Startups, here’s your chance to score some face-time with GREE Ventures in Singapore

Startups, this is one good news you won’t want to miss: Japanese venture capital firm GREE Ventures will be hosting a corporate meetup in Singapore on August 4. The session is open to all startups and will feature two panel discussions: first on the dynamic of corporates and startups in the tech ecosystem and second on mobile trends in Southeast Asia.

Why is GREE doing this?

As an active investor in Asia, GREE Ventures recognizes the disconnect between early stage startups and corporates in the tech ecosystem. GREE hopes to bridge this gap between the two parties by hosting an informal meetup to allow startups and corporates alike to understand both sides of the coin.

What’s in it for me?

Pick the brains of the speakers and gain insight during the panel discussions.

First, we will examine the growing trend of big corporations who invest, incubate, accelerate and partner with startups. But provided that corporates are also potentially competitors and partners to emerging companies, how should startups deal with this complex dynamic?

Hear from Kuan Hsu, principal at GREE Ventures; Tomithy Too, future innovations seeker at Starhub; as well as Bruno Occhipinti, director of strategy and new business development for Philips (Asia Pacific) as they shed some light on this.

Following this will be a short panel discussion that will dissect the key mobile trends in Southeast Asia. Our speakers for this segment – Pieter-Paul Walraven, co-founder of Pie; Junde Yu, vice president of App Annie (Asia Pacific); and Nicholas Wodtke, vice president, Media Solution Center (Southeast Asia & Oceania) at Samsung Electronics – will dive into the challenges that mobile-based applications and companies in Southeast Asia face, such as monetization and poor infrastructure; as well as their prediction on what the next mobile trend will be.

More importantly, this meetup is a can’t-miss opportunity to network and build your connections with the investors from GREE, corporates, and the speakers themselves in an informal setting.

Entry is free, so sign up fast to secure your space via the button below!

Please note that due to limited seating availability and our desire to make the event relevant for all attendees, your invite to this event is subject to a confirmation from GREE’s side. We will get back to you shortly after receiving your RSVP.

Meetup agenda

7pm to 7.30pm: Registration and networking (light snacks provided)
7.30pm to 7.55pm: Panel Discussion: Corporations in the Startup Ecosystem
7.55pm to 8.05pm: Q&A
8.05pm to 8.30pm: Panel Discussion: Mobile Trends in Southeast Asia
8.30pm to 8.40pm: Q&A
8.40pm to 10pm: Network and connect!

Venue

Working Capitol

Speakers’ profiles

Kuan Hsu, principal at GREE Ventures

Kuan Hsu joined GREE Ventures in 2012 and serves as Principal of GREE Ventures Asia. Based in Singapore, he oversees GREE Ventures’ overall Southeast Asia operations as well as advising portfolio companies. Kuan Hsu has led GREE Venture’s rapid expansion in Southeast Asia, leveraging his expertise in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector, investment experience, and wide network. Prior to joining GREE, he moved to Singapore to serve as an associate director at Temasek Holdings, driving investments in the financial institutions group sector.

Tomithy Too, future innovations seeker at Starhub

Tomithy is the seeker of new technologies, innovations and business models for StarHub. He works on cool innovations and investment-related projects to unlock new revenue streams for StarHub and strengthen its competitiveness in the areas of big data, adtech, M/E commerce and IoT. At heart, he is a humanist, a technologist and an entrepreneur – and he wants to be able to bring about technologies that can create a positive difference in the world as he believes in the flourishing and beauty of human Life.

Bruno Occhipinti, director of strategy and new business development at Philips (Asia Pacific)

Bruno accelerates and supports new HealthTech initiatives across the Asia Pacific region, primarily in care coordination, wearables and primary care. He also drives the open innovation agenda to foster engagement with partner companies, startups, and accelerators.

Prior to his current role, Bruno conducted management consulting projects for Philips Executive Committee in Amsterdam. Previously, he handled corporate development activities for the renewable energy venture of Samsung in Seoul, after advising executive managers of the Group as Global Strategist. He also led various roles in software pre-sales, product management and consulting for Hyperion (Oracle) in Singapore and France.

Pieter Wal-Raven, co-founder of Pie

Pieter Walraven is co-founder and CPO of Pie, one of Singapore’s hottest startups building chat for work. Before founding Pie, Pieter helped set up a corporate incubator for Publicis Groupe. Previously, Pieter was product manager at social gaming startup Playfish in Beijing (acquired by EA).

Junde Yu, vice president of App Annie (Asia Pacific)

Junde manages business development and sales in Asia for App Annie. He started his career in web startups while he was in university, and has since accumulated experience at web and mobile startups and corporations, in particular business development roles at companies like Scoreloop, SingTel, and Tapjoy.

Nicholas Wodtke, vice president, Media Solution Center (Southeast Asia & Oceania) at Samsung Electronics

Nicholas is the Vice-President of Samsung’s Media Solutions Center for Southeast Asia & Oceania. In his role, Nicholas manages business development, sales, customer and partner relationships, marketing and branding for the Media Solution Center and its products and services.

Prior to Samsung, he served as Asia Pacific Vice-President for Business Development & Digital Media at the Walt Disney Company where he was responsible for developing new business partnerships and joint ventures for online, mobile and digital television platforms.

Before Disney, Nicholas was the Senior Vice President of Interactive Television at Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, where he oversaw and supervised day-to-day operations. Nicholas has also worked with Columbia Tristar International Television where he was the Chief Operating Officer of Super Television – a leading Taiwanese cable entertainment network.

More speakers to come – stay tuned!