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Dec. 3, 2021

Billion Dollar Breakdown Pakistan: Valuations, Copycats or Innovators, Exits with i2i Ventures

In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the startup and venture capital landscape with i2i Ventures General Partners, Misbah Naqvi and Kalsoom Lakhani.
Nov. 26, 2021

Mental Health & the Cost of Winning with Susie Rodgers MBE, British Swimmer & Paralympics Gold Medalist

This week we dive deep (pun intended) with Paralympics Gold Medalist Susie Rodgers on winning, mental health, reinventing yourself and so much more.
Guest: Susie Rodgers
Oct. 8, 2021

Fortune 500 C-Suite to Startup: What It Really Takes with John Brisco, Coherent

This week, we dive deep with John Brisco, CEO and Co-Founder of Coherent, Hong-Kong grown insurtech startup on a mission to to build next-in-class technology platforms and data intelligence engines to help insurers and their…
Guest: John Brisco
Oct. 1, 2021

Family Offices & VC, Ownership of Your Own Career with Field Pickering, Vulpes

The family office was initially created to look after the wealth of ultra high net worth families. But today, the modern-day family office does far more than that and is in fact, acting a whole lot more like a venture invest…
Sept. 24, 2021

Making Relationships Work: Kamarul Muhamed & Azita Azizan, Aerodyne Group

In a never-before like interview, we dive deep into the business of drones with the Malaysian power couple Kamarul A Muhamed and Azita Azizan who founded Aerodyne group, which is set to be the global leading provider of dron…
Sept. 17, 2021

Executing On Your Purpose with Arturo Elizondo, Founder, EVERY

From the rise of Impossible Foods to McDonalds announcing their McPlant menu, plant-based food has undeniably taken the market by storm. Beyond the mainstreaming of veganism, fast-forward to 2021, a global crisis and global …
Sept. 10, 2021

Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem with Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, Angel Investor & Founder, Bubu

Indonesia’s startups have been making headlines in the last few years, including most recently the news that online mall Bukalapak is set to raise $1.5 billion in the country’s largest-ever initial public offering - setting …
Sept. 3, 2021

Billion Dollar Breakdown Emerging Markets: SuperApps, SPACs, Multi-Billion Showdowns with Mikal Khoso, Wavemaker Partners

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 hea…
Guest: Mikal Khoso
Aug. 27, 2021

Never Too Late To Startup: Building Insurtech with Rosaline Koo, CXA Group

We love rooting for the underdog- but what does it really take to rise despite the odds, as THE underdog? Rosaline Koo founded CXA Group from her living room in 2013 after a storied career with multinationals, with ambitions…
Guest: Rosaline Koo
Aug. 20, 2021

Learning Or Earning & Beyond Series A: Asian Startups on Overdrive with Rajive Keshup, Cathay Innovation

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 closel…
Guest: Rajive Keshup
Aug. 13, 2021

Leaning into Your Voice with Walgreens' SVP, ESG & Chief DEI Officer Alethia Jackson

This week, we make a trip to The Hill with America’s Top Lobbyist, Alethia Jackson making some #BillionDollarMoves​! We unpack what it means to lead with your voice, the complex healthcare landscape and how to build partners…
Aug. 6, 2021

Enterprise is Eating The World with Cathy Gao, Sapphire Ventures

Enterprise technology companies attracted $30 billion in funding, outpacing their consumer-tech peers (by a third) for the first time in five years. This trend reflects a deeper evolution at play, at the intersection of soft…
Guests: Cathy Gao , Cathy
July 30, 2021

Tolerate Failure, Not Incompetence: Building Biotech Startups with Brian Conn, Quantapore

This week, we chat with, Brian Conn, serial biotech CFO, who has raised over $300M, completed 20 M&A deals and is currently CFO of genomic sequencing company, Quantapore, co-founder of synthetic biology company, Levadura and…
Guest: Brian Conn
July 23, 2021

Not Your Token Woman with First Female NFL Coach Dr. Jen Welter

From leveraging the $500Bn impact investing opportunity to building a unicorn to IPO, and scaling a VC firm - all of these efforts require vision from the leaders at the helm, and most importantly the willingness to PLAY IT …
Guest: Jen Welter
July 16, 2021

BONUS: The Golden Era of Southeast Asia Startups

Dive into our post-show Clubhouse discussion Apr 16th 2021 with fellow VCs in the region, where we went deep on the rise of startups in Southeast Asia, fresh of Grab's announcement that week valuing it at close to $40Bn, Buk…
July 16, 2021

Southeast Asia Startups Winning with Michael Lints, Golden Gate Ventures

From our live show Apr 16th 2021, we went deep on the rise of startups in Southeast Asia, fresh of Grab's announcement that week valuing it at close to $40Bn, Bukalapak netting $234M and more! Michael shares some #Billion…
Guest: Michael Lints
July 9, 2021

Future of Work: How To Lead in 2021 with Brian Elliott, Slack

This week, we went deep on the new reality that is remote work with none other than Brian Elliiott, former GM of Platform at Slack, and now Head of Future Forum — reimagining work. From building for inclusivity to sending…
Guest: Brian Elliott
July 2, 2021

The Rise of Superapps & The Fear of a Meaningless Life with Muneeb Maayr, Bykea

Ride-hailing giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia, Indonesia’s two largest startups, said a couple of days ago that they’ve merged their businesses to form GoTo Group, on track for a $35-$40B IPO end year. This sets more fu…
Guest: Muneeb Maayr
June 25, 2021

The End of Impact Washing & Stakeholder Capitalism with Regional President, BNY Mellon, Karen Wawrzaszek

From growing up in poverty to advising some of the wealthiest families, endowments & foundations; having held roles including MD of Rockefeller Capital Management to now Chair of the Meyer Foundation and BNY Mellon Regional …
June 18, 2021

Sold My Startup for $780M: the Good, Bad, Ugly with Jack Smith, Vungle

This week we went deep on the growing pains of a startup, from PR nightmares to co-founder breakups, the challenge of shifting from a scarcity to growth mindset, and so much more with Jack Smith, serial entrepreneur & invest…
Guest: Jack Smith
June 18, 2021

BONUS: Building a $780M Startup with Jack Smith —offline discussion with the audience

From breaking all these rules and more, this week's guest, serial entrepreneur and now investor, Jack Smith, somehow turned a terrible idea into a $780M+ exit. This snippet reveals Jack in his rare raw form being brutally ho…
Guest: Jack Smith
June 11, 2021

{EXTENDED} Big Tech & The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution with Renowned American Investor, Chris Schroeder

Includes the post-show discussion on Clubhouse this week where we went deep on the Global Entrepreneurial Revolution shaping our future with renowned American investor & entrepreneur, Christopher Schroeder. From the dominanc…
June 11, 2021

Big Tech & The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution with Chris Schroeder

This week, we went deep on the Global Entrepreneurial Revolution shaping our future with renowned American investor & entrepreneur, Christopher Schroeder. From the dominance of big tech, to the digital divide to startups …