Asia Tech Podcast

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Jonathan Tanner, CEO of MitchelLake Group. MitchelLake Group is a global, specialist provider of executive search, board & advisory solutions for ventures and innovation, from startups to global brands. Some of the topics Jonathan covered in this conversation:  The future of AI and running alongside human performance The importance of being absolutely present and positive in the market Playing the long game and staying curious Doing a lot with very little Some other titles we considered for this episode: If We Really Want to Succeed, We Have to Succeed Together Good People Attract Good Things This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng.

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Julia Zhou, the Head of Ventures at AlphaLab Capital. AlphaLab Capital is a technology-driven trading group that transacts over $2B daily in crypto assets on 40+ exchanges, both centralized and decentralized.  Some of the topics Julia covered in this conversation: What the early internet felt like for Julia in the early 2000s Benefitting from ambiguity and uncertainty How Julia found her entrepreneurship calling Julia’s turning point in her business The effectiveness of having an evaluation process and risks metrics Julia’s experience of working with a community of people who are building their vision Changing perspectives and feeling the difference Some other titles we considered for this episode: Institutional Investing Process Over Outcome In It for the Community I Feel Like I Can Make Things Happen This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

The Asia Tech Podcast reached out to Ganesh Kompella, a Founding Investment Partner at Tykhe Block Ventures, after reading a thought-provoking article he recently published on LinkedIn.  We enjoyed reading the article and wanted to dig a bit deeper with Ganesh. Some of the topics Ganesh covered in this conversation: The global macro environment and the impact of inflation Ganesh's introduction to blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and Ethereum Asset correlation and Bitcoin FTX, 3AC, Celsius Network Proof of reserves

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Victor Cho, CEO of Evite. Evite is the world's leading digital platform for bringing people together to celebrate their most important life moments.  Some of the topics discussed by Victor: How being immersed in coding help Victor understand what he wanted to be and do Victor’s take on why the social media system is very hard to correct How robots help promote more simulated interactions when parties are away from each other One of the biggest tensions that the society is going to face Companies only really scale when one builds leadership at every level The benefits of having a framework put in place Some other titles we considered for this episode: [Communication Becomes Way More Important] It’s Just Different Is That the Humanity We Want to Build? You Are in Way Less Control Finding Value Out of It This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Andrew Zinchuk, Managing Partner at ZAS Ventures, shares his entrepreneur journey, the differences between Eastern European and US startups, the challenges faced by fully remote startups, and the growth of the Ukrainian startup ecosystem.

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Wally Wang,  Founding Partner at Scale Asia Ventures. Scale Asia Ventures is a Palo Alto-based American venture capital firm that aims to support startups at a global scale.  Some of the topics discussed by Wally:  The factors that influenced Wally into the startup world What got Wally interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning The significance of getting enough exposure to be able to instantly identify what’s missing from a startup  How a change of environment can instill traits of a founder The advancements in technology that help machines evolve themselves The similarities between the creations of a machine and a human Wally’s sneak peek at what’s coming Some other titles we considered for this episode:  Eating the Whole Internet and Coming Up With a More Intelligent and Better Internet Think About Change There’s So Many Things You Can Do This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Fateh Ali, Co-founder and CEO of Kitcod. Kitcod is social-as-a-service that enables an in-app social community for consumer apps across industries, globally.  Some of the topics Fateh discussed: Fateh’s decision to leave school temporarily to support his family Fateh’s first tech gig with Pizza Hut Fateh’s first time exploring globally and first time working out of India with JP Morgan The emphasis on having side gigs The two factors that motivate Fateh to keep going Building a social community collaboration within any app Fateh’s learning takeaways from working with Antler What Fateh is trying to achieve with Kitcod Kitcod’s future wishes and what they want to achieve Some other titles we considered for this episode: If You Could Give Them Something Back in Return, It Might Really Be a Beautiful Thing Early in the Game This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an insightful conversation with Heikki Nousiainen, Field-CTO & Co-founder at Aiven. Aiven makes setting up cloud databases so simple anyone can do it.  Some of the topics that Heikki discussed:  Finland’s environmental influence on developing great tech How Aiven aims to help developers and organisations build on top of the current technology The benefits of having a tendency of just wanting to know more Aiven’s mission Maximising existing data to create new services Aiven’s drive to find new innovations to distill information and data Aiven’s future plans to enter a very tempting market Supporting other startups in a unique way Some other titles we have considered for this episode:  Focus on Things That Make a Difference It’s Very Hard to Build Something in Secret Bringing Out a Great Product This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng.

FTX and its aftermath is an ongoing conversation and we want to continue to be a part of it.   Asia Tech Podcast invited one of the region's most thoughtful investors, Rajive Keshup, to come to the show and give some of his insights into how we got here and where we are going. Some of the topics that Rajive discussed: In-depth detail of the FTX situation and what the potential outcomes are The impact of the Federal Reserve on all financial markets The implications of the changing macro environment The Binance and FTX rivalry Putting the economics of FTX into context The necessity for and the inevitability of regulation Just how small the circle of players is The impact on the VC world Some other titles we considered for this episode: I Think Every Year Will Have Something Everybody Knew Something Was Going On The Circles Trading Against You Are a Lot Tighter They Sponsored Stadiums Season 4: The Run to Dubai

Asia Tech Podcast had Joel Lin, Contributor at CitaDAO, back on the show.  We needed his expertise to further our discussion on the volatility in the crypto markets. Some of the topics Joel covered: Recent financial crises juxtaposed with FTX, Alameda Research, and Binance Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao rivalry How much regulators knew about FTX The importance of code auditing Do smart contracts solve this? Web2 projects disguised as Web3 projects Other titles we considered for this episode: He Tried to Run an Exchange Like a Bank People Trust the Community Not a Failure of Regulations, But of Regulators The Web3 World Can Not Be an Imaginary World You Gotta Wonder Where All That Money Came From