Podcasts about wavemaker partners

Jenny and Marvin Galang are the visionary founders of Beppo, a platform for small businesses and self-employed individuals to simplify bookkeeping and tax compliance through AI-driven tools and services, helping to manage financial records efficiently and reduce administrative costs. They will share how they started out in the BPO sector and how they relocated back in the Philippines after working in the US. They will also share how they are solving the Accounting shortage problem around the world and how Beppo and Juantax is filling in the gap of this global problem. Jenny and Marvin also shares how they got funded by Wavemaker Partners and what their future plans are in scaling up Beppo.This episode is brought to you by Aspire, Uno Digital Bank, Lark, and SalmonFor show notes, go to Hustleshare.comHustleshare is powered by PodmachineListen to our brand new podcast: Founders Only HERE Test https://plus.acast.com/s/hustleshare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Hwang, General Partner of Wavemaker Partners, and Jeremy Au, discuss three main topics: 1. Early Years and Financial Inquisitiveness: Andy shares that his early days in Cupertino, California played a pivotal role in shaping his financial awareness and curiosity. His fascination with having access to his bank balance at a young age and investing in Apple stocks highlights his early entrepreneurial mindset. He had a front-row seat to witness the growth and evolution of Apple Inc. which gave him a unique perspective on the world of tech and business from an early age. He also mentioned that being surrounded by family members who are engineers played a role in fostering a learning mindset and passion for tech and innovation. 2. The Impact of Coaching: Andy talks about his experiences as both a recipient and a provider of coaching, underscoring the significance of introspection and self-improvement. He explains that coaching goes beyond addressing technical challenges and that it extends to the "people side" of building an organization. He shares that instead of founders seeking coaching only when they encounter setbacks, they should see it as a proactive step and seek it early on to equip themselves with the tools and knowledge needed to navigate challenges effectively. 3. Risks and Decisiveness: Andy challenges the conventional perception of risk as something to be feared or avoided, and encourages people to have a more nuanced understanding of it. He argues that risk isn't a binary concept, where something is either entirely risky or entirely safe, but with varying degrees of potential outcomes. He also talks about how fear holds people back from taking necessary risks and emphasizes the importance of considering the possibility of success and positive outcomes. He also shares that startup founders often need to make decisions and explains that the ability to make choices promptly and confidently helps them navigate challenges more effectively and seize opportunities as they arise. They also talk about cultural stigmas related to Asian males asking for help, the evolving startup landscape in Southeast Asia, the significance of self-awareness for founders, and the transformative power of empathy in coaching.  Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/andy-hwang Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CeL3ywi7yOWFd8HTo6yzde Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TnqkaWpTT181lMA8xNu0T YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JeremyAu Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/brave-southeast-asia-tech-singapore-indonesia-vietnam/id1506890464 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZC5jby9icmF2ZWR5bmFtaWNz TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea Learn more about Ringkas here: https://www.ringkas.co.id

The majority of Vietnam's population live in rural areas and often lack access to financial services because banks and other institutions open most of their physical locations in cities.

John Tabis is the co-founder and chairman of The Bouqs Company, which is reinventing the consumer experience and supply chain in the floral industry by connecting farmers directly to their customers. John and The Bouqs Co. have been featured on Shark Tank, 20/20, CNBC, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal Live, Oprah Magazine, and The New York Times.John is also the Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, a venture firm investing in non-obvious seed stage startups led by amazing founders in underserved markets, an adjunct professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and a mentor at Techstars and Amplify. Prior to Bouqs, John held several positions at ShoeDazzle, Disney, and Bain & Company.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletterFOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhourFOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhourINTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Today's Unlimited Partner is Paul Santos Founder and Managing Partner at Wavemaker Partners, a VC fund based in Singapore. He's built one of the best performing VC funds by finding a great niche in SE Asia. Wavemaker is based in Singapore. His leadership skills and wisdom are very apparent while listening to this discussion, it's no wonder his reputation is so high. Thomas recently visited SE Asia and almost everyone he met said he needed to talk with Paul. "Wavemaker Group is a multi-faceted cross border venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds. We currently have a team of 70 people across both sides of our practice. Wavemaker is one of the most active early-stage investors in Southern California and Southeast Asia and has invested in over 360 companies in the last 17 years. US-based investments include MindBody (NASDAQ: MB), DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and StyleHaul (acquired by RTL). Singapore-based investments include Luxola (acquired by LVMH), ArtofClick (acquired by Xurpas), and Pie (acquired by Google). In Southeast Asia, Wavemaker focuses on enterprise and deep technology companies." Topics Include: Building Wavemaker into one of the best funds in the world "If you want to fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together" (African Proverb) Finding a niche in Singapore The Man in the Arena Theodore Roosevelt speech is required reading for people at his firm Having Jesuit influences P&G experience yet wanting to build something on his own EFishery, a tech driven fishery company focused on helping farmers increase productivity through tech, 'while at the same time creating a more sustainable, safe, and fair environment for them' Life Lessons and hacks from Paul are abound Paul's song is What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

Social Innovation Podcast was super happy to be joined by Steve Melhuish, Founder PropertyGuru, Sustainability Advocate & Investor, and a co-Founder of Planet Rise. Planet Rise believes that climate and social inequality are the biggest challenges facing humanity today. It supports companies solving these issues, using tech to achieve impact at scale. Some of the topics Steve and I covered: Hiring a CEO at PropertyGuru in 2018 and remaining on its Board Packing for a flight for the first time in 2 years The beginnings of his climate and social impact journey The critical role that corporates play in combatting climate change Helping some of Wavemaker Partners' portfolio companies think more about sustainability Building a fund around decarbonization Wavemaker Impact Building their own carbon map About a third of all the carbon sinks in the world are in Southeast Asia The opportunity to build 100 x 100 companies A few of Planet Rise's portfolio companies Other titles we considered for this episode: A Monumental Effort from Everybody Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50% You Can Very Quickly Get Overwhelmed We See Ourselves as co-Founders

Craig has founded several startups, including Zumata, a B2B travel tech company that exited its travel business to Rakuten in 2019. As Co-Founder of Zumata, Craig raised funding from Wavemaker Partners, The National Research Foundation of Singapore, 500 Durians, and Siemer Ventures. Prior to co-founding Accelerating Asia, Craig was the Entrepreneur in Residence and Program Manager for the muru-D accelerator in Singapore which included startups that received follow-on investment from investors including Sequoia, Omidyar Network, and Delta airlines. With his extensive startup investment experience, including over 75 startup investment rounds, Craig has oversight of Accelerating Asia's Venture Capital fund which invests in pre-Series A startups. Prior to his startup career, Craig was a high net-worth wealth manager at global investment firms including Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Craig holds an MBA from the University of Maryland/HKUST. Read more about Acceleratingasia here https://acceleratingasia.com/ and connect with Craig on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigbristoldixon/ If you enjoyed this podcast, would you consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts here? It takes less than 30 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince new amazing guests to come on the show, and on top of that, I love reading the reviews! Connect with Andrew: Email: hello@andrewsenduk.com Website: https://andrewsenduk.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew.senduk/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-senduk-1980/

Retailers such as Walmart entered the financial services space when it launched a payment app that allows Mexican customers to receive remittances from the US. With global professionals wanting to send home payments back home to their families, I wanted to explore how the remittance market is heating up. With Remity filing to go public and BayaniPay's partnership with BDO Bank and Seafood City there seems to be a growing number of trends that I wanted to talk about. Los Angeles-based BayaniPay recently launched a new borderless digital banking service in partnership with BDO Unibank, the largest bank in the Philippines, and Seafood City, a large US-based Filipino supermarket chain. Through the service and partnership, the companies offer millions of Asian Americans a low-cost, frictionless way to send money to their families back in their homelands, pay bills and conduct online transactions. BayaniPay takes its name from ""Bayani,"" the Filipino word for "hero"—a term often used to describe global professionals in their home countries. Born out of a partnership between inclusion tech venture studio Talino Ventures and leading Asian American multimedia publisher The Asian Journal, BayaniPay received funding from Wavemaker Partners, a cross-border venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups in the United States and Southeast Asia. Winston Damarillo is the co-founder and CEO of BayaniPay. He joins me on the Tech Talks Daily Podcast to share BayaniPay's mission to use technology to break down the borders in banking and level the playing field for all global citizens.    

In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the emerging markets and venture capital with THE emerging markets analyst, Mikal Khoso, VC at Wavemaker Partners, a cross border venture capital firm dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds.-- 

In this episode, Eric shares his advice for early stage venture capital investors on being a pathological optimist and being comfortable with uncomfortability. Guest - Eric ManlunasWebsite - wavemaker.vc Follow Us!LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/coefficient-labsInstagram: www.instagram.com/demodaypodcast/Facebook: www.facebook.com/coefficientlabs/Twitter: https://twitter.com/coefficientlabsContact Information:social@coefficientlabs.com

This week we had on Mikal Khoso (@mikalkhoso) from Wavemaker Partners. Wavemaker is a multi-strategy fund based in LA and Singapore that invests globally across enterprise, consumer, and digital media opportunities. Within his role, Mikal focuses on emerging markets, and he documents a lot of his findings through writing at Emergent. In this talk, we discuss: Operating across geographies and stages The next opportunity zone for innovation The reversal of startup idea generation between established and emerging markets The super app wars and the logic behind bundling services

Many of you will know today’s guest, Steve Melhuish, as the Co-Founder,former CEO and Vice Chairman of one of the darlings of the SE Asia's start-up ecosystem, PropertyGuru Group, but he’s also a Venture Partner with Wavemaker Partners - the venture capital firm, and the Founder and CEO of Planet Rise - a company that invests and supports start-ups that tackle climate change and poverty. In this episode, we are going to discuss sustainability. And more specifically, how do you find the right balance from delivering social impact - while still creating a profitable business.  Show Notes: 02:10 What Steve has been up to since he left his role as CEO of PropertyGuru (hint: Angel investing in startups that address climate change & poverty) 04:10 What characteristics Steve looks for in the start-ups he invests in  07:15 The evolving sustainability ecosystem - and how the economics/business case behind renewables finally stacks up 10:50 Governments seem to be launching more sustainability initiatives during Covid-19 - is there a correlation or is it just a coincidence? 13:45 How well has the sustainability ecosystem progressed - and what will it take to move it forward? 18:50 How do you balance the profits versus social impact dilemma when you evaluate your investments? 21:50 What does Steve understand about the sustainability ecosystem today that he wishes he knew when he started investing in sustainability start-ups? 25:50 What are the “red flags” Steve looks out for when evaluating early stage businesses? 27:00 What lessons did Steve learn during the dotcom era that he still applies to his work with start-ups today? 30:30 What’s your craziest start-up story?

Alan Hahn is the cofounder of MycoTechnology which utilizes fungi based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The company has raised $120 million from investors such as Wavemaker Partners, Seventure Partners, Middleland Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, S2G Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Emerson Collective, Continental Grain Company, Cibus Fund, Eighteen94 Capital, Closed Loop Capital, Tyson Ventures, Health for Life Capital fund, Bunge, Evolution Capital Partners, Ajinomoto, and Greenleaf Foods to name a few. Prior to this he cofounded Shared Technologies Fairchild, Corvigo, and SolarX. 

Alan Hahn is the cofounder of MycoTechnology which utilizes fungi based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The company has raised $120 million from investors such as Wavemaker Partners, Seventure Partners, Middleland Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, S2G Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Emerson Collective, Continental Grain Company, Cibus Fund, Eighteen94 Capital, Closed Loop Capital, Tyson Ventures, Health for Life Capital fund, Bunge, Evolution Capital Partners, Ajinomoto, and Greenleaf Foods to name a few. Prior to this he cofounded Shared Technologies Fairchild, Corvigo, and SolarX. 

Jio Platforms is in the news again, bagging investments from Qualcomm and Google, Wavemaker Partners closes its third Southeast Asia fund at US$111 million, and SoftBank’s share prices are on the rise. Hear the details on all these stories and more on this week’s episode of The Weekly Snapshot. More information on today's episode here: https://www.techinasia.com/weekly-snapshot-news-google-softbank-wavemaker

Looi Qin En is the co-founder and former COO of Glints. Founded in 2013, Glints is now the number one tech-enabled recruitment platform in Asia for employers to build successful teams. Their mission is to help all people and organizations to realize their full human potential. They were the youngest founders to have raised venture capital in Southeast Asia. They are backed by VC firms such as Monk's Hill Ventures, 500 Startups, Wavemaker Partners, Golden Equator Capital, MindWorks Ventures, Fresco Capital and Singapore Press Holdings. They have been featured on Forbes, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Yahoo News, The Straits Times, Business Times, Today, Tech in Asia, e27 and Channel News Asia. Qin En led people operations and grew the user community from zero to 250,000 across Singapore and Indonesia, managed enterprise accounts and led the internal human capital strategy. At the age of 15, he wrote his first research paper on predicting personality through social gaming and went on to publish 12 more human-computer interaction papers in international peer-reviewed conferences and journals. He fostered student entrepreneurship as a partner with Dorm Room Fund, associate lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Entrepreneur In Residence at Entrepreneur First and advisor to the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Singapore Management University. He has worked in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group, founded and sold the web design agency Half Grand and has been a brand strategist at Training Edge International. Qin En graduated with distinction in two years from Stanford University, majoring in Management Science and Engineering. He was honored with Forbes 30 under 30 and Entrepreneurs 27 under 27. His hobbies are high intensity cardio and watching action movies. You can follow him at his social media profile online in our show notes. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/looiqinen) Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/looi-qin-en

Eric Manlunas joins us to explain all the different things that Wavemaker is doing--starting with $250-500k seed checks, anchoring other funds like Wavemaker 360 and Thin Line and even building companies at Wavemaker Labs with Buck Jordan.

In part 2 of this 2 episode, we welcome back our guests Ollie Wood (Head of Talent, Golden Gate Ventures), Christiaan Ballard (Talent Acquistion Manager, B Capital Group) and Rachel Ng (Chief of Staff, Wavemaker Partners). In Part 1 we discussed the common themes encountered by businesses going through growth, including struggles of hiring the right people. Part 2 builds on this to cover incorporating diversity into the DNA of a business and gives some key summaries of what founders should really take seriously from a talent perspective from day 1. Ollie Wood | Golden Gate Ventures Ollie is Head of Talent at Golden Gate Ventures and supports GGV's portfolio Founders and Companies across the South East Asia region. He identifies, networks and advises some of the best talent across the globe on their behalf, before making senior level introductions. Christiaan Ballard | B Capital Group Christiaan is a Talent Acquisition Manager at B Capital Group, based in Singapore. She partners with APAC & India portfolio companies to drive strategic talent and hiring initiatives as they scale. Prior to joining B Capital, Christiaan led HubSpot's APAC Recruiting team. During her time there HubSpot grew from early stages through IPO and she understands the critical role that talent acquisition plays in the success of a business. Rachel Ng | Wavemaker Partners Rachel is Chief of Staff at Wavemaker Partners. Wavemaker Partners is Southeast Asia's leading early-stage venture capital firm investing in enterprise and deep tech companies. Dual-headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore, Wavemaker is the regional partner for Southern California and Southeast Asia of the Draper Venture Network (DVN), the world's leading VC collective comprising 10 firms across 5 continents.

Across this 2 episode bumper edition on SE Asia Growth leaders with True we welcome 3 leading lights in the VC talent & organisation space: Ollie Wood (Head of Talent, Golden Gate Ventures), Christiaan Ballard (Talent Acquistion Manager, B Capital Group) and Rachel Ng (Chief of Staff, Wavemaker Partners). In Part 1 we discuss the common themes encountered by businesses going through growth, including struggles of hiring the right people. Part 2 covers how to build diversity into the DNA of a business and gives some key summaries of what founders should really take seriously from a talent perspective from day 1. Ollie Wood | Golden Gate Ventures Ollie is Head of Talent at Golden Gate Ventures and supports GGV's portfolio Founders and Companies across the South East Asia region. He identifies, networks and advises some of the best talent across the globe on their behalf, before making senior level introductions. Christiaan Ballard | B Capital Group Christiaan is a Talent Acquisition Manager at B Capital Group, based in Singapore. She partners with APAC & India portfolio companies to drive strategic talent and hiring initiatives as they scale. Prior to joining B Capital, Christiaan led HubSpot's APAC Recruiting team. During her time there HubSpot grew from early stages through IPO and she understands the critical role that talent acquisition plays in the success of a business. Rachel Ng | Wavemaker Partners Rachel is Chief of Staff at Wavemaker Partners. Wavemaker Partners is Southeast Asia's leading early-stage venture capital firm investing in enterprise and deep tech companies. Dual-headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore, Wavemaker is the regional partner for Southern California and Southeast Asia of the Draper Venture Network (DVN), the world's leading VC collective comprising 10 firms across 5 continents.

What does it take to invest in over 100 startups across Southeast Asia? In this episode, Ronster chats with Paul Santos, Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, to discuss his journey as a Filipino Venture Capitalist. Paul is going to share how he started his career working in Procter & Gamble and the key experiences he learned that helped him become an entrepreneur. Paul is also going to share details about his businesses where he exited 3 times as a founder. Paul will also share his journey as a VC and the type of hustle it requires to become effective in fundraising and investing in the best startups across Southeast Asia. Lastly, Paul will share amazing tips for founders that can be of help in their journeys in this incredible episode brought to you by Payoneer. For shownotes, go to hustleshare.com Hustleshare is a proud affiliate of the Podcast Network Asia

Projects like MakerDao, dYdX and Dharma are creating a future of decentralized finance. Beyond the ideology and tech - how likely is "DeFi" to succeed? Marc Weinstein and Roy Lerner - investors from Wavemaker Partners, a VC fund with over $265M in AUM - to discuss: An honest critique of DeFi today How DeFi may be recreate the same problems we have in our legacy financial system What institutions think of DeFi projects  Not finance advice. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) ****** Show links: Libsyn link Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify ****** Intro music by Phortissimo: https://soundcloud.com/phortissimo Outro music by Garreth Chan: https://www.garrethchan.com/ Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jessica Chang, CEO of WeeCare, a developer of a SaaS based platform to start an in-home daycare. The company raised $4.2 million of Seed funding in a deal led by Social Capital. Wavemaker Partners, Fika Ventures, Amplify Partners, and Fuel Ventures also participated in the round. In this episode, Jessica talks about the emerging SoCal startup scene, aka "Silicon Beach"; picking solid pre-seed investors, what to do when a competitor is raising capital at the same time, fundraising tips from her investment banker days, and much more.

Rohit Jha is the Co-Founder of Transcelestial a company developing a laser communication solution to replace existing wireless communication technology. In the next decade 3 billion people and 50 billion devices will come online – but the global infrastructure we have in place at the moment isn’t sufficient to provide the required speed and flexibility to manage our needs as a planet.  And that’s where Transcelestial comes in – they’re developing the fastest, long-distance, point-to-point wireless communication network possible. This will be delivered as a space data network for terrestrial and satellite applications, which will use lasers to transfer data at up to 1000x faster than what’s currently available. Rohit met his co-founder Danesh on the first day of EFSG1 and since then the two have never looked back, going on to raise a seed round that included Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel and Wavemaker Partners.  Rohit earned a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NTU and worked in the RBS FX Electronic Markets Team on low-latency communications and highly scalable software systems before joining EF to start a company. In this episode Rohit and I discuss:  - His fascination with space and how his upbringing influenced his choice to become an entrepreneur - How Rohit met his Co-Founder Danesh on day one of the first EF cohort in Singapore - How Transcelestial built their first prototype after a brainwave in a pub before Investor Committee Rohit and his co-founder Danesh are building the definition of a globally ambitious company and it was great to dig into some of the stories behind the startup as well as getting an insight into the future of communications technology.