BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)

Jeremy Au

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Nov 14, 2022 • 16min

Social Enterprise Incorporation Q&A, Entity Code of Conduct & Long Term Vision - E214

Jeremy presents a question and answer session about social enterprise incorporation Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/incorporation-qna
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Nov 10, 2022 • 39min

Arne Jeroschewski: McKinsey Founder Untraining, eCommerce Logistics Myths & Bravery Hindsight. - E213

Arne is the Co-Founder and CEO of Parcel Perform, the leading delivery experience platform for businesses covering 950+ logistics carriers worldwide. Before founding Parcel Perform, Arne was Vice President for Business Development at DHL eCommerce Asia Pacific, where he led the development of e-commerce logistics products as well as market entries throughout Asia. Prior to that, he was Vice President at Singapore Post’s SP eCommerce, where he was responsible for the B2C e-commerce businesses including vPost and Omigo. In 2012, Arne was the founding CEO of ZALORA, South East Asia’s leading fashion e-commerce player across 8 markets. Arne was a long-time management consultant at McKinsey & Company where he worked on technology projects in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is a trained economist and holds a Ph.D. in regulatory economics. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/arne-jeroschewski
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Nov 7, 2022 • 32min

Singapore Institute of Technology Q&A, Building the Future & Life Sacrifices - E212

Jeremy presents a Question and Answer session at Singapore Institute of Technology Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/sit-qna
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Nov 3, 2022 • 32min

Yuying Deng: Overcoming Entrepreneurial Failure, Second-Time Founder Learnings & Parenting Reflections - E211

Yuying Deng is the CEO and founder of Esevel. Esevel is an all-in-one IT platform that helps companies with distributed teams manage their people, devices and applications on one platform. Esevel helps clients on/offboard employees, procure devices and manage and support their teams’ IT needs across 8 countries in APAC. Yuying started Esevel during COVID, and together with her team, grew revenue 36x within 9 months. In her spare time, she spends time with her 3 kids, husband and their Havanese dog called Marvel. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/yuying deng
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Oct 30, 2022 • 51min

Marketing New Ventures Q&A, Founder-VC Learnings & Knowing Your Customer - E210

Jeremy presents a Marketing New Ventures question and answer session at National University of Singapore (NUS) Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/marketing-qna
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Oct 27, 2022 • 33min

Leon John Hermann: India & SE Asia Cross Pollination, Operator vs. VC Career & Building a VC Fund - E209

Leon is an investment professional with a track record of more than 10 years building, operating and investing in category-leading technology companies in Southeast Asia and Europe. He’s currently a Director at Rigel Capital, a Southeast Asia & India focused investment company, as well as Head of Corporate Development at Wingcopter.  Prior to Rigel Capital and Wingcopter, Leon was a Venture Partner at Kejora Capital, where he launched a US$30 Million Early-Stage Fund in partnership with SBI Holdings to invest in technology companies in Indonesia. Before that he was with 500 Startups where he managed 15 GPs across 10 funds in Asia, MENA and the United States with combined more than US$300 Million in Assets Under Management. Before that, he led or participated in more than 30 investments (2 unicorns) in Southeast Asia for Global Founders Capital. He launched his career building eCommerce platforms in Asia Foodpanda and Zalora as well as Russian fashion eCommerce platform Lamoda. Leon is deeply rooted in the regional innovation ecosystem in Southeast Asia and Europe as lead mentor of the German Accelerator in Indonesia, Mentor at the GnB Accelerator, Mentor at MDI Ventures and frequent guest speaker across leading institutions and universities. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/leon-hermann
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Oct 24, 2022 • 18min

Podcaster Q&A on Carving A Niche, Active Listening & Show Launching - E208

Valerie Vu was previously Vietnam Country Head of Venturra Capital, a Southeast Asia focused venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology-based businesses headquartered in Jakarta. Venturra’s primary investment focus is on internet companies, in sectors such as e-commerce, financial technology, marketplaces, healthcare and education amongst others. Valerie began her career at Deloitte U.S. where she provided clients in the asset management industry with the tax and deal advisory services. Raised by an entrepreneurial family, Valerie is fascinated by breakthrough technology and product innovation. She then joins the digital transformation of Southeast Asia by joining Venturra to empower and support entrepreneurs throughout their journey. Valerie was born and raised in Vietnam and was a first-generation college graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/podcaster-qna
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Oct 20, 2022 • 34min

Yolanda Lee: Global Market Entry, Female Codeswitching & Uncommon Community Design - E207

Yolanda is a purpose-driven leader with 15+ years of building high-growth startups with companies such as Uber, Deliveroo, and Rocket Internet. Originally from Canada, she has lived and worked in every single continent, with the exception of South America, and is currently based in Singapore. At 18, Yolanda rented an abandoned industrial warehouse in her hometown of Toronto and got artists like Daft Punk and Major Lazer to play there by messaging them on Myspace. She went on to intern at the European Court for Human Rights and graduated top of her class at Oxford. Her early career included launching and leading the team for a Rocket Internet food startup in West Africa and working in market launch for Uber in Sub-Saharan Africa. After 3 years on the African continent, Yolanda expanded her experience to Asia where she built the Deliveroo partnerships team across APAC and the Middle East. Yolanda prides herself in her brave and unconventional approach to success and a lifelong growth mindset. She embraced entrepreneurship by setting up her own company, Uncommon, born out of her own experience as a female leader. Uncommon aims to build a more inclusive future of work through offering a private leadership network for women in Southeast Asia and beyond. It provides a strong and uplifting network of senior industry leaders, a personalized development roadmap, executive group coaching, masterclass workshops, and an enriching speaker series, all in one membership. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/yolanda-lee
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Oct 17, 2022 • 22min

Harvard MBA Application Q&A, Interview Practice Learnings & Articulating Your Why - E206

Nadim Muzayyin is a Singaporean venture investor focused on the Southeast Asian region and its growing consumer market. After three years of consumer venture investing with DSG Consumer Partners, Nadim is now an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School, graduating in the Class of 2024. Nadim is also a member of the Milken Institute's Young Leaders Circle (YLC) where he contributes to consumer, health and food research and initiatives for the Asia Center. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/harvard-mba-application
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Oct 13, 2022 • 42min

Charlotte Trudgill: Career Epiphanies, Navigating Culture Shocks & Self Regulation - E205

Charlotte is the co-founder and CEO of Jackett, a Singaporean edtech startup - building an operating system for personalised assessments. She grew up in Phuket, graduated Law from London, built a career at Meta and Grab, worked across eight countries in APAC, and is on a mission to make personalized education universally accessible with AI and automation. Jackett is present across eight countries in South Asia, SEA and Africa regions.  Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/charlotte-trudgill

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