DealStreetAsia’s tenth edition of the Asia PE-VC Summit is taking place in Singapore on Sept 10-11.
Day two of the summit features 17 must-attend sessions, three powerful tracks, and 55 impactful speakers, including LPs, fund managers and founders.
This year’s edition marks the launch of a focused track on AI and Deep Tech, which is at an inflection point across Asia. The track will explore whether Asia can move beyond promising prototypes to produce the next generation of deep-tech giants.
The Climate Tech and ESG Summit track will present five sessions focused on sustainability-based investing, balancing impact with returns, energy transition, cross-border collaboration and founder perspectives.
Last but not least, the Venture Capital and Founders Summit will focus on deployment strategies, fundraising and exits, business pivots and profitability metrics, and more. The track will feature early to growth-stage venture capital firms along with founders and startup leaders.
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Venture Capital and Founders’ Summit
8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration & Networking Coffee
9:00 am – 9:15 am | Welcome Address by Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia
9:20 am – 10:10 am | Opening keynote: Indonesia rising – Can Danantara’s sovereign capital strategy transform Southeast Asia’s investment landscape?
- Fireside chat with Sunata Tjiterosampurno, Senior Director – Investments, Danantara
- In conversation with Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia
10:10 am – 10:35 am | Networking Coffee Break
10:35 am – 11:25 am | Fireside chat: Asia VC – Decoding investment strategies for next wave of growth
- Prashanth Prakash, Founding Partner, Accel India
- Jixun Foo, Senior Managing Partner, Granite Asia
- Pimfha Chan, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
11:30 am – 12:10 pm | Conference report panel – Fundamentals over Fireworks: SE Asian VCs and startups in reset mode
- Minette B. Navarrete, Managing Partner and Founder, Kickstart Ventures, Inc
- Adrian Li, Founder & Managing Partner, ACV Capital
- David Gowdey, Managing Partner, Jungle Ventures
- Adrian Hia, Partner, Kairous Capital
- Andi Haswidi, Head of Data Research, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
12:10 pm – 12:40 pm | Fireside chat: LP View – Tencent on Fund Selection, Sector Bets & Global Allocation
- Flora Guo, Head of Global Fund Investment, Tencent Investment
- In conversation with Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, Greater China, DealStreetAsia
[This session will be run under the Chatham House Rule]
12:40 pm – 1:35 pm | Networking Lunch Break
1:40 pm – 2.25 pm | Chinese GPs on ‘go-global’ pursuit despite headwinds
- William Zhao, Partner, BAI Capital
- Steven Wang, Founder & CEO, Highlight Capital
- Fred Li, Managing Director, Gobi Partners
- Ian Goh, Founding Partner, 01VC
- Stephanie Li, Reporter, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
2.30 pm – 3:20 pm | Why SE Asia Venture Capital Is Still Worth the Bet: LP & GP Perspectives
- Sunil Mishra, Partner, Adams Street Partners
- Geetali Kumar, Head of Venture Capital and Disruptive Technology Investments, East Asia & Pacific, IFC
- Willson Cuaca, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, East Ventures
- Conrad Tsang, Founder and Chairman, Strategic Year Holdings Limited
- Looi Wen Jie, Co-Head of investment, Jelawang Capital
- Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
3:20 pm – 3:50 pm | Networking Coffee Break
3:50 pm – 4:30 pm | India VC: From rebound to returns, but can discipline, exits & governance keep up?
- Arpit Agarwal, Investment Partner, Blume Ventures
- Pratip Mazumdar, Partner & Co-founder, Inflexor Ventures
- Rahul Agarwal, Partner, HealthQuad
- Visa Kannan, Managing Partner, Saison Capital
- Vibhuti Sharma, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm | Enterprise corner: Of balancing runway, bottom line and ambitions
- Aaron Tan, Co-Founder & Group CEO, Carro
- Kelly Wong, CEO, VNG Group
- Dr. BJ Han, Co-Founder, Board Director and CEO, Silicon Box
- Aastha Maheshwari, Senior Reporter, Indonesia, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm | The Next Frontier for SE Asia’s Financial Innovators: Who is built to last?
- Abhishek Bhatia, Founder, Group CEO and Executive Director, Oona
- Kevan Chow, Group Chief Financial Officer, MariBank
- Coenraad (Coen) Jonker, Founder & CEO, Tyme Group
- Andy Nguyen Tran, Executive Chairman, Zalopay
- Joan Yao, General Partner, Kickstart Ventures, Inc
- Dmitry Levit, Founder & General Partner, Cento Ventures [Moderator]
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Networking Drinks
AI and Deep Tech Summit
10:30 am – 10:35 am | Welcome address to AI and Deep Tech summit by Andi Haswidi, Head of Data Research, DealStreetAsia
10:35 am – 11:15 am | Unlocking China’s deeptech potential in a dynamically changing world
- Wayne Shiong, Co-Founder & Venture Partner, China Growth Capital
- Neil Zeng, Partner, Linear Capital
- Yuli Zhao, Chief Strategy Officer, Galbot
- Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, Greater China, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
11:20 am – 12:05 pm | Can Southeast Asia founders build global-grade AI startups?
- Daphne Tay, Founder, Bluente
- Hiep Nguyen, COO & Founding Team Member, AI Hay
- Abhishek Chatterjee, Founder & CEO, Tookitaki
- Bernard Leong, CEO & Co-Founder, Dorje AI
- Dylan Loh, Singapore Correspondent, Nikkei Asia [Moderator]
12:05 pm – 12:45 pm | Can Asia’s Deep Tech Playbook Deliver in AI, Robotics & Frontier Science?
- Kiran Mysore, Principal, UTEC
- Aditya Mathur, Founder & Managing Director, Elev8.vc
- Kaweepol (Kevin) Panpheng, Partner, AICONIC VENTURES
- Raymond Woo, Singapore Office Representative, Kyoto University & Kyoto iCAP (Kyoto University Innovation Capital)
- Vishesh Rajaram, Co-Founder, Speciale Invest
- Katrina Bianca Cuaresma, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
Climate Tech and ESG Summit
1:40 pm – 1:45 pm | Welcome address to Climate Tech and ESG Summit track by Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia
1:45 pm – 2:35 pm | The Trillion Dollar Question: What is it going to take to close the climate finance gap?
- Kean Ng, Senior Investment Officer, responsAbility
- Valery Tubbax, Managing Director, Investments, Pentagreen Capital
- Nishant Kumar, Managing Director, Asia, GuarantCo, Head of Asia Coverage, PIDG
- Anders Blom, Senior Vice President – Renewable Energy, Norfund
- Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
2:35 pm – 3:20 pm | Impact Investing: How has it driven positive outcomes for investors?
- Linda Mok, Director of Investment, Sarona Fund Management
- Mahesh Joshi, Head of Asia Private Equity, BlueOrchard Finance
- Leslie Zambelli, Impact Investment Director, Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia
- Nandita Beri, Associate Director, LeapFrog Investments
- Ngoc Nguyen, Deputy Editor (Vietnam), DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
3:20 pm – 3:50 pm | Networking Coffee Break
3:50 pm – 4:20 pm | Fireside Chat: Catalysing climate capital and cross-border collaboration
- Krishna Kumar, Partner, India-Japan Fund, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
- In conversation with Kavitha Nair, Senior Reporter, DealStreetAsia
4:20 pm – 5:05 pm | Decarbonising Asia: Driving the transition to clean energy and industries
- Deepa Hingorani, Partner, Novo Holdings Asia
- Melvyn Yeo, Managing Partner, TRIREC
- Sebastien Guillaud, Co-Founder & General Partner, Shift4Good
- Namrata Singh, Investments Principal, Clime Capital
- Katrina Bianca Cuaresma, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
5.10 pm – 5.55 pm | The Upside: Climate tech innovators on building a sustainable venture
- Eka Himawan, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Xurya
- Thomas McMahon, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, AirCarbon Exchange
- Prashant Singh, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Planet Environmental Services
- Natalia Rialucky Marsudi, Founder & CEO, Fairatmos
- Andi Haswidi, Head of Data Research, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Networking and Cocktails
