At 500 Startups, Ee Ling is responsible for corporate, government, and advocacy group partnerships throughout South East Asia. Ee Ling is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Smarter Me, an education startup that equips K-12 students with the skillset, mindset, and heartset of the future, through digital tech, design thinking, and entrepreneurship education. Prior to Smarter Me, Ee Ling spent almost a decade in investment banking with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and CIMB Investment Bank, advising large corporations in South East Asia on M&A, equity capital markets and debt capital markets. She graduated from the University of Queensland.

Tony is a serial entrepreneur, urban innovator, venture capitalist and film producer, based in Hong Kong. He’s the founder of GreaterBay Ventures & Advisors, an integrated investment and consulting firm, specialised on cross-border innovation and smart cities. Tony is committed to accelerate the growth of technology companies that positively impact urbanisation under the thesis he coins as “Urban Tech with Impact”. The Greater Bay Area of South China, Hong Kong and Macau is the the biggest megacity on the planet and he sees the region as the best place to facilitate and scale the adaptation of urban tech best practices globally. Tony launched several initiatives and contributes to different verticals and communities locally and globally, with experience in corporate innovation, accelerator programmes and ecosystem building as partner of Nest.vc and co-founder of Mettā, an entrepreneur club. In his spare time, Tony contributes to philanthropic initiatives, creative projects and studies quantum physics. He is a proud alumni member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community and he is a Greater Bay Area Investment Committee Vice Chair under the Smart City Consortium of Hong Kong.

James Tan is Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, a leading venture fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. 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.

Tanisha is a Principal at AC Ventures, Indonesia’s leading early stage tech venture capital firm which formed under a merger of Convergence Ventures and Agaeti Ventures in 2019. Here she facilitates a number of initial and follow-on investments across both Indonesia and Southeast Asia and provides hands on support to over 60 portfolio companies through growth initiatives and follow-on fundraising. Prior to ACV, Tanisha was the Head of Investments for Convergence Ventures.

Before relocating to Jakarta, she was an investment banker with Macquarie Capital in Melbourne, Australia’s largest and highest ranked mergers and acquisitions advisor, specialising in global mining and resources transactions. Prior to this, she began her career as a Chartered Accountant with EY and PwC, specialising in transaction advisory, business process assurance and risk advisory. Tanisha graduated as Valedictorian of her year with a Bachelor of Commerce from one of Australia’s leading universities, the University of Western Australia.

Outside of her professional experience, Tanisha has volunteered with a number of organisations aligned to her interests of innovation and entrepreneurship, and her desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

Ryu serves as Principal at Spiral Ventures, a Japanese venture capital firm with its HQ in Singapore and investing in the early stage digital tech startups in SEA region and India. Ryu is in charge of deal sourcing and growth of over 25 portfolio companies across Southeast Asian countries.

Vitavin is the Head of Investment at Beacon Venture Capital, focusing on strategic investments in early and growth-stage tech companies in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Beacon VC, he was with InVent, the pioneer venture fund in Thailand startup ecosystem whose portfolio companies include Omnivirt, Wongnai and Eventpop. Vitavin is an engineer by training and an alumni of Chulalongkorn University and the University of Tokyo, where he was a Japanese Government (Monbusho) Global 30 scholar.

Anuar Seifullin is the Investment Director of Quest Ventures, a leading venture fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. Anuar is also responsible for investment activities in Kazakhstan.

Navin is based in SEA (South-East Asia) and focuses on startups expanding in the region or entering ASEAN from China, Australia, South Asia, North America, and Europe. Starting with Singa-Lumpur (Singapore-Malaysia) and then Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam, he builds partnerships and alliances in the region including governments, carriers/telcos, media, tech (TMT), and corporations. He help companies understand the regional landscape and link investors to build better networks by doing Market BD.

Prior to SOSV, Navin was a senior manager of Microsoft ecosystems in the region. He was also an Editor from Singapore Press Holdings tech media, and held a senior role in IDG. Navin has also founded a startup during the 1997 Asian economic crisis, organised a VR hackathon in Beijing with the Chinese government and Coke, advised a number of Asian aerospace hackathons & governments, mentors, and speaks at conference.

Yasuhiro Mimura (Yasu) joined DG Ventures in 2017 and focuses on investments and business development for DGV’s US portfolio.

After gaining experience in both engineering and business by working as a system integrator in Japan and working as a consultant, Yasu spent over 10 years working for a Japanese venture capital firm in the US, focusing on US investments and business development.

Vy is currently the General Partner of ESP Capital, an early stage venture fund the mission to support tech startup companies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. ESP aims to invest in companies that can create profound impact to improve life quality and effectively utilize technological innovations to disrupt the market, with the goal of becoming the next unicorns in Asia. Vy has developed her interest in Information Technology since her young age. At 13, she founded TmSpeed Network, specialized in web design and hosting trading. Her passion for entrepreneurship has empowered her to become a dynamic businesswoman, who is highly committed to excellence and innovation. In 2009, By founded Chon.vn and served as CEO, developing the website into one of the most popular online fashion shopping centers in Vietnam. From 2014 to 2017, she served as Managing Director of Adayroi.com, one of the leading e-commerce platforms in Vietnam that offers more than 12 product categories and generates an annual GMV of US $200+ million. Vy graduated as Valedictorian from McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University in the United States.

Hanno is Partner & Director at BCG Digital Ventures, the venture incubation unit of the Boston Consulting Group. He is based in Singapore and part of the leadership team of BCGDV’s new South East Asia Incubation Center. At BCGDV he is dedicated to inventing, building, investing in and launching category- changing businesses at start-up speed for the world’s most influential corporates. DV’s portfolio includes ventures such as OVO, Boost, HeyCar, Coup, QantasAssure, Formation, MachineMax or AutoGravity.

Previously, Hanno was CEO of the Rocket Internet in Asia. In this role, he managed a portfolio of >20 startups in 15 different markets across South East Asia with many successful incubations and exits. Prior to that, he worked for many years in Venture Capital and was MD of SevenVentures, one of Europe’s largest CVC funds.

Hanno holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France) & Singapore as well as a B.A. in Management from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and serves currently as Entrepreneur

Estefania Almeida is Global Portfolio Manager at Brinc. She previously worked at Click Ventures, one of the most consistently top performing VC funds globally (ranked number 2 of world top 30); ECOS, a Private Equity fund focused on Renewable energy globally; and Rocket Internet GmbH in different geographies, assessing the quality of tech companies. Estefania holds a MSc.in Finance and International Management from Università Bocconi and UCD, and a BBA and Mathematics degree from HEC Montreal and McGill. She is trilingual (English, Spanish, French).

Entrepreneur at heart and big data savvy with experience in product management. Now passionate in developing & investing in avant-garde tech projects in Socios Q, a seed VC based in Madrid.

In the last 4 years we have cofounded 3 projects and invested in a total of 19 companies. Developing a new venture to be born soon.

June‌ ‌Chen‌ ‌is‌ ‌a‌ ‌Senior‌ ‌Investment‌ ‌Associate‌ ‌at‌ ‌Monk’s‌ ‌Hill‌ ‌Ventures,‌ ‌a‌ ‌leading‌ ‌early-stage‌ ‌tech‌ ‌venture‌ ‌capital‌ ‌firm‌ ‌in‌ ‌Southeast‌ ‌Asia.‌ ‌She‌ ‌is‌ ‌responsible‌ ‌for‌ ‌deal‌ ‌sourcing,‌ ‌due‌ ‌diligence,‌ ‌and‌ ‌LP‌ ‌relations.‌ ‌She‌ ‌also‌ ‌works‌ ‌closely‌ ‌with‌ ‌MHV’s‌ ‌portfolio‌ ‌companies‌ ‌and‌ ‌is‌ ‌based‌ ‌in‌ ‌Thailand‌ ‌where‌ ‌she‌ ‌is‌ ‌active‌ ‌in‌ ‌building‌ ‌the‌ ‌local‌ ‌startup‌ ‌ecosystem.‌ ‌

Prior‌ ‌to‌ ‌joining‌ ‌Monk’s‌ ‌Hill‌ ‌Ventures,‌ ‌June‌ ‌was‌ ‌an‌ ‌operations‌ ‌project‌ ‌manager‌ ‌at‌ ‌Hyurong‌ ‌Thailand,‌ ‌where‌ ‌she‌ ‌led‌ ‌projects‌ ‌planning‌ ‌and‌ ‌executed‌ ‌construction‌ ‌projects‌ ‌for‌ ‌major‌ ‌ manufacturing‌ ‌companies‌ ‌in‌ ‌Thailand.‌ ‌

Prior‌ ‌to‌ ‌Hyurong,‌ ‌June‌ ‌was‌ ‌an‌ ‌investment‌ ‌banker‌ ‌with‌ ‌Siam‌ ‌Commercial‌ ‌Bank‌ ‌and‌ ‌The‌ ‌Quant‌ ‌Group‌ ‌where‌ ‌she‌ ‌advised‌ ‌large‌ ‌corporate‌ ‌clients‌ ‌on‌ ‌IPOs,‌ ‌local‌ ‌and‌ ‌cross-border‌ ‌M&A‌ ‌ transactions‌ ‌in‌ ‌Southeast‌ ‌Asia.‌ ‌June’s‌ ‌investment‌ ‌experience‌ ‌spans‌ ‌across‌ ‌sectors‌ ‌including‌ ‌consumer,‌ ‌real‌ ‌estate,‌ ‌finance,‌ ‌telecommunication‌ ‌and‌ ‌energy‌ ‌sectors.‌ ‌June‌ ‌holds‌ ‌an‌ ‌MBA‌ ‌from‌ ‌The‌ ‌Fuqua‌ ‌School‌ ‌of‌ ‌Business‌ ‌of‌ ‌Duke‌ ‌University.‌

Ajith joined GREE Ventures in 2018. He focuses on the deep tech ecosystem in India and Southeast Asia. Originally from academia, he has worked across research domains from plant biology to neuroscience and finally on Gestational diabetes for his PhD at the National University of Singapore. Previously, he cofounded a Medtech startup, and also cofounded Human Library Singapore. Ajith holds a Masters from University of Madras and a Bachelors degree from Bangalore University.

Pailin Vichakul is the Principal at SCB 10X (former Digital Ventures), Siam Commercial Bank’s Corporate Venture Capital arm. Pailin earned MBA from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and Bachelor of Accountancy from the Chulalongkorn University.

Tommy is part of the Corporate VC operations at True where he leads the investment origination, due diligence, and deal execution. The CVC fund invests in early-stage B2B startups having synergies with True and CP Group (Parent company).

Prior to his career at True, Tommy was part of Healthios Capital Market (currently known as Third500), an US/SG cross-border investment bank focused on growth stage healthcare startups structuring private placement, M&A and Pre-IPO transactions.

For 20 years, Nicolas has been leading SMEs in the Food Industry. In 2015, he decided to move to Asia and settled in Hong-Kong, where he joined the Startup ecosystem, advising and coaching start-up companies for their development.

Mid 2016, Nicolas met with Karen and Karena, co-founders of WHub and on their way to revolutionize the fundraising space in Hong Kong. He gladly joined the team as employee #4.

End of 2017, Nicolas became Head of Investment Strategy for the newly founded AngelHub, sister company of WHub, that will become in 2018 the first and only fully licensed Equity Crowdfunding Platform in Hong Kong. Since then, he has been assessing more than 1,000 startups willing to raise funds in Hong Kong and shared with them his transparent feedback on their business model.

(Nicolas has a strong experience in Business Strategy, Finance, Problem solving, Sales, Marketing, Change Management, Recruitment, Motivation and alignement, Decision making under uncertainty. He likes experimenting, learning from new situations, building businesses, knowing new people. It is his way to remain inspired and open-minded.)

“Being an entrepreneur is being aware that tomorrow will be nothing else but the result of the decisions you make today”.
Nicolas holds a Master of Science from Centrale Lyon (1991) and an executive MBA from INSEAD (2013),with distinction.

Vijay is a serial entrepreneur with investments in 30 startups. He is currently the Managing Director at Techstars Hub71 based in Abu Dhabi. Previously he was the Global CEO and Chairman of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) based in Washington D.C. As a serial entrepreneur, Vijay founded several start-ups including manufacturing of safety helmets, association management, event production and a venture fund in S.E. Asia. Early in his career he served in senior executive roles namely in fashion retail, clothing manufacturing and real estate development. Throughout his career, he has taken up board roles such as the Young President Organization (International), Richmond University (London, U.K.), and the 16th Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games.

Andreas Dymasius is a Senior Investment Associate at Skystar Capital, an early-stage strategic venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, backed by leading corporate groups with access to media, telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. Prior joining Skystar Capital, he was a Manager at PwC Deals Strategy and Operations practice in Indonesia, where he managed several M&A projects related to buy-side and sell-side work of a transaction in notable unicorns. On top of that, he has experienced in advising large corporate clients on growth strategy, market entry strategy, and divestment scenario.

Dr. Maru is a co-founder and Chairman of Real Tech Fund. He is also a founder and group CEO of Leave a Nest Group. He founded Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. in 2002, which became a leading science bridge communication company in Japan. He himself is also an innovator who has been involved in launching more than 70 startups. Not limited to Japan, he has taken initiatives expanding his business to Southeast Asia, US and UK.

Augustus (Augie) is an investment analyst with Sequoia Capital based in Singapore. He focuses primarily on seed investments across Southeast Asia through the Surge program. Before Sequoia, Augie spent time at McKinsey, Kickstart Ventures, and is a graduate of Stanford University.

Mohan Belani is the Co-founder and CEO of e27, a startup and tech ecosystem platform focused on helping startup founders build and grow their companies. He believes that startups can make the world a better place, and in order for Southeast Asia's tech ecosystem to be relevant, it needs to be driven by sustainable and impactful companies solving problems at scale. He enjoys working with Founders and helping them alleviate the challenges of building great companies specifically around the areas of talent, funding and market access.

Amarit is the ASEAN Director of Impact Collective, a community-driven investment & acceleration project for impact-driven startups focusing on opportunities in Asia that invests in, supports, and connect startups that are solving global challenges to accelerate the positive impact in the world.He is best known as the Co-founder and Former CEO of HUBBA, Thailand’s first coworking space and community that is the only Google for Startups Partner Hub in Thailand. He is also Chief International Officer and Cofounder of Techsauce, one of Southeast Asia's leading technology media and events company. His passion for the startup community and to help entrepreneurs grow has led him to angel invest in many of the top Thai startups and actively coaches over 1000+ different startups founders over the past decade. He is also a Fellow of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF), and has been named as one of Forbes Asia 30 Under 30: Enterprise Technology, and Thailand Startup Enabler of The Year 2016.

He has been an active Startup Weekend Global Faciltator for the past 8 years, organizing and facilitating over 20+ Techstars related event such as the 1st community-led Startup Weekend in Thailand, Startup Next, Thailand Startup Week, and hosting the Techstars APAC Community Leaders Summit. He have been involved at an early stage with more than 20 ventures during the past 8 years as an angel or advisory capacity. He has also coached and consulted ecosystem hubs and leaders in over 30 cities on how to build tech communities.

He also loves to travel, to meet interesting people, attend conferences and look at new coworking spaces. Being outside of his usual environment recharges him with more energy to dream bigger, provides fodder for new ideas and inspiration, and gets him excited to get back to start building again.His passion and life's work is to create a better world where people cowork with passion, meaning, and purpose while actively supported by an inspiring community and ecosystem. 

His passion and life's work is to create a better world where people cowork with passion, meaning, and purpose while actively supported by an inspiring community and ecosystem.

Karena Belin, CEO of WHub and COO/CFO/RO of AngelHub, is passionate about technology & innovation and helping startups succeed. She successfully co- founded WHub and AngelHub with her associate Karen Contet. Together they are on a mission to empower startups to drive wealth and economic growth and foster the growth of the tech & innovation ecosystem.

Since 2013, Karena has been a leader in the global start- up scene and a pillar of the Hong Kong ecosystem. She acts as ambassador, consultant, speaker, mentor and judge at events and organisations such as the APK (Asia Pacific Conference of the German Industry), Startup Asia Berlin (SUAB) of the Senat to Berlin, Chicago Booth GNVC, Google EYE, RISE Conference and Web Summit, Jeju Peace and Prosperity Conference, FinTech Valley Vizag India, Techsauce Thailand, Tech Open Air Berlin, IFLR, Nexchange, Techstar’s StartupWeekendHK, global YPO YNG+ and more.

Karena is also a member of the Global FinTech Core Group at the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Ex-Com member and Vice President of The Indus Entrepreneurs Network (TiE) HK, ambassador to the German Senat in Berlin through SUAB (Startup Asia Berlin), member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK), President of the board of the parent organisation (PFO) at Hong Kong International School, as well as driving diversity and inclusion as board member of WOW at the American Women’s Association.

In addition, Karena holds a double diploma in business and administration from the University of Mannheim and the MBA business school ESSEC in Paris. She has worked 15 years for Procter & Gamble in various roles including Finance, Sales and Strategy across Europe, North East Asia and Greater China before co-founding WHub & AngelHub. She has extensive background in business and financial planning, business acquisition and integration.

Chris is a Partner and member of the investment committee at Integra Partners.

Prior to Integra Partners (formerly known as Dymon Asia Ventures), Chris was a co-founder of a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology investments in Asia. Selected investments include 2C2P, DemystData, Lufax, and Exchange Corporation Limited. Prior to that, he spent 7 years with the Robeco Group, a global investment group with $255 billion in assets under management, where Chris was the first employee in Greater China and helped set up the Group’s regional venture arm in Asia. Chris holds an MSc degree in Econometrics from Maastricht University, studied at Fudan University in Shanghai and is a CFA charter holder. Chris has lived and worked in Taipei, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore since 2004.

On behalf of Integra Partners, Chris sits on the boards of Flow, Brankas, Fundnel, Jirnexu (Observer), Sprout (Observer), Advance (Observer) and Neat. Chris is also an advisor to the board of UBX, the digital arm of UnionBank of the Philippines.

Gaku co-founded RareJob, online ESL school in 2007. He trusts the possibility of technology and wants to change the usual lifestyle with technology. With the vision of "Chances for everyone, everywhere" and the mission of "Encourage 10 million Japanese to speak fluent English", he changed the English learning style in Japan drastically with Filipino tutors and RareJob became the biggest online ESL school in Japan. On 2014 June, RareJob has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market. Now he is trying to build a platform for people to play active roles globally. He invested in some EdTech startups. Gaku holds a B.E. and a M.E. both from The University of Tokyo.

Yash has a rich experience of over 10 years in e-commerce with India’s largest online marketplace Snapdeal.com and strategy roles across startups. He has extensive experience across online sales and P&L strategy across multiple product lines including lifestyle and home categories. Currently, he is appointed as one of the business unit heads at snapdeal.com. He has formerly worked at Flipkart.com, IL&FS, Emergent Ventures and Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ.

Yash has an MBA from IE Business School, Spain and an Undergraduate degree in Financial Accounting degree from University of Delhi, India.

Felix is an entrepreneur, community builder and growth marketer based in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. His work is based on his passion for helping others develop their ideas and achieve their dreams.

Felix is currently the Head of Growth, APAC for AngelHub and WHub, a sister and brother companies that foster startup ecosystem succeed and offer equity crowdfunding investment for aspiring startups. These positions challenge Felix to use his skills of digital marketing, growth hacks and startup community engagement.

Previously, he was a Community Manager at Techstars, where he facilitated over 50 Techstars Startup Programs regionally, including Startup Weekend, Startup Week, corporate innovation program and regional summit.

As a growth advocate, Felix offers a wide range of skills in the area of growth marketing and startup development. His main focus is on building a connected ecosystem for like-minded startups. The experience which can support Felix's work is based on leading two successful ventures including The Wave, Abtitu. He is also the co-founder of Cloudbreakr, an Asian leading marketing platform for influencers which is bridging the gap between data science, social media, and online advertising.

In his spare time, Felix is a genuine and open-minded person that loves playing football, cooking pasta and transforming his ideas into reality by Lego. Felix has graduated from The University of Bath with a degree in Mathematical Science and received a Master’s degree in Marketing from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Michelle Ng is Senior Associate at Quest Ventures, a leading venture fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. She works closely with startups to accelerate their growth through a combination of incubation services and programmes. She is also responsible for key markets in Southeast Asia and emerging Asia.

Steffan Fung, a fervently aficionado known in the fitness industry regionally, is the Founder/CEO of ELXR®.

ELXR® is the Pioneer of Genetics-Based Fitness Ecosystem in Asia with many notable firsts. The first and only company in Singapore to enter the prestigious 500 Startups (2018), Plug and Play program (2019) Japan, the top accelerators in the world based in Silicon Valley, the programs' acceptance rate globally at only 6%.

Additionally, ELXR® Personalised Cloud Sports Club is a multi-channel ecosystem designed to help people live better, connecting to the global community. ELXR® was awarded ""Best International Startup"" (2019) at the Plug and Play Tokyo and Kyoto, a venture capital and accelerator company based in Silicon Valley. ELXR® is also one of the companies globally chosen by the Global Sports Innovation Centre powered by Microsoft (GSIC) bringing digital transformation the sports entities around the world. The company was accepted at the 500 Startups Global Launch, Silicon Valley, and Plug and Play Kyoto - Hardtech & Health program (2020)

Steven is the Head of SAP.iO Foundry Singapore. SAP.iO Foundries are a global network of top-tier startup programs that help startups build innovative and impactful solutions that help our customers innovate.

Prior to SAP, Steven was a partner of Rainmaking and focuses on accelerator and innovation programs that solves business challenges of corporates, startups and scaleups. Steven had invested in 45 fintech and digital health startups through the Startupbootcamp accelerator programs he managed. Steven was also instrumental in launching Rainmaking’s offices in Malaysia and Taiwan.

Steven spent 5 plus years in Silicon Valley working with American tech MNCs and startups expanding to Singapore and vice versa. Upon returning to Singapore, Steven became a VC and made investments in 2 accelerators, 1 seed fund and 1 seed stage startup.

Partha is an entrepreneur, ecommerce specialist and a commercial strategist based in Singapore, with a close association with the SEA market. He has successfully (and unsuccessfully!) cofounded 3 companies and worked in MNCs and startups in rapidly scaling up commercial operations.

Partha is currently the Regional Director for B2B Sales and Marketing at Zilingo Trade and is responsible for growing the buyer and supplier network across countries, market categories and customer segments.

Previously, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence with Deutsche Post DHL's Startup Lab, where he co-founded Pengwin Social, a logistics automation platform for Social Sellers in Thailand. He has worked in the ecommerce logistics, photography and design industries in the past.

Having worked in SEA for the last 5 years, he has connected with SMEs across the manufacturing, trading and retail segment in multiple countries & delivered solutions that helped them scale their businesses using logistics, payments or social media. At Zilingo, he continues to work with the SME customers to democratize commerce - by enabling ready access to tech, logistics, financing and most importantly - a reliable and trusted network of suppliers.

Partha holds an MBA from IE Business School in Spain and has a MMS Degree in Marketing Strategy from SIMSR, Mumbai.

In his spare time, he loves running and reading history, mythology & physics. He is an amateur astronomer with an ever growing collection of telescopes and cameras.

Johanna is in charge of the Singapore launch of Fermata, Japan's leading femtech ecosystem focused on promoting innovations in the women's health and wellness space with a strong focus on sexual and reproductive health.

She is also a member of Mistletoe, a social impact collective founded by Japanese serial entrepreneur Taizo Son. Prior to joining Mistletoe, Johanna spent three years with the Manila and Tokyo offices of global nonprofit Endeavor. She was part of the founding team of Endeavor Philippines, and helped select, mentor, and accelerate some of the Philippines most promising entrepreneurs. Johanna's previous work also includes consultancies for Singapore based healthcare startup mClinica, the UK and Swiss government, the International Labour Organization, and Chevron. She is an active member of the Innovation Advisory Council of the World Food Programme (WFP) where she advocates for a stronger relationship between UN agencies and tech companies.

Mr. Tamai is in charge of branding of the globally well-loved brand, "Pocky". He has helped grow the business of Pocky by launching and scaling their E-commerce reach in ASEAN and launching "Pocky day", an event celebrated all over the world by eating more Pocky!

William is a General Partner at SOSV - The Accelerator VC - the #2 most active angel and seed stage investor in the world 2019 with US$700m under management. At SOSV he is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator the first accelerator to launch in Asia and the only accelerator in Asia to have a unicorn come through its program – Bitmex the #1 crypto exchange in the world by trading volume enabling anyone with a smartphone to access financial products and opening up investment to the unbanked. He is also Founder and Managing Director of MOX - the Mobile Only Accelerator - providing startups with free user acquisition to the 70m smartphone users on the platform. William joined SOSV from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director supporting China investments. Prior to that William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China and South East Asia. Previously, William spent 11 years as an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was a top ranked analyst for Asia Internet and China Tech, Media and Telecom and worked on IPOs for Alibaba, Kingsoft and eLong (Expedia China).

In 2005, he was ranked #3 stock picker in China/Hong Kong and #1 for Technology, Media and Telecom by Thomson Reuters Starmine. In 2006 he was ranked #3 equity research analyst in Asia for Software and IT Services by Institutional Investor Magazine for his work on China Internet. William has done over 200 early stage investments including Bitmex - crypto exchange, UShopal - social ecommerce, Snapask - online tutoring platform, italki - language learning platform, Yodo1 - mobile games platform, Carota/GMobi -mobility, DemystData - fintech, Orange Hotel - boutique hotel chain acquired by China Hospitality Group, Lekan - children’s media platform acquired by Condé Nast, Massive Impact - mobile adtech acquired by GMobi, and Playspan - payment platform acquired by Visa. He currently sits on the boards of advisors/directors of escapex, Phable, Goama, italki, SRT, and Carota as well as organizations including Angelcrunch (天使汇), Music Matters, Techyizu and the US China Strong Foundation. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College.

Tanuja Rajah is the Launch Manager at Entrepreneur First Singapore, a deep tech talent investor focused on transforming the lives of the most talented and ambitious individuals. She works closely with founders throughout the programme, helping them connect to funds and advising them as they grow their business. Tanuja also holds a PhD in Immunology and has an interest in all things bio!

Michael Waitze worked in Global Finance for more than 20 years, employed by firms like Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, primarily in Tokyo. Michael lived and worked in Tokyo from February 1990 until December 2011.

Michael is a leader in the digital media space, having pioneered the concept of a podcast network in Asia, while building the biggest and fastest growing listener base in the region. His flagship website, AsiaTechPodcast.com, has listeners in over 125 countries and his company, Michael Waitze Media produces some of Asia’s most popular podcasts.

Michael is a Lecturer at the School of Integrated Innovation at Chulalongkorn University where teaches about Innovation, Professional Communication and mentors and advises students on how to build and scale technology startup companies.

Michael is also a Managing and Founding Partner at Morphosis Capital Partners, an early stage technology startup investment company that invests globally.

Chinaccelerator Partner and Managing Director and MOX Partner
“Full Stack Innovator” with expertise ranging from product development to corporate strategy. He leads the Chinaccelerator program in Shanghai from recruitment to program delivery, and oversees development of the Chinaccelerator ecosystem of mentors, founders, investors, and partners.

Oscar has experience as an entrepreneur, management consultant and early stage investor. A Telecom MEng and Biomedical PhD dropout, Oscar began his career 14 years ago as an R&D engineer working in Reseach Center for Ericsson and Telefonica, until discovering Business Model Innovation and transitioning to the world of startups. After several years working for a MedTech Startup, Oscar moved to China in early 2008. Since his arrival to China, he has been involved in innovation: product launches, go-to market strategies, venture capital financing and M&As for startups and multinationals.

Oscar is a regular speaker in conferences worldwide about innovation and entrepreneurship, and is a learning facilitator in MBA programs about entrepreneurial management, innovation and venture capital.

Musheer is the Founder & Managing Director of FinStep Asia, which is building Asia’s next generation of Businesses and providing advisory on Fintech & Digital ecosystems in Asia. FinStep Asia is running a series of initiatives to enable fintechs to scale and expand across Asia, from East Asia to MENA. Musheer is the cofounder and board member of Fintech Association of Hong Kong and has an extensive background in financial services and technology, having been a global markets trader for a decade, and a management consultant following his MBA. He is a member of United Nations ESCAP ESBN Youth and Women Entrepreneurs Taskforce and co-founder of IndiaTech Hong Kong, a platform for bridging India and China Greater Bay Area. He is founding board member of GIFT and part of the group leading the ecosystem engagement for the initiative.

Iman Usman (28) is the Co-Founder and COO of Ruangguru, the largest tech-enabled education provider in Southeast Asia - serving over 20 million students, 300,000 teachers, with 4,000 employees across Southeast Asia. Along with his Co-Founder, Belva Devara, they started the company in 2014 in Indonesia and since last year has also branched out to other countries, such as Vietnam and Thailand. Together, they have impacted the lives of millions of students through Ruangguru’s diverse products and services: learning video subscription (grade 1 to 12), private tutoring marketplace, offline tuitions (O2O), corporate training platform, on-demand skills training, among others. In addition to its business activity, Iman also oversees Ruangguru Foundation - managing multi million dollars grants and fundings to improve the quality of teachers, employability, and access to learning, impacting >500,000 beneficiaries since 2018.

As the Associate Director at Shopee Philippines, Martin is responsible for data analytics, strategic planning, and budgeting. Prior to joining Shopee, he held various roles in Credit Suisse in both Singapore and London, most recently as a Vice President, Fixed Income Strategist in Singapore.
Martin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a dual degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Koji Takahashi is a Managing Partner at EduLab Capital Partners with over fifteen years of business development and investment experience in Asia-Pacific. At Edulab, he has been involved in all aspects of international business development including strategic investment, partnership development and new business creation in education technology and AI.

Before joining EduLab Group, Koji was an equity research analyst for Shipbuilding and Plant Engineering sector at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. Earlier in his career, Koji also worked at Yappa Corporation and McKinsey and Company.

Koji received his M.B.A from INSEAD and B.A in International Studies from the University of California, Irvine.

Mr. Sugiyama is General Manager of Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Singapore Branch. As Representative of the Branch, he is in charge of promotion activity in APAC region concerning IPO and investments in TSE cash equity market.

He has 20+ years’ career at TSE and has a wide range of experience including market issues, clearing/settlement business and international affairs.

Ho Yin is a serial entrepreneur, product manager, digital marketer with an 8-figure Amazon business, a mobile agency, and also a $1M ARR B2B SaaS company. His core passions lie in helping businesses to grow in a scalable way with software tools his team develops. Ho Yin has over 7+ years of experience building remote teams and has worked with Fortune 100 companies like Nike, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, SunGard, Cardinal Health, and Kaiser Permanente.

With experience in scaling 3 high growth companies from zero to multi-million dollars in revenue, Ho Yin loves building businesses and processes for scale. He has developed expertise in creating and developing a B2B sales team, product management, and growth marketing (PPC, SEO, content marketing, funnel optimization).

Vansa is the Chief Executive Officer of OMG Network. Focused on building the best company, she is responsible for growing the team from one to over forty employees and managing the direction of key leadership and business strategy of the company.

Prior to OMG Network, Vansa led dynamic teams of engineers, economists and social scientists in a range of projects. She is the co-founder and board member of Sky Visual Imaging Venture, stands as adviser for a number of blockchain projects including Hoard Exchange and was previously with World Bank implementing international development programs worth over US $ 1 billion focused on financial inclusion, infrastructure investment and social and environmental development.

Sun founded LittleLives in 2011. Since its inception, she has successfully expanded LittleLives’ footprint to over 1000 preschools across Asia. Having graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Computing, Sun doubles as the Chief Product Officer, driving a team of web and mobile developers who work to fulfill the unmet technological needs of the Early Childhood Education community. Sun is also the founder of LittleAcademy, a global online professional development portal for Early Childhood educators and leaders. As CEO of a leading EdTech Startup, Sun has also spoken at the Cloud Computing Dialogue organized by Amazon Web Services.

Melanie Mohr is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience in media, marketing and mobile technologies. In 2016 she founded YEAY - the leading community for Generation Z to share honest recommendation videos about the lifestyle products they love. In 2018 she became the founder and CEO of the WOM Protocol, the blockchain company helping brands tap into peer-to-peer recommendations and digital publishers monetize their platforms in a user-friendly way through word-of-mouth content. Melanie Mohr is a member and chapter chair of the prestigious global tech leadership network H2 and the Berlin chapter head of Disruption Disciples. She is a frequent speaker at global tech conferences like Web Summit, Mobile World Congress, Asia Blockchain Summit, Dmexco or Horasis.

Keith Teare has 4 decades of experience in technology and investing. He started Europe’s first Consumer ISP - EasyNet, Created RealNames, enabling non Latin characters to be used on the Internet and inventing paid Keywords. Later he was founding shareholder at TechCrunch and today is US Managing Partner at ADV (accelerated.ventures) and runs a “permanent acceleration” program at archimedes.studio.

Bill Reichert is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that is focused on making strategic investments in high-tech startups and connecting them with the Pegasus network of over 30 corporate Limited Partners. Bill has been part of the Pegasus investment team that has invested in over 100 companies, including SpaceX, 23andMe, Bird, and RobinHood.

Alexander Mazzara is a Swiss serial entrepreneur and a highly experienced digital executive. He co-founded start-ups in various industries and geographies, mainly in the media, InsureTech, services industry and HRTech. He as a passion for scaling businesses, using data, Organisational Development, Start-ups and Leadership. He was honoured with many awards including the IAB's "Digital Pioneer of the Year" award for his groundbreaking work one of his startups.

Ricardo leads strategy and business development for Zipline. Zipline is the only autonomous drone company that delivers medical supplies on a national scale. At Zipline, Ricardo scopes out, pursues and closes commercial agreements to further expand Zipline's operations globally.

Prior to Zipline, Ricardo was a life sciences management consultant, working primarily with private equity, pharma and medtech companies across Europe and the US. Ricardo holds degrees from Cambridge University and Columbia University in Biotechnology and Business. Ricardo is of Colombian, Bangladeshi and South African descent, and is based in Switzerland when not traveling.

Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Limited Partner on Loyal VC. Aly consults organizations on emerging technologies such as INSEAD and the UN on solutions to help alleviate poverty. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow at INSEAD and was recognized as a “Blockchain 100” Global Leader by Lattice80.

He is an internationally acclaimed author, publishing three books and a monthly columnist for the leading blockchain magazine. Aly serves as a board member of CryptoStar Corp. (TSXV: CSTR) and has served on various advisory boards including the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, which manages a $2.5B budget. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, an elite accelerator program operated by the venture fund SOSV with $700M+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX).

Aly holds a Master of Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar from Tsinghua University (清华大学), a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (Singapore and France), and a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Toronto.

Don is a product builder with a rigorous focus on business model innovation. His vast experience in engineering and product design has given him the rare chance of heavily impacting both Fortune 500 and startup companies.

Originally from Vancouver, B.C., he's now based in Manila, Philippines where he's working on NextPay, a fintech startup on a quest to deliver optimized financial wellness for employees through optimized salary budgeting from the point of disbursement.