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Consumer Technology

Teruaki Aso, 26 Japan
Founder, Jiraffe
Alan Jiang, 29; Deb Gangopadhyay, 29
Singapore
Cofounders, Beam Mobility Holdings
Deep Bedi, 29 Hong Kong
Chief Product Officer, PayMe from HSBC
Chen Beier, 25 China
Cofounder, SeekersVR
Chen Chiyuan, 28 China
Cofounder, QingCheng
Information Technology
Chen Junyu, 28 China
Cofounder, Shixiseng
Erik Cheong, 29 Singapore
Cofounder, Park N Parcel
Tao Li, 27; Hao Xianglin, 29 China
Cofounders, CodePKU Technology
(Shenzhen)
Deng Jianbo, 28 China
Founder, Hangzhou Hutu
Technology (QTShe)
Hussain Elius, 29 Bangladesh
Cofounder, Pathao
Ritu Malhotra, 24; Prateek Malhotra, 28;
Pratik Harde, 29 India
Cofounders, Eventuate Innovations
Keisuke Furuta, 25 Japan
Founder, Payke
Jian Kai “Jake” Goh, 26 Singapore
Founder, RateX
Aruna Harsa, 26 Indonesia
Cofounder, Dekoruma
Huang Guan, 28 China
Cofounder, LIZHIWEIKE
Huang Yiran, 28 China
Cofounder, Zhiwen
Shinichi Kudo, 28 Japan
Founder, Echo
Suji “Susie” Lee, 29 South Korea
Founder, Thingsflow
Daniel Liang, 23 Singapore
Founder, Get
Liu Ziyang, 27 China
CEO, SIA International Art
and Design Education
Xu Chen, 29; Zhang Daoning, 28;
Zhang Jianing, 29 China
Cofounders, NOLO VR
Taiyo Ogata, 29 Japan
Founder, Ookami
Aravind Sanka, 27; Rishikesh SR, 27;
Pavan Guntupalli, 28 India
Cofounders, Rapido
Alex Soulopoulos, 28 Australia
Cofounder, Mad Paws
Ryo Ogawa, 21; Fuke Yoshiki, 21 Japan
Cofounders, Taimee Hussain Elius, 29
Reo Taniguchi,19 Japan
Founder, Wakrak COFOUNDER, PATHAO BANGLADESH
Panupong Tejapaibul, 26 Thailand Hussain Elius cofounded Pathao in 2016 as an on-demand logistics provider for the country’s booming
Founder, Ticketmelon
e-commerce industry, delivering goods purchased online using motorbikes that could slice through
Alyona Tkachenko, 29 Kazakhstan Dhaka’s congested streets. In 2017, Pathao added ride hailing to its delivery services. “We just had a
Cofounder, Nommi (PowerWiFi)
Facebook group and manually matched passengers with drivers as a proof of concept,” says Elius,
Xiong Minglei, 27 China
Founder, ROBOSEA Pathao’s CEO (cofounder Shifat Adnana, at 32, didn’t make the cut for this year’s 30 Under 30 list).
The company—which has raised over $12 million in funding from investors, including Indonesian ride-
Zhang Lin, 29 China
Cofounder, QimengTT hailing giant Go-Jek—now has over 200,000 drivers and, as of last year, 5 million registered users across
five cities in Bangladesh. “We started the culture of motorcycle taxis,” Elius says of the company’s
K M ASAD FOR FORBES ASIA Tak Lo, Hong Kong sharing service to Kathmandu, Nepal.
growth in Bangladesh. “Now it’s synonymous with Pathao.” The company in 2018 expanded its ride-
JUDGES
Founder, Zeroth.ai
Elius plans to expand Pathao even further, transforming it into what he calls a “super app” that serves
Rui Ma, China and U.S.
consumer needs while opening opportunities to Bangladesh’s budding entrepreneurs. Pathao added
Cofounder, Transformative
food delivery last year and already offers deliveries from over 10,000 restaurants. “There’s still a big
Technology Academy
white space in tech and what Pathao can do in Bangladesh,” says Elius. “We want to become a platform
Falguni Nayar, India
for all entrepreneurs.” —David Yin
Founder, Nykaa.com
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