Asia Vc Cast

This week’s special guest is Peter Choi from Go-Jek. Go-Jek is the massively popular ride-hailing company from Indonesia - its first unicorn and recently announced that they will invest $500 million to expand their services into Southeast Asia. Peter is the VP, Head of Logistics at Go-Jek, responsible for product & business development, data analytics, and operations. Prior to this role, Peter worked as a Senior Analyst at Salesforce and made the big transition from Silicon Valley to now Jakarta. Together, we discuss how Peter is tackling one of the biggest pain points in Indonesia,  its logistics. And though started as an on-demand ridesharing platform, why it makes sense for Go-Jek to aggressively expand into other consumer businesses such as delivery, payment and even massages!

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia.   This week’s special guest is Lyle Fong from Hobo Labs.  Lyle is a serial entrepreneur and an active tech investor/advisor. Most recently, he was the co-founder and CEO of Hobo Labs, a mobile gaming studio based in San Francisco. Prior, Lyle co-founded and was CEO of Lithium Technologies, a social media software company. Lithium had raised over $180M in venture funding, scaled to 11 offices globally and over $150M in revenue. Lithium was acquired by Vista in 2017. Lyle was also a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator.  

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guests are Anuj Jain & Nitin Nath from Startup-O. Startup-O is a Singapore-based assessment and investment platform that discovers promising startups from South/ SEA region and connect them to seed funding through its partner funds and its venture building network of market experts. It puts businesses through a structured 10-week online process that involves a data driven and transparent evaluation by a global expert community.

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Erica Kang from Kryptoseoul. Erica is the founder of KryptoSeoul, a leading community building team based in Seoul, Korea. KryptoSeoul supports promising blockchain projects by managing online channels and by hosting meetups. She is also a partner at Blockwater Capital, advisor of the Korea Blockchain Association, and host of English Youtube channel KryptoSeoul. As a born communicator, Erica is passionate about bridging between diverse parties in the blockchain and cryptocurrency scene.

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Nicki Ramsay from CardUp.  Nicki is the founder and CEO of CardUp, a payments company based in Singapore that enables individuals and businesses to use credit card for all their big payments such as paying rent to a landlord, taxes, or even payroll to employees. In doing so users get access to instant credit and rewards. A payments professional, Nicki has a background in business development, consumer insight and analytics having worked for American Express across both Asia Pacific and Europe. During this time she held leadership roles including Head of Consumer Insight for APAC and Director of International Business Development. She is seen as a thought

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Thuc Vu from OhmniLabs. Graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS and Stanford with a PhD both in Computer Science, OhmniLabs' CEO and co-founder Thuc Vu is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms. His ambition is to bring robots into every home to create a positive impact in people's life. And Kambria - a decentralized AI and Robotics platform - is his next move to bring this goal one step closer to reality. He previously founded Katango and Tappy which were quickly acquired by Google and Weeby.co, respectively. He also invests in early stage startups and helps grow the ecosystem in Vietnam. Apart from being an entrepreneur, Thuc is also a Res

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Andy Choi from Kakao Ventures. Before coming to Kakao Ventures, Andy was a software engineer across various industries, including high-frequency trading, mobile payments, digital media, and e-commerce. He was also a researcher in Human-Computer Interaction with awards for high academic achievements, and his areas of focus include computer systems, consumer internet services, and machine learning. So please join me in welcoming Andy from Kakao Ventures.

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s episode was recorded live at Token2049 conference in Hong Kong with a special guest, Paul Veradittakit from Pantera Capital.  Paul is a Partner at Pantera Capital, the earliest and largest institutional investor in digital currencies and blockchain technologies, managing over $1B. Since joining in 2014, Paul has helped to launch the firm’s second venture fund and currency funds, executing over 60 investments. Paul also sits on the board of OpenToken and BitOasis, is a mentor at The House Fund, Boost VC, and Alchemist, and is an advisor to Orchid, Origin, and Icon. So please join me in welcoming Paul from Pantera Capital.

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Mike Kim from Google.  Mike is currently leading APAC Partnerships for Google for Entrepreneurs and is the Interim Head of Google Campus Seoul.  Prior to Google, he led Global Business Development for LinkedIn's Profile & Higher Education product teams. He also served as Senior Director of Corporate Development for Baedal Minjok ( 배달의민족 ), Korea's largest mobile food ordering application, and spent time leading business development for Monster Worldwide and social gaming giant Zynga.  Mike is passionate about empowering and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurial pioneers in Asia.  So please join me in welcoming Mike Kim from Google.  

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Jeff Oh from AIRy Mobile.  AIRy Mobile is a modular commercial real estate developer in Manila with the pop up shops ranging from 15 to 650 square meters.  They set up shops and retailer outlets made from shipping containers that are flexible, but also visually attractive by using glass display windows and durable paint.  Originally from New York, Jeff moved to Manila to start this new venture and he will share with us today about the fast-growing development in Manila and his experience starting a company there from ground up.  

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week's special guest is Mark Mi from Foxconn. Mark is part of Foxconn’s corporate M&A and strategic advisory team. He is focused on industries related to autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and deep learning with investment experience in small startups to large public companies. Prior to coming to Asia, Mark was a management consultant managing projects on strategic advisory, process improvement and compliance.

Asia VC Cast explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week’s special guest is Daniel Yi from Futureplay.  Daniel joined venture capital when he was just 23 years old, making him one of the youngest VC in seoul at the time.  Prior to joining Futureplay, he co-founded his first startup “큰집" (Big House), an on-demand storage service in Seoul.  He then joined Futureplay, a company builder and an early stage VC in Korea, to start looking into deep-tech investments.

ASIA VC CAST explores the minds of the experienced venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs to navigate the sophisticated but exciting world of venture capital.  Daniel together with a special guest each week present unique perspective and insights to startup investing & fund-raising across different countries in Asia. This week's guest is Michael Smith Jr. from Seedplus. Prior to joining as a partner at Seedplus, Michael was the Chief Technology Officer at HOOQ.  Prior to that at Yahoo, Michael served as the Director of Global Tech Initiative, managing the Asian developer network and overseeing the acquisition of startups with companies across Southeast Asia.  Originally from California, he has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong & Thailand and been actively involved in the Asian start-up community over the past ten years.   Don't forget to subscribe to the show and follow me on: Twitter: @dsongvc