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Flagship PE-VC Conference in Asia brought together the biggest LPs, GPs and CEOs of PE & VC backed
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The industry's best and the brightest joined us for a day packed with a series of thought provoking
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With 600,000 monthly readers, 8000 news letter subscribers, DEALSTREETASIA is the only portal to cover the entire deal ecosystem across the region. With direct reporting presence across South Asia we bring original content and make the deal ecosystem more visible, providing deal engineers a competitive edge.
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Chief Executive Officer and Director, DBS Group.
Piyush heads Singapore-based DBS, a leading financial services group in Asia, with assets of approximately $350 billion, and with over 280 branches across 18 markets. DBS has over four million customers and is expanding its presence in Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia.Previously, Piyush spent several years at Citibank, where he held various leadership roles in India and Southeast Asia, including Country Officer for Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Founding Partner, Managing Partner, Gobi Partners
Thomas is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Gobi Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Shanghai and with offices in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Established in 2002, Gobi is a leading investor in digital media, information technology and telecom companies in China and the ASEAN region. To date, Gobi has funded more than 100 companies and is currently investing its sixth fund. Prior to Gobi, Thomas was a founder of the Beijing Technology Development Fund, where he facilitated investments into CommerceOne, MyRice and SiRF. In 2001, Thomas led the merger of Hong Kong-based Asia2B and Singapore-based SESAMi.
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, VinaCapital
Andy Ho is Managing Director and Chief Investment Executive of VinaCapital, which has $1.3 billion in assets under management. Andy oversees capital markets, private equity, fixed income and venture capital investment teams. Previously, he was Director of Investment at Prudential Vietnam's fund management company, where he managed the capital markets portfolio and Prudential's bank investment strategy. He has also held management positions at Dell Ventures (the investment group of Dell Computer Corporation) and Ernst & Young. Andy has led private placement deals totaling over $700 million in Vietnam.
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Anthem Asia
Josephine has spent more than three decades working in the investment industry in Asia with a career spanning law, corporate finance and private equity before co-founding Anthem Asia. Prior to that, she co-founded the private equity business of CLSA, an Asian investment banking group, now part of Crédit Agricole. She led its pan-Asian private equity mid-market platform for 13 years. Josephine has worked at a senior level on investment transactions in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and more recently Myanmar. Her sectoral experience includes fast-moving consumer goods, food & beverage, services and light industry.
Co-founder and Managing Director, Elixir Capital
Abrar is the co-founder and managing director of Elixir Capital, a private equity firm that focuses on businesses that target the rapidly growing middle class, and those using technology and operational expertise in traditional industries. With offices in the Silicon Valley, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, Elixir invests across the globe. In Asia, it has put money in startups like FashionValet and The Lorry from Malaysia, and Chaldal from Bangladesh and Annelutfen from Turkey. Abrar also serves as an adjunt professor at the University of California, Berkeley and at Vanderbilt University where he teaches private equity.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Golden Equator Capital
Shirley Crystal heads Golden Equator Capital's private equity fund management arm, which is focused on investing in companies with expansion capabilities and strong growth potential.Shirley also consults international businesses on global trends, strategic directions, and ways to bridge business gaps. She was previously at Citibank Singapore, where she managed high net-worth clients from Asia and Europe, mentored new bankers and supervised a team of experienced relationship managers.
General Partner, India Quotient
Anand started as an entrepreneur in India's first dotcom boom and exited Brainvisa, an education venture
He joined Seedfund where he learnt the ropes of investing in India, especially consumer internet
He led angel rounds in Faasos, Inkfruit and Mydentist.
Currently manages IndiaQuotient as a General Partner where predicting the next big consumer market is his passion. Roposo, Sharechat, Holachef, Care24, Lendingkart are some of his board positions.
He writes occasionally and is active on Twitter where his handle says 'Entrepreneur is the King, Not the VC'. He serves on the board of TiE Mumbai.
Founder and Managing Partner, Convergence Ventures
Adrian is Founder and Managing Partner of Convergence Ventures, a Venture Capital fund that invests and accelerates early stage technology companies in Indonesia. He is also a board director at a number of Internet companies including, Qraved, Female Daily, Paktor, MBDC Media and Imaginato. Previously, Adrian had co-founded and run ventures in both China and Indonesia independently and as a Rocket Internet Managing Director.
Adrian’s first Internet venture was Idapted where as CEO and cofounder he completed 2 rounds of venture financing and led the company to be the largest provider of live 1:1 online test preparation instruction in China. Idapted was acquired by Eleutian in 2011.
Prior to attending Stanford GSB Adrian worked in London. This included starting up Globalegacy, a social enterprise incubator and several years in Investment Banking with JPMorgan.
Adrian is involved in non-profit work. He founded and chairs a UK Charity called CNYTrust (www.CNYTrust.org), which since 2001 has continued to raise funds to support children in rural China continue schooling. He is also a business mentor at several start-up incubators and accelerator programs including Endeavor, Founder Institute, GEPI, Ideabox, Incyte and Sky Star Ventures. Adrian is a founding member of the Monte Jade Venture Capital Association in Indonesia, a board member of the Hong Kong- ASEAN Economic Cooperation Association and a long standing member of Entrepreneurs Organisation.
Adrian graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in Economics and was elected a Hawk in recognition of his contributions to University and National level Judo. He obtained his MBA from Stanford while studying in the dual degree MBA & Education MA program and is a Kauffman Fellow Class 21.
Partner, Navis Capital Partners
Edwin is a Partner and an Investment Committee member of Navis Capital Partners, an Asia-based private equity firm, investing in across myriad sectors from poultry to manufacturing to early education. He is involved in evaluating investments across SEA. He also sits on and works closely with Board of Directors and Executive Committees of several Navis portfolio companies in Malaysia and Australia. Previously, he has worked with JPMorgan and PwC.
Partner, Lightbox
Sid moved to India in 2001 to found Evolv, a vocational training company funded by Singapore Technologies. Over the next 6 years, Sid grew Evolv to 300 employees training and assessing over 20,000 people a year across 200 cities in South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East. In 2007, he sold Evolv to NIIT - Asia's largest training company. Sid worked with NIIT for the next 3 years, heading Evolv, as well as Litmus - NIIT's foray into assessments and Uniqua - NIIT's joint venture with Genpact. Sid has led several investments in early-stage startups at LightBox, and continues to advise them. He has also launched 'The Hungry Monkey' restaurant in Delhi.
Managing Director, Kejora Ventures
Andy Zain is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in building Internet and technology businesses in South East Asia.
Currently Managing Director for Kejora Ventures, a venture builder based in Jakarta, Indonesia which invests and launches Internet companies across Southeast Asia. Andy also sit in the Board of migme, a digital media company which provides social entertainment platform for mobile & Internet users in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East & Africa.
Deeply rooted in the regional innovation ecosystem, as Director for Jakarta Founder Institute and Chairman for MobileMonday Indonesia. He established ideabox, a telco centric startup accelerator in partnership with IndosatOoredoo (www.ideabox.co.id), and launched KejoraHQ, the largest startup co-working space in Jakarta (www.kejorahq.com).
Partner, Innosight Ventures
Piyush is a partner at Innosight Ventures. He has led investments in Chope, TheLuxeNomad, Anafore (Referral Candy) and Anchanto, and is serving on their boards. Piyush's own entrepreneurial background includes founding a cloud based software company called Smart Audit which provides an automated workflow solution for audit firms.He is a Chartered Accountant and has more than 10 years of finance, commercial and operational experience in the Asia Pacific region with Ernst & Young (Singapore), Metcash Limited (Australia), HOPFL (Indonesia and UAE) and Tata Chemicals Ltd (India).
Chief Executive MySQUAR, Chairman Rising Dragon Singapore
Eric Schaer is the Chief Executive Officer Rising Dragon Singapore Pte Ltd, a private investment firm that is active in Singapore Japan, Vietnam and Myanmar. The firm has its holdings in technology, e-payment, real estate, and mining. One of the venture is MySQUAR based social media, entertainment and gaming platform that has a focus in Myanmar. Schaer has consulted for various companies and investment groups specialising in structuring various debt and equity investments. He has consulted several successful acquisitions, including turnarounds of distressed businesses. This has included financing and acquisitions of software services and development firms, and both domestic and "near-shore" technology outsourcing businesses.
Founder and Managing Director, DSG Consumer Partners
Deepak I. Sahadpuri is the Founder and Managing Director of DSG Consumer Partners ("DSGCP") and has over 15 years of private equity experience. Before DSGCP, Deepak co-founded BCP Advisors, managers to the Beacon India Private Equity Fund ("BIPEF") with AUM of US$320 million, where Deepak continues to be a Managing Director and has responsibility for management of the BIPEF portfolio. Prior to that, Deepak was Managing Director at consumer focused private equity fund GEM India, a Principal at Reuters Venture Capital and worked with Bain & Company and Ernst & Young in London. Deepak currently serves on the board of Baker's Circle, Bhayana Builders, Impresario, Exito Gourmet, Indostar Capital Finance, Mswipe Technologies, Remy Sula India, Saffronart, Sula Wines and Veeba Food Services. Deepak is also on the strategic advisory board of Magic Bus India, a non-profit organization helping develop underprivileged children through sports, and on the advisory board of Dawn Capital, a UK focused Venture Capital Fund. Deepak is an active angel investor focusing primarily on investments in the consumer sector.
Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners
Dr Finian Tan is the Chairman of Vickers Venture Partners, an venture capital company with presence in Singapore, Shanghai and California. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director and head of the Credit Suisse First Boston in Singapore and Malaysia. Tan was also a partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson Eplanet, where he led the firm's investment in Baidu, which was then a small start-up. Tan has served in the Singapore Government as Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and later as Deputy Chairman of the National Science and Technology Board.
Founder and Managing Director, Sirius Venture Capital
Eugene Wong is the Founder and Managing Director of the Sirius Group. He is currently the Chairman of Crimson Logic Pte Ltd, a global e-Govt Solutions firm.Sirius Venture Capital Pte Ltd is a Venture Capital and Investment Holding firm, focused on small and medium sized companies in Singapore. The Sirius Group has invested in a number of Singapore-based as well as overseas enterprises. Eugene sits on the boards of several public-listed companies, including Ajisen China Holdings Limited, Neo Group Limited, Japan Foods Holdings Ltd, Jason Marine Limited, TMC Education Corporation Limited and Singapore Kitchen Equipment Limited listed on Catalist board of SGX-ST. Eugene also serves on the Boards of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore and Cargo Community Network (CCN).
Managing Partner, Jungle Ventures.
David Gowdey is Managing Partner of Singapore headquartered Jungle Ventures. He is an experienced investor and seasoned corporate development executive in the digital media industry, particularly in emerging geographies, such as Indonesia, Russia, India and West Asia. David has Successfully completed numerous transactions (acquisitions, investments, JV) around the globe, and he also did a 12-year stint at Yahoo! where he was Head of International M&A. From Yahoo! he spun out a venture capital fund, Xplorer Capital that focused on internet investments across the emerging markets. In 2012, David joined TPG Growth to focus on internet and technology investments outside of the U.S. He has been involved in several TPG investments and will continues to represent TPG as a member of the board of directors of Propertyguru, the largest online real estate portal in SE Asia.
Managing Partner, Wavemaker Partners
Paul Santos is Managing Partner, Wavemaker Partners, one of the most active venture capital firms currently in Southeast Asia. He has co-founded six companies across different industries, exiting three times. Paul has invested in more than 50 startups including Luxola (acquired by LVMH), Gushcloud (acquired by YelloMobile) and Pie (acquired by Google). Paul leads the Asia office of Wavemaker Partners, an early stage VC firm, and co-launched the firm's Labs Fund.
Managing Director, PLDT Capital
Winston Damarillo is the Managing Director of PLDT Capital. He's a Silicon Valley
veteran with over twenty years of experience as a technology entrepreneur and venture
capital professional with a proven track record of building successful companies.
He serves as the Executive Chairman of Amihan Global Strategies (AGSX), a strategic
consulting firm specializing in Digital Enterprise Transformation for the largest
corporations in the ASEAN region.
Winston was a venture capitalist at Intel Capital, where he led strategic investments in
emerging technologies. He eventually became one of the highest-performing venture
capital professionals in the company. He left Intel to develop technology products and
nurture talent in emerging markets like the Philippines and bring them to the global
stage.
After Intel, he focused his efforts at growing Gluecode, a company specializing in Java
Server Software. Gluecode was acquired by IBM in 2005, and is now an integral part of
the IBM WebSphere division.
In 2013, Winston co-founded Acaleph, pioneering software-defined storage in Southeast
Asia. He also concurrently chaired the Board of Directors at Exist Software Labs, an
AGSX affiliate company and award-winning leader in enterprise software development.
Damarillo is an active participant and member of the Global Agenda Council in the
World Economic Forum (WEF) and was among the WEF Young Global Leaders of
2010. He was also a private sector representative for the country to the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC), where he chairs the Policy Partnership on Science,
Technology and Innovation.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from De La Salle
University, and has completed executive courses from the Harvard Business School,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Kennedy School, and the University of
Oxford.
Principal - Corporate Venture Capital, Digital Ventures Co., Ltd.
Mr. Piyaphol is a Principal for Corporate Venture Capital at Digital Ventures; a subsidiary of Siam Commercial Bank in Thailand with a Fintech focused fund. Prior to joining, he was an investment banker and a management consultant. His works have centered around mergers and acquisitions, business development advisory and technology transfer. His recent involvements in startups include direct investments as well as transaction advisory assignments. He also holds MBA from Oxford University and had an industrial engineer by training.
Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Vickers Venture Partners
Jeffrey Chi joined Vickers in 2005, and is a member of the Investment Committee. He is based in Shanghai and Singapore. Prior to joining Vickers, Jeffrey was a corporate finance specialist and an executive director at Pegasus Capital from and senior consultant with the Monitor Group. His operational background includes working on the management team of an engineering and construction group where he oversaw operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Indonesia.
Partner, SeedPlus
Michael is a partner at SeedPlus and has helmed technology-led expansions across the region from HOOQ (SingTel), Spuul, Yahoo! and BEA Systems. Michael is a WebLogic alumnus who currently calls Singapore home and is excited to be a part of the startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia. As Chief Technology Officer at HOOQ he was key in driving product and technology decisions that powered the premium online video content service to customers across Asia. At Yahoo!, Michael served as Director of Global Tech Initiatives. He managed the Asian developer network and oversaw the acquisitions of start-ups and partnerships with companies across Southeast Asia. A native from the Bay Area in the US, Michael has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand, and been involved in the Asian start-up community over the past ten years.
Managing Director and Head of ASEAN, Standard Chartered Private Equity
Bert Kwan is Managing Director and Head of ASEAN at Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE). He is based in Hong Kong and leads the SCPE practice in Southeast Asia, with focus on growth equity and control investments in Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Bert led SCPE's investments in Phoon Huat in Singapore, as well as Golden Gate Group, M-Service and Loc Troi Group in Vietnam. Previously, Bert was the Head of Portfolio Management for SCPE, where he was responsible for driving value creation and monetisations across the SCPE portfolio globally. Prior to joining SCPE, Bert spent nearly a decade with Lehman Brothers Private Equity in Asia and the US.
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore and South East Asia, InnoVen Capital
Chin Chao is the Chief Executive Officer, Singapore and South East Asia at InnoVen Capital. He brings with him more than 15 years of experience in the venture capital and venture debt industries, including entrepreneurship, company building and business operations and strategy. Chin was most recently the co-managing director at Sirius SME, a venture capital firm he co-founded in the middle of 2008. Prior to Sirius SME, Chin was a Managing Director of Venture TDF Singapore and Venture TDF China. He is the author of three publications on technology and business law. Chin continues to be involved with Stanford Law School and is currently a member of its Board of Visitors.
Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group
Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, has spent more than 40 years working in emerging markets all over the
world. He joined Franklin Templeton in 1987 as president of the Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.
He is the author of the following books: Trading with China, The Investor's Guide to Emerging Markets, Mobius on Emerging Markets, Passport to Profits,
Equities - An Introduction to the Core Concepts, Mutual Funds - An Introduction to the Core Concept, Foreign Exchange - An Introduction to the Core
Concepts, Bonds - An Introduction to the Core Concepts, Mark Mobius - An Illustrated Biography and The Little Book of Emerging Markets.
Dr. Mobius was named by Asiamoney magazine in 2006 as one of their "Top 100 Most Powerful and Influential People." Asiamoney said, he "...boasts one of
the highest profiles of any investor in the region and is regarded by many in the financial industry as one of the most successful emerging markets investors
over the last 20 years. Despite tough times during the financial crisis nine years ago, he still commands a strong following in the investment world and is
influencing the direction of billions of investment dollars." Other awards include: (1) "50 Most Influential People" by Bloomberg Markets Magazine in 2011, (2)
"2010 Africa Investor Index Series Awards" by African Investor, (3) "Emerging Markets Equity Manager of the Year 2001" by International Money Marketing, (4)
"Ten Top Money Managers of the 20th Century" in a survey by the Carson Group in 1999, (5) "Number One Global Emerging Market Fund" in the 1998
Reuters Survey, (6) "1994 First in Business Money Manager of the Year" by CNBC, (7) "Closed-End Fund Manager of the Year" in 1993 by Morningstar and,
(8) "Investment Trust Manager of the Year 1992" by Sunday Telegraph.
Dr. Mobius earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in economics and political science from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Head, Private Equity, M&A, Strategic Investments, ITOCHU
Rajendra Pai is currently Head of Strategic Investments at ITOCHU and tasked with development and deployment of the company's investment strategy in Asia (ex Japan). Prior to returning to Asia, he was a Director with the same firm in its investment arm in New York. There he was lead member of a team of investment professionals that managed over US$2 billion of assets with a track record of investments and exits across industry sectors such as brand management, retail, operations, services & maintenance, power, industrial distribution and manufacturing, financial services, health care, security and IT/Multimedia. He played a key role in the management of the portfolio companies. Pai has worked and lived in Mumbai, London, New York and now calls Singapore home.
Principal, Dymon Asia Ventures
Christiaan Kaptein is a Principal with Dymon Asia Ventures ("DAV"). DAV focuses on early stage investments in fintech in Southeast Asia and currently has a portfolio of five companies. Chris holds a positions on the boards of Otonomos and 4xLabs. Prior to joining DAV, Chris was a co-founder of a $100 million FinTech focused venture capital fund in Hong Kong. Selected investments include 2C2P, DemystData, Lufax, and Exchange Corporation Limited. Chris holds an MSc degree in Econometrics from Maastricht University, studied at Fudan University in Shanghai and is a CFA charter holder. Chris has lived and worked in Singapore, Taipei, Shanghai and Hong Kong since 2004.
Principal, CAIA Singapore
Peter served on the CAIA Board of Directors from 2006 to 2014. He is an inaugural-cohort CAIA charterholder, and was the first charterholder in Singapore. He is the principal and founder of Singapore-based GFIA pte ltd., the longest-established hedge fund consulting firm in Asia. Peter was the inaugural Council Member for Singapore for the Alternative Investment Management Association, and was one of the founders of the Financial Planning Association of Singapore. Prior to founding GFIA, Peter worked for Aberdeen Asset Management Asia in Singapore, after 10 years at the F&C group of asset management companies, in London and Tokyo, latterly in Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets Limited. He is a Singapore Distinguished Financial Industry Certified Professional and was voted by aiCIO magazine one of the 25 most influential asset consultants of 2013.
Managing Director, Asia Climate Partners
Prakash is a Managing Director at Asia Climate Partners. ACP is a private equity platform launched by the Asian Development Bank, ORIX Corporation and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. to target mid-market, growth oriented private equity opportunities in the clean energy, resource efficiency and environmental industry sectors in Asia. ACP has approximately US$ 450 million under management.
Prior to ACP, Prakash was a Partner and Managing Director of FE Clean Energy Group. Prakash helped establish FE as one of the premier private equity investors in Asia in the clean energy space by identifying, developing and managing investments in India, China, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore. Prakash led FE's efforts to invest in companies valued at over $1.2 billion. These investments have been in areas as diverse as hydro power, wind power, solar power, biomass power, biofuels, waste-to-energy and energy efficiency.
SEA Regional Manager, Fenox Venture Capital
Jeff Quigley is the SEA Regional Manager at Fenox Venture Capital in Jakarta, where he oversees investment activities across Southeast Asia and serves as a mentor for the firm's GnB Accelerator. Announced in February 2016, GnB Accelerator is a collaborative program with Japanese IT giant Infocom that helps ASEAN entrepreneurs build truly global companies.
Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation
Pravan Malhotra leads venture capital investments for the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, in Southeast Asia and is the co-lead for Global Internet investments. IFC's venture capital investments include Lenskart, BigBasket, Portea, Azure Power, EyeQ and NephroPlus. He has been investing in VC for IFC for almost nine years and is based out of Singapore. Prior to joining IFC, he was a Principal with ORIX Venture Finance in New York. He has also worked for Metropolitan Venture Partners, Global Bridge Ventures. Earlier in his career, Pravan was an investment banker at BMO Nesbitt Burns and a credit analyst at the Tokai Bank in Chicago
Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, PropertyGuru Group
Steve Melhuish is an award-winning entrepreneur. In the last two decades, he has built profitable companies throughout Asia and Europe. He co-founded PropertyGuru.com.sg and has developed the business across 9 countries as a online property group, that covers property-related publications, events, awards, project marketing solutions and more.
Prior to PropertyGuru, he was the CEO of an Asian social network firm. Previously, he served as an advisor to digital media and venture capital firms and start-ups in Asia and Europe including Skype, AOL, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Extreme Media, iPass and Ariadne Capital. Steve also led global teams and a US$500 million turnover business unit for Cable & Wireless.
Managing Director, Head of Southeast Asia, Warburg Pincus
Jeffrey Perlman is based in Singapore, joined Warburg Pincus in 2006 and leads the firm's investments in Southeast Asia. Additionally, he focuses on real estate investments across the greater Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he worked in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for e-Shang Redwood Group, GO-JEK, Mofang Apartments, Nova Property Investment, PT. Nirvana Wastu Pratama and Vincom Retail Joint Stock Company.
Director, Corporate Development, Investments, Acquisitions & Strategy, Cisco
Pratik Bose is a Director of Corporate Development, Cisco for Private Equity Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Inorganic Strategy for the Asia Pacific and Japan region, which includes Australia, Japan, Korea, India, SE Asia including Singapore. Cisco manages a portfolio of investments globally of about $2 Billion and invests in diverse technology and transformational related areas. Pratik has also spearheaded Cisco's investments in Investment Backed Alliances, accelerating geography and vertical businesses through private equity transactions in partnership with management of mid-size and large partners.
Prior to joining Cisco Pratik has worked in various business development, entrepreneurship and engineering roles in companies such as Lockheed Martin, Comsat Labs (acquired by Lockheed Martin) and Eka Systems (acquired by Cooper Power Systems). He began his career as an engineer and has various publications, patents, and standards contribution (IETF, IEEE) in the areas of wireless telecommunications and quality of service for multimedia.
Pratik has an MBA from New York University's Stern School Business in Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship and a MS in Networks and Telecommunication from Johns Hopkins University. Pratik currently resides in Singapore and works out of the regional headquarters for Cisco and has done transactions in US, Europe, India, Australia, S. Korea. He has lived and worked in the US, India and Singapore.
Director, Private Equity, KKR
Terence Lee (Singapore) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of the Southeast Asia team. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Go-Jek and Weststar Aviation Services and has been involved in KKR's investments in Go-Jek, Weststar Aviation Services, Masan Consumer, and Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food. Prior to joining KKR, he was with CVC Asia Pacific in Singapore, where he was involved in a number of private equity investments. Prior to CVC, he was in investment banking and equity research with Morgan Stanley in Singapore and Lehman Brothers in New York. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A., high honors, from The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Managing Partner, McKinsey Ventures
Mario Aquino is Managing Partner of McKinsey Ventures – McKinsey's venture capital and innovation arm focused on B2B digital & analytics – which he co-leads globally. Mario has 20 years of hands-on management, investment and advisory experience in the digital & analytics space with specific focus on Fintech, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Applied Analytics. As leader of McKinsey Ventures, Mario helps large financial institutions capture real economic value from the external innovation ecosystem. On the other side, Mario works with distinctive B2B start-ups to scale them into regional and global players.
Prior to McKinsey, Mario ran Moody's Analytics in EMEA, a financial analytics company that he helped build and scale into a $1B revenue business. During his tenure at Moody's, he was instrumental in making a number of transformative acquisitions and internal investments in financial technology and advanced analytics space. Prior to Moody's, Mario was a financial analyst at Lehman Brothers in London focusing on high-tech, high-growth companies and held a number of consulting positions at McKinsey & Company in the US, where he advised financial services and tech firms. Mario is a sought after speaker on digital innovation and a core expert on Fintech, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics.
General Manager, IBM ASEAN
Mitch Young is currently the General Manager for IBM ASEAN and oversees IBM's regional operations including sales and distribution, manufacturing, procurement, global delivery and support functions covering the ASEAN markets.
Prior to this, Mitch served as Client Advocacy Executive in the office of the IBM President, Chairman and CEO, Ginni Rometty. Before leaving for his year-long assignment in New York, USA, Mitch was Vice President for IBM Software, ASEAN.
Mitch has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry. He joined IBM as a professional hire in 1996 and spent most of his career covering the Asia Pacific and ASEAN regions. Previous appointments include Director, IBM Tivoli Software for Asia Pacific based in Shanghai, China, and Enterprise Sales Leader, Asia Pacific.
President Director, Telkomtelstra
Erik Meijer is President Director of Telkomtelstra – a joint venture between PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom Indonesia), Indonesia's largest telecommunications operator, and Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra), a regional leader in enterprise services.
In 1995, Erik joined Indonesia's leading mobile telecom operator Telkomsel, working in various functions in the field of sales & marketing, with his last position Vice President Marketing & CRM. In June 2013 he was tasked by the Indonesian government to support the Indonesian flag-carrier airline Garuda Indonesia, which he joined as their Executive Vice President Marketing & Sales and member of the Board of Directors, until December 2014. Erik was also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Citilink, the low-cost carrier airline subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia. Erik has been residing in Indonesia for the past 22 years. He has received several awards in the fields of Marketing and Public Relations. He was voted as Indonesia's Marketeer of the Year (InsanPemasar Indonesia) 2006 by the Cakram Advertising Magazine, Creative Marketer 2007 by MIX Marketing Magazine, one of the Top-10 Figures in Indonesia's Technology Industry 2009 by TechLife magazine. Erik has also been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Indonesia Cellular Awards 2007.
Vice President, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Asia Pacific
Nipun Mehrotra leads IBM Asia Pacific's strategy and growth initiatives, which aims to support and leverage the broader Ecosystem, spearheading new digital business models that will integrate the goals of individual stakeholders. He previously worked as the Vice President in-charge of Strategy and Business Integration, Asia Pacific where he lead the transformation of IBM as a product oriented sales team into a balanced system of an industry sales team and a digital sales team. He personally works with clients, aiding them in their digital transformation and takes on an active role in mentoring new entrepreneurs, sitting on the board of advisors for several star-ups and mentors many more professionals.
In 2016, co-authored an extensive consulting study on "Ecosystem India – Making India essential in the ecosystem economy." on behalf of "IBM Institute of Business Value. He is an active panelist and speaker at events and a certified trainer within IBM.
Co-founder and CEO, InstaReM
Prajit serves as the Chief Executive Officer of InstaReM and a member of the Board of Directors. Based in Singapore, Prajit is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of the organization. He is also in charge of driving innovation across processes and create value add for customers. Prior to co-founding Instarem, Prajit held several leadership positions in global companies, including Global Sales Director, TMF Group and Vice President, Sales and Account Management at WNS (NYSE:WNS). He is a graduate from Mumbai University.
Singapore-based Credera Group is targeting to close a Myanmar-focused investment fund with a corpus of $100 million by 2017, with two greenfield investments in the manufacturing and financial service sectors already reaching advanced stage of discussions.
Global buyout firm TPG Capital Management is seeking toraise more than $4 billion for a new Asia-focused fund, in what would be its biggest for the region, people familiar with the plans told Reuters.
Rocket is a Germany-based Internet conglomerate that copies business models proven in the US or China and adapts them to high-potential markets outside those two countries.
Singapore has seen a drop in M&A in 2015, with declines in both overseas acquisitions and domestic activity for the city-state.
Early-stage mergers & acquisitions (M&A) announcements are expected to be flat in Q4 2016 compared to the same period last year. This is due to reduced levels of early-stage M&A activity in Southeast Asia and South Korea.
The Indonesian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) has said that the country's fintech industry is expected to receive up to $8 billion (Rp 105 trillion) of investments by 2018.
Malaysia-based private equity firm Navis Capital Partners is in the midst of setting up a Malaysia-focused fund, with a target corpus of MYR750 million ($184.66 million), if it can seal in a good anchor investor.
Singapore-based gaming, mobile and internet company, Garena may seek an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States in the next several years if the time and market are right for it.
Singapore state-fund Temasek Holdings' wholly owned investment arm – Vertex Venture Holdings' fourth Israel fund has been oversubscribed by as much as 50%, and is set to see its final close at $150 million, a top executive with the venture capital firm said.
After two successive quarters of decline, global venture capital funding witnessed a slight uptick of 3 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 to reach $27.4 billion across nearly 1,900 deals, according to the latest CB Insights and KPMG Venture Pulse report.
Venture-backed companies in Asia raised a total of $7.4 billion through 343 investment deals in the Q2 2016, accounting for about a fourth of the VC funded deals globally, which stood at $27.4 billion during the same period, the latest CB Insights – KPMG Venture Pulse said.
The PE firm which recently bet on healthcare and banking sector, will invest in a hospital in Indonesia, and lending businesses in India and Malaysia.
Asia Pacific, while not as acquisitive with a total of 188 deals, emerged the biggest spender among regions clocking in $50.5 billion worth of cross-border deals in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016, Baker & McKenzie said in a report.
North America saw the most VC deal activity in Q2, with 900 deals worth $18 billion. Greater China accounted for the second largest proportion of aggregate deal value, at $17 billion, and was the location of seven of the 10 largest deals in the period.
Singapore had the second highest half yearly deal value in the first half of 2016, and has seen doubling of private equity and venture capital investments from the same period last year, said a report by investment bank DUFF & PHELPS
So far in 2016, Indian travel tech companies have raised $546 million from venture capital firms, and from corporates. That is higher than the funding through the whole of 2015 – $236.1 million – and a giant leap from $11.5 million in 2013.
Food tech startups have been hit globally as venture capital firms pulled back in certain geographies in the first quarter of 2016. But startups in India and China have been among the luckier ones, although their funding patterns in the sector are at the opposite ends of the spectrum.
Five years ago, IoT was more of a peripheral sector for the venture funds. Few startups operated in the area, out of which only two — ifinity and ConnectM — received funding
International and local private equity funds are betting on Vietnam's high growth and young talent, and are pouring more money into the country's companies.
Indian edtech startups had the highest deal count in the world except the US, but China is seeing much higher VC spends in the sector, and larger deals.
Indian e-commerce companies account for one-fifth of global e-commerce deals, and that number might rise to a new record this year.
The combined AUM of emerging markets-based private equity fund managers did not see much growth in 2014, only locking in 4 per cent growth but the first nine months of 2015 saw an increase of 15 per cent rise in value of assets yet to be exited from.
Private equity exit value in emerging markets has increased substantially, from $27.7 billion in 2013 to $47.1 billion in 2015, largely driven by initial public offerings
Fundraising might be more difficult this year due to the government's inability to pass crucial reforms, and uncertainty over the state of the economy.
Private equity funds were most active in the Indian real estate sector in 2014 and 2015, but 2016 seems to be a different story.
Tax amnesty could help get Indonesia's startup scene off the ground on second thought I think it's better to leave the Kresna story out. So just use that one with the line
Singapore state investment fund Temasek Holdings on Thursday said its total shareholder return (TSR in Singapore dollars) had fallen to negative 9.02% on a one-year basis, primarily on account of the price declines of its listed investments.
When it comes to initial public offerings, Asia Pacific has turned out to be the most active region by number of deals, and second only to Europe in terms of capital raised.
Singapore is rushing to reinvent itself as Asia's financial technology, or fintech, hub to fend off a regulatory threat to its wealth management industry and revive a sluggish economy.
Bain Capital Ventures closed a $600 million fund to back technology startups, showing investors continue to pour money into the industry despite anemic exits and hand-wringing over bloated valuations.
A $200-million venture capital fund Alchemy Ventures has been launched to target early-stage startups operating in the mining, financial, agricultural and consumer tech markets.
Chinese venture capital firm IDG Capital Partners and Silicon Valley investor Breyer Capital have reached final close for their $1 billion fund to invest in startups in China.
At a time when there are talks of a slowdown in funding in the Asian region, Standard Chartered Private Equity, the private equity and venture capital arm of Standard Chartered PLC, has held its steady pace of investment.
In Vietnam, private equity players are finding an opportunity as the reforms – read privatisation – takes off, and at our upcoming Asia PE-VC Summit you will hear more from Vina Capital's managing director and chief investment officer, Andy Ho, on how further liberalisation will be vital to sustaining strong deal activity.
Venture debt, a new but growing form of funding, is attracting entrepreneurs and investors alike, at a time when venture capital funding has taken a turn towards a slowdown. Temasek-backed InnoVen Capital is a leading player in the field, which has started facing competition only recently, from companies like Trifecta Capital.
How does a venture capitalist view himself? Is it someone who has helped built great businesses, or provided capital to bold ideas, or is it measured on whether one has been able to give exceptional support to startups on their road to success, or if the firm simply bet on the right businesses and sectors ahead of others? Are successful exits the best way to measure success as a VC?
After its recent acquisition of stake in Indian cold chain logistics company ColdEX Logistics Pvt Ltd, ADB-backed private equity firm Asia Climate Partners is in talks for another investment in the country, but this time in the renewable energy space, Anand Prakash, managing director of Asia Climate Partners said.
Asia can be a disruptive hub for emerging technologies, and companies born and bred here - from Indonesia and China - have become global, Matthew Koertge, Mark Sherman, managing directors at Telstra Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Australia's largest mobile phone company, said in an interaction.
"Last year there were about 12,000 fintech startups, and these companies (in total) have raised over $65 billion in private equity (PE) money. The single biggest PE money last year went into fintech sector - more than medtech. So think about it - lets say 1% of those companies are successful, you'll still wind up with 120 successful companies," Gupta explained
Vietnamese asset management firm VinaCapital is training its sights on increased private equity investments as it tries to diversify from real estate and listed equity play. Vietnam has a lot of well operated companies but corporate size remains an issue, reasons Don Lam, CEO, VinaCapital.
Singapore-headquartered Vickers Venture Partners Thursday said it had held the first close on its latest global fund, after amassing $63.5 million from existing investors
While Myanmar has no shortage of deals, especially in the infrastructure space, investment group Anthem Asia, is only looking at the SMEs, its director & co-founder Genevieve Heng said in an interaction.
People around me had been telling me that I had the personality and resilience to be an entrepreneur
We mitigate risk by thoroughly evaluating both the entrepreneur and the business before we get in, as well as figuring out if we can help support the company.
In the last five, six years, we have only done 10 investments. This has been a fundamental thesis that we have to be very involved, take care of our portfolio companies.
Anthem Asia, a private equity and advisory group which set up shop in Myanmar in 2013, has already made a handful of investments in the frontier market, that is just opening up.
We are always open for acquiring great technology and/or talent. We think more of our acquisitions will be India focused since we have seen anything internationally that is of interest to us yet but if the right opportunity presents itself, of course, we will go for it
We are very clear about our strategy, where we are able to deploy huge amounts of money. Its a repeatable strategy. Our first fund was $14 million, which has played out well, and we think we can deploy around $40-50 million every three to four years.
"In India, we are now seeing the first wave of mortalities but you will continue to see companies fail, just as you will continue to see companies become wildly successful. Venture capital is a high-risk, high-return business," he added.
