Investing In Asia Betatron Venture Group

Today’s guest is Leo Jiang. Leo is the Chief Digital Officer of Huawei Cloud and AI for APAC and the Founder of the company’s global accelerator, Huawei Spark. He’s been recognised as a Top 10 Most Influential CDO globally by Technology Magazine. We’re lucky to have him with us today as we dive into all things related to AI, Asia, and startup investing.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-nuo-jiang/Hosted by Arshad Chowdhury, Managing Partner at Betatron: Betatron.coTwitter: @arshadgcLin...

Today’s guest is Erika Cheung, a key whistleblower who reported Theranos to health regulators. Her report subsequently led to the shutdown of Theranos’ clinical lab which prevented the company from providing false medical results to thousands of patients. The case has been reported on extensively, including in the book Bad Blood by John Carreyou, 60 Minutes, ABD Podcast: The Drop Out, and Alex Gibney’s documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. Erika obtained a dual degree in ...

Today's guest is Bas Fransen, CEO and founder of EcoMatcher. Originally from Holland, Bas started his career in the Royal Dutch Navy and went on to become a technology executive with long stints at Phillips Semi Conductors, and then IBM.He founded the tree-planting company he runs today, called EcoMatcher, in 2016. The for-profit business has by now planted over a million trees and is on track to plant several million more in the coming years.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basfransenhk...

William Bao Bean is Managing Director of Orbit Startups the first and longest-running startup program in Asia and General Partner of SOSV the #2 most active venture capital investor in the world and #5 Asia/ROW with US$1.5bn in assets under management. William joined Orbit and SOSV from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director. Prior to that, William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a VC backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China a...

This episode delves into the issue of corruption within the Indian construction industry while examining how 91Squarefeet is making significant improvements to this sector in India.We learn exactly how “kickback” payments are made, we understand the role of technology can play in avoiding corruption, and we hear advice on what investors can do in their due diligence to identify dodgy business practices.Amit Bansal is an entrepreneur and founder of 91 Squarefeet, a leading tech-enabled startup...

Danyaal Abdul Khaliq is a founder and general partner at Teamup Ventures, an early-stage VC Fund investing in MENAPT (middle east, north Africa, Pakistan, Turkey). Danyaal also set up Teamup Angels, a startup networking platform in Pakistan. He has such a fascinating background: in addition to being an active investor in Pakistan, he's worked in London for Jefferies in investment banking and is occasionally a cricket expert commentator on PTV World. He holds a law degree from SOAS Unive...