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Board Member
Nov 2023
Doxa Connex (pronounced dock-sah connects) is an enterprise cloud-based SaaS platform for SMEs that leverages modern technologies like Blockchain, Microservices, Cloud Computing, and AI, aimed to revolutionize connectivity between buyers and suppliers in their supply chain transaction process. This also enables, facilitates, and accelerates financing for all parties.
Find out more about us at doxa-holdings.com.
Board Member
May 2021
Magzter Inc. is the Worlds largest and fastest growing digital reading destination with over 80 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.
The Magzter platform is available as an app on Apple iOS and Android (Google Play), and a website for browser-based reading. Users can buy their magazines and newspapers on any of the devices/platforms mentioned above and seamlessly port their purchases to any other devices, a feature unique to Magzter.
Magzter offers the world’s largest "All-You-Can-Read" subscription service called Magzter GOLD, which gives digital readers unlimited access to thousands of magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of articles in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.
Magzter’s game-changing feature based on Geo-Fencing Satellite technology, Magzter Smart Reading Zone®, offers unlimited access to thousands of best-selling magazines, newspapers and premium stories on the Magzter app for any location instantly, without the need for users in the location to purchase them individually.
Board Member
Oct 2020
Oddles mission is to empower every restaurant to control their own future.
At Oddle, we grow restaurant revenue through data insights. Our digital channels capture customer data, and our marketing automation enhances engagement, driving both first-time and repeat visits.
We are the revenue partner of choice for restaurants.
Thousands of restaurants use Oddle as a single platform to connect with their customers through reservations, customer engagement, rewards programme, in-store payments, online ordering and forge lasting relationships, at no upfront costs.
Key brands we work with
- Singapore: Dian Xiao Er, RE&S Group, Keng Eng Kee, Canchita, Gyu San
- Malaysia: St Regis, TGI Fridays, Shell Out, Chateraise, PAUL Bakery
- Hong Kong: PizzaExpress, ICHIRAN, ASOK Thai Garden
- Taiwan: 瓦城、欣葉、德州美墨炸雞、YAYOI彌生軒、小紐約披薩、炸綺來鹽酥雞
Connecting Food Lovers - Oddle connects food lovers and food makers with Oddle Eats, a top food discovery platform housing a selection of more than 5,000 restaurants. Begin your food discovery journey here: https://eats.oddle.me/
Member of the Board
Apr 2018
42Technology is Southeast Asia's leading developer of fitness-focused social games. We empower people and organizations to pursue health and wellness goals through innovative digital solutions and gaming experiences.
With 200+ partners, including Great Eastern, AIA, HPB and Changi Airport Group, 42Technology is the go-to platform for engaging communities through interactive play. We build custom games and challenges for brands, companies and nonprofits to drive real impact. We also work with brands like Timberland, Asics, Reebok and Skechers to inspire their fans and customers.
Featured in The Straits Times, Channel 8 News and Tech in Asia, 42Technology creates trusted, transformative experiences. Our product, 42Race, lets anyone improve their lives through fun and challenging gameplay, with over 500,000 downloads on the App Store and Google Play.
42Technology makes the world happier, healthier and more connected through the power of social gaming. With support from investors Quest Ventures and SPH Ventures, we constantly pioneer new ways to serve players and partners.
Our vision is a future where games bring people together to overcome humanity’s greatest challenges. Play is the platform, purpose is the goal. At 42Technology, we develop digital solutions for a life well lived - together.
Join us! Contact 42Technology to make a positive impact through the simple power of play. The possibilities for connection and change are infinite, and the mission is shared - let the games begin!
investor
2016
ViSenze is the world's smartest search and recommendations platform. Retailers like Rakuten, ASOS, Zalora, John Lewis, Myntra, Mango, Meesho, Target, DFS, and EyeBuyDirect trust ViSenze to power their product discovery for shoppers
ViSenze processes over a billion queries a month from retailers, supporting them in-store and on ecommerce sites. The automated AI and ML platform empowers retailers to increase conversions and amplify revenue growth
Top AI Companies 2022
Leading Product Recommendation Vendor 2022
Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2021
CB Insights Retail Technology 100
Investor
Dec 2015
Burpple began as a social food journal in 2012, and in 2015, became a platform for anyone to contribute and discover reviews. This community-driven network is now the place Singaporeans rely on to decide where and what to eat.
In 2018, Burpple launched the Burpple Beyond dining program, where members enjoy 1-for-1 deals at 600+ curated restaurants, cafes, and bars. This dining membership not only saves members time and money but brings a new level of enjoyment and possibility to eating out. Find out more at burpple.com/beyond.
Burpple is supported by leading international venture capitalists, Tembusu Partners, SPH Media Fund, Triumph Capital, Silicon Straits, Neoteny Labs, QuestVC, NUS Enterprise and Brad Porteus. For more information, visit www.burpple.com.
Burpple is available on the App Store and Play Store (www.burpple.com/getapp).
Investor
Dec 2015
Jukin Media is a global entertainment company built on the belief that the future of storytelling is user generated. Jukin provides a wide range of solutions that allow premium brands, publishers, and media networks, to commercially utilize user-generated video content. Jukin produces original content for TV, the web, and emerging platforms, and is owner/operator of a portfolio of social video properties that includes FailArmy, People Are Awesome, The Pet Collective, and JukinVideo; the properties combine for more than 200+ million fans online and 2+ billion monthly video views. More than 1,000 companies around the world have partnered with Jukin Media to purchase the rights to this user-generated library of authentic, engaging, and inspiring videos. Ad agencies, entertainment companies, and social media and other online platforms routinely use Jukin Media content to enhance their own branding and increase their audience reach.
Jukin user-generated content has appeared on popular shows such as Ellen, Good Morning America, and Today, and on TV channels as diverse as National Geographic, BBC, Disney Channel, MTV, and Nickelodeon.
For more information, visit http://jukinmedia.com/corporate.
Investor
Apr 2015
Kudo is Indonesia’s leading Online-to-Offline (O2O) platform. Kudo enables digital entrepreneurs (“agents”) across Indonesia to become the gateway for unbanked & less tech-savvy customers to the digital ecosystem. Kudo’s extensive agent network across 500+ cities in remote towns and rural areas of Indonesia enables customers to transact & pay online for the first time in their lives. The company offers a wealth of services through partnership with various merchants & suppliers, ranging from cell-phone top-up, bill payments, online shopping, all the way to fin-tech & digital payment services. Kudo was co-founded by Albert Lucius & Agung Nugroho in 2014.
Since May 2017, Kudo has officially been acquired by Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing platform. Together with Grab, Kudo is committed to enable underserved customers to transact online through technology in Southeast Asia.
Investor
Jan 2015
Peatix is an event discovery platform that connects people to communities through a shared passion for all things similar and different. Whether you are an aspiring home cook looking for live stream classes from the comforts of your own kitchen, a music junkie looking to discover an indie band in your city to jam with, or an entrepreneur seeking to connect with communities across the globe, we deliver these unique experiences right into your hands, even as you are on-the-go.
With a mobile-centric search design, discover your next experience easily across multiple categories from Arts & Culture to Business & Tech. Our personalized recommendation system also brings to users more of what you love, making event discovery simpler & more intuitive, the way it is meant to be.
Peatix also never charges any additional ticketing or processing fees to attendees so sit back, relax & rest assured you can purchase your tickets with confidence and ease.
About Peatix:
Peatix is a global event discovery platform with more than 850,000 events facilitated across-the-world to date. It is available in 27 countries including Japan, Hong Kong, the United States, Singapore and Malaysia, and investors include Fidelity Growth Partners Japan, 500 Startups, Digital Garage, Draper Nexus Ventures, Itochu Technology Ventures, Sunbridge Partners, and ZenShin Capital
Investor
Jan 2015
Glints is the leading talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia. Our mission is to enable the 120 million professionals in the region to grow their careers and empower organizations to hire the right talent from anywhere in Southeast Asia. Officially launched in 2015 in Singapore, Glints has empowered more than 3 million talent and 50,000 organizations to realize their human potential. Today, we stand at the forefront of human capital empowerment as the fastest-growing startup in the career development and talent recruitment space. Glints currently operates in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, and Taiwan.
Investor
2015
Wochit empowers any organization to create compelling on-brand video content with revolutionary ease on a massive scale. Our innovative suite of video storytelling solutions is powerful enough for pros but easy for anyone to master—helping brands, nonprofits, marketplaces, and media organizations connect with their audience in new ways every day. Start with one of our standard deployments, or work with us to create a custom integration.
Many of the world’s leading brands have already transformed their video production with our intuitive, flexible solutions and expert support. With limitless access to the latest pre-licensed assets from Getty, AFP, Press Association, ANSA, Ruptly, and more, our cloud-based editing tools make creating, versioning, automating, and publishing across platforms simpler than ever before.
Proudly backed by Redpoint Ventures, Marker LLC, Greycroft Partners, and Cedar Fund, we’re based in New York, with offices in London and Tel Aviv, and serve globally. Find out more at wochit.com.
investor
2015
Snapcart applies proprietary AI to connect Brands and Customers through real-time data and purchase attributions. Since its launch in September 2015, the company prides itself in the creation of technologies to collect billions of unstructured data while processing those data into value-add services within just seconds. This approach enables Brands to measure, target, and optimize sales and advertising, helping them compete in an increasingly competitive, data-driven world.
To date, Snapcart has partnered with over 75 Brands in multiple sectors such as Consumer Goods, Telco, Electronics, F&B, Media, Research, and Public Sector. The company is widely recognized by global institutions, receiving multiple awards and is identified as one of the businesses with the most potential to influence, change or create new global markets.
For more information, visit www.snapcart.global
Member of the Board
Aug 2014
Chope is dining made easy. Asia’s leading dining platform connects diners to restaurants for memorable experiences, more often.
Having seated more than 110 million diners, Chope understands what gets people excited about dining out, and how best to maximise business for over 8,000 restaurants. With Chope, diners can discover restaurants, make bookings, save with deals, and order pick-up and delivery on the app. Chope’s demand generating diner platform is seamlessly incorporated with a suite of integrated restaurant solutions that encompass reservation, call, queue, and table
management.
Founded in 2011 and currently in seven cities (Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Phuket, Shanghai, Bali, and Jakarta), Chope has grown consistently over the past 12 years. Powering this growth is Chope’s close relationships with top restaurant partners, which include Commonwealth Concepts, JUMBO Group, Soho Hospitality, Lost Heaven, Dining Concepts, Hospitality Management Asia, Plataran Group and The Union Group. Chope’s ecosystem is further enriched by key partnerships with the likes of Alipay, Google, Tripadvisor, Meituan Dianping, DBS, and CapitaLand.
Visit www.chope.co and download the app (www.chope.co/app) for more information.
Board observer
Aug 2012
As the use of video for business communications and learning and development continues to grow, the ability to stream high-quality video to audiences inside the corporate firewall becomes more and more difficult.
Ramp is focused on helping every organization tap into the power of live and on-demand streaming video. Our enterprise content delivery network (eCDN) solutions drastically reduce the bandwidth needed to stream uninterrupted, high-quality video on corporate networks. Using multicasting, video caching, peer-to-peer networking, or any combination, Ramp is the eCDN for all—all enterprises, all networks, all use cases, and all streaming platforms.
Ramp works with virtually any modern platform and is tightly integrated with leading streaming video solutions. Our software deploys entirely behind your firewall for maximum security and scales easily as demand for video grows. With centralized management, monitoring and insightful analytics, you get unprecedented visibility into and control over network performance to deliver the highest-quality viewer experience.
Learn more at rampecdn.com.
Board observer
Jun 2011
ViVOtech (www.vivotech.com) was the leading end-to-end enabler of next-generation NFC mobile payments, loyalty and marketing solutions – providing mobile wallet, patented Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning, Trusted Service Manager infrastructure, NFC touch point (smart poster) management, and loyalty/coupon management software, and contactless NFC payment acceptance terminals.
ID Tech acquired the hardware business in August of 2012. Sequent acquired the software business in November of 2012.
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2025
Managing Director, Investment APAC
Dec 2025
Established in 2010, Singtel Innov8 is the corporate venture capital fund of Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group. With an evergreen fund of US$350 million, Innov8 invests in and partners start-ups with promising innovations and possible applications for Singtel Group’s diverse business needs.
By leveraging Singtel Group’s presence in across 21 countries in Asia, Australia and Africa with a total combined reach of over 770 million mobile customers and partnerships with local and global stakeholders, Innov8 helps start-ups grow and go beyond their home markets.
Innov8 also connects start-ups with Singtel Group operations and telecommunications partners worldwide via Innov8 Sparks.
Innov8 is managed by its own set of decision-making, approval and investment processes.
2024
Board Member
Mar 2024
PracBiz owns and operates a B2B Digital Supply Chain Platform. The participants on the platform include large retail chains in Singapore & Malaysia. This platform - the PracBiz Exchange (PBX) - processes more than 40,000 invoices every day, 24/7.
PracBiz also provides Supply Chain Finance and Wholesale B2B Digital Payments to help both buyers and sellers lower costs but increase productivity.
2023
Board Member
Nov 2023
Doxa Connex (pronounced dock-sah connects) is an enterprise cloud-based SaaS platform for SMEs that leverages modern technologies like Blockchain, Microservices, Cloud Computing, and AI, aimed to revolutionize connectivity between buyers and suppliers in their supply chain transaction process. This also enables, facilitates, and accelerates financing for all parties.
Find out more about us at doxa-holdings.com.
Partner
Feb 2023
Founded in 2011, Cento Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to supporting early-stage tech startups in Southeast Asia, positioning them to become market leaders.
We are a multidisciplinary team of domain experts, fundraisers, deal makers and operators with over 100 years of collective experience in Southeast Asia. Through our deep industry expertise and networks in the region, we are able to offer data-driven insights to help our portfolio founders gain a solid understanding of the tech landscape.
At Cento, we love going into the trenches with our founders: we believe that adopting a hands-on approach makes a significant impact on their growth journey. To date, the Cento team has facilitated over a quarter-billion dollars of proceeds earned by our portfolio founders.
Cento Ventures adopts an industry-agnostic investment thesis but with a keen interest in digital financial services. We believe embedded finance is critical in catalysing revolutionary change across all business sectors — strengthening value chains at every touchpoint, meeting dynamic industry demands and accelerating digital transformation.
2021
Board Member
May 2021
Magzter Inc. is the Worlds largest and fastest growing digital reading destination with over 80 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.
The Magzter platform is available as an app on Apple iOS and Android (Google Play), and a website for browser-based reading. Users can buy their magazines and newspapers on any of the devices/platforms mentioned above and seamlessly port their purchases to any other devices, a feature unique to Magzter.
Magzter offers the world’s largest "All-You-Can-Read" subscription service called Magzter GOLD, which gives digital readers unlimited access to thousands of magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of articles in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.
Magzter’s game-changing feature based on Geo-Fencing Satellite technology, Magzter Smart Reading Zone®, offers unlimited access to thousands of best-selling magazines, newspapers and premium stories on the Magzter app for any location instantly, without the need for users in the location to purchase them individually.
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