True Founder Stories

Kadan Capital
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True Founder Stories by Kadan Capital is a series sharing raw, personal conversations with founders and operators building at the edge of Fintech and AI in Asia and beyond. Designed for a founder audience, each episode dives deep into the real stories, hard lessons, and bold moves behind today’s most ambitious ventures.

Episodes

  1. E08: Ilya Kravtsov - Serial Entrepreneurship & AI Banking

    21 APR

    E08: Ilya Kravtsov - Serial Entrepreneurship & AI Banking

    The co-founder of Ringkas elaborates on his startup lessons, scaling to 1+ billion USD in annual mortgage volume, and why the future of banking has no apps.

    47 min
  2. E07: Marcus Lim - Global Banking & Immigrant Stories

    3 MAR

    E07: Marcus Lim - Global Banking & Immigrant Stories

    The founder of @PEXX opens up about navigating market meltdowns, managing doubt, and building a global neobank on stablecoins.

    44 min
  3. E06: Jingjing Zhong - AI in Home Services & Founder Therapy

    11 FEB

    E06: Jingjing Zhong - AI in Home Services & Founder Therapy

    The founder of Superbench shares hard truths about building for service businesses and how entrepreneurship forces personal growth.

    37 min
  4. E05: Kevin Kang - Crypto Cards & Surviving Crises

    6 JAN

    E05: Kevin Kang - Crypto Cards & Surviving Crises

    Kevin Kang, the Co-founder of Reap, shares how he built one of the first crypto card issuers in APAC, and how he found a silver lining in multiple crises.

    44 min
  5. E04: Milind Sanghavi - Stablecoin Summer & Building Resilience

    04/12/2025

    E04: Milind Sanghavi - Stablecoin Summer & Building Resilience

    Milind Sanghavi, the founder and CEO of Xweave explains how stablecoins are drastically changing global payments and how he built resilience as a founder.

    38 min
  6. E03: Winston Damarillo - Silicon Valley & Growing from Failure

    07/10/2025

    E03: Winston Damarillo - Silicon Valley & Growing from Failure

    Winston Damarillo, the co-founder and CEO of Higala shares how Silicon Valley is different from Southeast Asia, and how founders can learn from past mistakes.

    42 min
  7. E02: Theodoric Chew - Founder Mental Health & Entering Japan

    02/09/2025

    E02: Theodoric Chew - Founder Mental Health & Entering Japan

    Theodoric Chew, the founder and CEO of Intellect speaks about founder mental health and the challenges and benefits of expanding into Japan.

    35 min
  8. E01: Nathan Gunawan - Childhood Challenges & Athlete Mindset

    05/08/2025

    E01: Nathan Gunawan - Childhood Challenges & Athlete Mindset

    Nathan Gunawan, the co-founder & CEO of Pallav Technologies, talks about childhood challenges, emerging market credit & the “athlete mindset”.

    43 min
  • 8 Episodes

About

True Founder Stories by Kadan Capital is a series sharing raw, personal conversations with founders and operators building at the edge of Fintech and AI in Asia and beyond. Designed for a founder audience, each episode dives deep into the real stories, hard lessons, and bold moves behind today’s most ambitious ventures.

Information

  • Creator
    Kadan Capital
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kadan Capital
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    True Founder Stories

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