Quote: “I think everything in Bangladesh is defined by that D-word - density.” In this episode of the Asia Tech Podcast, Michael Waitze is joined by Nirjhor Rahman, the CEO of Bangladesh Angels, the first angel investment network to help innovative...
Quote: “Companies that are helping banks become an open ecosystem is the way to go.” In this episode of the Asia Tech Podcast, Michael Waitze is joined by Nattariya Wittayatanaseth, an investment manager at Beacon Ventures, a Thai-based corporate venture...
“I see angel investing as a way to channel capital towards productive use.”In this episode of the Asia Tech Podcast, Michael Waitze is joined by Jed Ng, a Tech Investor, Advisor and Business Head of Rakuten Rapid API - the world’s largest API marketplace....
In this episode of the Asia Tech Podcast, Michael Waitze is joined by Jennifer Ho, a Principal at Dymon Asia Ventures. They take a deep dive into how the COVID-19 outbreak will digitise business practices in Asia’s financial and healthcare sectors. The...
I had the opportunity to speak to Rachel Lau, a co-Founder and Managing Partner of RHL Ventures. RHL started out as a self-described hobby amongst three friends...investing their own money in transformational, early-stage companies. At some point, it...
I caught up with Michael Smith, Jr., a Partner at SeedPlus. SeedPlus is a seed-stage venture firm based in Singapore that invests in teams based in the Southeast Asian region that want to build global, transformative businesses. It has been about a year...
Nikhil Kapur and I had a fantastic and insightful conversation that ran a gamut of topics around the venture capital and investment space in Southeast Asia, Japan and India. Nikhil is Head of Investments for Southeast Asia and India at STRIVE. He is an...
I had a pretty amazing conversation with Jussi Salovaara, a co-Founder and the Managing Partner of Antler in Asia. Jussi, who is originally from Finland, has over a decade of experience in areas of investment and strategy across different industries...
Alan Jones takes a unique and non-conventional approach to his investing. As a much sought after investor and mentor, Alan remains incredibly down to earth and humble. However, do not let his quiet nature fool you. Inside is a burning desire to build big...