#82: Venturing into China – Insights from a Global Investor on Investment Strategies, Geopolitical Landscape, and Cross-Cultural Challenges with MSA Capital’s Ben Harburg
Ben Harburg is a Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a global investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Mr Harburg also leads MSA Novo, the emerging markets focused franchise of MSA. Ben has significant investment and operations experience in the Greater China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and […]
#70: The Future of the Crypto Economy in Southeast Asia with Coinbase’s Hassan Ahmed
Hassan Ahmed is an experienced operator and investor in web3 and fintech. He is currently the Regional Director of Southeast Asia at Coinbase, the largest crypto platform in theworld. Prior to this, Hassan served a dual role at GoTo Group as Chief Executive Officer of Coins.ph, the leading crypto brokerage in the Philippines, and Head of Strategy for Gopay in Indonesia. Prior to moving […]
#62: The Future of Blockchain Convergence with Kenetic Capital’s Jehan Chu
Jehan Chu is co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic, a blockchain Venture Capital and cryptocurrency trading firm based in Hong Kong. A former front-end developer, he started investing in cryptocurrency in 2013 and has invested and supported over 100 projects.
#57: Institutional Bitcoin Investing, SPAC’s, & Life Advice with SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci is the Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital. He is the author of four books: The Little Book of Hedge Funds, Goodbye Gordon Gekko, Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole (a 2016 Wall Street Journal best seller), and Trump: The Blue-Collar President. Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger […]
#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.
#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.
#40: VC Investing in Blockchain, Crypto, & CBDC’s with Electric Capital’s Avichal Garg
Avichal is a successful serial entrepreneur with executive experience at Google and Facebook, which acquired his previous company. At Facebook he was Director of Product Management for the Local product group. Avichal is an investor in companies such as Airtable, Boom Supersonic, Color Genomics, Cruise, Figma, Newfront Insurance, Notion, Nova Credit, Threads, and others. Now, listen to him at Geeks of the Valley Podcast.
#36: Growth Equity Prospecting & CVC Investing with HSBC Ventures’ Ore Adeyemi
Ore Adeyemi is the Managing Director and Head of Strategic Innovation Investments at HSBC Venture Capital. Ore is based in Silicon Valley, leading investment efforts for HSBC’s Corporate Venture Capital arm, Strategic Innovation Investments (SII).
