On this episode of the RISE Offstage podcast, host Casey Lau welcomes Akshay Bhushan, a Partner at Lightspeed who is leading the firm’s Southeast Asia investments, focusing on consumer tech investing across both Southeast Asia and India and in

Building Startup Ecosystems with Governments and Corporates with Ee Ling Lim of 500 Startups

Mar 31st, 2021 32m 53s

On this episode of RISE offstage, I welcome the new regional director of 500 Startups APAC Ee Ling Lim to the podcast.Ee Ling’s main role is to work with governments and corporates to build innovation programs using the 500 Startups network and

The NFT Opportunity in Asia with Yat Siu of Animoca Brands

Mar 23rd, 2021 35m 12s

On this episode of RISE Offstage, host Casey Lau speaks with Animoca Brands founder and chairman Yat Siu about the current NFT craze and how it goes beyond the art and collectibles world and into games and pop culture. Based in Hong Kong, Yat h

Startup investing from Japan to Singapore with KK Fund

Mar 3rd, 2021 32m 45s

The RISE Offstage podcast with Casey Lau highlights chats with community leaders, startup founders and investors across Asia about their startup ecosystems and how they are facing new challenges and new opportunities.On this episode I welcome K

SparkLabs and the Dynamite Future of Korean Startups with Jimmy Kim and Bernard Moon

Feb 18th, 2021 30m 8s

The South Korea startup ecosystem has been booming - some of the most exciting new companies are coming out of Seoul. On this episode of the RISE Offstage podcast I welcome Jimmy Kim and Bernard Moon the co-founders of SparkLabs one of South Ko

From Community Builder to Angel Investor: Amarit “Aim” Charoenphan and the Thailand Startup Scene

Feb 9th, 2021 33m 36s

Amarit “Aim” Charoenphan is best known as the Co-founder and Former CEO of HUBBA, Thailand’s first coworking space and community that is the only Google for Startups Partner Hub in Thailand. He is also Chief International Officer and Cofounder

Malaysia Startup Ecosystem with Lalitha Wemel of Techstars and Lennise Ng of Dropee

Dec 9th, 2020 32m 40s

At Web Summit 2020, we announced that RISE will move from Hong Kong to its new home of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2022.Malaysia is fast becoming the digital hub of the ASEAN region and I thought it would be great to talk to some people who live

The E-Commerce Opportunity in Japan with Mark Wang of Shopify and Kaz of kiko & gg

Nov 19th, 2020 32m 47s

On this episode of RISE Offstage our guests are Mark Wang, Head of East Asia for Shopify who heads up the e-commerce platforms growth in Japan and he invited one his e-commerce success stories Kaz from kiko & gg to provide insight from a local

Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem Roundtable with Roland Yau and Ben Wong

Nov 4th, 2020 37m 22s

On this episode of RISE Offstage, Casey Lau sits down with Roland Yau of CoCoon Ignite Ventures and Ben Wong of Eureka Nova to talk about the recent challenges facing the Hong Kong startup ecosystem and how it will thrive as part of China's Gre

Raising a Unicorn from Australia to Hong Kong with Lucy Liu of Airwallex

Oct 21st, 2020 55m 17s

On this episode of RISE Offstage I welcome co-founder and president of AirWallex Lucy Liu to the podcast - Airwallex is one of the fastest growing fintech startups in Asia having raised a new $160mm Series D round in April with investors like T

Taiwan Startup Ecosystem Roundtable with Elisa Chiu and Ping Wang

Oct 7th, 2020 33m 46s

Taiwan has the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in Asia so much so that entrepreneurs from around the world have been moving to Taiwan in droves that they actually have a Chinese name for “COVID Refugee.” This is amazing to hear and why I wante

The 8 Securities/SoFi Hong Kong FinTech Acquisition Roundtable

Sep 24th, 2020 58m 24s

The RISE Offstage FinTech Roundtable featuring special guest Mikaal Abdulla co-founder of 8Securities.com 8 Securities has been acquired by SoFi and so this will be Mikaal's final interview as 8 Securities!Mikaal AbdullaTwitter: https://twitter