Fireside chat with Rameez Ansar, co-founder at Circles.Life, Singapore’s Sequoia-backed telco

Dear Readers,

Inspired by feedback from our subscribers, we are kickstarting our series of subscribers-only meetups on April 24, Wednesday 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Our first meetup will be a fireside chat in Singapore with Rameez Ansar, the co-founder at Circles.Life, which was recently backed by Sequoia India.

Not a subscriber yet? No problem – you can purchase a US$50 one-time guest pass on Eventbrite. Or you can become a subscriber to attend this meetup and future ones at no additional cost.

We aim to make the evening as candid as possible. I’ll be asking Ansar questions on topics ranging from his toughest moments as an entrepreneur, how he bounces back from setbacks, his grand vision for Circles.Life, and how he balances family and business.

Schedule

• What: Fireside chat with Rameez, co-founder of Circles.Life
• Date: April 24, Wednesday
• Time: 6.30pm – 8.00pm
• Venue (tentative): Tech in Asia’s office, Suntec Tower 2, #04-01
• Audience: Tech in Asia Subscribers and guests only, max 100 pax

About Rameez Ansar

As co-founder, Rameez is the lead visionary and is responsible for the overall business and operations in Singapore. He also manages external relationships with key industry partners, including IMDA and M1.

To Rameez, the launch of Circles.Life is an exciting opportunity to digitally transform the telecom industry in Singapore with in-house built innovation and technology, but also to take this transformation globally where data savvy customers exist. Rameez co-founded and managed TechCube8, a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) focused venture fund that received co-investment from the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF). Before TechCube8, Rameez was in portfolio management and investments at Temasek Holdings. He also previously worked in corporate finance as an M&A consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Some of his achievements include supporting investments made by Temasek during the global financial crisis in 2009. Rameez also contributed towards setting up the regulatory framework for the corporatization of Changi Airport and providing funding and advice for budding entrepreneurs during the formative stages of the Block 71 start-up ecosystem in Singapore. Rameez has an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a graduate of the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he was Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) Gold Medallist.