Four weeks ago, today: AIForesee was selected as top 10 startups from Southeast Asia on the The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology Catapult SEA and got invited to join the last leg of the program in Luxembourg from 23 Jun-29 Jun 2024. Really grateful for the learnings, the experience, and the bond with fellow cohorts and new friends that I met during the trip! 🙏
**Prior to the event, the little I knew of Luxembourg was country with the highest GDP/capita. During the immersive program, I learned that it's a result of a symphony of execution of a bigger vision through multi-stakeholder collaboration at public, private and cross-border levels.
Here's a little reflection and appreciation post 🏆💕 🏆
1. As a background, 2024 was the first year for LHoFT to scout startups from SEA; after shortlisting 15 startups to participate in Bangkok on 22-27 April 2024 during Money20/20 Event. Previously, the program had been running focusing in Africa for 6 years; we are lucky to have been a part of a refined program for our region!
2. Go-to-Market with Impact in Mind. It's important to have the right framework for measuring fundamental business growth (i.e.: revenues, costs, profits) as well as social impact from the beginning of our business. We often overlook the latter, but if we incorporate and track the metrics for measuring social impact; it would not only add more meanings for the business, but also open up more networks for impact investors in various forms. Asia Impact, Won-Suck Song, Amarante Consulting, e-MFP, Cerise SPTF
3. Networking (or as 📽 Andra M. said, Connection is King Kong). Period. It's a journey to build relationships for the long-term; to be consistent and also respectful at the same time - gener8tor
4. Team First. There's no key-hire vs non-key-hire; all of our team members are key-hires. We take care of our team, in return the team takes care of us to collectively serve our ultimate boss: the Customer. Nasir Zubairi
5. Nexus2050 Luxembourg - Golden opportunity to absorb various trends not only in Luxembourg, but also in Europe. It seems to me it'd just be a matter of time before the trends shift to other parts of the world. Kamel Amroune
Thanks to the fellow cohorts: Agustinus Gladyawan Dwi Putra, Earnest Wong, Mads Werner, Vincent Roy P. Mendoza, Souphaphone Souannavong, Ronica Pineda-Jones Keith S. Jones, Jove Tapiador, Carmina Bayombong, Thisana Thitisakdiskul, Rejina Rahim -- definitely learned a lot from everyone!
Thanks to Asosiasi FinTech Indonesia Aries Setiadi & Team for disseminating the information in #Indonesia!
Ultimately, thanks to LHoFT Super team (Annabelle Albert-Fonteneau Luca Mancuso 🇱🇺 Romain Iovalone, Alex Panican, Maribel P.V. and other partners who were involved: Jean-Baptiste Oudot Massimo Vita Chris Hollifield Louis de Muyser Sahana Arun Kumar Pascal SIMON Gabriela Erice García Chiara Pescatori
Photo credits by one and only, il magnifico 📸 Eric Devillet 📸