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Finance & Venture Capital Rashmi Kwatra, 29

FOUNDER, SIXTEENTH STREET CAPITAL
Yuhao “Tony” He, 26; Huo Junwei, Htet Arkar Kyaw, 24 Myanmar THAILAND
29; Tiantian Kullander, 26; Founder, Giant Pay
Michael Wu, 29 Hong Kong Siyu “Steven” Li, 28 China Rashmi Kwatra has long understood the bene-
Cofounders, Amber AI • A S I
Founder, FutureMoney fits of being an early-stage investor: when she
Gitta Amelia, 23 Indonesia was 12, she liked to eat at KFC, so she bought
Founder, Everhaus Hau Ly, 28 Vietnam A
Manager, 500 Startups Vietnam shares in the KFC franchise owner in Thailand,
Akshay Bajaj, 28 Hong Kong Liu Yuan, 29 China •
Venture Capitalist, Susquehanna Managing Director, ZhenFund Central Pattana. Her investment appreciat-
International Group ed more than 1,700% in 11 years. In 2014, then
Windy Natriavi, 28 Indonesia • 2 0 1 9 •
Adam Bao, 28 China Cofounder, Awantunai 24, she became the youngest-ever partner at
Vice President, Cherubic Ventures Prince Street Capital, a $2 billion hedge fund in
Ellen Nio, 29 Indonesia
Fridtjof Berge, 29 Singapore Investment Associate, New York. “My strength was identifying com-
Cofounder, Antler
Patamar Capital panies that had the potential to be 10 to 20
Jeremy Berger, 24 Singapore Jefriyanto, 28; Hendra Kwik, 28; times larger than they were,” says Kwatra.
Cofounders, Arival Bank
Ricky Winata, 29 Indonesia Kwatra joined Prince Street in 2011 after
Cai Ziwen, 27 China Cofounders, Payfazz graduating with a degree in economics from
Cofounder, InnoVision Capital
Erdenetulga Rentsen, 26 the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton
Cathryn Chen, 29 Singapore Mongolia
Founder, MarketX Ventures Vice President, RVJ Capital School. Last September, she launched her own
Sarah Chen, 29 Malaysia Germaine Tan, 29 Singapore hedge fund in Singapore—Sixteenth Street
Cofounder, The Billion Dollar Head of Corporate Development Capital—with $100 million in assets under
Fund for Women and Innovation, Found8 management. While declining to disclose her
Joolin Chuah, 27 Malaysia Wu Ge, 27 China clients, she says the fund’s anchor investor is a
Associate, Insignia Ventures Vice President, well-known U.S. family office.
Partners Gaorong Capital
Sixteenth Street aims to discover and cap-
TM Lee, 29; Bobby Ong, 29 Stella Zhao, 28 China
Malaysia Investment Vice President, ture substantial returns in frontier Asian mar-
Cofounders, CoinGecko Lightspeed China kets such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and
Benjamin Dunphy, 28 Australia Partners Vietnam that lie far off most international in-
Investment Director, vestors’ radar screens. Increasing smartphone
Blue Sky Funds JUDGES usage and access to broadband technolo-
Youssef El Kaddioui, 28 JP Gan, China gy are allowing companies in these countries
Hong Kong Managing Partner,
Innovation Partner, Mettā Qiming Venture to offer products and services to fast-growing
Partners
Jason Fang, 25 Hong Kong markets. South and Southeast Asia are “home
Founder, Sora Ventures Liu Genpeng, to a third of the world’s population, but up
Singapore
David Gan, 29 China Partner, Vertex until this year, it’s only been 7% of the world’s
Managing Director, Huobi Labs Ventures GDP,” she says. “But that’s growing so rapidly.”
He Tiantian, 28 China Changpeng —Pamela Ambler
Vice President, “CZ” Zhao,
Sequoia Capital China Malta
Koya Imada, 25 Japan CEO,
CEO, Asobica Binance
Rashmi Kwatra, 29 Thailand
Founder, Sixteenth Street Capital
Do Kwon, 27 South Korea
Cofounder, Terraform Labs

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