Assadi's business journey has been influenced by his roots in both Germany and Iran.
Agusta is the director of Venture Funds at Mandiri Capital Indonesia, a corporate VC from one of the largest banks in the country.
Author of 'How to Escape from Prison, Dr. Paul Wood talks about studying and education in prison, and his life after.
Edward Tsoi and Rose Tsui set up Connecting Myanmar in 2012 to connect students in Myanmar and Hong Kong and provide educational opportunities for Myanmar youth.
The team had won a grand prize for GjejZâ in 2019, a mobile application to stop gender-based violence in Albania, as well as empower women to be financially independent.
Inspired by her son Jake, Judith is working hard to provide more physical therapy options in Singapore.
The co-founders believe that preventive education can actually help to mitigate many of the public health crises that we’re currently facing in today’s world.
Dr. Elias Willemse is the co-founder and CTO at Waste Labs, a deep tech startup that uses AI to modernise waste management and recycling. He was previously a research fellow at SUTD and a lecturer at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, where he grew up exposed to the repercussions of the poor delivery of municipal services. Motivated to make a difference, he made the leap from academia to entrepreneurship by joining Entrepreneur First in Singapore. He met his co-founder and together, they created Waste Labs to solve the problem of poor waste management in cities. Elias holds the belief that more scientists and researchers should take the same plunge as he did and become entrepreneurs to solve problems that they are passionate about.
Mishra is the founder and CEO of Afthonia, an incubator for fintech startups.
Nicole Ooi is the leader of Welcome In My Backyard (WIMBY), a migrant worker initiative that aims to challenge existing prejudices against migrant workers and create a safe space for them within their neighborhoods. Nicole has a background in Psychology, and shares a strong passion for mental health and the arts. She hopes to create a welcoming and genuine society for all people living in Singapore.
Convosight started after Tamanna’s own journey of organically building India’s largest parenting community, Baby Destination, with 2 million mothers across 28 communities. In 2020, she decided to productize her learnings and founded Convosight, which is a global community management and monetization platform.
It is now being used by more than 40,000 communities. In Asia alone, she has helped 700 communities to monetize. Tamanna strongly believes that communities can change lives and realized a huge opportunity and potential to help community admins and brands come together.
My Holland’s interests in well-being, positive change, and a purposeful life have led her to her current role as certified assessor, coach, keynote speaker, and consultant in happiness at work, resilience, and emotional intelligence (EQ). My has a multicultural worldview. She was born in France of Vietnamese parents, studied in France and the US, and lived and worked in the US, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, and New Zealand. Watch her TEDx talk.
The Other Autism is an online platform to speak about autism in women and the positive sides of being autistic.
Sonal Singh is the co-founder of Fittr, one of India's fastest growing online fitness platforms.
A London School of Economics postgraduate, Singh has been included in the list of Business Today's Most Powerful Women 2020, after being crowned Miss Asia Universe in 2016. Previously, Singh served as a strategy and operation consultant for Deloitte based in London.
She shares her views on raising awareness about the environment.
“We need to show to the world that we can manage and take care of our territories” says Paul Sein Twa.
'I believe in the transformational power of local enterprises, and building up a local economy' says Li. Maria Li is the chief operating officer (COO) at Tech in Asia (TIA), one of the leading digital media publications covering Asia’s tech and startup scene.
Nang is an entrepreneur with a passion for women's economic empowerment. Nang founded How She Did It that upskill and reskill Myanmar women and connects them to economic opportunities in the Digital Economy.
As Head of Fintech at InvestHK, the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for attracting Foreign Direct Investment, King’s mission is to foster a more vibrant fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area (GBA) where King has the privilege to work closely with major fintech stakeholders worldwide.
Dr. Miina explains her research on the healing power of natural environments for people who suffer from the stressors of hectic urban lifestyle.