Join us for the ninth edition of the Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore (Sept 17-18) to get a big-picture view as well as on-the-ground insights from 20 top leaders well-versed in operating in diverse markets of Asia.
The Venture Capital and Founders Summit track, which will be held on day two of the conference, will focus on deployment strategies; navigating fundraising and exits; operating in a downcycle; business pivots, profitability metrics and more.
The track will feature early to growth-stage venture capital fund managers along with founders and startup leaders.
These sessions aim to provide thought leadership content and nuanced perspectives from the VC and founder community.
Session Details
How are global investors reading diverse and fragmented SE Asia opportunities?
- Yoonmin Cho, Partner, Sopoong Ventures
- Ruzgar Barisik, Managing Partner, Next Billion Capital Partners
- Jessica Liu, Partner, AppWorks
- Peter Na, Director/Regional Head, Southeast Asia, Atinum Investment
- Tabita Diela, Correspondent, Indonesia, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)
Given its high-growth economies, historical business and cultural ties, Southeast Asia is a natural extension play for many regional investors in Japan, S Korea and Greater China. Its macro drivers, young demographics and digital adoption have attracted investors from other parts of the world seeking exposure to emerging market bets. Do the opportunities of operating in a diverse market outweigh the challenges? This panel will dive deep into strategies that are working for overseas investors.
Can emerging SEA markets deliver amid venture capital slump?
- Trung Hoang, Partner, VinaCapital Venture Capital Fund (VCVCF), VinaCapital Ventures
- Vy Le, Co-Founder & General Partner, Do Ventures
- Minette B. Navarrete, Vice-Chairman and President, Kickstart Ventures, Inc
- Louis Nguyen, Chairman and CEO, Saigon Asset Management
- Ngoc Nguyen, Deputy Editor, Vietnam, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)
Despite setbacks, Vietnam’s increasing significance in global supply chains, growing middle class, and rapid pace of digitalisation make it a hard-to-ignore long-term tech ecosystem. The emerging market of the Philippines also boasts favourable demographics, policy backing, consumption, and digital adoption making it a compelling bet, especially in the fintech and e-commerce space. In fact, according to DealStreetAsia’s DATA VANTAGE, traditionally the second-largest market for venture funding until the end of last year, Indonesia was outperformed by the Philippines and Thailand in the second quarter this year. How can emerging markets leverage the opportunity?
Country Focus: Unlocking China’s playbook to deep tech supremacy
- Jingwen (Vivian) Xu, Founding Member, Baichuan AI
- Murong Yang, Managing Director and Investment Committee Member, Future Capital
- Rafael Ratzel, Executive Director & Head of International Business, TH Capital International
- Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, Greater China, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)
As the rivalry for tech supremacy continues to heat up between China and the US, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are delving into homegrown breakthroughs in spheres from AI to chipmaking for the “Next Big” opportunities.
How will the rise of China-born deep tech reshape the regional and global tech worlds? What does the future hold, and what are the lessons learned from the ascendance of OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT?
Country Focus: India is a hot bet but how to play it right?
- Anurag Ramdasan, Partner, 3one4 Capital
- Anup Jain, Founding Partner, India focused Early Stage VC
- Rahul Shah, Partner, EvolutionX
- Prashanth Prakash, Founding Partner, Accel, India; Co-founder, UnboxingBLR Foundation
- Vibhuti Sharma, India Correspondent, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)
India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has weathered challenges over the past eighteen months, including mass layoffs, accounting discrepancies, and inflated valuations, leading to substantial investor losses. Nevertheless, fund managers remain undeterred, focusing on supporting companies with robust unit economics. Furthermore, the active capital raising by fund managers has meant that dry powder, readily available for deployment, has reached new peaks. Do these trends signal confidence in India’s long-term investment prospects?
Sector Focus: Deal flow in fintech proves sector still has firepower
- Andi Taufan Garuda Putra, Founder and CEO, Amartha
- Kenny Man, Managing Partner, 01Fintech Limited
- Caesar Sengupta, CEO & Co-Founder, Arta Finance
- Genping Liu, Partner, Vertex Ventures
- Rachel Freeman, Chief Growth Officer, Tyme
- Dmitry Levit, Partner, Cento Ventures (Moderator)
While the region is yet to emerge from the funding winter, investments into fintech startups show encouraging signs as capital flow appears to be on an upward trend in the past three quarters, according to DealStreetAsia DATA VANTAGE. Led by Singaporean startups, fintechs clocked 38 equity funding deals in Q2 2024, relatively on par with the previous quarter, with proceeds rising by 64% to $521 million. Despite the resurgence in funding, questions remain on how long the momentum will sustain. This panel will explore how the fintech thesis is shaping up in SE Asia.
Exits: Slow liquidity impairs VCs & startups fundraising?
- Dennis Pratistha, Chief Investment Officer, Mandiri Capital Indonesia
- Kheng Lian Ho, General Partner, Turn Capital
- Kevin Aluwi, Venture Partner, SEA, LightSpeed
- Miranda Jiang, Co-Head of Investments, K3 Ventures
- Abhishek Bakshi, Head of Asia (ex-China) Issuer Services, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
- Andi Haswidi, Head of Data and Research, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)
