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Patrick Yeo
Partner, Asset Wealth Management & Venture Hub Leader at PwC SingaporePatrick leads PwC’s Asset & Wealth Management and Venture Hub practice, with over 19 years of experience across Asia and Europe. His global experience has allowed him to be an enabler in the ecosystem, connecting tech companies with investors and clients, and be a trusted advisor to stakeholders in the ecosystem.
Patrick is actively involved in the venture ecosystem where he has done project structuring, strategy optimization and deal sourcing for technology investors and entrepreneurs.
Patrick is licenced by MAS to provide financial advisory services to tech companies. He has advised tech companies in areas of commercialisation, fundraising and strategy.
Patrick is responsible for building PwC Singapore’s investment portfolio consisting of technology startups across different industries. He sits on PwC’s Global New Ventures committee overseeing the commercialization of PwC SaaS products. He is also a serial angel investor and works with VC firms on their investments.
Maxime Blein
Partner at PwC SingaporeMax is a Partner in PwC’s Venture Hub, with more than 15 years of experience in strategy and M&A. Max focuses on supporting tech businesses with their growth acceleration and fundraising. He supports companies in areas such as market opportunity analysis and planning, business and market entry strategy, internationalisation, and buy and sell-side advisory. Max is also licensed by MAS for financial advisory services.
Max’s clients include large technology firms such as Ant Financial, Facebook, AWS, Google etc., providing market expansion strategy and deal advisory support within Asia Pacific. Max also supported investors in their assessment of local tech businesses, such as Bukalapak, Deskera, Shopmatic, Chope, etc.
Max has delivered a number of presentations and masterclasses organised by IMDA, ESG and EDB, and is also a mentor in various accelerators and programmes.
Max has been based in Singapore for ~10 years. Prior to joining PwC Singapore, Max was a Manager in PwC France’s Strategy Advisory practice, focusing on the tech industry.
Jackson Aw
Founder of Mighty JaxxA Forbes Asia 30 under 30 honouree in 2018, Tatler Asia’s Gen T list in 2019 and EY Entrepreneur of the Year Category Winner in 2021, Jackson Aw is Founder & CEO of Singapore-based Mighty Jaxx, an award-winning future culture company aiming to supercharge the global collectible industry on an integrated future culture platform for phygital experiences, in partnership with the greatest creative talents in the world as well as global brands such as Netflix, Formula 1, Hasbro, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, Toei Animation and Cartoon Network.
Playing with toys has proven to be a source of immense joy and imagination for people of all ages, and Jackson understands this better than anyone. With just a $20,000 loan, he embarked on a remarkable journey, becoming a multimillion-dollar business across more than 90 countries worldwide.
He continually strives to bring innovation and the latest technologies into Mighty Jaxx's products to cater to the ever-evolving needs of their customers. By doing so, he ensures that playing with toys remains a thrilling and relevant experience for enthusiasts.
Jackson's dedication to pushing the boundaries in the pop culture space has not only captured the hearts of collectors worldwide but also showcased the positive impact of toys on fostering creativity and community engagement. By collaborating with global IPs, he creates unique products that resonate with fans from various fandoms in the physical and digital realms.
Boon Ping Chua
Partner at CentoBoon Ping is Partner at Cento, leading its investment strategy and deal origination efforts, in addition to serving as a member of the investment committee of Cento III. He bring his extensive experience of more than 20 years in venture capital and M&A in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Prior to Cento, he was the CEO of Straits Capital Investment Pte Ltd("Straits Capital") from 2014 till Jan 2023. Straits Capital is the corporate venture fund of SPH (Singapore Press Holdings), one of the largest media group in South East Asia. In that role, he managed a corporate venture fund totaling in excess of U$70 million that he invested with a global multi-stage mandate into technology companies. Prior to that, Boon Ping served as Senior Vice President of EDBi, the investment subsidiary of ED (Economic Development Board of Singapore), the government agency leading innovation and economic initiatives for the Republic of Singapore. He was responsible for leading its Technology investment team. Boon Ping is a Singaporean and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) and a Master in Business Administration (Banking & Finance) from Nanvang Technological University. He passed CFA Level 3 exam in 2001.
Bennett Lee
Investment Director of Velocity VenturesBennett has more than a decade of Private Equity & Venture Capital, Investment Banking and Equity Research experience across the Technology, Financial Services, Consumer, Healthcare and F&B sectors. He has equity research coverage, executed complex cross border IPOs, PE/VC, Restructuring and M&A transactions with a combined value of more than ~US$50 Billion. Bennett is currently a Partner & Investment Director with Velocity Ventures specializing in South East Asia growth equity investments.
Prior to joining Velocity Ventures, Bennett was an Investment Director with Caber Partners where he evaluated and executed Private Equity investment opportunities in the Financial Services and Technology sectors in Asia. Before Caber Partners, he was an Investment Associate at Golden Equator Capital, a mid-market Private Equity and Venture Capital firm where he focused on growth equity investments in a wide range of industries in Southeast Asia. He has also worked in UOB KH and BNP Paribas in Equity Research and Investment Banking Global Markets roles respectively.
Bennett has extensive board experience with more than 25 portfolio companies and advised on turnarounds, M&A, spinoffs and corporate development. He currently serves as Advisor and Mentor to Singapore Tourism Board Accelerator, Plug and Play, Korea Tourism Organization and has been a keynote speaker at regional conferences such as Tech in Asia and Singapore Fintech Festival. Bennett is currently a CAIA Singapore Chapter Executive for Private Equity & Venture Capital and also Co-chairs the CFA Singapore Career Development Committee.
Bennett holds a B.A. in Economics from the National University of Singapore and is a graduate of the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School Executive education program. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.
Rajive Keshup
Partner at Cathay InnovationRajive is a long term optimist, burdened with short term scepticism. He is also a successfully Exited Founder/Operator turned Venture Capitalist and a Partner at Cathay Innovation.
Rajive is fortunate to partner with dent making teams to build extraordinary global companies at Cathay Innovation, an early and growth stage venture capital firm with $3B AUM across San Francisco, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore, and closely affiliated with Cathay Capital Private Equity, a global private equity firm with $6B in AUM.
Partnerships with the startups Cathay back, sustain from the initial stages of refining product-market fit to IPO and beyond. Personal fulfilment for Rajive comes from helping others achieve their full potential. Rajive is energized by founders with authentic ideas who have the guts and determination to change the world. Hard problems (KaiOS), the transformation of industries (Igloo, Coherent, Lifepal), and enormous green field opportunities (FinAccel, LeadIQ, Reebelo and AI Rudder) are what keep things exciting!
Rajive is based in Singapore, and in addition to Southeast Asia, covers India for the firm.