In this episode we have Helen Wong - Partner at Qiming Venture Partners who is an accomplished VC investor with 18+ years of experience and accolades including frequent mentions in the Top 100 VCs in China list and Top 25 Women in VC list. She

Ep7(a) - Helen Wong on learnings from investing across China, SE Asia and India

Jul 18th, 2020 24m 14s

Ep6 - Prajit Nanu on expanding a winning fintech product (Instarem) to a platform play (Nium)

Jun 14th, 2020 31m 56s

In this episode we have Prajit Nanu who is the founder and CEO of NIUM (formerly known as InstaReM when it was best known for its B2C 'Insta'nt 'Rem'ittances). NIUM is first-of-its-kind digital cross-border money transfer platform that is capab

Ep5 - Saransh Garg on Evaluating Ideas to Start Up

Apr 18th, 2020 28m 51s

In this episode we have Saransh Garg, who spent the last 5 years at BCG, Accel Partners and finally as the co-founder of a YCombinator backed startup. Saransh is himself ideating and looking for his next startup idea, and had put together a com

Ep4 - Aaron Tan on Expanding Geos & Services across ASEAN

Mar 29th, 2020 26m 23s

In this episode we have Aaron Tan - the founder CEO of Carro, SE Asia’s leading automotive online marketplace & services platform. Prior to starting Carro in 2015, Aaron spent 5 years with one of SE Asia’s earliest venture funds, Singtel Innov8

Ep3 - Shao Ning on Angel Investing Nuances & Women in Tech

Mar 14th, 2020 30m 3s

In this episode we are honored to have Shao Ning Huang with us. Shao Ning is the Chief Angel at Angel Central, SE Asia's largest Angel Investment collective. She earlier also co-founded, scaled and exited JobsCentral through 2000-2014, one of t

Ep2 - Anuj Srivastava on Tech in Complex Categories like Home Decor

Feb 29th, 2020 28m 26s

In this episode we are honored to have Anuj Srivastava with us, who is the co-founder & CEO of Livspace, South Asia's largest online home decor platform which has delivered more than 10,000 homes within 5 years of starting. Livspace has achieve

Ep1 - Nicko Widjaja on Corporate VC & Scoring 5 Exits in 2019

Feb 29th, 2020 20m 56s

In this episode we are honored to have Nicko Widjaja with us, currently the CEO of BRI Ventures and the ex-founding CEO of MDI Ventures. Nicko is SE Asia's most successful Corporate VC investor. A 10 year VC veteran, he setup and ran MDI Ventur

Ep0 - Introduction to the Podcast

Feb 29th, 2020 4m 49s

This episode is the introduction to the Podcast - to set context of the intent, scope, format and hopefully impact this Podcast intends to achieve. >>Upside Town Podcast, hosted by Yash Sankrityayan, explores the SE Asia startup and venture cap

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