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Established in 2015, Berlin-based Join Capital focuses on early-stage European startups.
Established in 2015, Berlin-based Join Capital focuses on early-stage European startups.
Patrick Walujo is the co-founder of Indonesian hedge fund Northstar Group. He had previously worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in London and New York before moving to Tokyo to join Pacific Capital Group. Ever since establishing Northstar Group in 2003, Patrick has overseen acquisitions and investments in notable Indonesian enterprises, including minimarket chain Alfamart, movie theater franchise Blitz Megaplex (now CGV Blitz after an investment from Korea's CJ CGV chain) and Equator Securities.
Patrick Walujo is the co-founder of Indonesian hedge fund Northstar Group. He had previously worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in London and New York before moving to Tokyo to join Pacific Capital Group. Ever since establishing Northstar Group in 2003, Patrick has overseen acquisitions and investments in notable Indonesian enterprises, including minimarket chain Alfamart, movie theater franchise Blitz Megaplex (now CGV Blitz after an investment from Korea's CJ CGV chain) and Equator Securities.
Indexa Capital is fast becoming Spain’s leading automated investment platform, managing funds worth €92 million in just over two years since its launch.
Indexa Capital is fast becoming Spain’s leading automated investment platform, managing funds worth €92 million in just over two years since its launch.
Zhenzhen Sun is a veteran investor who has worked in prestigious firms like Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. After leaving JP Morgan in 2009, she worked for Chinese real estate developer LL Land. She left in 2013 to join PreAngel Partners, an angel investment fund. She recently joined Proxima Ventures, a China-based VC that invests in healthcare technology.
Zhenzhen Sun is a veteran investor who has worked in prestigious firms like Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. After leaving JP Morgan in 2009, she worked for Chinese real estate developer LL Land. She left in 2013 to join PreAngel Partners, an angel investment fund. She recently joined Proxima Ventures, a China-based VC that invests in healthcare technology.
Co-founder and CEO of Seekmi
University of British Columbia alumna Clarissa Leung had worked as a software engineer at ATR Humanoid Robotics Computational Neuroscience, Panasonic and Barclays Investment bank before dipping her toes into the entrepreneurial world in Canada. After her MBA at Queen’s University in Ontario, Clarissa moved to Indonesia in 2014 to join venture capital fund AccelerAsia as managing director. However, she left a year later to become a co-founder of on-demand household services startup Seekmi and was appointed its CEO in 2016.
University of British Columbia alumna Clarissa Leung had worked as a software engineer at ATR Humanoid Robotics Computational Neuroscience, Panasonic and Barclays Investment bank before dipping her toes into the entrepreneurial world in Canada. After her MBA at Queen’s University in Ontario, Clarissa moved to Indonesia in 2014 to join venture capital fund AccelerAsia as managing director. However, she left a year later to become a co-founder of on-demand household services startup Seekmi and was appointed its CEO in 2016.
Gan is best known for being the 67th employee of Alibaba and the former COO of Meituan-Dianping. Before joining Alibaba in 1999, Gan had worked at a state-owned coal trading enterprise for five years. At Alibaba, he served in multiple roles, including as director of online operation, director of marketing, regional manager and vice president. Gan left Alibaba to become COO of Meituan in 2011. In 2016, he was named the first president of Meituan-Dianping's Internet Plus University, which was founded to train company employees. Gan resigned from Meituan-Dianping in 2017 to join Hillhouse Capital as managing partner.
Gan is best known for being the 67th employee of Alibaba and the former COO of Meituan-Dianping. Before joining Alibaba in 1999, Gan had worked at a state-owned coal trading enterprise for five years. At Alibaba, he served in multiple roles, including as director of online operation, director of marketing, regional manager and vice president. Gan left Alibaba to become COO of Meituan in 2011. In 2016, he was named the first president of Meituan-Dianping's Internet Plus University, which was founded to train company employees. Gan resigned from Meituan-Dianping in 2017 to join Hillhouse Capital as managing partner.
Established in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan, SOSV is a venture capital firm with six attached accelerator programs. Upon receiving investment from SOSV, portfolio companies join one of the accelerator programs that best suits their products. The accelerators are: Chinaccelerator, focused on the Chinese market; Indie Bio, supporting biotechnology and life sciences companies; Food-X, for food-tech and agriculture-focused companies; dlab, which supports startups exploring blockchain and decentralized tech; HAX, for IoT, robotics and other hardware-focused startups; and MOX, an accelerator specializing in mobile platforms and technologies. SOSV, along with the O'Sullivan Foundation, has also provided support for education initiatives such as Khan Academy and CoderDojo (which teaches coding skills to youth).
Established in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan, SOSV is a venture capital firm with six attached accelerator programs. Upon receiving investment from SOSV, portfolio companies join one of the accelerator programs that best suits their products. The accelerators are: Chinaccelerator, focused on the Chinese market; Indie Bio, supporting biotechnology and life sciences companies; Food-X, for food-tech and agriculture-focused companies; dlab, which supports startups exploring blockchain and decentralized tech; HAX, for IoT, robotics and other hardware-focused startups; and MOX, an accelerator specializing in mobile platforms and technologies. SOSV, along with the O'Sullivan Foundation, has also provided support for education initiatives such as Khan Academy and CoderDojo (which teaches coding skills to youth).
Co-founder and co-CEO of Indexa Capital
Since 2016, François Derbaix has become a co-founder and adviser to Indexa Lending, in addition to his role as co-CEO of Indexa Capital. Derbaix is a serial entrepreneur, with interests in the vacation rental and retail sectors like Rentalia and Soysuper. He was the CEO of Toprural from 2000 to 2012, when it was acquired by North American travel giant HomeAway.Derbaix has also invested in various Spanish and Belgian internet businesses like Percentil. The University of Leuven summa cum laude graduate was the first private investor to join a fund managed by the European Investment Fund in 2014.
Since 2016, François Derbaix has become a co-founder and adviser to Indexa Lending, in addition to his role as co-CEO of Indexa Capital. Derbaix is a serial entrepreneur, with interests in the vacation rental and retail sectors like Rentalia and Soysuper. He was the CEO of Toprural from 2000 to 2012, when it was acquired by North American travel giant HomeAway.Derbaix has also invested in various Spanish and Belgian internet businesses like Percentil. The University of Leuven summa cum laude graduate was the first private investor to join a fund managed by the European Investment Fund in 2014.
Co-founder and Chief Communication Officer of Tiket.com
Mikhael Geary Undarsa is armed with both IT skills and business administration experience. He graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s in Computer Science and Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in Canada.He then worked as a business analyst at HSBC Canada for almost a year before moving on to join IBM Canada as an IT specialist. After three years working on web-based commerce projects, Mikhael returned to Indonesia to join PT Phase Solusindo and Tiket.com. He left PT Phase to become Tiket.com’s Chief Communication Officer.
Mikhael Geary Undarsa is armed with both IT skills and business administration experience. He graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s in Computer Science and Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in Canada.He then worked as a business analyst at HSBC Canada for almost a year before moving on to join IBM Canada as an IT specialist. After three years working on web-based commerce projects, Mikhael returned to Indonesia to join PT Phase Solusindo and Tiket.com. He left PT Phase to become Tiket.com’s Chief Communication Officer.
Founded in Colorado in 2006, Techstars is a prolific investor and accelerator. More than 2,300 companies have entered its portfolio, with a combined market cap of $32bn. It generally invests at the pre-seed and seed stages across sectors and geographies and has provided over $11.4bn in investment, with 86% of companies still active or acquired.Every year, it selects over 500 startups to join its three-month accelerators, held globally, investing $120,000 in each startup and providing access to the Techstars network for life. Its most recent investments include in the undisclosed January 2021 pre-seed rounds of Latvian logistics monitoring platform Kedeon and US product development software Bild.
Founded in Colorado in 2006, Techstars is a prolific investor and accelerator. More than 2,300 companies have entered its portfolio, with a combined market cap of $32bn. It generally invests at the pre-seed and seed stages across sectors and geographies and has provided over $11.4bn in investment, with 86% of companies still active or acquired.Every year, it selects over 500 startups to join its three-month accelerators, held globally, investing $120,000 in each startup and providing access to the Techstars network for life. Its most recent investments include in the undisclosed January 2021 pre-seed rounds of Latvian logistics monitoring platform Kedeon and US product development software Bild.
Co-founder of Astronaut Technologies
Hailing from India, Sunil Rao left Google after six years in August 2014 to join an MBA program at NUS Business School. He also co-founded digital recruitment platform Astronaut Technologies in Singapore in August 2015 but exited after seven months to work at Microsoft as a Global Program Manager for Business Operations.
Hailing from India, Sunil Rao left Google after six years in August 2014 to join an MBA program at NUS Business School. He also co-founded digital recruitment platform Astronaut Technologies in Singapore in August 2015 but exited after seven months to work at Microsoft as a Global Program Manager for Business Operations.
Co-founder of Botika
Prima Yoga Kharisma is a software developer based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana in 2010. After meeting Ditto Anindita, Vita Subiyakti and Galuh Koco Sadewo at the “1000 Startups” event, he decided to join their chatbot startup as a co-founder to lead the software development for Botika.
Prima Yoga Kharisma is a software developer based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana in 2010. After meeting Ditto Anindita, Vita Subiyakti and Galuh Koco Sadewo at the “1000 Startups” event, he decided to join their chatbot startup as a co-founder to lead the software development for Botika.
Co-founder and Lead Engineer of Jala
Farid Inawan is an Electrical Engineering graduate from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He joined aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia after graduating in 2014, but left after one year to join UGM alumni to set up Atnic that later developed Jala for fish and shrimp farms. Farid is the lead electrical engineer at Atnic.
Farid Inawan is an Electrical Engineering graduate from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He joined aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia after graduating in 2014, but left after one year to join UGM alumni to set up Atnic that later developed Jala for fish and shrimp farms. Farid is the lead electrical engineer at Atnic.
Founded in 2011 in Leipzig, Monkfish Equity offers a hands-off investment approach, providing funding of €0.5m–€2m to enterprises across market segments in Germany, other European countries and the US.The firm is run by the co-founders of travel and hotel platform Trivago. Monkfish’s portfolio of 12 companies mainly comprises businesses in the B2C markets. Investments include the $54m Series B round of Austrian marketplace Refurbed in August 2021 and the €8m Series A round of Inne, a German fertility-tracking platform in October 2019.
Founded in 2011 in Leipzig, Monkfish Equity offers a hands-off investment approach, providing funding of €0.5m–€2m to enterprises across market segments in Germany, other European countries and the US.The firm is run by the co-founders of travel and hotel platform Trivago. Monkfish’s portfolio of 12 companies mainly comprises businesses in the B2C markets. Investments include the $54m Series B round of Austrian marketplace Refurbed in August 2021 and the €8m Series A round of Inne, a German fertility-tracking platform in October 2019.
CEO and Co-founder of WOOM
Belgian-born Laurence Fontinoy graduated in Commercial Engineering at Belgium’s Louvain Catholic University in 1994 and went on an exchange program for one year at New York’s Stern Graduate Business School. She worked for almost four years at Belgacom Mobile in Belgium, where she supervised the launch of its first prepaid card. In 1999, she moved to the Netherlands to join Dutch telecoms provider Ben as a customer development manager. After completing an MBA in 2002 at IESE University of Navarra, the mother-of-three joined eBay Spain as head of category and seller development. In 2005, she was promoted to marketing and communications director but left in 2008 to join Google as the regional country marketing manager for Spain and Portugal. In 2015, she left to become the CEO and co-founder of WOOM with former eBay colleague Clelia Morales.
Belgian-born Laurence Fontinoy graduated in Commercial Engineering at Belgium’s Louvain Catholic University in 1994 and went on an exchange program for one year at New York’s Stern Graduate Business School. She worked for almost four years at Belgacom Mobile in Belgium, where she supervised the launch of its first prepaid card. In 1999, she moved to the Netherlands to join Dutch telecoms provider Ben as a customer development manager. After completing an MBA in 2002 at IESE University of Navarra, the mother-of-three joined eBay Spain as head of category and seller development. In 2005, she was promoted to marketing and communications director but left in 2008 to join Google as the regional country marketing manager for Spain and Portugal. In 2015, she left to become the CEO and co-founder of WOOM with former eBay colleague Clelia Morales.
NotCo: Will this Bezos-backed plant-based foodtech be Chile's first unicorn?
Armed with $85m Series C funding, NotCo has expanded to the US, competing head-on with popular US alt-protein brands for a foothold in the multibillion-dollar vegan market
4YFN: Investment booms across Europe during pandemic
Speaking at the recent 4YFN conference, prolific European startup investor Mattias Ljungman provided a highly optimistic assessment of the continent's current ecosystem strength and climate for seed funding
Medigo, a long-awaited solution for Indonesia healthcare to go digital
Winning seed funding from Venturra Capital, Medigo seeks to help Indonesian hospitals make the transition into digital administration. We spoke to co-founders Harya Bimo and Faizal Rahman to find out more
Indonesian local crafts marketplace Qlapa shuts down
Series A funding failed to keep startup afloat as business remains unprofitable, regional heavyweights close in
Calling Factorial “the Zendesk of HR," Silicon Valley heavyweight CRV led the round, in its first-ever investment in Spain
Ento: Making cookies and burger patties from crickets
From whole-roasted crickets and granola bars to sausages and meatballs, Ento aims to tap the growing market for insect-based alternative proteins, targeting enthusiasts and early adopters
Indonesia 2020: Investors say opportunities still abound despite downturn risk, past year's flops
VCs weigh in on deal flows, valuations, the sectors they favor, and chances of more tech IPOs
China bets on road-vehicle coordination for the mass adoption of autonomous driving cars by 2025
Money pours in as China pushes sector to be the next growth engine, and both self-driving startups and their investors are optimistic about their commercialization attempts
Haoqipei: Connecting China's vast B2B auto parts market
Haoqipei not only connects buyers and sellers with a B2B trading platform, it also uses big data to build trust and relationships in a highly fragmented market
Geetest provides an easy and fun way to secure websites and apps
This startup’s behavior-based verification process takes less than a second to finish, but that’s all the time it needs to distinguish a human from a robot
Ruangguru cracks business model as it reaches 13 million student users
Holding pole position as Indonesia's popular tutoring services app, Ruangguru is revving up to expand into the lucrative corporate training sector
Bernardo Hernández: Celebrity investor and Google's former marketing whiz
The angel investor behind some of the most successful Spanish internet startups also has an unusual honor for techies – GQ’s Man of the Year
CloudYoung: Smart agritech for every process, from farm to table
CloudYoung covers the entire production chain, from cutting costs and pesticide use in its smart greenhouses to connecting farmers with buyers in e-commerce
Tonic App: Just the tonic for overburdened doctors
CEO Daniela Seixas and COO Gonçalo Vilaça discussed Tonic App, their free solution for streamlining administrative tasks in the medical sector
Insights on tech and the Indonesian diaspora in Silicon Valley
Navigating the different diaspora communities, one tech event at a time
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