Asia Tech Podcast – Episode 111 – Hanno Stegmann – Managing Director & Partner at BCG Digital Ventures – Triple Down and Take Risks

by | Mar 10, 2021

The Asia Tech Podcast was excited to have Hanno Stegmann as our guest this week.  Hanno is Managing Director & Partner 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.

Hanno is incredibly experienced and comes with some very interesting insights.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

  • His time at Rocket Internet
  • How innovation can happen inside of established corporates
  • Digital transformation is great, but growth is more important
  • How Innovation at scale is important to Singapore and why they have been so good at it
  • How the Singaporean government works closely with the private sector to foster innovation
  • Where BCG Digital Ventures fits into the ecosystem and its role
  • How BCG Digital Ventures is uniquely positioned and the benefits of synergies with BCG Consulting
  • BCG’s report on “Boosting Women In Technology In Southeast Asia”
  • The role investors can play in promoting diversity
  • Digital Banking and Challenger Banks in Southeast Asia

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