Dinesh U.

CFO | D2C, SaaS | AI-Powered Finance, Ops & HR

📍 Singapore🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
VC🌍 Singapore
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Group CFO & Board Member
2024
Welcome to The Parentinc. Be part of the largest content, community, and commerce platform for parents in Southeast Asia, and join our mission to help parents have healthy pregnancies and raise healthy children and families. Our flagship brand, theAsianparent, provides parents with relevant content via its website and app; a social network where they can connect with the community; income opportunities as niche influencers, content contributors, and research panellists; and access to curated mama and baby products and services. theAsianparent app has a 4.9-star rating and over 12 million downloads to date. We also own and operate Mama’s Choice, a multiaward-winning mama and child brand of safe, natural, and Halal products that are dermatologist tested and FDA approved - giving mamas #OneLessWorry in their parenting journey. In 2022, we acquired Vietnams largest communities for women and parents, Webtretho and Bé Yêu. In 2024, we acquired Motherswork, a premier omni-channel retailer specialising in premium mother, baby, and kids products. Since launching in 1998, Motherswork has two stores in Singapore and 10 in China, and offers over 300 esteemed brands, with the exclusive distribution of 20 brands including Avent, Joolz and Stokke. Our investors include Central Retail Corp., East Ventures, Fosun Intl, Global Grand Leisure, JD.com, LINE SEA Corp., Mirae Asset-Naver New Growth Fund, Redbadge Pacific, SCB 10X, Tigris Capital, Vertex Ventures, and WHG Holdings. At The Parentinc, we offer the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to improving the quality of families’ lives through technology. We push our team to ignite their curiosity, take ownership, and lead with integrity. With us, you will hone your talent, awaken your potential, turn tech & data into real world solutions, make your mark, and most of all, impact millions of families. Together lets strive #towards100millionhealthypregnanciesandfamilies Contact us at info@theparentinc.com
Angel Investor
2021
Kinobi is a student success SaaS system provider for universities looking to move beyond traditional academic-focused education and embrace a more comprehensive approach to holistic education. Our system helps universities prepare students to be job-ready by simplifying non-academic activities, such as career and internships, mentoring, global programs, student life, and more, to empower student success. Kinobi provides comprehensive solutions such as career management system, coach and mentoring management system, global exchange management system, student life management system, service learning management system, and other solutions that have been proven to enhance student success while allowing universities to collaborate cross-office more efficiently and at a lower cost. With over 60 global clients, including higher education institutions, government agencies, and other educational institutions, we are confident that our student success solutions can support your needs. To learn more about how we can help your university, please visit https://kinobi.ai/
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2024
Group CFO & Board Member
2024
Welcome to The Parentinc. Be part of the largest content, community, and commerce platform for parents in Southeast Asia, and join our mission to help parents have healthy pregnancies and raise healthy children and families. Our flagship brand, theAsianparent, provides parents with relevant content via its website and app; a social network where they can connect with the community; income opportunities as niche influencers, content contributors, and research panellists; and access to curated mama and baby products and services. theAsianparent app has a 4.9-star rating and over 12 million downloads to date. We also own and operate Mama’s Choice, a multiaward-winning mama and child brand of safe, natural, and Halal products that are dermatologist tested and FDA approved - giving mamas #OneLessWorry in their parenting journey. In 2022, we acquired Vietnams largest communities for women and parents, Webtretho and Bé Yêu. In 2024, we acquired Motherswork, a premier omni-channel retailer specialising in premium mother, baby, and kids products. Since launching in 1998, Motherswork has two stores in Singapore and 10 in China, and offers over 300 esteemed brands, with the exclusive distribution of 20 brands including Avent, Joolz and Stokke. Our investors include Central Retail Corp., East Ventures, Fosun Intl, Global Grand Leisure, JD.com, LINE SEA Corp., Mirae Asset-Naver New Growth Fund, Redbadge Pacific, SCB 10X, Tigris Capital, Vertex Ventures, and WHG Holdings. At The Parentinc, we offer the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to improving the quality of families’ lives through technology. We push our team to ignite their curiosity, take ownership, and lead with integrity. With us, you will hone your talent, awaken your potential, turn tech & data into real world solutions, make your mark, and most of all, impact millions of families. Together lets strive #towards100millionhealthypregnanciesandfamilies Contact us at info@theparentinc.com
2021
Startup Mentor
2021
500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies.
Angel Investor
2021
Kinobi is a student success SaaS system provider for universities looking to move beyond traditional academic-focused education and embrace a more comprehensive approach to holistic education. Our system helps universities prepare students to be job-ready by simplifying non-academic activities, such as career and internships, mentoring, global programs, student life, and more, to empower student success. Kinobi provides comprehensive solutions such as career management system, coach and mentoring management system, global exchange management system, student life management system, service learning management system, and other solutions that have been proven to enhance student success while allowing universities to collaborate cross-office more efficiently and at a lower cost. With over 60 global clients, including higher education institutions, government agencies, and other educational institutions, we are confident that our student success solutions can support your needs. To learn more about how we can help your university, please visit https://kinobi.ai/
early stageHigher Education
2012
Private Equity
2012
Citis mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients. We have over 200 years of experience helping our clients meet the worlds toughest challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities. We are Citi, the global bank – an institution connecting millions of people across hundreds of countries and cities. For information on Citi’s commitment to privacy, visit on.citi/privacy.