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RARELY do you find founders at the helm of government-backed agencies, but SGInnovate chief executive officer (CEO) Lim Jui has bucked that trend.

AT one point, MoneySmart founder and chief executive Vinod Nair was almost the first to list a Singapore startup on the Singapore Exchange via a reverse takeover (RTO).

BEFORE Tech in Asia (TIA) became a top brand for startup news in South-east Asia, it was a blog fuelled by the passion of a university student fascinated by how tech was changing the world.

HAVING an interest in computers and fixing appliances formed the foundation on which Caroline Yap, managing director of AI Business at Google Cloud, built her career.

MINETTE Navarrete is a familiar face in the Philippines’ startup scene. Since 2012, she has helmed Kickstart Ventures, the corporate venture arm of major telco services provider Globe Telecom. An earl...

FROM being an avid online shopper to actually co-founding a startup in the e-commerce realm, ShopBack co-founder Lai Shanru is one of a few that has made her interests her full-time job.

FROM mental health startup Intellect to decarbonisation platform Unravel Carbon, JJ Chai has backed a wide range of South-east Asian startups.

MALAYSIA’S startup ecosystem has a firm believer in Bikesh Lakhmichand, founder of venture capital firm 1337 Ventures.

FORMER Grab employees often start ventures related to issues they have faced at work, but Benjamin Emmanuel Lee, co-founder of expert network Sealed, has taken a different path.