MHV Podcast
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -We speak with leading founders, VCs and operators on their journey in Southeast Asia. Go to www.monkshill.com for more founders’ journeys, company building advice, and insights into regional tech trends
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Episodes
Wong Zi Yang: Skipping University, Managing Creator and Personal Risk-Reward & Fundraising Recipes
March 28, 2022 17:54 - 42 minutes - 97.2 MBWong Zi Yang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Upmesh, a startup enabling anyone to easily start a live selling business on social media. Having founded various ventures across wildly different industries (ranging from retail to technology), he believes that it is possible to bridge the trust gap between businesses and consumers and make e-commerce more people-driven.
Shi Ling Tai: Growing Up an Engineer, Founder Perspective and Representation
March 14, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBShi Ling is the co-founder and CEO of UI-licious. She's also an software engineer, ever since she learnt to code at 16, she's been building apps for fun and to solve people's problems. What's she's dedicated to these days is to ensuring that the best digital experiences of the web is accessible to everyone.
Kuo-Yi Lim (Managing Partner, MHV): "Keep Moving", First-Principles Driven, and Transitioning to VC from Operator
February 28, 2022 16:10 - 36 minutes - 83.5 MBThe MHV Podcast talks to Kuo-Yi Lim, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Monk's Hill Ventures. In the early 2000’s, Kuo-Yi was an early employee of Encentuate, an identity and access management software startup (acquired by IBM) and Reputation Technologies, a supplier relationship management software startup (acquired by Security Sources). In 2008, he co-Founded SportsHook, a social networking and event management SaaS startup for the sports community. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures,...
Charles Lee: Engineer Founder Learnings, Innovation Constraints & Fundraising Lifehacks vs. Energy Taxes
February 08, 2022 16:00 - 43 minutes - 99.8 MBMeet Charles Lee, the tech veteran shaking up Southeast Asia's startup scene with his Vietnam-based school for talented developers. CodersSchool, founded in 2015 by Charles Lee and Harley Trung, who previously worked as software engineers, pivoted from offline to online in early 2020 to bring high-quality technical training to everyone, everywhere. “Coding is the future. At CoderSchool, we believe everyone in Southeast Asia deserves a chance to be part of that future.”
JJ Chai: Carousell & Airbnb Executive Insights, E-Commerce Brand Partners & Multi-Stage VC Selection
January 25, 2022 01:00 - 37 minutes - 86.8 MBJJ Chai is the co-founder and CEO of Rainforest, Asia’s leading e-commerce brand aggregator. Rainforest acquires consumer ecommerce brands, providing entrepreneurs a healthy exit, and continues to grow the brands to their full potential. Prior to founding Rainforest, JJ advised startups founders in the scale-up stage, as xto10x’s SE-Asia’s MD. He previously worked with the founders at Carousell to scale up from a pre-revenue startup to become SE-Asia’s largest online classified...
Anton Hariyanto: Indonesia Startup Ecosystem Maturation, Southeast Asia Data Gamechangers & UC Berkeley Memories
January 11, 2022 04:04 - 39 minutes - 90.9 MBAnton Hariyanto is the founder of id/x partners, a B2B fintech providing Data Analytics & Decisioning solution to financial services industry in Indonesia and the Philippines. He is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the data management, analytics-driven strategy and decision management space, and highly skilled in Risk Management, Digital Lending, Customer Relationship Management, Optimization Strategies, Machine Learning and Predictive Modeling...
Justin Nguyen (General Partner, MHV): Vietnam Roots, VP Engineering To Founder & Healthy Board Relationships
November 02, 2021 01:45 - 44 minutes - 102 MBJustin is a Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies, primarily Series A, in Southeast Asia. He has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley and in Asia as a founder, entrepreneur, and engineer of early-stage tech startups and global tech companies. Based in Vietnam, he has strong expertise in building world-class teams, fundraising, and operations. In his career so far, he has helped his startups grow from zero revenue ...
Michele Daoud (Partner, MHV): Building Racing Cars, Scaling Udemy & Choosing VCs
September 28, 2021 14:53 - 44 minutes - 102 MBMichele is a Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies, primarily Series A, in Southeast Asia. She is responsible for deal sourcing and execution, investment analyses as well as portfolio management. She is based in Singapore and has a decade of experience in technology and operations, having worked in Silicon Valley, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. She was an early employee and Director at Udemy in San Francisco whe...
Peng T. Ong (Managing Partner, MHV): Engineer Sci-Fi, Founding Match.com & Interwoven CEO Learnings
September 14, 2021 08:33 - 50 minutes - 116 MBPeng is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies, primarily Series A, in Southeast Asia. Peng is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, founder, and investor in Silicon Valley and in Asia. He is based in Indonesia and is a board member of Glints, ELSA, Finaxar, and Intelligent Video Solutions. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures in...
Susli Lie (Venture Partner, MHV): Indonesia Childhood, YC Founder & VC Representation
August 31, 2021 04:40 - 54 minutes - 126 MBSusli is a Venture Partner at Monk's Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies, primarily Series A, in Southeast Asia. She is based in Indonesia and is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and executing deals, and working closely with portfolio companies. Susli is also the Co-Founder of ErudiFi, a tech-enabled education financing company in Southeast Asia. Susli is a seasoned finance professional, having built a career at the cross-section of fina...
Welcome to MHV
August 24, 2021 06:38 - 27 seconds - 466 KBWelcome to the MHV Podcast! We speak with leading founders, VCs and operators on their journey in Southeast Asia. Go to www.monkshill.com for more founders’ journeys, company building advice, and insights into regional tech trends