Mar 27, 2020
In this episode, we speak to William Bao Bean, General Partner at SOSV Capital and managing director of Chinaccelerator, who’s got loads of experience in tech investing in Asia. He founded MOX, SOSV’s Mobile-Only Accelerator, in partnership with GMobi, the largest mobile platform for South-east Asia and...
Mar 19, 2020
Since travel has come to a halt, this serial entrepreneur and investor has been staying home in Hong Kong for longer than usual, and spending time with family. And with schools closed in Hong Kong since January, he’s had a lot of time to observe how his kids are learning at home and through e-learning. It’s given...
Mar 16, 2020
The past year has been challenging for Klook, with protests in Hong Kong and political tensions between China and South Korea, and South Korea and Japan. So you can say tough times are not new to this young travel tech unicorn. In fact, Eric Gnock Fah, COO & Co-founder, says Klook was forged in hard times, in 2014. But...
Mar 11, 2020
Episode 2: Ross Veitch, CEO & Co-founder, Wego; Kei Shibata, co-founder and CEO, Line Travel.jp and Trip 101; Christine Tan, managing director, Asia Pacific, D-Edge Hospitality Solutions
Japan was one of the latest countries to be dragged into this crisis – let’s call it Batch 2. Hokkaido declaring a state of emergency...
Mar 10, 2020
“You have to take the ups and you have to take the downs,” says Keith Tan, CEO of STB. The organization has responded swiftly, putting in place measures to assist the industry, as well as assemble a Tourism Recovery Action Taskforce. Yes, there is no denying the pain has been sharp and will get sharper as the...