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Investing In Asia
Betatron Venture Group
20 episodes
2 months ago
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024, amid massive protests and violent unrest that had gripped the country for weeks. The unrest began as student-led protests against a controversial government job quota system but quickly escalated into widespread anti-government demonstrations. Protesters accused Hasina’s government of corruption, election rigging, and human rights abuses during her 15 years in power. Today we hear from Anayet Rashid, the CEO of Truck Lagbe...
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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024, amid massive protests and violent unrest that had gripped the country for weeks. The unrest began as student-led protests against a controversial government job quota system but quickly escalated into widespread anti-government demonstrations. Protesters accused Hasina’s government of corruption, election rigging, and human rights abuses during her 15 years in power. Today we hear from Anayet Rashid, the CEO of Truck Lagbe...
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Investing In Asia
Bangladesh After Overthrow
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024, amid massive protests and violent unrest that had gripped the country for weeks. The unrest began as student-led protests against a controversial government job quota system but quickly escalated into widespread anti-government demonstrations. Protesters accused Hasina’s government of corruption, election rigging, and human rights abuses during her 15 years in power. Today we hear from Anayet Rashid, the CEO of Truck Lagbe...
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1 year ago
20 minutes

Investing In Asia
Robotics in Asia
Companies large and small across Asia are increasingly adopting autonomous robots in warehouses and manufacturing. At the bleeding edge of this is Rahul Nambiar, CEO of Botsync. Botsync helps manufacturers automate their manufacturing facilities across Asia. In this episode we start with Botsync's journey, then we cover the types of different robots, adoption rates, buying versus leasing, government policy, and opportunities for new entrepreneurs in the space. Botsync: Botsync.co Rahul Nam...
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1 year ago
32 minutes

Investing In Asia
Asia’s Funding Winter
Today’s guest is Bhavik Vashi, the managing director for Asia Pacific and the Middle East at Carta. His seat at Carta gives him a perfect view as to what’s happening in the region in terms of startup and VC fundraising and formation. This episode is especially helpful for any LPs looking at the APAC region. Questions we tackle include: What it was like to experience two major liquidity eventsWhat Carta sees in terms of funding rounds today for startupsThe size and scope of the current ...
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1 year ago
44 minutes

Investing In Asia
Digital Payments
Today's guest is Caesar Sengupta, the CEO of Arta Finance, a wealth management platform built by Caesar and his team of ex Googlers. They came out of stealth in 2022 and announced having raised 90 million in funding. Caesar holds a degree in computer science from Stanford and an MBA from Wharton at Google. Caesar was part of the team that built Google pay into one of the world's leading digital payment platforms, and then spearheaded the next billion users initiative which brought inte...
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1 year ago
37 minutes

Investing In Asia
Investing In Asia’s AI
Today’s guest is Leo Jiang. Leo is the Chief Digital Officer of Huawei Cloud and AI for APAC and the Founder of the company’s global accelerator, Huawei Spark. He’s been recognised as a Top 10 Most Influential CDO globally by Technology Magazine. We’re lucky to have him with us today as we dive into all things related to AI, Asia, and startup investing. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-nuo-jiang/ Hosted by Arshad Chowdhury, Managing Partner at Betatron: Betatron.co X (Previously Tw...
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1 year ago
32 minutes

Investing In Asia
Preventing Ethical Collapse In Startups
Today’s guest is Erika Cheung, a key whistleblower who reported Theranos to health regulators. Her report subsequently led to the shutdown of Theranos’ clinical lab which prevented the company from providing false medical results to thousands of patients. The case has been reported on extensively, including in the book Bad Blood by John Carreyou, 60 Minutes, ABD Podcast: The Drop Out, and Alex Gibney’s documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. Erika obtained a dual degree in ...
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1 year ago
36 minutes

Investing In Asia
The Business of Tree Planting: Bas Fransen from EcoMatcher
Today's guest is Bas Fransen, CEO and founder of EcoMatcher. Originally from Holland, Bas started his career in the Royal Dutch Navy and went on to become a technology executive with long stints at Phillips Semi Conductors, and then IBM. He founded the tree-planting company he runs today, called EcoMatcher, in 2016. The for-profit business has by now planted over a million trees and is on track to plant several million more in the coming years. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basfrans...
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2 years ago
31 minutes

Investing In Asia
SOSV’s Portfolio Strategy
William Bao Bean is Managing Director of Orbit Startups the first and longest-running startup program in Asia and General Partner of SOSV the #2 most active venture capital investor in the world and #5 Asia/ROW with US$1.5bn in assets under management. William joined Orbit and SOSV from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director. Prior to that, William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a VC backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China...
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2 years ago
43 minutes

Investing In Asia
Navigating Corruption in India's Construction Industry
This episode delves into the issue of corruption within the Indian construction industry while examining how 91Squarefeet is making significant improvements to this sector in India. We learn exactly how “kickback” payments are made, we understand the role of technology can play in avoiding corruption, and we hear advice on what investors can do in their due diligence to identify dodgy business practices. Amit Bansal is an entrepreneur and founder of 91 Squarefeet, a leading tech-enabled star...
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2 years ago
20 minutes

Investing In Asia
Pakistan In 2022
Danyaal Abdul Khaliq is a founder and general partner at Teamup Ventures, an early-stage VC Fund investing in MENAPT (middle east, north Africa, Pakistan, Turkey). Danyaal also set up Teamup Angels, a startup networking platform in Pakistan. He has such a fascinating background: in addition to being an active investor in Pakistan, he's worked in London for Jefferies in investment banking and is occasionally a cricket expert commentator on PTV World. He holds a law degree from SOAS Unive...
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3 years ago
29 minutes

Investing In Asia
Are We Doomed? Migration and Adaptation Investing
How is your investment strategy changing in light of climate change? Which regions and industries are poised to survive and thrive, and which face existential threats? Where should you work and live in the coming years? This episode is about investing in the future. Our special guest Parag Khanna, who is a geopolitical scholar and the author of Move: The Forces Uprooting Us. The webinar is moderated by Arshad Chowdhury, an Asia-focused venture capitalist at Betatron Venture Group. Par...
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3 years ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Investing In Asia
Exploring Turkey
In this episode, we take a look at startups in Turkey. 2021 is shaping up to be a great year for Turkey with two different companies - Getir and Dream Games - reaching unicorn status in the first half of 2021. Here to help us understand the country is Esranur Kaygın, a Dutch-born entrepreneur and investor of Turkish descent who lives in Istanbul. Esra has studied commerce, economics, and management at Saxion University and has a master's degree from NYU. In the past decade as an operator a...
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4 years ago
19 minutes

Investing In Asia
Investing In Vietnam
In this episode of Investing In Asia, we'll learn about Vietnam, where investments in startups rose by a factor of 8 between 2016 and 2019, and they continue to rise in 2021 even as the country battles Covid. We're lucky to have today's guest, Eddie Thai, who is a General Partner for 500 Startups in Vietnam. He's also a GP at Ascend Vietnam Ventures, which aims to back the next wave of iconic companies arising from Vietnam. Eddie's portfolio companies have gone on to raise more than $...
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4 years ago
26 minutes

Investing In Asia
Pakistan Rising
Betatron's Website: https://www.betatron.co/ Today we'll learn how new tech companies are transforming Pakistan. A young, vibrant, but often misunderstood country, Pakistan has been named one of Asia's fastest-growing economies. While the tech-startup scene is small, it's growing fast, with a 97% increase in funding between 2019 and 2020. Our guest today is Sardar Ahmed Durrani, who we all affectionately call Durrani. Born and raised in Pakistan, Durrani is today partner at the Osiris Grou...
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4 years ago
32 minutes

Investing In Asia
Proptech in Asia
Today we're talking about Property tech, aka Proptech in Asia. Asia is the world's largest real estate market. Investments into startups servicing the industry, from construction to management to sales and rentals, went from half a billion dollars in 2013 to over 7 billion in 2020, and by all accounts, we're still at the early stages of tech adoption in the industry. Our guest is Ariel Shtarkman, an active angel investor based in Hong Kong who has been working and investing in the industry ...
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4 years ago
20 minutes

Investing In Asia
The Future is Asian
In this episode, we meet Dr. Parag Khanna, a geopolitical scholar and best-selling author of 6 books. He's the Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. And his most recent book is The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century. This episode is a must-listen for anyone investing in the region, and even for anyone living here. We cover the Asianization of the region and the world, look at the historical context of Asia's grow...
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4 years ago
29 minutes

Investing In Asia
Sustainability Investing & Family Offices in Asia
In this episode we learn about sustainability investments in Asia. With its population density, massive urbanization, and already-strained access to water and energy, Asia is particularly vulnerable to the early impacts of climate change. With more wealth in the hands of family offices today than perhaps at any other time in modern history, family offices, particularly in Asia, have an important role to play in funding the next generation of solutions to help mitigate and survive climate ch...
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4 years ago
24 minutes

Investing In Asia
Investing in Asia's Maritime Industry
In this episode, we look at Asia's massive maritime industry. Nine out of ten of the world's largest ports are in Asia, where demand for products in and out of China has increased significantly since peak pandemic, and globally the industry is looking to become more sustainable and efficient. Our guest is Su Yin Anand, Head of Shipping at South32, a publicly traded, globally diversified mining and metals company doing business in Australia, South Africa, and South America. She's also co-fou...
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4 years ago
23 minutes

Investing In Asia
Bangladesh: Navigating A Young Market
Today we look at Bangladesh. It's one of Asia's fastest-growing economies. We'll look at how the country is changing, we'll learn about the demographics, about finding strong startups, what some of the risks are, and where the country is going in the coming years. Our guest is Rahat Ahmed, CEO and founder at Anchorless Bangladesh, a VC fund investing exclusively in Bangladesh. After Rahat graduated from New York University’s Stern School of Business with a degree in finance, he starte...
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4 years ago
26 minutes

Investing In Asia
The Present & Future of Asia's Meat Industry
Today's guest is Jarron Stephens, an investor and serial entrepreneur based in Hong Kong. His resume is incredible, so I'll try to name just a few of his companies. He cofounded Stephens & Hollander, a consultancy that built one of the first Buy-side Algorithmic Trading engines. He also founded HighStakes, Casino-gaming consultancy, and cofounded meatmarket.hk, where they've been selling perishable food, especially meat, online in Hong Kong since 2006. Today he sits on boards and ad...
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4 years ago
25 minutes

Investing In Asia
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024, amid massive protests and violent unrest that had gripped the country for weeks. The unrest began as student-led protests against a controversial government job quota system but quickly escalated into widespread anti-government demonstrations. Protesters accused Hasina’s government of corruption, election rigging, and human rights abuses during her 15 years in power. Today we hear from Anayet Rashid, the CEO of Truck Lagbe...