For founders and investors of Southeast Asian Startups. Connecting the Southeast Asian Ecosystem to the World.

Get the money, build the dream and grow to win.

North Ridge Partners and PRecious Communications combined have worked with over hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors to raise capital, grow their businesses, exit and establish a communications strategy designed for success.

At Southeast Asia Connect: In this fortnightly webinar series, which will also be launched in China in Mandarin, our hosts Chris Tran and Lars Voedisch share strategic actionable insights on the ecosystem and most importantly, engage, connect and co- contribute to building our wonderful community.

Please join us in our work with the entrepreneurs – the 21st century heroes who solve the problems of today to build a better future.

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Past Webinar

Why it takes a village to build a startup in Southeast Asia

Date: Thursday 19th November 2020
Time: 5 PM to 6 PM SGT

In the last 5 years, we have witnessed the increasing relevance of startup initiatives globally. The likes of Station F in Europe, AIS The Startup, Sequoia Surge, and Antler, in Asia have thousands of startups combined that receive help in growing their companies. In China similarly, Chinaccelerator, operated by venture fund SOSV, has more than 140 startups in its portfolio.

The astonishing growth in the number of such initiatives worldwide from 200 in 2011, to well beyond 10,000 now (or 5 times now), proves that there is an increasing need for them in the making of a startup.

In this webinar, we speak with Keziah Quek from Capgemini Applied Innovation Exchange, and Janise Tan, who manages Google’s Accelerator program in Southeast Asia.

Join us on the final episode of this year on Southeast Asia connect as we talk about:

Bridging startups and B2B enterprises, and how startups can win pilots with corporates
Working with local players in the ecosystem and enabling digital transformation
Ecosystem success stories

It’s a celebration of the work that startup initiatives do to support these startups.

In this webinar on Why it takes a village to build a startup in Southeast Asia, meet

Janise builds tech and innovation ecosystems that drives experimentation and collaboration with its users, startups, and partners to deliver sustainable business impact. She manages Google for Startup Accelerator’s program and mentor network in Southeast Asia, providing founders with access to the best of Google - its people, network, and advanced technologies - helping startups build great products.

Janise TanStartup Ecosystem Manager, Google Developer Relations SEA

Keziah is the Ecosystem Lead at the Capgemini Applied Innovation Exchange, connecting cutting edge technology, business model opportunities and startup solutions to corporate industry challenges. She has driven innovation initiatives, and contributed to conferences and panels in multiple sectors, including Telecommunications, Sustainability, Rail & Transportation, Pharmaceuticals and Smart Cities. A partner to corporates in applied innovation, she works to design and develop innovation discovery days, proof of concepts, and innovation roadmaps.

Keziah QuekEcosystem Lead, Capgemini Applied Innovation Exchange

Meet Your Hosts

Chris works with leading high-growth technology companies on capital raising, growth by mergers & acquisitions and strategic advisory. He has been an active investor, operator and corporate financier for over 15 years. His track record comprises of advising on over 50 high growth deals up to $1Bn in value across the region.

Lars is an experienced global communications and business professional with over 15 years of expertise in growing, managing and defending leading brands’ reputation. He has helped over 300 startups and enterprises to drive impactful communications strategies that contribute to companies’ growth objectives.