#52: The Fund that is Investing in the Plaid, Stripe and Klarna of Southeast Asia with 1982’s Herston Elton Powers
Herston is a Managing Partner of 1982 Ventures – the leading seed fund focused on fintech in Southeast Asia. He is responsible for setting the strategy and direction of 1982 Ventures. He is active in investments, portfolio management and investor relations. He has sourced and led investments into Brick, Fundiin, Homebase, Go Zayaan and Wagely.
#51: Venture Building in Latin America with Polymath Ventures’ Wenyi Cai
Graduated Cum Laude from Harvard College, Wenyi Cai is the Founder & CEO of Polymath Ventures, a company builder that serves the underserved middle-class of Latin America.
#50: Starting a VC Fund, a Contrarian View, & Immigrant Founders with Leonis Capital’s Jay Zhao
Jay is a managing partner at Leonis Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in AI-first companies and the automation economy. Previously, Jay is a Partner at T Fund (fka TCL Ventures), a global CVC arm by TCL Corp, one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world.
#48: The Wapistani Effect & Domiciled Funds with Sarmayacars Rabeel Warraich
Rabeel is the Founder and CEO of Sarmayacar, the leading VC firm in Pakistan, and a Kauffman Fellow. He currently serves on the boards of Bykea, Dawaai, ProCheck and Patari.
#47: Cap Table Health with Golden Gate Ventures’ Michael Lints
Michael Lints has over 20 years of experience helping innovative businesses obtain the resources, insights, and expertise they need in order to be successful. Michael has been a startup operator, investor, and mentor, and is currently a Partner at the Singapore-based venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures.
#46: Investing in Asia-Pacific with Golden Gate Ventures’ Michael Lints
Michael Lints has over 20 years of experience helping innovative businesses obtain the resources, insights, and expertise they need in order to be successful. Michael has been a startup operator, investor, and mentor, and is currently a Partner at the Singapore-based venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures.
#44: The Billion Dollar Fund for Women with Beyond The Billion’s Sarah Chen
Sarah Chen’s career spans across venture capital (VC) and innovation, in Asia and the US. She is Co-Founder of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women and Beyond the Billion.
#43: Venture Investing Wisdom with NEA’s Ben Narasin
Narasin is a 25-year entrepreneur and 10-year early-stage investor. His knack for spotting emerging trends led him to make seed investments in companies like Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits.
#42: Investing Along the Z-Axis with Airbus Ventures’ Lewis Pinault
Dr. Lewis Pinault is an Airbus Ventures Partner based in Tokyo, managing Airbus Ventures’ activities in the Asia Pacific region.
#41: Special Situation Funds & Venture Investing with Vulpes Investment Management’s Field Pickering
Field has spent over a decade in Singapore investing across South East Asia. Field is the Head of Venture and Impact Investing at Vulpes Investment Management.
