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Former co-founder of Ekrut
Anthony Kusuma is a co-founder of tech recruitment platform Ekrut, where he was Chief Product Officer until November 2017. Starting in 2012, he has worked in frontend web development and technical roles, including at Indonesian FMCG group Orang Tua and fintech lending platform Modalku, the Indonesian version of Singapore-based Funding Societies. Anthony holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from STMIK Dharma Putra, Indonesia.
Anthony Kusuma is a co-founder of tech recruitment platform Ekrut, where he was Chief Product Officer until November 2017. Starting in 2012, he has worked in frontend web development and technical roles, including at Indonesian FMCG group Orang Tua and fintech lending platform Modalku, the Indonesian version of Singapore-based Funding Societies. Anthony holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from STMIK Dharma Putra, Indonesia.
Co-founder of Veniam
Winner of the 2016 EU Prize for Women Innovators, Portuguese national Susana Sargento has been a professor at the University of Aveiro for almost 16 years. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the same university. Her main research interests are self-organized networks, e.g., routing, mobility, delay-tolerant mechanisms and content distribution networks, in ad-hoc and vehicular mechanisms and protocols. In 2012, she co-founded Veniam, a tech startup for connected and autonomous vehicles, where she also worked in engineering and corporate research from 2012 until 2014. She advises the European Commission in her areas of expertise.
Winner of the 2016 EU Prize for Women Innovators, Portuguese national Susana Sargento has been a professor at the University of Aveiro for almost 16 years. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the same university. Her main research interests are self-organized networks, e.g., routing, mobility, delay-tolerant mechanisms and content distribution networks, in ad-hoc and vehicular mechanisms and protocols. In 2012, she co-founded Veniam, a tech startup for connected and autonomous vehicles, where she also worked in engineering and corporate research from 2012 until 2014. She advises the European Commission in her areas of expertise.
CEO and Founder of ScentRealm
CEO and founder of ScentRealm, Huang Jianwei worked at Alibaba from 2004 to 2011. In 2012, he founded ScentRealm and received seed funding from Wang Gang. He also tried to create a business around QR codes, then tried to build an internet finance business. The latter was a success for a while, but Huang decided to shut it down. In 2015, he pivoted the company to build ScentRealm.
CEO and founder of ScentRealm, Huang Jianwei worked at Alibaba from 2004 to 2011. In 2012, he founded ScentRealm and received seed funding from Wang Gang. He also tried to create a business around QR codes, then tried to build an internet finance business. The latter was a success for a while, but Huang decided to shut it down. In 2015, he pivoted the company to build ScentRealm.
Co-founder and CTO of Factorial
Pau Ramon is a co-founder and the CTO of Spanish human resource startup Factorial. For five years, he was the CTO of Redbooth (formerly Teambox), a cloud-based SaaS project management tool that facilitates collaboration and communication within teams. Ramon had fortuitously met the Redbooth team when trying to secure funding and partners for zspeakers.com, a social media influencer monetizing platform he had earlier established. Ramon has a BSc in Multimedia and another in Software Engineering.
Pau Ramon is a co-founder and the CTO of Spanish human resource startup Factorial. For five years, he was the CTO of Redbooth (formerly Teambox), a cloud-based SaaS project management tool that facilitates collaboration and communication within teams. Ramon had fortuitously met the Redbooth team when trying to secure funding and partners for zspeakers.com, a social media influencer monetizing platform he had earlier established. Ramon has a BSc in Multimedia and another in Software Engineering.
Co-founder of Ximalaya
Before co-founding Ximalaya with Yu Jianjun, Chen Xiaoyu worked as an investment director at one of Thailand's largest conglomerates, Charoen Pokphand Group, in its China office. There, she supervised the Group’s investments in internet startups. With seed funding from the Group in 2009, Chen and Yu Jianjun founded their first startup, Na Li Shi Jie, building online virtual city maps. Though the business failed after two years, they utilised the rich experience they gained and founded the much more successful Ximalaya in 2012.
Before co-founding Ximalaya with Yu Jianjun, Chen Xiaoyu worked as an investment director at one of Thailand's largest conglomerates, Charoen Pokphand Group, in its China office. There, she supervised the Group’s investments in internet startups. With seed funding from the Group in 2009, Chen and Yu Jianjun founded their first startup, Na Li Shi Jie, building online virtual city maps. Though the business failed after two years, they utilised the rich experience they gained and founded the much more successful Ximalaya in 2012.
Co-founder and CTO of Dekoruma
Despite his young age, Aruna Harsa has dabbled in developing various apps while still at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He exited a SaaS apps building solutions startup Dashell after two years in 2014.The Mathematics and Economics graduate then went on to develop an on-demand beauty services app Vanitee, but left the startup after only eight months when its Series A funding closed in 2015. Based in Singapore, the serial techpreneur is now co-founder and CTO of home decor and furniture e-commerce site Dekoruma.
Despite his young age, Aruna Harsa has dabbled in developing various apps while still at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He exited a SaaS apps building solutions startup Dashell after two years in 2014.The Mathematics and Economics graduate then went on to develop an on-demand beauty services app Vanitee, but left the startup after only eight months when its Series A funding closed in 2015. Based in Singapore, the serial techpreneur is now co-founder and CTO of home decor and furniture e-commerce site Dekoruma.
Co-founder of Sampingan
Dimas Pramudya graduated with a bachelor's in Business from Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. Between 2011 and 2013 while still at university, Dimas became the corporate funding head of Keuken, securing corporate sponsorships for the popular Bandung food festival. In 2014, he joined Sony Indonesia, managing the company's portable audio product sales, before moving to Go-Jek in 2017 to head up the company's growth experiments in Go-Tix and Go-Pay. Dimas and former Go-Jek colleague Wisnu Nugrahadi established gig marketplace app Sampingan in 2018.
Dimas Pramudya graduated with a bachelor's in Business from Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. Between 2011 and 2013 while still at university, Dimas became the corporate funding head of Keuken, securing corporate sponsorships for the popular Bandung food festival. In 2014, he joined Sony Indonesia, managing the company's portable audio product sales, before moving to Go-Jek in 2017 to head up the company's growth experiments in Go-Tix and Go-Pay. Dimas and former Go-Jek colleague Wisnu Nugrahadi established gig marketplace app Sampingan in 2018.
Co-founder and CMO of Madhang
Kaesang Pangarep is a vlogger and serial entrepreneur who first became famous through his YouTube vlogs, which sometimes involved his father, Indonesian president Joko Widodo. Kaesang had previously run his own fried banana business, Sang Pisang, before establishing home chef meal service Madhang in 2017, where he is chief marketing officer. Kaesang is concurrently the CEO of SKI Capital Partners, which provides funding to F&B startups and is a fourth year marketing student at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Kaesang Pangarep is a vlogger and serial entrepreneur who first became famous through his YouTube vlogs, which sometimes involved his father, Indonesian president Joko Widodo. Kaesang had previously run his own fried banana business, Sang Pisang, before establishing home chef meal service Madhang in 2017, where he is chief marketing officer. Kaesang is concurrently the CEO of SKI Capital Partners, which provides funding to F&B startups and is a fourth year marketing student at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Fabelio
With a master’s in Commerce and Finance, Marshall Utoyo quickly founded a financial services firm Utoyo & Partners in November 2010. An entrepreneur at heart, he left the firm in January 2013. He had already co-founded a furniture business FASA Works and a coworking hub Conclave in 2012. He exited both in March 2015. The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) graduate returned to the furniture business as a co-founder of Fabelio. Launched in June 2015 with seed funding of US$500,000, the e-commerce furniture company has also secured US$2 million in Series A funds in 2016.
With a master’s in Commerce and Finance, Marshall Utoyo quickly founded a financial services firm Utoyo & Partners in November 2010. An entrepreneur at heart, he left the firm in January 2013. He had already co-founded a furniture business FASA Works and a coworking hub Conclave in 2012. He exited both in March 2015. The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) graduate returned to the furniture business as a co-founder of Fabelio. Launched in June 2015 with seed funding of US$500,000, the e-commerce furniture company has also secured US$2 million in Series A funds in 2016.
Founder and CEO of Fresh Market (Shihang Shengxian)
With the innovative C2B2F (Customer to Business to Farm) business model he came up with, Fresh Market survived the winter for venture capital funding in China in 2016, and is today the leading fresh food e-commerce platform in East China.Zhang Hongliang (b. 1975) embarked on his journey as a serial entrepreneur after five years in the financial management sector and six years in the automobile industry. The persistent Suzhou native founded Fresh Market (Shihang Shengxian) in 2011 at aged 36, after several tries in three years.
With the innovative C2B2F (Customer to Business to Farm) business model he came up with, Fresh Market survived the winter for venture capital funding in China in 2016, and is today the leading fresh food e-commerce platform in East China.Zhang Hongliang (b. 1975) embarked on his journey as a serial entrepreneur after five years in the financial management sector and six years in the automobile industry. The persistent Suzhou native founded Fresh Market (Shihang Shengxian) in 2011 at aged 36, after several tries in three years.
Co-founder and CTO of McFly
Liu Long graduated from Northwestern Polytechnic University based in Xi'an in 2010. The Information and Computing Science graduate went on to the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to pursue a PhD in Microwave Remote Sensing in 2015. He stayed on at the IRSA as a research fellow with funding support from the Youth Science Fund program under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2016, he co-founded agtech startup McFly with two Wuhan University alumni who are also experts in remote sensing technology.
Liu Long graduated from Northwestern Polytechnic University based in Xi'an in 2010. The Information and Computing Science graduate went on to the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to pursue a PhD in Microwave Remote Sensing in 2015. He stayed on at the IRSA as a research fellow with funding support from the Youth Science Fund program under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2016, he co-founded agtech startup McFly with two Wuhan University alumni who are also experts in remote sensing technology.
CEO and co-founder of Natural Machines / Foodini
Emilio Sepulveda is a Spanish engineer and MBA graduate with over 20 years of experience in the technology space at a global level. He worked as Strategy and Innovation Manager at Telefónica, leading multiple startups and projects. He was also involved in team structuring, seed funding round support, business model and strategy development.Passionate about IoT and robotics, Sepulveda co-founded Natural Machines in 2012 to develop 3D food-grade home appliances for both B2B and B2C customers. The company has just launched the world’s first 3D food printer equipped with laser-cooking technology.
Emilio Sepulveda is a Spanish engineer and MBA graduate with over 20 years of experience in the technology space at a global level. He worked as Strategy and Innovation Manager at Telefónica, leading multiple startups and projects. He was also involved in team structuring, seed funding round support, business model and strategy development.Passionate about IoT and robotics, Sepulveda co-founded Natural Machines in 2012 to develop 3D food-grade home appliances for both B2B and B2C customers. The company has just launched the world’s first 3D food printer equipped with laser-cooking technology.
Co-founder and CEO of Xiaoming Bike
Chen Yuying majored in Japanese and tourism in the university. After graduation, she began her startup career by establishing a review website with her team. However, her first startup failed due to the immature internet business environment. But the startup experience helped her held a post in internet business department of Alibaba Group and Tencent. In 2014,She joined Tujia website, an online booking website that connects travelers and hosts, as COO and helped it gain funding twice. In 2017, Chen Yuying joined Xiaoming Bike as CEO and began differentiated marketing strategies, focusing on strong supplement chain and operation in three tier city.
Chen Yuying majored in Japanese and tourism in the university. After graduation, she began her startup career by establishing a review website with her team. However, her first startup failed due to the immature internet business environment. But the startup experience helped her held a post in internet business department of Alibaba Group and Tencent. In 2014,She joined Tujia website, an online booking website that connects travelers and hosts, as COO and helped it gain funding twice. In 2017, Chen Yuying joined Xiaoming Bike as CEO and began differentiated marketing strategies, focusing on strong supplement chain and operation in three tier city.
President Director of Pintek
Tommy Yuwono founded his first venture, a business publication Milestone Interactive Digital magazine in 2011, while reading a business degree at Prasetiya Mulya Business School. After graduating in 2014, he joined securities company MNC Sekuritas to specialize in investment banking products like bond and medium-term notes for public and private companies.In 2016, he left MNC to become the chief digital officer and co-founder of online payments platform Ayopop. After securing Series A funding for Ayopop, he left and established education loan platform Pintek as CEO in 2018, together with Ayopop's CFO Ioann Fainsilber as co-founder.
Tommy Yuwono founded his first venture, a business publication Milestone Interactive Digital magazine in 2011, while reading a business degree at Prasetiya Mulya Business School. After graduating in 2014, he joined securities company MNC Sekuritas to specialize in investment banking products like bond and medium-term notes for public and private companies.In 2016, he left MNC to become the chief digital officer and co-founder of online payments platform Ayopop. After securing Series A funding for Ayopop, he left and established education loan platform Pintek as CEO in 2018, together with Ayopop's CFO Ioann Fainsilber as co-founder.
Co-founder of Xiaoming Bike
Deng Yonghao founded his first bike store in Guagzhou, China in 1993, when bicycle was the dominant transportation tool in China. He agented Wuyang Bike and made profit by earning RMB200 from each bike. In 1995, he established first firm and shifted interest to European market.In 2008, Cronus the brand was born in France and Deng brought it bacto Guanghzhou in 2010 as sport bike industry was striving in China. In 2016, Deng Yonghao invested RMB100 million, up to US$ 14million, to Xiaoming Bike in series A round funding and joined as cofounder. CRONUS is now responsible for full production of Xiaoming Bike.
Deng Yonghao founded his first bike store in Guagzhou, China in 1993, when bicycle was the dominant transportation tool in China. He agented Wuyang Bike and made profit by earning RMB200 from each bike. In 1995, he established first firm and shifted interest to European market.In 2008, Cronus the brand was born in France and Deng brought it bacto Guanghzhou in 2010 as sport bike industry was striving in China. In 2016, Deng Yonghao invested RMB100 million, up to US$ 14million, to Xiaoming Bike in series A round funding and joined as cofounder. CRONUS is now responsible for full production of Xiaoming Bike.
Investing in Indonesia: The fintech companies driving a new influx of capital
With 66% of Indonesians not owning a bank account, fintech startups have come up with myriad innovative products to entice a new generation of retail investors
P2P financing platform Investree raises Series C, with $23.5m in first tranche
Indonesia's Investree closes key funding amid Covid-19 crisis; is applying for licenses in Thailand and the Philippines in regional expansion
Covid-19: Indonesia's P2P lenders ready for slower business, default risk
P2P lending startups set up stricter scrutiny, budget reserves; playing key role in helping Indonesian businesses survive the Covid-19 crisis
SWITCH Singapore: VCs urge startups to think beyond Covid-19
VCs also discuss prospects of a current tech bubble, and whether new working and hiring practices sparked by the pandemic could end Silicon Valley dominance
Backed by pharmas, doctors, medtech startup DyCare is expanding fast across Europe
Its remote musculoskeletal rehabilitation and monitoring system sets to improve rehabilitation outcomes in an overtaxed sector
After emulating Chinese business models, Indonesian startups seek success abroad
Indonesia adapted and furthered the successful business models that created unicorns in China. Now, it's exporting its own to the rest of Southeast Asia, even beyond
Crowde-funding Indonesia's fields
Agritech startup Crowde offers retail investors direct access to Indonesia’s US$25 billion agricultural sector, transforming the way traditional farmers fund, run and grow their businesses
Aurora Tech AI: Helping new parents sleep at night, and not on the job
When employees become new parents, the challenges they face can lead to sleep deprivation and a loss of productivity at work. Aurora Tech AI says it has a solution
Beyond billion dollar investment rounds, Indonesia and Singapore are working together to harness the potential of their startup ecosystems
Wallbox’s bumper funding boosts Spain’s EV charging sector
Wallbox’s generic EV charging systems are sold in 40 countries, including the US and China; attracting major backers like Seaya Ventures, Spanish utility Iberdrola and US VC Endeavor
Insights on tech and the Indonesian diaspora in Silicon Valley
Navigating the different diaspora communities, one tech event at a time
SigmaRail in funding talks, eyes 10-fold surge in revenue
The profitable Madrid-based startup is behind the “Google Maps” for railways to help make trains safer and provide better services
HypeLabs wins bumper US$3m seed funding to democratize connectivity
HypeLab's P2P mesh networking technology enables everyone to communicate within their own networks without needing internet, in cities, remote villages and even in disaster zones
Didimo: Creator of "digital humans" secures €6.2m in seed funding
Portuguese startup Didimo aims to humanize online interactions with its disruptive 3D technology
Bluepha to boost PHA bioplastics production with $30m fresh funding
The Beijing-based startup aims to produce 10,000 tons of PHA bioplastic a year and build a SynBio community through its STEM education spinoff, Bluepha Lab
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