The official podcast of the RISE conference - "The largest tech conference in Asia" - RISE co-host Casey Lau engages in conversations with tech leaders and innovators around Asia.

RISE Offstage with Casey Lau
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The official podcast of the RISE conference - "The largest tech conference in Asia" - RISE co-host Casey Lau engages in conversations with tech leaders and innovators around Asia.
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April 7, 2021
Startup Investing in Asia with Akshay Bhushan of Lightspeed
On this episode of the RISE Offstage podcast, host Casey Lau welcomes Akshay Bhushan, a Partner at Lightspeed who is leading the firm’s Southeast Asia investments, focusing on consumer tech investing across both Southeast Asia and India and in companies like Sharechat, Chilibeli, Grab and more. <br /><br />Akshay talks about how the pandemic has helped them to deploy more capital, which are the big Asian markets Lightspeed is looking at and the next group of exciting verticals they are looking into like The Passion Economy and empowering SME’s in Asia to more efficiently run their businesses using technology. <br /><br />This is a fascinating chat discovering what Lightspeed is looking at in terms of startup investments across Asia and their big bets on India, Indonesia and Vietnam.<br /><br />To get a warm intro to Akshay please reach out to Casey on Twitter.<br /><br /><br />SHOW NOTES<br /><br />Akshay Bhushan on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaybhushan/" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaybhushan/</a><br /><br />Lightspeed Venture Partners: <a href="https://lsvp.com/portfolio/" rel="noopener">https://lsvp.com/portfolio/</a><br /><br />Sharechat: <a href="https://sharechat.com/" rel="noopener">https://sharechat.com/</a><br /><br />Chilibeli: <a href="https://www.chilibeli.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.chilibeli.com/</a><br /><br />Grab: <a href="https://www.grab.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.grab.com/</a><br /><br />The Passion Economy: <a href="https://www.passioneconomy.xyz/" rel="noopener">https://www.passioneconomy.xyz/</a><br /><br />SME Market in Southeast Asia via EY 2019: <a href="https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_sg/topics/growth/ey-smes-in-southeast-asia-redesigning-for-the-digital-economy.pdf" rel="noopener">https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_sg/topics/growth/ey-smes-in-southeast-asia-redesigning-for-the-digital-economy.pdf</a><br /><br />====<br /><br />WE ARE HIRING IN JAPAN: <a href="https://www.websummit.com/careers" rel="noopener">https://www.websummit.com/careers</a><br /><br />Collision <a href="https://www.collisionconf.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.collisionconf.com/</a><br /><br />RISE <a href="https://www.riseconf.com" rel="noopener">https://www.riseconf.com</a><br /><br />Web Summit Tokyo <a href="https://www.websummit.com/tokyo" rel="noopener">https://www.websummit.com/tokyo</a><br /><br />Casey Lau on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/casey_lau" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/casey_lau</a><br /><br />Casey Lau on Clubhouse: <a href="https://www.joinclubhouse.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.joinclubhouse.com/</a>@casey_lau

March 31, 2021
Building Startup Ecosystems with Governments and Corporates with Ee Ling Lim of 500 Startups
On this episode of RISE offstage, I welcome the new regional director of 500 Startups APAC Ee Ling Lim to the podcast.<br /><br />Ee Ling’s main role is to work with governments and corporates to build innovation programs using the 500 Startups network and has run programs in the city of Kobe Japan and with corporates like Malaysia’s Petronas with their FutureTech accelerator. <br /><br />We talk about how engaging with corporates and governments can accelerate not only startups but the ecosystem itself and Ee Ling gives us lots of information on how these goals are measured and obtained in the ongoing battle in Asia, where each country is fighting to become the digital hub of the region and the benefits that brings to startups all over the world. <br /><br />SHOW NOTES <br /><br />Ee Ling Lim<br />LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ee-ling-lim/" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ee-ling-lim/</a><br />Clubhouse: <a href="https://www.joinclubhouse.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.joinclubhouse.com/</a>@linglim<br /><br />500 Startups Ecosystems <a href="https://500.co/ecosystems" rel="noopener">https://500.co/ecosystems</a><br />500 Startups Demo Day 2020: <a href="https://youtu.be/YOy4LsFJU4Q" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/YOy4LsFJU4Q</a><br />500 Kobe: <a href="http://500kobe.com/" rel="noopener">http://500kobe.com/</a><br />Petronas x 500 Futuretech Accelerator: <a href="https://www.petronas.com/media/press-release/petronas-teams-silicon-valleys-500-startups" rel="noopener">https://www.petronas.com/media/press-release/petronas-teams-silicon-valleys-500-startups</a><br />===<br />NOW HIRING FOR JAPAN: <a href="https://www.websummit.com/careers" rel="noopener">https://www.websummit.com/careers</a><br />===<br />Collision <a href="https://www.collisionconf.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.collisionconf.com/</a><br />RISE <a href="https://www.riseconf.com" rel="noopener">https://www.riseconf.com</a><br />Web Summit Tokyo <a href="https://www.websummit.com/tokyo" rel="noopener">https://www.websummit.com/tokyo</a><br />Casey Lau on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/casey_lau" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/casey_lau</a><br />Casey Lau on Clubhouse: <a href="https://www.joinclubhouse.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.joinclubhouse.com/</a>@casey_lau

March 23, 2021
The NFT Opportunity in Asia with Yat Siu of Animoca Brands
On this episode of RISE Offstage, host Casey Lau speaks with Animoca Brands founder and chairman Yat Siu about the current NFT craze and how it goes beyond the art and collectibles world and into games and pop culture. Based in Hong Kong, Yat has invested in Opensea, Dapper Labs and more and helps decipher the world of NFTs and explore the market opportunities in Asia that are coming up over the next year on this episode.<br /><br /><br />Show Notes:<br /><br />Animoca Brands<br /><a href="https://www.animocabrands.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.animocabrands.com/</a><br />===<br />Yat Siu on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ysiu" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/ysiu</a><br />Yat Siu on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatsiu/" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatsiu/</a><br />===<br />Opensea: <a href="https://opensea.io/" rel="noopener">https://opensea.io/</a><br />The Sandbox: <a href="https://www.sandbox.game/en/" rel="noopener">https://www.sandbox.game/en/</a><br />F1 Delta Time: <a href="https://f1deltatime.com/" rel="noopener">https://f1deltatime.com/</a><br />Cryptokitties: <a href="https://www.cryptokitties.co/" rel="noopener">https://www.cryptokitties.co/</a><br />Dapper Labs: <a href="https://www.dapperlabs.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.dapperlabs.com/</a><br />NBA Top Shot: <a href="https://nbatopshot.com/" rel="noopener">https://nbatopshot.com/</a><br />Quidd: <a href="https://market.onquidd.com/" rel="noopener">https://market.onquidd.com/</a><br />Foundation: <a href="https://foundation.app/" rel="noopener">https://foundation.app/</a><br />NiftyGateway: <a href="https://niftygateway.com/" rel="noopener">https://niftygateway.com/</a><br />The Metaverse: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse</a><br />Snow Crash: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash</a><br />Ready Player One: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One</a><br />===<br />Collision <a href="https://www.collisionconf.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.collisionconf.com/</a><br />RISE <a href="https://www.riseconf.com" rel="noopener">https://www.riseconf.com</a><br />Web Summit Tokyo <a href="https://www.websummit.com/tokyo" rel="noopener">https://www.websummit.com/tokyo</a><br />Casey Lau on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/casey_lau" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/casey_lau</a><br />Casey Lau on Clubhouse: <a href="https://www.joinclubhouse.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.joinclubhouse.com/</a>@casey_lau
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