Openspace, a Singapore-based VC firm, has elevated Jessica Huang Pouleur as its new general partner. She will be the company’s third general partner alongside co-founders Shane Chesson and Hian Goh, who have headed the VC since 2014.
Before joining the firm in 2020, Pouleur worked with The Walt Disney Company, where she headed corporate strategy, business development, and mergers and acquisitions across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Jessica Huang Pouleur / Photo credit: Openspace
Her career also includes a decade-long stint at Providence Equity Partners, where she led its investment team in Southeast Asia.
At Openspace, Pouleur has already led several investments through the firm’s mid-stage growth fund, OSV+. She also helped the VC land its first external deal with Indonesia’s Jiwa Group.
Pouleur is currently a board member at Jiwa Group and GoPlay, as well as an observer for other Openspace portfolio firms such as Validus and Kumu.
“At Openspace, we are now at 45% female representation and 11 different nationalities. Jessica as Partner is a sign of the maturation of our platform and the importance of this diversity as we seek to deliver the Openspace promise of Active Intelligence across Southeast Asia for the benefit of our entrepreneurs and investors,” Openspace co-founder Goh said in a statement.
Editing by Collin Furtado and Lorenzo Kyle Subido
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