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Are you curious about the New Zealand Venture Ecosystem? 👀 We are excited to invite you to our upcoming event, "Enter VC, Down Under: Discover the New Zealand Venture Ecosystem." The event will be hosted by Icehouse Ventures and NonPublic, featuring insights from: - Robbie Paul, CEO of Icehouse Ventures. With a track record of over $460M invested in 330 Kiwi startups, Icehouse Ventures offers deep insights into the New Zealand startup ecosystem, having funded nearly half of all New Zealand startups in the past seven years. - Milan Reinartz, Founder and CEO of NonPublic. A 2x founder in Southeast Asia, Milan has successfully exited both businesses. He also founded Southeast Asia’s largest angel syndicate, Ascend Network, and the early-stage fund Orvel Ventures. Milan attended university and started his career in New Zealand. Don’t miss this opportunity! 📅 Monday, July 29th 📍 NonPublic Office, Singapore ⏰ 6 PM - 8 PM Interested in joining us? Secure your spot now via the link in the comments or by scanning the QR code on the poster. Slots are limited and subject to approval.

Ready to ride the tech wave? 🌊 Echelon Philippines is bringing the heat! Here’s a sneak peek at some of our incredible speakers: 🗣️ Adriel Yong 👋🏻 , Ascend Network 🗣️ Amanda Cua, BackScoop 🗣️ Jay Fajardo, Ideaspace Ventures 🗣️ Carlo Chen-Delantar, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund But wait, there’s more! These are just a few of the big names gracing the Echelon Philippines stages. Stay tuned for an electrifying lineup! ⚡ 🎟️ Get your tickets here: https://e27co.e27.co/ECPH 50% off Premier Pass: Use code EARLYBIRD 25% off Super Pass: Use code SUPEREARLY 🗓️ September 26-27 📍 SMX Convention Center, Pasay City #EchelonPH #EchelonPHSpeakers Echelon Philippines is organized by e27 in partnership with Brainsparks

How do you know an incumbent is ripe tor disruption? Memes. Alot of them. Had lunch with Johann Wah recently after bumping into him at the Yale-NUS College alumni annual reunion. Over lunch, we looked at lots of ArcGIS Earth memes and I couldn’t help but feel that this was a space ripe for disruption. (see below) Jokes aside, the speed that Nika.eco is able to build and train carbon models at for large asset managers like Carbon Growth Partners and major European banks has been nothing short of impressive. This is due to a geospatial ML infra that Johann, Lawrence X. and the rest of the team has built to ensure models are built in an optimal way. Excited to see how the team productizes this geospatial infrastructure as a SaaS product for wider adoption post this round. Orvel Ventures and Ascend Network are excited to be part of their oversubscribed seed round alongside Silverstrand Capital, Timbul Venture and Digital Mission Ventures. Milan Reinartz Cheng Wei Ng Mohan Belani Jeremy Au 区汉辉 Chelsie Cay Quyen Nguyen Andrew Nycholas Ormand Dayrius Tay Brian Chua Zi Yang Koh Kelly Ng Shubo Yang

Whenever I speak to investors and founders in KL, the common issue holding the ecosystem back cited is that Malaysian companies tend to not think regionally or globally. I think that’s starting to change. In fact, just yesterday I spoke to a Malaysian founder who was building a fintech company serving users primarily in Philippines and Indonesia. NonPublic is excited to partner up with our friends at AppWorks Sophie Chiu who we have invested with across the region to discuss and share observations of how we have seen companies successfully expand across the region. Especially so given Appworks’ deep access to the Taiwanese market, a fairly large one in itself. Equally looking forward to the reflections from Chen Chow Yeoh who co-founded Fave and has angel invested in numerous Malaysian startups. Ask around and founders usually point to Chen Chow as one of the key ecosystem builders in the country. Jatin Solanki who previously worked with Chen Chow at Fave as Group Head of Data Science and Data Engineering before starting Decube will also be sharing the realities of winning b2b saas contracts globally. Thanks to our partners Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Singapore Global Network for supporting us in this again! And Rusydi Khairul for choping seats at this even before the sign up link went out. Orvel Ventures Ascend Network Milan Reinartz Cheng Wei Ng Mohan Belani Jeremy Au 区汉辉 Chelsie Cay Quyen Nguyen Andrew Nycholas Ormand Dayrius Tay Brian Chua Kelly Ng Zi Yang Koh Shubo Yang

In Bangladesh, approximately 4 million electric three-wheelers and vehicles transport over 112 million people daily across the country. These vehicles currently use low-quality lead-acid batteries, which typically last 6 to 8 months. Therein lies the opportunity to enhance the sustainability of the urban transport backbone of the country. Enter Tiger New Energy Co Ltd. Nicole Mao and Yiwei Zhu met and became friends at Harvard Business School and founded Tiger New Energy in 2021 after spending an extended spring break in the country because their flight out was cancelled. Starting out with manufacturing higher quality batteries, Tiger New Energy has now built out a network of close to 100 battery swapping stations enabling rickshaw drivers to exchange their depleted cells for fully charged ones within a minute. This reduces down time while increasing the driver’s earnings by over 60%. Beyond making a tangible impact on emissions, the business helps to improve the living standards of local drivers. Orvel Ventures was one of the first few investors into the business early last year and we are glad that since then ADB Ventures and Wavemaker Partners have invested US$3.5M to support their growth into new markets and to roll out even more battery swapping stations that will reach more drivers. Jeremy Au 区汉辉 Milan Reinartz Mohan Belani Cheng Wei Ng Chelsie Cay Quyen Nguyen Andrew Nycholas Ormand Zi Yang Koh Brian Chua Kelly Ng Shubo Yang

Join me as at the Central Asia Tech Summit x Startup World Cup Central Asia 2024 in Mongolia on July 9! 🇲🇳 Excited to see what startups from around the globe have to offer. Big thanks to Exponential Zaisan Partners (XZP) for the opportunity.

Had a great time talking about the investment opportunities, market maturity, and investing approaches in broader Asia. Central Asia is a fast-developing region and Almaty, Kazakhstan is an absolutely underrated destination to visit for anyone. Great to make new friends and connect with my co-panelists: Adil Nurgozhin, Anuar Seifullin, Aidana Aituarova, Erdem Dereli, Marie Lepske, and Talgat Kantayev for moderating the entire session. Huge thanks to Investbanq and MOST Ventures for having me! 😉 #CEVF2024

A big thanks to everyone who made #EchelonX by e27 (Optimatic) such an unforgettable event. It was an honor to be part the Top 10 startups in the TOP100 Program and go up on stage to talk about NonPublic, I also got to share the stage with AltoTech, EDGE Tutor International, heymax.ai | Gives You a Free Trip, Every Year., MFast , NIROG STREET, Pharmint, PriyoShop, Shoppable Business, and Spacely AI. At NonPublic, our mission is clear: To unlock private markets by improving more access, transparency and liquidity for accredited investors. This event has shown us that we're not alone in this mission. #EchelonX #NonPublic #Top100Program #StartupLife #Innovation #PrivateMarkets #InvestorAccess #Entrepreneurship #AngelInvesting

Catch me as a panelist at this year’s Central Eurasian Venture Forum 2024 in Kazakhstan! 🇰🇿 I’ll be exploring investment opportunities in Central Asia and discussing why this region is becoming increasingly attractive for business. Joining me will be Talgat Kantayev, Adil Nurgozhin, Anuar Seifullin, Aidana Aituarova, Erdem Dereli, and Marie Lepske. The event is happening today, June 7, starting at 09:00 AM GMT 5. See you there! #CEVF2024 MOST Ventures

some describe the Botsync team as the most enthusiastic and passionate bunch in building great robots. And some wondered if they could even sell those robots at all... Founded in 2019 by a group of visionary NTU graduates - Nikhil Venkatesh, Prashant Trivedi, Singaram Venkatachalam, and Rahul Nambiar - Botsync started off building industrial autonomous mobile robots for manufacturing factories and warehouses in India, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. Over time, they realized the importance of being more integrated with warehouse operations and eliminating the need for complex integrations with other hardware providers, leading to its no-code integration solutions on the syncOS platform and a fleet of autonomous MAG Mobile Robots. Their approach enables seamless cross-platform integration of diverse automation systems on a single unified platform. This eliminates the need for complex integration code and significantly enhancing operational efficiency. Meanwhile, the MAG Mobile Robots are driving automation in intralogistics operations, replacing traditional manual equipment with advanced robotics solutions. From being uncertain about whether the robots would fly off the shelves to serving a diverse clientele across industries, including automotive OEMs, FMCG, F&B, and pharmaceuticals, the footprint of Botsync is felt across SEA and India serving industry giants like Ford Motors, Caterpillar, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Kimberly Clark, and Bollore Logistics. This $5.2 million Series A round was led by Capital 2B and Betatron Venture Group, with participation from IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited, AppWorks, Iterative, Wong Fong, ZB Capital, Nalin Advani, and Ascend Network. We are thrilled to have been an early investor in their exciting journey as they continue to push boundaries and reshape the future of automation and robotics. Cheers to the incredible robot-nerds at Botsync. p.s. these guys write the most thoughtful and best investor updates. pc: e27 (Optimatic) Milan Reinartz Cheng Wei Ng Chelsie Cay Andrew Nycholas Ormand Quyen Nguyen Brian Chua Dayrius Tay Zi Yang Koh Kelly Ng Marc Raniolo #Botsync #Robotics #Automation #Innovation