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Co-founder and CEO of Pundi X
Computer Data Communications graduate from Malaysia Zac Cheah is an Erasmus Mundus scholar with a master’s in Computing from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a master’s in Security and Mobile Computing from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.After his master’s graduation in 2008, Zac joined Opera Software AS in Norway and Opera Oupeng in China. He left Opera in 2013 to co-found Cross platform HTML5 games developer Wozlla in China. In 2016, Zac moved to Indonesia and co-founded payments app Pundi-Pundi. He became the CEO of Pundi X in September 2017.
Computer Data Communications graduate from Malaysia Zac Cheah is an Erasmus Mundus scholar with a master’s in Computing from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a master’s in Security and Mobile Computing from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.After his master’s graduation in 2008, Zac joined Opera Software AS in Norway and Opera Oupeng in China. He left Opera in 2013 to co-found Cross platform HTML5 games developer Wozlla in China. In 2016, Zac moved to Indonesia and co-founded payments app Pundi-Pundi. He became the CEO of Pundi X in September 2017.
Co-founder, CTO and COO of Pundi X
Describing himself as a cashless believer, Danny Lim Wei Xiang has a master’s in Professional Accounting from Tsinghua University in China. The law graduate is also reading a PhD in Law at his alma mater. Danny has worked as a product manager at Baidu and as a financial analyst for Lenovo, before joining games developer Wozlla as VP of Sales and Marketing in 2014. In October 2016, he joined Wozlla’s co-founder Zac Cheah to establish Pundi-Pundi. He is currently the CFO of Pundi X, a cryptocurrency spin-off of Pundi-Pundi.
Describing himself as a cashless believer, Danny Lim Wei Xiang has a master’s in Professional Accounting from Tsinghua University in China. The law graduate is also reading a PhD in Law at his alma mater. Danny has worked as a product manager at Baidu and as a financial analyst for Lenovo, before joining games developer Wozlla as VP of Sales and Marketing in 2014. In October 2016, he joined Wozlla’s co-founder Zac Cheah to establish Pundi-Pundi. He is currently the CFO of Pundi X, a cryptocurrency spin-off of Pundi-Pundi.
Co-founder of Jala
Liris Maduningtyas graduated in 2014 with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. She had worked as an assistant teacher for a program run by the university and Schneider Electric. After finishing her final year project at Chevron, she joined Schlumberger as a field engineer stationed in Riau, Indonesia. Liris left a year later to join fellow UGM graduates to establish electronics startup Atnic. Liris managed the marketing and financial affairs of Atnic that created Jala for shrimp farmers, and was promoted to CEO of Jala in 2018.
Liris Maduningtyas graduated in 2014 with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. She had worked as an assistant teacher for a program run by the university and Schneider Electric. After finishing her final year project at Chevron, she joined Schlumberger as a field engineer stationed in Riau, Indonesia. Liris left a year later to join fellow UGM graduates to establish electronics startup Atnic. Liris managed the marketing and financial affairs of Atnic that created Jala for shrimp farmers, and was promoted to CEO of Jala in 2018.
Ex-CFO and Co-founder of Bioo / Arkyne Technologies
Alexandre Díaz Codina is a Business Administration graduate from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). He joined Arkyne Technologies as co-founder and CFO in November 2015. He left Arkyne and the Bioo project in May 2017.While working on the Bioo project, Díaz and fellow co-founders were named as promising young entrepreneurs in Forbes 30u30 Europe. He also co-founded youth forum Impact.Barcelona in February 2016 with UPF alumni to give youths a “voice” in society. In January 2018 he joined AZ Capital as an investment banking intern.
Alexandre Díaz Codina is a Business Administration graduate from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). He joined Arkyne Technologies as co-founder and CFO in November 2015. He left Arkyne and the Bioo project in May 2017.While working on the Bioo project, Díaz and fellow co-founders were named as promising young entrepreneurs in Forbes 30u30 Europe. He also co-founded youth forum Impact.Barcelona in February 2016 with UPF alumni to give youths a “voice” in society. In January 2018 he joined AZ Capital as an investment banking intern.
Founder and CEO of SoundEMS
Meng Taiqi, also known as Meng Hongbing, is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to founding SoundEMS in 2017, he founded HLZEN, an O2O local services platform, and KZtour, an online travel site, in 2013. Both of the websites are currently out of service. Meng once worked as a project manager at Bobocorn, a Beijing-based company that sells popcorn and pre-movie advertisements to movie theaters. Meng received his bachelor's in Product Design Innovation from the Institute of Technology, Carlow.
Meng Taiqi, also known as Meng Hongbing, is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to founding SoundEMS in 2017, he founded HLZEN, an O2O local services platform, and KZtour, an online travel site, in 2013. Both of the websites are currently out of service. Meng once worked as a project manager at Bobocorn, a Beijing-based company that sells popcorn and pre-movie advertisements to movie theaters. Meng received his bachelor's in Product Design Innovation from the Institute of Technology, Carlow.
Co-founder, CTO of Sheetgo
Rafael de Alemar Vidal is based in Santa Caterina in Brazil, as the CTO and a co-founder of Sheetgo. He had previously worked for five years as an IT analyst in London UK. He also specialized in Business Information Technology at the South Bank University while in London. After graduating in 2011, he became a Microsoft certified professional in 2013. He returned to Brazil and worked as a systems analyst at Moon Tools and Abramar Construtora. Both companies were co-founded and run by fellow co-founder Yannick Rault van der Vaart.
Rafael de Alemar Vidal is based in Santa Caterina in Brazil, as the CTO and a co-founder of Sheetgo. He had previously worked for five years as an IT analyst in London UK. He also specialized in Business Information Technology at the South Bank University while in London. After graduating in 2011, he became a Microsoft certified professional in 2013. He returned to Brazil and worked as a systems analyst at Moon Tools and Abramar Construtora. Both companies were co-founded and run by fellow co-founder Yannick Rault van der Vaart.
CEO and Co-founder of Tuvalum
Alejandro Pons Ballester is a young entrepreneur and public speaker. In 2013, Pons worked for a few months as a trainee engineer at a Jamaican company in Kingston, while reading a degree in Industrial Engineering Management at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) . He also gained some work experience as a community officer at NGO Engineering Without Borders (EWB) in 2011. After his graduation in 2014, he decided to become an entrepreneur and co-founded Tuvalum, a web marketplace to buy and sell used bikes and accessories. He is currently the company’s CEO.
Alejandro Pons Ballester is a young entrepreneur and public speaker. In 2013, Pons worked for a few months as a trainee engineer at a Jamaican company in Kingston, while reading a degree in Industrial Engineering Management at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) . He also gained some work experience as a community officer at NGO Engineering Without Borders (EWB) in 2011. After his graduation in 2014, he decided to become an entrepreneur and co-founded Tuvalum, a web marketplace to buy and sell used bikes and accessories. He is currently the company’s CEO.
Co-founder and Head of Strategy of Huajuan Mall
Bao holds two bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Communications Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago. He worked as an associate at Morgan Stanley's Global Capital Markets business unit from 2011 to 2015. Bao then worked as an investment associate at Chinese group buying website Meituan-Dianping from 2015 to 2016 and at Legend Capital from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, he co-founded Huajuan Mall and has since served as head of strategy.
Bao holds two bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Communications Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago. He worked as an associate at Morgan Stanley's Global Capital Markets business unit from 2011 to 2015. Bao then worked as an investment associate at Chinese group buying website Meituan-Dianping from 2015 to 2016 and at Legend Capital from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, he co-founded Huajuan Mall and has since served as head of strategy.
Co-founder & Advisor of Red Points
David Casellas, a graduate of ESADE Law and Business School, is a legaltech expert who built his career in digital businesses.He started his professional career as Digital Business Development Manager at FC Barcelona. In 2012, he co-founded Red Points, a SaaS producing anti-piracy and counterfeit detection technology to protect brands in the digital ecosystem. Since 2017, he has also been Co-founder and Managing Director of Pridatect, the first online platform that allows professionals to offer compliance in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) services to their clients.
David Casellas, a graduate of ESADE Law and Business School, is a legaltech expert who built his career in digital businesses.He started his professional career as Digital Business Development Manager at FC Barcelona. In 2012, he co-founded Red Points, a SaaS producing anti-piracy and counterfeit detection technology to protect brands in the digital ecosystem. Since 2017, he has also been Co-founder and Managing Director of Pridatect, the first online platform that allows professionals to offer compliance in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) services to their clients.
CEO and Founder of B'Smart
An electronic and communications engineer who's worked in Spain and Switzerland, Javier Escalante is a graduate of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC). He has a master's in Industrial Engineering (UPC) and a master's in B2B Sales from ESADE. After working eight years as a maintenance manager and automation engineer at corporates including Fuchs Oil, Oerlikon, Holcim and Tel Solar, Escalante returned to Spain in 2015 to start his own company BeWireless, specializing in Wi-Fi systems. From 2017, the company pivoted to focus on IoT products and services as B'Smart.
An electronic and communications engineer who's worked in Spain and Switzerland, Javier Escalante is a graduate of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC). He has a master's in Industrial Engineering (UPC) and a master's in B2B Sales from ESADE. After working eight years as a maintenance manager and automation engineer at corporates including Fuchs Oil, Oerlikon, Holcim and Tel Solar, Escalante returned to Spain in 2015 to start his own company BeWireless, specializing in Wi-Fi systems. From 2017, the company pivoted to focus on IoT products and services as B'Smart.
Co-founder and CTO of Advotics
After completing a Computer Engineering degree at the University of Washington in 2005, Hendi Chandi worked as a senior software engineer at Amazon from 2006 to 2010. He returned to Indonesia and founded online groceries vendor Greenie in 2011 that operated for only one year. Hendi later completed a two-year master's in Law at the University of Indonesia.In 2014, he co-founded SaaS telecom Kokatto with co-founder Boris Sanjaya. They also started another company PT Advotics Teknologi Global in 2016 to help retail companies digitize their supply chains.
After completing a Computer Engineering degree at the University of Washington in 2005, Hendi Chandi worked as a senior software engineer at Amazon from 2006 to 2010. He returned to Indonesia and founded online groceries vendor Greenie in 2011 that operated for only one year. Hendi later completed a two-year master's in Law at the University of Indonesia.In 2014, he co-founded SaaS telecom Kokatto with co-founder Boris Sanjaya. They also started another company PT Advotics Teknologi Global in 2016 to help retail companies digitize their supply chains.
Co-founder and CTO of Feedloop
Software engineer Ronaldi Kurniawan was the only Android developer at YesBoss, an Indonesian virtual assistant startup. The Computer Science graduate from Universitas Bina Nusantara went on to work at financial product comparison website Cermati after YesBoss became inactive in 2016. YesBoss was later transformed into Kata.ai.Ronaldi had also worked at Thailand-based IT consultancy firm TN Corporation before returning to Indonesia to join Go-Jek. In May 2019, he left Go-Jek to team up again with Kata.ai co-founder Ahmad Rizqi Meydiarso to establish brand campaign builder startup Feedloop.
Software engineer Ronaldi Kurniawan was the only Android developer at YesBoss, an Indonesian virtual assistant startup. The Computer Science graduate from Universitas Bina Nusantara went on to work at financial product comparison website Cermati after YesBoss became inactive in 2016. YesBoss was later transformed into Kata.ai.Ronaldi had also worked at Thailand-based IT consultancy firm TN Corporation before returning to Indonesia to join Go-Jek. In May 2019, he left Go-Jek to team up again with Kata.ai co-founder Ahmad Rizqi Meydiarso to establish brand campaign builder startup Feedloop.
President and Co-founder of Bailian.ai
Yao Conglei graduated from Peking University in 2008 with a degree in Computer Science. He is CTO of AI firm Kika Tech, which invested in Bailian.ai's seed round. Before Kika, Yao was Technology VP at Wandoujia, a search engine for mobile entertainment. Yao worked for the HP Research Institute and Tencent in the areas of content mining and recommendation systems respectively.
Yao Conglei graduated from Peking University in 2008 with a degree in Computer Science. He is CTO of AI firm Kika Tech, which invested in Bailian.ai's seed round. Before Kika, Yao was Technology VP at Wandoujia, a search engine for mobile entertainment. Yao worked for the HP Research Institute and Tencent in the areas of content mining and recommendation systems respectively.
Co-founder and CTO of Callista
Serial entrepreneur Ryan Narendra first came into the spotlight with his slip-on shoe brand Junkiee Shoes in 2011. He also cofounded Yorya Cookies in 2013 before starting a digital skincare shop for Callista together with his wife Shinta Priantika Sari. They also established Claban, an e-commerce holding company for various e-commerce brands.Ryan graduated in 2009 as a mechanical engineer through an International Undergraduate Program offered by the University of Indonesia and Queensland University of Technology. He worked as country manager for Airfrov Indonesia from April 2017 until October 2018.
Serial entrepreneur Ryan Narendra first came into the spotlight with his slip-on shoe brand Junkiee Shoes in 2011. He also cofounded Yorya Cookies in 2013 before starting a digital skincare shop for Callista together with his wife Shinta Priantika Sari. They also established Claban, an e-commerce holding company for various e-commerce brands.Ryan graduated in 2009 as a mechanical engineer through an International Undergraduate Program offered by the University of Indonesia and Queensland University of Technology. He worked as country manager for Airfrov Indonesia from April 2017 until October 2018.
Founder, CEO of HeartGenetics
Ana Teresa Freitas is the founder and CEO of Lisbon-based HeartGenetics, since 2013. Prior to this, she lectured for 29 years at Lisbon University's Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), where she taught computational biology but she continues her 32-year career in Lisbon's engineering institute, INESC-ID, as a senior researcher in computational biology and health IT. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and a master's in Electronics Engineering. She has attended the Advanced Management Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Católica Lisbon – BES, School of Business and Economics.
Ana Teresa Freitas is the founder and CEO of Lisbon-based HeartGenetics, since 2013. Prior to this, she lectured for 29 years at Lisbon University's Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), where she taught computational biology but she continues her 32-year career in Lisbon's engineering institute, INESC-ID, as a senior researcher in computational biology and health IT. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and a master's in Electronics Engineering. She has attended the Advanced Management Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Católica Lisbon – BES, School of Business and Economics.
Swanlaab Venture Factory: €40 million funding chest to give power to the people
The female co-founder of Swanlaab Venture Factory believes that diversity enriches decision-making and drives performance. CompassList recently caught up with Verónica Trapa Díaz-Obregón to find out what's in store for Spain's first Israeli-backed VC fund
Turning Singapore into an Edible Garden City
Urban agriculture startup Edible Garden City embraces new tech for intensive, space-saving farming while staying true to its community-driven values
Faraday Venture Partners’ MP Gonzalo Tradacete: “We are actively looking for startups”
Amid the Covid-19 slump, Faraday Venture Partners' CIO and MP shares his expectations for startup investments and favored sectors, the measures his firm has taken so far to help investees ride out the crisis, and more.
Jakarta Smart City seeks startup solutions for life in post-Covid “new normal”
From collaborative working to cyberbullying, these startups will soon work with Indonesia’s first smart city agency
Zhongzheng Information: Big data and fully integrated services for smart office buildings
Joining the Microsoft for Startups program will boost Zhongzheng's R&D and business expansion in China
Beyond ride-hailing: Gojek, Grab and all their friends
Now that Grab and Go-Jek are in a faceoff on a regional scale, here's a look at how Southeast Asia's two biggest unicorns – and their investors – could be shaping the local digital economies and startup ecosystems
Interview with Qlue CEO: "We didn't know what a smart city should look like"
Co-founder and CEO of Qlue, Indonesia's largest "smart city" company, Rama Raditya explains how citizen involvement – not high-tech – is the true innovation of smart cities and the agent for change; plus how his startup has grown from partnering governments to businesses, and more
EXCLUSIVE: Qlue raising Series B funding, "confident" of turning profitable in 2020
Qlue is also targeting more enterprise clients as it expands overseas and improved accountability and management practices
EXCLUSIVE: Mexico’s Trendier invests in Chicfy as part of €1 million deal
Spain's most popular secondhand fashion marketplace and media darling gets lifeline as it struggles financially to stay afloat
Indonesian smart city tech leader Qlue thrives amid Covid-19 with thermal scanner and B2G refocus
Plans to tilt its client portfolio toward B2B work are delayed as Qlue returns to its B2G roots
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
As Veniam’s “Internet of Moving Things” keeps growing, autonomous vehicles are next
The Portuguese startup is going places with its mesh networking technology, but that’s “just the beginning”, says Veniam founder and CEO João Barros. He talks to CompassList about partnering automakers to design self-driving cars, raising a new round of funding in 2018, and more
TheVentures founders launch Singapore VC to drive deals in Southeast Asia
The Korean Viki co-founders return to Singapore as venture builders and investors, offering South Korean partnerships and “CTO-as-a-service” in Southeast Asia
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
For equality in education, Odilo brings books in the cloud free to millions worldwide
The "Amazon for digital content" Spanish edtech startup delivers virtual libraries and classrooms to kids and adults worldwide
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