Experience

Forge Ventures

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Partner

  • Apr 2021 - 2 years 9 months

  Singapore Forge Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building the future from Southeast Asia. We invest with high conviction, leading seed and pre-seed financing rounds and working hand-in-hand with founders to get from zero to one. We provide access to experts across every sector and function through our network of collaborators, advisors and limited partners. If you’re building something in Southeast Asia, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line at… Show more Forge Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building the future from Southeast Asia. We invest with high conviction, leading seed and pre-seed financing rounds and working hand-in-hand with founders to get from zero to one. We provide access to experts across every sector and function through our network of collaborators, advisors and limited partners. If you’re building something in Southeast Asia, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line at hello@forge.vc. Show less



PowerCred

• Singapore
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jul 2023 - 6 months

  Singapore



Baskit

• Indonesia
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Mar 2023 - 10 months

  Indonesia



Mito Health

• Singapore
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • Jan 2023 - 1 year

  Singapore


Kinetic
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • Sep 2022 - 1 year 4 months

Headquarters (HQ.xyz)
• Singapore
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • Jan 2022 - 2 years

Jackett
• Singapore
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • Jan 2022 - 2 years

Vouch
• Australia
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • Sep 2021 - 2 years 4 months


Qoala

• Software Development

• Board Member

  • Jan 2022 - 2 years

  Singapore

• Corporate Development

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2021

  Singapore Rolled up my sleeves to help with corporate development, M&A and fundraising.

• Seed Investor and Board Member

  • May 2018 - Dec 2021

  Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia I led SeedPlus's investment in the pre-seed round with CCV (Central Capital Ventura) and Genesia Ventures, and made subsequent follow-on investments alongside Sequoia Capital, MDI Ventures, Centauri Fund by Kookmin Bank, MassMutual Ventures and Flourish Ventures.



Alto Partners Pte Ltd

• Singapore
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Apr 2021 - 2 years 9 months

  Singapore



Next Billion Capital Partners

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Partner

  • Jun 2020 - 3 years 7 months

  Singapore Next Billion Capital Partners (NBCP) invests early and growth stage capital in impactful technology companies serving the digital needs of the next billion consumers and businesses in emerging markets. I work closely with the team to identify high-growth and high-impact startups in Southeast Asia.



Angel Investing

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • Jan 2020 - 4 years

  I love working with founders at the earliest stages of company formation. Sectors I pay attention to are mostly in fintech and product driven SaaS plays. Some of my personal investments include: - Lanturn (SG): tech augmented corporate secretary as a service. - Jenfi (SG): revenue based financing fintech platform. - Epiphany (SG): collaboration software for product teams. - Finantier (ID): open finance API and data platform. - Arrow (SG): one click payments technology. -… Show more I love working with founders at the earliest stages of company formation. Sectors I pay attention to are mostly in fintech and product driven SaaS plays. Some of my personal investments include: - Lanturn (SG): tech augmented corporate secretary as a service. - Jenfi (SG): revenue based financing fintech platform. - Epiphany (SG): collaboration software for product teams. - Finantier (ID): open finance API and data platform. - Arrow (SG): one click payments technology. - GajiGesa (ID): earned wage access fintech platform for emerging markets. - Udhaar Book (PK): digital ledger for small businesses. - Geniebook (SG): online assessment & tutoring for grade school students. - Talenox (SG): beautiful payroll software for SMEs in Southeast Asia. - Xfers + Fazz (SG/ID): building fintech and crypto infrastructure for Southeast Asia. Show less



EngageRocket

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

  Singapore

• Board Member

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

  Singapore



Rukita

• Indonesia
• Real Estate
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Mar 2019 - Dec 2021

  Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia



CardUp

• Singapore
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Mar 2018 - Dec 2021

  Singapore Acquired by Funding Societies.



SeedPlus

• Singapore
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Mar 2016 - Apr 2021

  Singapore SeedPlus is a seed fund focused on investing in best in class founders & startups in Southeast Asia. I joined SeedPlus as part of the founding team, and served as one of the partners managing SeedPlus Singapore Fund 1. Investments led: - CardUp (Seed) | Exited to Funding Societies - EngageRocket (Seed, A) - Qoala (Pre-Seed, Seed, A & B) - Porter (Seed) | Exited to Shipper - Rukita (Pre-Seed, A) - Lapasar (Seed) | Exited Board rep: - Evie.ai -… Show more SeedPlus is a seed fund focused on investing in best in class founders & startups in Southeast Asia. I joined SeedPlus as part of the founding team, and served as one of the partners managing SeedPlus Singapore Fund 1. Investments led: - CardUp (Seed) | Exited to Funding Societies - EngageRocket (Seed, A) - Qoala (Pre-Seed, Seed, A & B) - Porter (Seed) | Exited to Shipper - Rukita (Pre-Seed, A) - Lapasar (Seed) | Exited Board rep: - Evie.ai - Appknox - Neuron Mobility Show less



Geniebook

• Singapore
• E-Learning Providers
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Advisor

  • May 2020 - Dec 2020

  Singapore, Singapore Worked closely with the founders to advise on leadership, GTM, market development and corporate development strategies.



Jungle Ventures

• Singapore
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operating Partner

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2017

  Singapore



Evernote

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Market Development - Asia Pacific

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2015

  Singapore Started the Singapore office, my primary responsibility was to drive market development and business growth in APAC & Australia / New Zealand. Launched Evernote, Evernote Business and Evernote Market into the Asia Pacific region, growing the user base 10x from 1mil users to >10+ mil users, and revenue by 10x across 3 years. Fun fact: Singapore has the highest penetration of Evernote users per capita in the world.



Stream Media

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Product

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2012

  Early team member of fintech payments startup in Singapore funded by Singtel Innov8



Second Source Medical LLC

• United States
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

  Designed, developed and built an in-house hot air catheter laminator that was commissioned for manufacturing use in the prototyping lab. Involved in other areas such as operations, R&D project management. Built the company website + SEO/SEM activities.