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MHV Podcast

MHV Podcast

Written by: Monk's Hill Ventures
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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© 2021 Monk's Hill Ventures Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Wong Zi Yang: Skipping University, Managing Creator and Personal Risk-Reward & Fundraising Recipes
    Mar 28 2022

    Wong 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.

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    42 mins
  • Shi Ling Tai: Growing Up an Engineer, Founder Perspective and Representation
    Mar 14 2022

    Shi 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.

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    47 mins
  • Kuo-Yi Lim (Managing Partner, MHV): "Keep Moving", First-Principles Driven, and Transitioning to VC from Operator
    Feb 28 2022

    The 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, Kuo-Yi was CEO of Infocomm Investments, a $200M venture fund based in Singapore investing in technology startups globally. At Infocomm Investments, Kuo-Yi led investments in Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), Quid, Gengo and other leading startups. Kuo-Yi serves as a board member on several Singapore government statutory boards, including the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Health Promotion Board (HPB), and the Intellectual Property Office (IPOS).

    Kuo-Yi graduated from MIT with the bachelor, master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering. His doctoral thesis is in the area of nanophotonics, specifically in the design, fabrication and characterization of photonic crystal devices. He started his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Boston, MA.

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    36 mins
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