itself, is just a dumb flying platform. What makes it intelligent is the analytics and smart sensors; and how that can be disruptive in providing real value to our enterprise clients,” said Kamarul Muhamed, who founded Aerodyne in 2014 and has grown the company into a world-leading drone-based enterprise solutions provider and, more importantly, a pioneer in the use of AI for large-scale data operations and process optimization. Today, we sat down with Kamarul to talk all things drones, the Uberization of agritech, how drone tech has created a new market for technology talents. We also discussed why Southeast Asia, once dominated by traditional agriculture, is so bullish on new technologies, and the wonderful future of the region’s home-grown unicorns.
About the speaker:Kamarul Muhamed left the corporate world to pursue his passion in technology and digital innovation, founding Aerodyne in 2014 with a specialty in aerial imagery. The company has since pivoted to data intelligence, integrated solutions and now, Drone Tech, Data Tech and Digital Transformation (DT3). Ranked second in the world by Drone Industry Insights of Germany, Aerodyne has over 400 drone professionals operating in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAS) services sector, managing more than 300,000 infrastructure assets with 110,000 flight operations across 35 countries globally.
Show notes:
01:39 Introduction to Kamarul Muhamed and Aerodyne Group
02:29 How the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of agritech
05:52 Contactless technologies to automate infrastructure operations for powerlining and solar farms
07:15 Transforming traditional labor-intensive agriculture jobs into tech talents
10:15 How the Uberization of agritech has created a new micro-economy
13:05 Southeast Asia’s governments are already channeling agriculture subsidy into the adoption of technology
18:36 How Aerodyne tackled the challenges of adoption and scaling a cross-border team
22:00 The future of aerial robotics and AI’s pivotal role in the ecosystem
26:40 Entering the bigger B2C market with the super-app model for agriculture
32:35 What the world can learn from China’s speed of innovation and Southeast Asia’s massive opportunities
Many thanks to our guests Kamarul Muhamed; host Oscar Ramos; producers Sagar Chaudhary and Lace Nguyen; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com.To join our listener group on WeChat, please add SOSV Helper (WeChat ID: sosvhero) and ask for the group invitation.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
The World Wide Web was the first big tech revolution. Mobile was the second and we think blockchain is now the third. This is a period where we're going to have a solid 10-year run of tremendous growth and adoption of this new technology. It's going to bring enormous changes to all sectors that the technology touches upon: entertainment, financial services, e-government, and more.
EPISODE NOTES
Robby Yung is the CEO of Animoca Brands, the developer of a broad portfolio of blockchain games, traditional games, and other products, many of which are based on popular global brands including Formula 1®, Marvel, WWE, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Doraemon. Animoca Brands is also a prolific investor with more than 50 investments in NFT-related blockchain companies, including Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity), Dapper Labs (CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot), OpenSea, Harmony, Bitski, and Alien Worlds. Yung previously was the co-founder of Redgate Media, acquired by Inno-Tech Holdings Limited.
Yung recently sat down with Oscar Ramos to talk about all things NFT, digital entertainment, and what excites him about the future of blockchain.
Show Notes
02:35 How Animoca made its foray into blockchain games with Dapper Labs and CryptoKitties
04:25 How blockchain revolutionizes gaming with digital ownership
09:02 Incentives for people to spend more money on blockchain games
11:24 A fully decentralized game is a lot like a democracy
12:50 Behind the rise of NFTs: companies at the intersection of gaming and DeFi such as Sky Mavis
15:52 Could blockchain the third tech revolution?
19:11 Robby Yung's investment philosophy
22:15 How virtual experiences will change the traditional business model
24:21 What we need to speed up blockchain adoption
27:27 Why regulations will increase clarity and transparency
32:16 The attraction of collectibles and art
36:05 The metaverse 10 years from now
Many thanks to our guests Robby Yung; host Oscar Ramos; producers Sagar Chaudhary and Lace Nguyen; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com.To join our listener group on WeChat, please add SOSV Helper (WeChat ID: sosvhero) and ask for the group invitation.
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The open-source model has been a big catalyst for technology businesses across the world. While it is clear how they fit into other business models, it is still unclear what the business model behind an open-source business is. In this episode, we aim to answer that and more. We invited Neil Han, Head of APAC and EMEA for PingCAP, the first open-source unicorn in China, which raised 340million USD in total. Neil is a hardcore software person and a well-connected professional in the software industry across the globe with great operations and management skillset, looking forward to working with a fast-growing company and great leadership team to grow together. PingCAP raises $270M in Nov. 2020 to develop core technologies and advance the global expansion of its offerings! PingCAP is founded by the team that built TiDB, a world-leading open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL/NewSQL database for elastic scale and real-time analytics, which is compatible with MySQL and enables companies to painlessly scale their business while keeping the underlying infrastructure simple and serve as a one-stop solution for all online transactions and analysis. PingCAP is the most valued NewSQL company on the planet!
EPISODE NOTES
The open-source model has been a big catalyst for technology businesses across the world. While it is clear how they fit into other business models, it is still unclear what the business model behind an open-source business is. In this episode, we aim to answer that and more. We invited Neil Han, Head of APAC and EMEA for PingCAP, the first open-source unicorn in China, which raised 340million USD in total. Neil is a hardcore software person and a well-connected professional in the software industry across the globe with great operations and management skillset, looking forward to working with a fast-growing company and great leadership team to grow together.
Show Notes:
[1:26] Introduction to Neil Han
[2:39] PingCap’s value proposition
[5:14] Companies that best leverage PingCap’s services
[8:05] The business model behind an open source business
[12:08] Where the community contributors come from
[15:05] Where the customers come from
[17:29] Experience of selling the service to Chinese customers
[2200] Customers as contributors to the product: A case of Square
[26:38] The scope of growth for open-source software in APAC
[30:16] Connect with Neil
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India today is home to some of the most innovative and valuable startups in the world. With a thriving startup ecosystem that is seeing more and more foreign capital injection and innovation across the board from tech to business models, Indian startups are well positioned to take on the global startup ecosystem. Although the domestic market is already huge enough, more Indian SaaS startups are venturing out and expanding across borders.
In today’s episode, we invite Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early-stage venture funds. Sanjay also reprerepresents 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.
What is the trajectory for Indian startups expanding abroad? How do they start in India and move to US and SEA? How can startups build and sell remotely and operate in a virtual world? What are the repercussions of localization when internationalization? Sanjay, as an active investor in the space, brings his experience in answering all these questions and more!
Show Notes
01:35 Introduction to Sanjay Nath
02:20 Sanjay’s transition from consulting to VC
07:06 The trend of Indian startups expanding overseas
10:54 Overcoming the barriers of cross-border expansion
16:03 How Blume VC supports startups with their expertise and best practices
23:35 Localisation vs Internationalisation from Day 1
27:47 Popular revenue models among Indian startups
30:29 The second-order effect of Covid19 on cross-border expansion
37:47 Opportunities for Indian SaaS companies in China
40:30 Leveraging diaspora and ecosystems to expand to the US and Europe
44:42 Sanjay’s final thoughts
Many thanks to our guests Sanjay Nath; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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What does it take to launch a VC fund in China? What are the differences between RMB funds and USD funds? And how can VC funds exit themselves?
We invited Chris Lerner, Managing Partner at MSA Capital, to join us to share his experience on starting and running a successful venture fund, and also how MSA Capital has supported startups to grow and expand to different markets. Founded in 2014, MSA Capital is an independent global private equity and venture capital firm with over $1.5 billion assets under management. Most notably, 60% of its 26 early stage investments have become super unicorns.
We also extended the conversation from a “cross-border” perspective by discussing about the potential opportunities for foreign startups and foreign VCs to enter China.
Show Notes:
2:48 Introduction to MSA Capital
5:22 What has kept Chris Lerner living in China
9:12 What makes the Chinese VC industry different
13:10 The DNA of Chinese corporate VCs (CVCs)
15:13 Conflicts happen when startups work with different CVCs
17:38 What takes to launch a VC fund
19:57 Who is investing in VC funds in China
24:40 The difference between RMB funds and USD funds
27:44 How VC funds can exit themselves in China
31:38 The trends of consolidation for financial returns
33:18 What support MSA Capital provides to startups
38:13 Potential opportunities for foreign startups to enter China
41:18 The opportunity of foreign VCs to enter China
42:32 How to contact Chris Lerner
Many thanks to our guests Chris Lerner; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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While Southeast Asia remains one of the hottest markets in the region, South Asia is also catching up, especially with the likes of Bangladesh and Pakistan. The region is also home to some of the fastest-growing tech startups, and today, we venture down south to Bangladesh and talk to the co-founder and CEO of Pathao, Bangladesh's largest tech company which is valued at over $100 million. Pathao is the leading ride-sharing, on-demand logistics, and food delivery platform in Bangladesh. Today, its motorbike and car-hailing vertical alone serves five million riders across five cities in Bangladesh and Kathmandu in Nepal.
How did Pathao come into existence? For a market with typically no culture of motorcycle-taxis, how did you create the need in the market? How did they manage to stand out from the competition even against the likes of Uber? How has their journey been moving from an app to a super app? We talk about all these and more, in today’s episode.
Show Notes
02:20 Introduction to Hussain Elius
03:22 How Pathao came into existence
05:48 What the status quo was before Pathao
08:21 Inspiration behind founding Pathao
11:10 The competitive landscape for Pathao
13:50 The competition against Uber
17:20 Understanding why the “Uber-way” was not the way to go
22:37 Lessons learned from Gojek
25:30 Pathao’s expansion to Nepal
29:05 Evolution of Hussain’s role
32:43 Does mentorship matter?
36:03 Final thoughts
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The increased showboating and “greenwashing” of the term “Impact Investment” has virtually led to the term being thrown around loosely: especially, as it is hard to gauge the tangible impact sometimes startups working in this domain bring. But, what exactly is impact investment? How different is the understanding of the term in developed countries compared to emerging markets? How can startups working in this domain find the sweet spot between profitability and impact? Is tangible impact more valuable than intangible ones? Or the other way around? These are some of the many questions that arise while trying to understand the impact of investment space. And in this episode, we bring a prominent guest whose experience across Asia and the US in the impact investment space makes her the perfect guest to answer these questions and more.
In this episode, we are joined by Ilaria Chan, Group Advisor on Social Impact Investment for Grab, one of Asia’s most prominent tech unicorns. Having started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, today Ilaria is a global keynote speaker, private investor, and serves on the Board of Trustees of several humanitarian organizations. We talk all about impact investment and socially conscious startups and the investment ecosystem that revolves around them.
SHOW NOTES
03:14 Introduction to Ilaria Chan
07:04 Ilaria’s expertise in Impact Investment
09:32 Understanding the reality of Impact Invest and Difference between East & West
14:50 Impact vs Profitability: The quandary for social entrepreneurs for raising funds
20:09 How Tech Unicorns are making social impact a big of their proposition
26:05 Tangible impact vs Intangible Impact: Is one less important than the other?
30:22 The “green-washing” trend in impact investment
34:41 Flow of innovation from East to the West
43:44 Connect with Ilaria
Many thanks to our guests Ilaria Chan; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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Chinese companies going global is not a new phenomenon today. But there was a time when this was relatively unheard of. And today, we talk to the man behind AppsFlyer, the company that essentially fuelled Chinese companies’ ambitions for global expansion by providing them much needed analytics and data in a mobile-frenzy world. Why was AppsFlyer pivotal to Chinese companies? What strategic value did China possess for AppsFlyer? In a market known for intense competition, how did AppsFlyer manage to thrive unscathed and become the market leader?
In today’s episode, we invite Ronen Mense, President and Managing Director APAC for AppsFlyer, to help us answer these questions and more. In the last 7 years with AppsFlyer, Ronen has managed to grow the mobile analytics platform from newcomer to market leader in APAC achieving 70% market share, triple digital revenue growth year on year, and building an amazing team of 175+ across 7 offices in the region.
Show Notes:
02:12 Introduction to Ronen
03:13 What is AppsFlyer
05:03 China’s strategic value for AppsFlyer and vice-versa
11:04 AppsFlyer’s value proposition for Chinese startups expanding overseas
14:53 What made AppsFlyer special: The need for independent analytics
20:59 Dealing with competitors: How to create moats?
23:56 Localizing product to suit the China market
27:41 How AppsFlyer stays independent in the Age of Splinternet
34:05 The Success Playbook for AppsFlyer
37:08 Ronen’s Mantra for Success
42:05 How to contact Ronen
Many thanks to our guests Ronen Mense; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website
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Marketplace is one of the most common business models in Southeast Asia nowadays. In one of our previous episodes, we talked to Aaron Tan, founder of Carro, about how he has built one of the biggest used-car marketplaces in Southeast Asia.
Today, we are going to dig deeper into marketplaces again with James Tan, Managing Partner at Quest Ventures. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China.
In this episode, we talk about all the business fundamentals of building a marketplace: from the advantages and challenges of building a marketplace to how to manage or control it, to the importance of timing in expanding to multiple markets. A someone who has built a successful e-commerce marketplace himself and invested in several more, James also shares the most innovative marketplace models in the market and how he believes the business model can be innovated.
Show notes:
2:10 Introduction to James Tan
3:48 Transition from startup founder to venture capitalist
5:35 Introduction to Quest Ventures
6:50 Most rewarding achievements of running a marketplace
8:40 What James was excited about marketplace
11:50 The advantages that a marketplace has to serve customers
15:08 How to manage or control your marketplace
17:00 The most innovative marketplace models that James has seen
19:22 Is a marketplace in Southeast Asia a regional business?
22:48 The timing for marketplaces to internationalise the business
25:00 How to localise in Indonesia?
30:58 The next market that Indonesian companies expand to
33:40 When should companies reconsider expansion
34:35 How to innovate the marketplace revenue model?
39:38 Does “marketplace” have a higher valuation multiple compared to ecommerce?
Many thanks to our guests James Tan; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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NFTs in 2021 has become what ICOs were in 2017: the biggest buzzword in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. Even though NFTs as a concept is not something entirely new, it is only now that they have become more hyped. But what exactly are NFTs? Why are they gaining so much popularity today? Which industries stand to gain the most with the rise of these non-fungible tokens? How will this industry evolve? And most importantly, is this another bubble ready to burst?
For this special episode, we invite Mia Deng, Partner at Dragonfly Capital and Co-founder of NFT marketplace TR-Lab, to dive deeper into the NFT space and also talk more about Dragonfly Capital’s latest $225 million fund, primarily focused on DeFi and NFTs. We also cover topics around the evolution of the crypto industry and the synergies between traditional VCs and crypto VCs.
Show Notes:
1:29 Introduction to Mia Deng
4:12 How the narrative around the crypto industry has evolved
6:48 Introduction to Dragonfly Capital and their unique proposition
9:19 How traditional VCs are working with crypto VCs
11:10 Crypto is Global from Day 1!
13:21 How crypto VCs work with founders
16:17 Understanding the intricacies of Sequoia China as an LP in Dragonfly Capital
21:14 Building in the bear market
24:14 What is NFT?
25:34 Why are NFTs booming now?
28:39 What industries will adapt NFTs?
32:38 The inefficiency in the NFT infrastructure space
35:12 Is NFT the next ICO?
36:35 NFT in China
38:09 How to reach out to Mia
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Welcome to another episode of the Asia Startup Pulse! This week, we will continue with our 8x8 Global Speaker Series and bringing talks from two exceptional speakers from diverse backgrounds to share some interesting brain food for founders. First up, we have Victoria Hoang, Data Partner at Bristol Myers Squibb, where she counsels teams on data privacy and cybersecurity law. In her 20+ years of experience in life sciences and management consulting, she has served on several innovation programs working closely with startups. In today’s talk, she covers one of the most important pre-requisite for startups, which is building trust.
Our second speaker for today is Jack Ren, Managing Director of Eminence Ventures where he is responsible for the firm’s cloud and IT infrastructure investments. Over the course of his career, he has spearheaded China Mobile’s One NET IoT platform and worked for some of the biggest tech corporations including Samsung and Sony. In today’s talk, Jack shares insights around non-market strategic thinking and how firms should factor it in their decision-making.
Show Notes:
[01:43] Victoria Hoang: How to Build Trust with Customers
[13:41 ] Jack Ren: Non-market Strategical Thinking
Many thanks to our guests Victoria Hoang and Jack Ren; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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Welcome to another episode of the Asia Startup Pulse! Today, we have a special episode from our 8x8 Global Speaker Series where we bring 8 notable speakers to talk about their experiences in building, operating, and scaling businesses across Asia and beyond. In today’s episode, we are bringing three incredible speakers and seasoned investors: Rui Ma, Kal Patel, and Nichapat Ark, to share their insights on what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur building cross-border businesses.
Rui Ma is a former VC-turned independent tech analyst with her experience spanning from seed stage to pre-IPO investing spread between the US and China. She is well versed with the startup ecosystems in the US and China, having previously worked at 500 Startups as an investment partner. In today’s talk, she offers some invaluable insights for startups going across borders and brings light to potential pitfalls that startups must avoid at all costs.
Kal Patel is a seasoned investor and the Resident Advisor at Oxford Foundry and has led the expansion of Best Buy in Asia in the past. He brings with him a plethora of experience working with and investing in startups from all around the world. Even startups that have the most groundbreaking technology oftentimes fail to generate interest from investors early on and in his talk, he shares insights as to how early-stage startups can become more investible.
Nichapat Ark works extensively with Openspace Venture’s Thailand-based startups as well as startups looking to expand into Thailand. In her talk, she shares insights as to how startups can better leverage their investors, an art that every startup founder must perfect.
Show notes:
02:20 - Rui Ma: Important considerations for Chinese startups going global
13:40 - Kal Patel: How can startups become more "Investible"
24:00 - Nichapat Ark: How to better leverage your investor
Many thanks to our speakers; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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Esports as a whole has seen tremendous growth in Southeast Asia, especially driven by the growth of the mobile-first economy. In today’s episode, we dig deeper into the esports business in SEA with Allan Phang, the Regional Head of Marketing PR at EVOS Esports and former Head of Esports at AirAsia.
We discuss the differences between esports and traditional sports while debunking the common myths about professional esports. Furthermore, Allan talks about his opinion about the roles of different stakeholders in the whole esports ecosystem, the unique proposition of Southeast Asia market in the esports sector, and also the next big thing we can expect in the industry.
Show Notes:
02:50 Allan Phang’s experience in esports
09:00 Introduction to EVOS Esports
12:21 Debunking common myths about professional esports
14:08 Career lifespan of professional esports players
17:55 The role of game publishers in the industry
20:40 Ramifications of breaching gaming etiquette and rules
22:15 Other players and opportunities in the esports ecosystem
25:37 The relationship between global game publishers and local tournament event organisers
28:29 Southeast Asia’s unique position in the esports industry
33:10 Brands’ attitudes towards esports events
36:40 Different revenue models in esports
38:32 The next big thing in esports in SEA
39:50 How to contact Allan
Many thanks to our guests Allan Phang; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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This is a special episode which we recorded live on Clubhouse with our guest Aaron Tan, Founder of Carro, one of the biggest used-car marketplaces in Southeast Asia.
A programmer by training and a Venture Capitalist by profession, Aaron founded his first startup at 13 and had already sold two companies before turning 21. Carro, one of the companies he founded, is an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership and is currently present in Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.
In this episode, we will mainly discuss about how to build and scale a two-side marketplace in Southeast Asia and Carro’s playbook of expansion across the region. Moreover, we will put the spotlight on how Aaron’s previous experience in venture capital industry has impacted his decisions, and also how he takes inspiration from Chinese business models and applies the insights in an SEA context.
*Side note: Aaron and Oscar frequently mention “William” in the conversation. The William they are referring to is William Bao Bean, GP at SOSV and MD at Chinaccelerator & MOX.
Show Notes:
0:00 - Introduction to Aaron Tan
1:32 - Aaron’s motivation to founding a startup
6:01 - The supportive ecosystem around Carro
8:19 - The importance of “Trust” in a business
8:50 - The reasons behind starting an automotive marketplace in SEA
13:35 - Inspiration from Chinese business models
19:21 - Understanding the heterogeneity in the markets
21:15 - Aaron’s experience on how copying the same model across SEA doesn’t work
25:39 - How to build and scale a two-side marketplace
30:37 - The role of Carro in the marketplace
35:17 - Carro’s expansion playbook across SEA
44:20 - What the future holds for Carro and Southeast Asia
Many thanks to our guests Aaron Tan; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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The age-old adage, “if at first you don’t succeed, try again,” is applicable to countless scenarios. However, in the startup world, trying new things until becoming successful is only half the story. In the startup world, things move at a rapid pace and ideas alone do not bring success. Success requires implementation and the right implementation process requires different business experiments in order to test and validate those ideas.
And today, we invite two successful startup founders to share their journeys on how they’ve experimented with different aspects of their business to reach where they are today. What is experimentation in the startup world? How must startups look at experimenting? And why is experimenting instrumental to a startup’s success? We answer these questions and more!
In this episode, we invite Mukesh Bansal, Founder and CEO of Phable, a healthcare startup from India that recently raised a $12 million Series A; and Riaz Mehta, Founder and CEO, of allrites, Asia’s leading B2B marketplace for film and TV content. Our guests bring with them a cumulative 40+ years of building, and running businesses across Asia. We dive deep into what makes experimentation a pre-requisite to running a successful startup and how small changes can have a colossal impact on the business.
Show Notes:
2:26 - Introduction to Mukesh Bansal and Riaz Mehta
5:56 - Experimentation in a startup context
9:54 - How the healthcare industry encourage/discourage experimentation
13:08 - Source of inspiration in deciding about what and how to experiment
20:49 - The The Minimum Viable Experiment
25:58 - Framework for prioritizing action items
31:41 - Should founders go against their own beliefs and convictions
41:14 - How COVID has impacted experimentation
46:47 - Actionable advice to aspiring entrepreneurs
Many thanks to our guests Mukesh Bansal and Riaz Mehta; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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