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S04 Call#12: Future of Learning in Southeast Asia, Learning from Founders, and Lifelong Learning to Learn with Hester Spiegel-van den Steenhoven On Call with Insignia Ventures
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Learning. That's the keyword and theme of this new episode in partnership with Insignia Ventures Academy. We went on call with Cohort 1 alumnus and angel investor Hester Spiegel-van den Steenhoven. Hester gives us a sneak peek into the Edtech in Singapore and Southeast Asia report she put together commissioned by the Dutch Embassy of Singapore, shares her story going from consultant in the UK to edtech entrepreneur in Germany to angel investor in Singapore, and her Insignia Ventures Academy journey.
Timestamps
(00:21) Paulo introduces Hester;
(03:16) Learning to Learn: From consultant in the UK to edtech entrepreneur in Germany to angel investor in Singapore;
(10:53) Learnings on Learning in Singapore and Southeast Asia;
(19:55) Learning to Invest (and helping other women to do the same);
(23:22) Learning from Founders;
(27:08) Rapid Fire Round;
(29:17) Bonus: Learning to Work;
About our guest
Hester Spiegel-van den Steenhoven is a Dutch management consultant-turned-education-entrepreneur-turned-investor living in Singapore. She is a venture partner at Kaizenvest and co-founder of Asia's largest female-owned angel network Epic Angels. After a 15+ year international career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and then as Director at Deutsche Bank as Director in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt, she became Germany’s first country manager for modern education system and coding school “42”, raising funding from Volkswagen and the foundation of Lidl-founder Dieter Schwarz to launch two campuses. Since moving to Singapore in 2020, she continues to work with and invest in founders in the EdTech and Future of Learning and Work space in Southeast Asia. She is the mother of two young boys and a speaker in both Europe and Southeast Asia on the topics of Future of Learning, Start-ups and Investing, Career Pivots, and Education Technology. She is also an alumnus of Insignia Ventures Academy Cohort 1.
Music: Energetic and Upbeat Rock Background Music For Videos and Workouts
The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only, should not be taken as legal, tax, or business advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security, and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any Insignia Ventures fund.
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Learning. That's the keyword and theme of this new episode in partnership with Insignia Ventures Academy. We went on call with Cohort 1 alumnus and angel investor Hester Spiegel-van den Steenhoven. Hester gives us a sneak peek into the Edtech in Singapore and Southeast Asia report she put together commissioned by the Dutch Embassy of Singapore, shares her story going from consultant in the UK to edtech entrepreneur in Germany to angel investor in Singapore, and her Insignia Ventures Academy journey.
Timestamps
(00:21) Paulo introduces Hester;
(03:16) Learning to Learn: From consultant in the UK to edtech entrepreneur in Germany to angel investor in Singapore;
(10:53) Learnings on Learning in Singapore and Southeast Asia;
(19:55) Learning to Invest (and helping other women to do the same);
(23:22) Learning from Founders;
(27:08) Rapid Fire Round;
(29:17) Bonus: Learning to Work;
About our guest
Hester Spiegel-van den Steenhoven is a Dutch management consultant-turned-education-entrepreneur-turned-investor living in Singapore. She is a venture partner at Kaizenvest and co-founder of Asia's largest female-owned angel network Epic Angels. After a 15+ year international career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and then as Director at Deutsche Bank as Director in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt, she became Germany’s first country manager for modern education system and coding school “42”, raising funding from Volkswagen and the foundation of Lidl-founder Dieter Schwarz to launch two campuses. Since moving to Singapore in 2020, she continues to work with and invest in founders in the EdTech and Future of Learning and Work space in Southeast Asia. She is the mother of two young boys and a speaker in both Europe and Southeast Asia on the topics of Future of Learning, Start-ups and Investing, Career Pivots, and Education Technology. She is also an alumnus of Insignia Ventures Academy Cohort 1.
Music: Energetic and Upbeat Rock Background Music For Videos and Workouts
The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only, should not be taken as legal, tax, or business advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security, and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any Insignia Ventures fund.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oncallinsignia/message
31 min