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From the real-world impact of AI and the rise of operator-investors, to the growing influence of women and underestimated founders in the funding landscape. Sarah breaks down what’s happening beyond Silicon Valley, explore how capital and media now move together, and spotlight the billion-dollar ideas driving the next wave of innovation.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Startups, Venture Capital
Venture Capital in Emerging Markets: SuperApp Wars, SPACs
In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the emerging markets and venture capital with THE emerging markets analyst, Mikal Khoso, VC at Wavemaker Partners, a cross border venture capital firm dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Startups, Venture Capital
Enterprise is Eating Venture Capital with Cathy Gao, Sapphire Ventures
We travel today to the West Coast of the United States where it's becoming increasingly clear that Enterprise Tech is dominating venture capital — where every company is becoming a software company. From retailers to established financial institutions and even health providers, the underlying technology has enabled everything from payments to CRM, information management, and so, much more.
But how did we arrive at this inflection point and what next?
Cathy Gao, Partner at Sapphire Ventures, a leading venture capital firm with more than $6.8B in AUM across the Sapphire group weighs in. For nearly two decades, Sapphire has been investing capital, resources and expertise in innovative startups and technology-focused venture funds around the world.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Startups, Venture Capital
Beyond Series A: Asian Startups in Overdrive
This week, we dive deep with Rajive Keshup in Singapore, Investment Director at Cathay Innovation, an early and growth stage venture capital firm with $1.5B AUM across San Francisco, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore, and closely affiliated with Cathay Capital Private Equity, a global private equity firm with $3B in AUM.
From the lens of a management consultant turned operator turned funder, Rajive talks about what it takes to be an entrepreneur’s first phone call in great and not-so-great times, and the real landscape of growth stage companies in SEA.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Startups
ZILINGO’S JOURNEY WITH ANKITI BOSE
At 23, Ankiti co-founded Zilingo in 2015 with the vision of bridging the technology gap within the fashion and lifestyle supply chain to help small merchants and traders go digital. Under her leadership, Zilingo has raised over $300 million, scaled to over 8 countries, with over 10,000 merchants and 7 million active users.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes
Index: Billion Dollar Moves Episodes
Hosted by award-winning entrepreneur and investor, Sarah Chen-Spellings travels across the globe in search of the 'unexpected leader'— unicorn founders & funders who were like you, underestimated long before they became iconic.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Startups, Venture Capital
Startups Winning In Southeast Asia With Michael Lints
Southeast Asia's ride hailing giant, Grab is set to go public through the world's largest SPAC merger, valuing the company at close to $40Bn. Fresh off the announcement, in this episode, we talk about the rise of startups in Southeast Asia, with over 650 million internet users, more than America and Europe combined. Southeast Asia is arguably the most exciting region in the world right now to create disruptive tech companies with more dry powder, higher valuations, the rise of unicorns and imminent exits fueled further by large corporates.