Asia Tech Podcast

Absolute is a very early stage startup, founders Mannan Pacha & Harsh Vardhan Sharma join Graham Brown in the ATP studio to talk to us about the idea behind Absolute. During the 40 min conversation, we listen to some interesting tales of how these two young entrepreneurs are working on their product to provide solution to a range of different industries in solving couple of their most pertinent issues. We learn more about the two founders, how they met as being part of the cohort at Antler and sequence of events which led them to team up and start their company. Listen to the entire episode here and don't forget to subscribe and hit the like button. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

Rayner Loi, founder of Good For Food, joins Graham Brown in the ATP studio to share his story about how he came about with the idea for his company and the path he took to start the business while still studying. He talks to us about his motivations, plans and also on how he brought on his co-founder into his team. Food Wastage is an enormous global problem and Good For Food wants to provide solutions to take action right at the root cause to avoid the waste. Listen to the entire episode to know more in depth about Good For Food, their solution, future plans and funding/partner needs. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

Joompa is the world’s first, Muslim-friendly dating app. Anisa Hassan, CEO of Joompa, joins Graham Brown to tell us about her app which she started along with 2 other co-founders, one of them being her husband. She has 15+ years of experience building a successful offline matchmaking business and wanted to bring that experience onto the online dating service to overcome the problems faced by users, especially muslims, with the currently available dating apps. Listen to her entire story to know her reasons behind getting into this business, her journey till now and her plans for the future. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

ATP team visited Cylon Singapore office in One North as part of the Pitchdeck Asia Startup Ecosystem Tour and had a conversation with Anton Opperman (MD, Cylon Singapore) and Nicole De Silva (Program Manager, Cylon). Anton & Nicole tell us about their personal journey which has now led them to being part of Cylon. They give us an insight into their bootcamps for Startups and talk about the background of founders in terms of their work experience, age & geography. Cylon helps startups in the space of Cyber Security, a sector both Anton and Nicole describe as being very different from other sectors for startups. The requirements for succeeding in this sector need specialized inputs & experience from founders, accelerators, mentors. They also talk about how the field of Cyber Security is still nascent in Asia in comparison US or Europe with very few startups venturing into this space and much fewer number of investors in this space from Asia. They share interesting anecdotes about some of the companies who they have worked with in their cohort. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts. We would also love to hear your thoughts about the shows, do leave us a review on our channel.

Announcing their partnership with Sports Hub Singapore for their training facility, Team Flash has been the centre of attention this past week. Terence Ting, CEO and owner of Team Flash sits down with host Andi to chat about the historic partnership, scouting talents, starting out as a professional esports athlete, starting an esports team, and the intricacies of sponsorship deals. On top of wearing the team owner hat, Terence cares deeply about the social problem that exists even now in esports. Competitive gaming is getting recognition, but there is still a long way to go. How can we move things faster? Tune in to hear what Terence have to say. If you like this episode and want us to keep doing what we do, support us through our Patreon page so we could continue bringing you quality content and amazing stories from passionate individuals in esports. http://patreon.com/esportsasia Share your thoughts on the episode down in the comments and don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to our channel. Reach out to us on LinkedIn, and let's have a chat about this industry that we're all passionate about. Terence Ting https://www.linkedin.com/in/terence-ting/ Andi Andana Bangsawan https://www.linkedin.com/in/andiandana Sabir Ansari https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabir-ansari-394063101

Gerald Ang (CEO) and Stephen Tracy (COO) from Milieu Insight joined Graham Brown in the ATP studio to talk about their company and take us through their journey. During the conversation, Gerald and Stephen explain how their online mobile app for market research overcomes many of the issues faced by marketers when using the traditional market research approach. They also tell us how they ensure that the process is easy and rewarding for the responders by bypassing cumbersome data gathering procedures whilst maintaining the quality and authenticity of the data. Listen to the entire podcast here to know more about Milieu and their team. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

*Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud Bas de Lange, Founder of Navipark App & Without Jamaar, joins show host Graham Brown to talk about his journey as a young 21 year old entrepreneur. Navipark is a mobility app for drivers which helps them in finding parking spaces in cities. Bas tells us how he came about the idea of working on this app after being in Singapore and encountering this problem of finding convenient off-street parking spaces in the city. We learn how Navipark looks to not only solve the problem of finding parking space, but also act as a mobility space partner helping users reach their destination in a convenient manner while getting targeted communication from brands of their interest near their final destination. Listen to the entire podcast to know more about Navipark, their team and their current fundraising stage.

Asia Tech Podcast was at LEVEL3 Singapore to talk to Adam Lyle (Executive Chairman Padang & Co., Head @LEVEL3 Singapore), David Ryan (Head of Commercial Excellence and Digital, Syngenta) and Sudipto Roy (Managing Director, Team Unilever AAR (Asia, Africa, Russia) @Mindshare). In this conversation, David Ryan and Sudipto Roy shared with us their experience, their work over the past few years and their reasons for coming to a busy hub like Singapore. They also talked about corporate innovation and how LEVEL3 is bringing the right people to the right place by creating an open space for innovation. We hear from our guests about innovation that takes place in spaces rather than departments. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts. We would also love to hear your thoughts about the shows, do leave us a review on our channel.

Anais Victor from La French Tech-Vietnam came to the Asia Tech Podcast studio as part of our startup ecosystem tour. In her conversation with our show host, Graham Brown, she shared her story of why she moved from France to Vietnam and also the difficulties she faced there, being outside of her comfort zone in the initial stages. In this 45-minute conversation, Anais Victor spoke about the reasons she feels the tech startup scene is particularly interesting in Vietnam in spite of it being relatively new. As part of La French Tech Vietnam, she also shared how the startup ecosystem builders (i.e. accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces) in Vietnam support the startup community and she also imparted much needed advice to people who are planning to go to Vietnam as entrepreneurs in the near future. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts.

Our this episode's featured guests Steven Liew & Rina Neoh are long time friends of our show host Graham Brown, with their relations going back to their time in Fukuoka, Japan. In this conversation, we hear from them about their time in Japan and their journey together as investors & friends. For this episode of Singapore Angel Investor's Ask Me Anything (AMA), the two ace investors talk about the important values they look for in startup founders and also tell us about their own personal areas of interest when it comes to investing in a startup. They share some of the dos and don’ts which a startup founder should follow when pitching to an investor. They also share their excitement with us about the upcoming PitchDeck Connect event on 20th March 2019 and tell us how they hope to benefit from this event which is bringing together Angel Investors and Startup founders in a unique, casual conversational environment. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts. We would also love to hear your thoughts about the shows, do leave us a review on our channel.

In this conversation, Vinnie Lauria, Managing Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, shared with us his story on how he got into the investor's space as well as how Golden Gate Ventures came about. He first walked us through his individual entrepreneurial journey when he was in the US and then subsequently, his story on how he came into Asia. Golden Gate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia, since 2011, it has invested in over 30 companies across more than 7 countries in Asia. We hear from Vinnie about his successes and failures from the 2 startups that he was involved in and what he learnt from his mistakes before coming into Asia. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts. We would also love to hear your thoughts about the shows, do leave us a review on our channel.

Asia Tech Podcast visited SPINOFF at Singapore Polytechnic as part of our Pitchdeck Asia Startup Ecosystem tour and we had an interesting conversation with Neelesh Bhatia and Rafael Voltaire Alzate. In this conversation, Neelesh and Rafael took us through their individual journeys before joining SPINOFF. Being very passionate about education and student entrepreneurship, Neelesh and Rafael talk about how SPINOFF caters their programme for students. In SPINOFF, students work in multi-disciplinary teams and tackle problem statements that help them evaluate their business skills and commitment necessary to successfully operate an entrepreneurial venture. We learn about our guest's opinion on whether entrepreneurship can be taught to students and also get to know the type of startups working in SPINOFF. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts. We would also love to hear your thoughts about the shows, do leave us a review on our channel.

For the 10th episode of the Esports Asia Show, host Andi sits with Graham Brown, host of Asia Tech Podcast, to clear some of the misconceptions about Esports and talk about its future due to the benefits derived now that Esports is part of the SEA games. If you like this episode and want us to keep doing what we do, support us through our Patreon page so we could continue bringing you quality content and amazing stories from passionate individuals in esports. http://patreon.com/esportsasia Share your thoughts on the episode down in the comments and don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to our channel. Reach out to us on LinkedIn, and let's have a chat about this industry that we're all passionate about. Graham Brown https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamdbrown/?originalSubdomain=sg Andi Andana Bangsawan https://www.linkedin.com/in/andiandana Sabir Ansari https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabir-ansari-394063101

Tuhina Singh, Founder & CEO of Propine, joins host Graham Brown in the ATP studio to take us through her interesting journey from corporate life to startup life and tell us the story behind setting up Propine along with her Co-founder Lian Zan Wong. Propine offers a storage facility for blockchain-based digital assets in a secure & seamless manner. In the podcast, Tuhina tells us about the problem they are trying to solve with their solution and also how they differentiate from competition. Tuhina also talks in depth about her passions and motivations that drive her, tells us about the work culture in Propine and describes what she looks for in potential candidates who want to work for the company. Listen to the entire episode to know more about Propine, their work, Tuhina and the team at Propine. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

ATP Tour dropped in to Startup-O’s office in Singapore to hand over the trophy for their #1 spot on the Outstanding Contribution to the Asian Startup Ecosystem Award 2019 and have a conversation with founders Anuj Jain & Nitin Nath. Over the 40 mins conversation, Anuj & Nitin take us through their individual journey which brought them from India to Singapore. They talk to us about how they built Startup-O, their vision for the company and how they stepped in to overcome some of the prevalent problems in the startup ecosystem. Startup-O has achieved phenomenal growth over the 3 years since inception helping numerous startups who pass through their doors succeed in their journey. We hear from them about their selection process for startups and also why they feel Singapore is the ideal place for setting up a startup compared to other cities in Asia. Listen to the entire conversation here and don’t forget to like & subscribe to our channel if you are interested in our podcasts. We would also love to hear your thoughts about the shows, do leave us a review on our channel.