Online Talk: Startup Survival and Funding - APAC VC Perspective

Recent times proved challenging for everyone and we are all in uncharted waters. In order to help startups strive through this difficult time, Google for Startups Campus invited leading VCs in the APAC region to share their take on the recent developments on the markets.

Do they still invest? What are they advising their portfolio companies? How can we tackle the current situation most effectively? What are the outlooks for the future?

Join our online talk on May 21 and gain valuable insights on how COVID-19 has influenced the startup ecosystem and fundraising. This online talk will be held in English via YouTube Live.

Date/Time: Thursday, May 21

8:00 a.m. (IST)
9:30 a.m. (ICT, WIB)
10:30 a.m. (CST, SGT, MYT)
11:30 a.m. (KST, JST)

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Speakers/Panelists

Yusen Dai

Partner, ZhenFund (China)

Yusen is Partner of ZhenFund, a leading early-stage venture fund in China. Before joining ZhenFund, Yusen co-founded Jumei, China’s leading cosmetics e-commerce retailer. Yusen was one of the youngest cofounders to list their companies on NYSE.

Han Kim

Managing Director, Altos Ventures (Korea)

Han is a member of the Altos investment team. Before co-founding Altos in 1996, Han worked at Booz Allen & Hamilton solving strategic and operational issues for global media, retail and distribution companies.

Alan Hellawell

Partner, Alpha JWC Ventures (Southeast Asia)

Alan has been intimately involved in the Asian internet and e-commerce space since 1995. He has worked with management across leading global platforms such as Alibaba, Tencent, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Paypal; in addition to the region’s major PE, VC and investment banking firms.

Panelists

Harsha Kumar

Partner, Lightspeed (India)

Harsha focuses on SME, Consumer and fintech startups as investment areas. She played various leading roles in technology and product management at many top organizations, such as Olacabs and Zynga.

Ken Yasunaga

Former Managing Director of INCJ Ventures & Present CFO of Floadia (Japan)

Ken is veteran venture capitalist with 9 years of experience as a US-based VC and 12 years as Japan-based VC, including Managing Director of Japanese government fund. Currently, he sits on another side of the table as a CFO of a semiconductor-related startup.

Moderator

Tim Romero

Head of Google for Startups (Japan)

Tim Romero is Head of Google for Startups Japan and host of the Disrupting Japan podcast. Tim is deeply involved in Japan's startup community as an investor, founder, author and educator. He has founded several startups in Japan over the past 25 years.