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The Founders Peak Podcast

Where exceptional startup founders share untold stories that shaped who they are

An exclusive podcast where we bring exceptional startup founders from around the world who each share their inspiration and a bag full of usable entrepreneurial insights from their journeys. So, if you are an aspiring founder, or busy fund-raising, or nearing a successful exit, or even feeling like you might go down fighting, there"s something useful in here for you. Most talks are hosted and recorded LIVE with audiences at The Founders Peak Stage at the Global Finance & Technology Network"s

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00:16:48

When the only thing that matters is staying alive:...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

This episode is just too special. We’d like to say Pauline and Simon are the ‘first couple’ of The Founders Peak stage. No, we’ve never had a couple take stage as one team. And with what Pauline experienced recently as she was getting off a plane, this story is gut-wrenching as it is inspiring and as it is a story of love and belief and hope and resilience. Pauline is a Board Advisor at Viridios Capital and Head of New Ventures at Stealth. Her husband, Simon is a Director at Synechron

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00:08:42

Trust - the bedrock of enduring businesses - Season 5...

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2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Kunal Shah, Founder & CEO of CRED in India. Kunal is a philosophy major turned two-time fintech entrepreneur. His Delta 4 theory of innovation is often quoted by entrepreneurs as a success framework. He is a prolific angel investor who believes in the power of entrepreneurs transforming lives at scale. His company CRED is a lifestyle platform for India's most creditworthy. CRED wants to improve people's relationship with money and has enabled nearly 15 million

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00:10:12

From Corporate Code to Startup Mode: The Opportunity...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Rahul Shinghal, Co-founder & CEO of Tazapay - a cross border payment platform backed by marquee investors including Sequoia and PayPal, enabling local collections in 70 countries. Rahul has been in fintech for about 25 years, starting out in Fintech well before it was called Fintech. He has held leadership positions at PayPal and Stripe before starting Tazapay in 2020. He shares his learnings on a topic important for all aspiring entrepreneurs From corporate code to startup

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00:13:17

The value of a billion - perception or fact? - Season...

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2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Matthew Spacie, Founder & Executive Chair of Magic Bus. Matthew is an India-based British entrepreneur, humanitarian, and a former international rugby player. He is co-founder of ClearTrip.com, India’s second largest travel portal, and now the co-founder and CEO of Magic Bus. Matthew has extraordinary insight into how social entrepreneurship can be used to help children out of poverty. Matthew talks about this in his truly inspiring talk the value of a billion - is it

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00:11:18

From teacher to content creator: How calculated YOLO...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Biogirl MJ, Science teacher-turned-content creator raising eco-awareness on climate change. Her channel Just Keep Thinking Sg won the Content Creator of the Year Award this year. Her channel also has its own mini wildlife documentary series. Their videos are a big hit amongst mummies. MJ is a slave to her cat, Qwerty. While she wanted to be a lawyer when she was younger, MJ is now obsessed with Science! Yellow is her favourite colour and in her signature funny, high-energy and

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00:10:25

The unprecedented power and responsibility my...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Manu Chopra, CEO of Karya. Karya is named after the Sanskrit word for "work that gives you a sense of dignity". Karya was on the cover of Time Magazine for their work in using AI to move people on a pathway out of poverty. Manu was named by Time Magazine among the 100 Most Influential People In AI, but even more excitingly, at the Time 100 Gala in San Francisco, he got to hang out with Will.i.am! Manu is obsessed with Bollywood and can speak for hours about his

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00:11:54

From crisis to opportunity and a metaverse for good -...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Dr Loretta Chen, Co-founder & CEO of Smobler. Smobler is made up of turnkey metaverse architects and pioneers, funded by The Sandbox and Brinc. They created the first phygital wedding, and launched the Kingdom of Bhutan into the Metaverse. They are powered by IDEALS -inclusion, diversity, equity, access, love and sustainability. Dr Loretta is regarded as Singapore's Anna Wintour. She is recognised amongst the Top Women of the Future, Forbes and Asia's Most Inspiring

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00:11:00

Stay safe? Never. It’s too risky - Season 5...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Ned Phillips, Founder & CEO of Bambu. Bambu used to be called Cache - they raised too much but not enough money. It was a decision between Bambu and an endurance coconut ice cream business when Ned started. Ned likes to run till he almost passes out. Ned can also catch his own food. All in, Ned is a risk taker, and believes in its power to transform. No surprise that Ned chose to title his talk as - Stay safe? Never. It’s too risky Lets learn from ned.

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00:09:53

The power of capital and what founders get wrong -...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Kaidi Ruusalepp, Founder & CEO of Funderbeam. Kaidi was the first IT lawyer in Estonia in the late 90s. She is the advisor to the President of the Republic of Estonia, Mr Alar Karis, on startup and venture capital matters. Funderbeam closed a $40m investment this Spring which was one of the top 2 investments in London in May. Funderbeam was selected as the best fintech company in Europe in 2017, and has clients (that are investors on the platform) from 134 countries. Kaidi

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00:09:25

The secrets behind raising $1.5bn in funding - Season...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Julian Teicke, Founder & CEO of wefox. Julian is a serial entrepreneur who loves founding, building and scaling companies that create a positive impact in the world. He founded wefox in 2015, which today is the largest insuretech in the world. wefox has raised more than $1 billion USD in funding since it was founded. We were delighted when Julian chose to shares with us The secrets behind raising $1.5bn in funding. Lets listen to Julian.

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00:13:01

Never surrender - making the impossible possible - -...

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2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Dr Deng Yaping, Olympic Champion & Table Tennis Grand Slam Winner. Yaping still holds the Guinness record of "Longest time consecutively ranked as the table tennis world number one (female)" and "Most table tennis Olympic gold medals won by a female". Yaping is also the founder of DYP Sports Investment Fund. In her inspiring talk, she urges us all to Never surrender - and this is her story of how she made the impossible possible

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00:10:34

The flipside of the gold medal - Season 5 (Singapore...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Antonio Separovic, Co-founder & CEO of Oradian. Oradian provides cloud core banking software as a service to banks and fintechs – enabling high performance at scale. They are live with 65 banks in 12 countries, who serve 15 million end clients. In his talk, antonio tells us what is the flip side of the gold medal.

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00:12:31

Success paradox : Navigating expectations in my...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Amit Shah, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Wylth®. Forget Silicon Valley sequels, our next entrepreneur's career is a box-office-breaking franchise. After co-founding India’s largest Wealth Management Firm, he is now piloting a Wealth-Tech venture that's set to revolutionise the B2B2C wealth management space. No surprise that Amit is talking about the Success paradox, and how he is navigating the weight of expectations from all corners, in his second

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00:11:51

Creating impact through inclusion and identity -...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Joanna Yeo, CEO of Arukah Capital. Joanna has lived and worked across finance, data science and technology, in roles focused across food, clean water, climate and financial inclusion. Her first full sentence as a child was “no I do not want” in protest to being pushed into a swimming pool before she could swim. It worked, and she’s been vocal and active against any form of coercion ever since - especially for those who, like children, are not strong enough to resist just by

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00:08:51

How's it working with your spouse as a co-founder? -...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Vidit Agrawal, CEO of GajiGesa. Vidit was the first employee of Uber in Asia, where he led partnerships for APAC. He is an active angel investor with over 25+ investments. Today, GajiGesa is South Asia’s biggest employee wellness app with the core product of Earned Wage Access. Serving over 300+ enterprises and 250,000 blue-collar workers in Indonesia, GajiGesa has helped save over 40 million us dollars in predatory loan fees for its users. He does this all by working with his

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00:10:52

Lessons in “otherness” - what building for women...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Aditi Sholapurkar, Co-founder of SALT. Aditi is ridiculously good at ordering dessert. She’s also super introverted so the best way to hang out with her is to get a dog and then set up playdates with her dogs Jamun and Misri. In fact, her startup SALT has the highest pets to human ratio of any tech startup. This company also has zero chill when it comes to Fonts, quiz night or board games. And, they recently won the AllianceHack award for Female Economy Fintech of the Year

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00:09:22

Anti-fragile. How to gain from a loss - Season 5...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Abdallah Abu-Sheikh, Founder of Astra Tech and CEO of Botim. Abdallah is a serial entrepreneur, known for kick-starting ground-breaking innovations that are ahead of time. He is the man behind the MEA region’s first-of-its-kind Ultra platform. While it seems obvious that making ground-breaking innovations is a tough road to to take, Abdallah tells us what it takes to be Anti-fragile, and how to gain from a loss. Lets take a listen.

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00:11:36

Defying start-up odds with stubborn optimism - Season...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Jenny Au, Founder & CEO of FundFluent. She was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Sydney, worked in the US, China, Singapore and Malaysia. Don’t ask her where home is. Jenny has launched over 10 corporate-backed startups. She almost did not finish university! Her pandemic-born startup has been beating the odds since day one. FundFluent is a platform that helps small businesses to access funding, and they are on a mission to transform the way SMEs access and secure funding

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00:09:58

FOMO’s entrepreneurial story: fear of missing out -...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Zack Yang, Co-founder of FOMO Pay. Zack founded his company because of fear of missing out (FOMO). He has FOMO all the time. He went to Stanford business school, only to learn that entrepreneurship comes from within. FOMOPay is Asia's First Licensed Gateway Connecting Fiat & Crypto Currencies Zack has been with the Singapore FinTech Festival for 7 years, moving his booth from Hall 7 of the Singapore EXPO as a little startup, to Hall 3 this year - a real company! So let’s

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00:13:34

From the cliff edge of disaster to listing on the...

The Founders Peak Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Our speaker today is Prashant Aggarwal, CEO & Board Member of MoneyHero Group. Prashant is a tabla-playing, globetrotting executive known for accidental luck with spilled coffee leading to major deals. MoneyHero Group thrives on adaptive renaming, welcoming back talent, and boasts a diverse workforce with 48% female, 42% male, and 10% non-binary or other gender identities, fostering a creative and collaborative atmosphere. From the cliff edge of disaster to listing on the Nasdaq - here are

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