Geeks Of The Valley
Episodes
#29: The "Impossible Foods of Seafood" with Kuleana's Jacek Prus
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up an enthusiastic meat eater in Texas, Jacek watched Earthlings during his philosophy bachelors which sent him down a path of animal ac...
#28: New Business Models & Investment Opportunities in Asia Pacific with Click Venture's Carman Chan
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review), Carman Chan is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience ...
#27: Democratization, Digitization, and Public Policy in Asia Pacific with Ryan Terribilini
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Terribilini comes from technology and public policy roles at Google and Ripple to study Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Govern...
#26: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition with Thomas Street Partner's Sam Krieg
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sam is former hedge fund analyst turned nonprofit operator who is from Milwaukee, WI. After graduating from Williams College, Sam worked as investment...
#25: Venture Capital Investing in Silicon Valley, today and tomorrow with AiSprouts's Suman Talukdar
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Suman Talukdar is a venture-backed operator turned investor at AiSprouts.vc, where he is working with entrepreneurs on the next big ideas. With a trac...
#24: Mandarin Fluency & Business in Asia with Rufe Consulting’s Jamie Rufe
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Rufe is a Taipei-based professional and entrepreneur, who is currently getting his Masters in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at National...
#23: Entrepreneurship & Comedy with Corporate Bro's Ross Pomerantz
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Pomerantz AKA Corporate Bro, is a graduate of Stanford Business School and a professional comedian and content creator. He parodies life as a Sil...
#22: Remote VC Investing & Startup Funding with Newchip's Keagan Wernicke
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Keagan Wernicke is the Chief Operating Officer at Newchip. Newchip is the #1 remote accelerator with a special focus on helping founders raise money. ...
#21: Global Family Office Investing with Giampaolo Parigi, Chairman SFO
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Giampaolo Parigi is a London-based venture capitalist, merchant banker, serial entrepreneur, and chairman of a single family office with 30 years of i...
#20: Funding Female-Led Startups in APAC with Her Capital's Tanya Rolfe
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tanya founded the Ladies Investment Club in Singapore in 2017. Eager to enter the world of venture, she established a team of 40 female investor...
#19: Investing in Malaysia & APAC with Ficus Venture Capital's Rina Neoh
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rina is a serial entrepreneur and Asian thought leader in the fields of startup incubation and acceleration, angel investments, venture capital fundin...
#18: The Digital Asset Regulatory Space and Neobanks with Gravitas International's Malcolm Tan
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Malcom is the Chairman and General Counsel of Gravitas International, Founder and CEO of Gravitas.Financial (Challenger Bank), and Managing Director o...
#17: From Academia to Edtech: A Hong Konger's Journey with Polygence's Jin Yun Chow
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jin is an entrepreneur and scholar currently based in Stanford, California. Along with her co-founder Janos Perczel, she started Polygence, an Ed-Tech...
#16: The Intersection of Blockchain & Empowering Builders Worldwide with MANTRA’s John Patrick Mullin
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Patrick Mullin is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and builder, specializing in DeFi, blockchain technology, digital assets, and Web3. He is the CE...
#15: Quantitative VC Investing and a Path to Personal & Professional Growth with Nuno Goncalves Pedro
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nuno Goncalves Pedro is the founder and managing partner of Strive Capital, the first ever quant early-stage VC firm in the Bay area, focused on consu...
#14: Social Impact Initiatives and Global Startup Ecosystems with Byeonghun Kim
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Byeonghun Kim (BK) is a Social Entrepreneur, Engineer, Founder of EcoMake, and Founder of Elwasta. Developer of startup ecosystems, he has traveled to...
#13: The Future of Silicon Valley and the Internet of Value with Gumi Cryptos Capital's Miko Matsumura
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Miko Matsumura is a General Partner with Gumi Cryptos, a US $30M venture capital fund focused early stage blockchain startups and a Venture Partner wi...
#12: One Hundred Days of Solitude with Jonathan Lopez
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan was born and raised in Medellin, Colombia, where he developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit that has led him to seek opportunities around t...
#11: Investment Opportunities in Energy & Other Beaten Down Sectors: Tradable Patterns with Darren Chu
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Chu, CFA, is the Founder of Tradable Patterns. As seen on Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Factset, Interactive Brokers and Inside Futures, and down...
#10: Africa's Man of Steel with Samir Jezzini
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Samir Jezzini is a Business Consultant, Private Wealth Manager, founder of Higbos Holdings, and founder of Estate Token Trust. Coming from a wealth an...
#09: Doing Deals Responsibly in A Crisis with 1982's Scott Krivokopich
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
1982 Ventures is a Singapore based VC firm focused on investing in early stage fintech start-ups in Southeast Asia. We have experience leading a...
#08: A "Glimpse" into the Future with Akash Raju
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Akash Raju is the Co-Founder and CEO of Glimpse, a startup enabling product placements in the real world. He is a Purdue graduate where he led many st...
#07: COVID-19 & The Future Economy: Tradable Patterns with Darren Chu
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Chu, CFA, is the Founder of Tradable Patterns. As seen on Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Factset, Interactive Brokers and Inside Futures, and down...
#06: Behind The Blockchain: Michael Catt's Journey into maturing the crypto industry
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Michael Catt, founder of the University of Kansas Blockchain Institute. He currently is a business development associate at Nebula Ve...
#05: Women in Entrepreneurship in Asia Pacific with Icey Jiang
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Icey Jiang was a TEDx speaker, a venture capitalist, a former engineering student from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. As a strategic think...
#04: PropTech with Bluenest's Jeff Lim
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff is the Co-founder and CEO of Bluenest Pte Ltd. Jeff brings significant venture building experience from his early days contribution in Lazada and...
#03: Introduction: Tradable Patterns with Darren Chu
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Chu, CFA, is the Founder of Tradable Patterns. As seen on Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Factset, Interactive Brokers and Inside Futures, and down...
#02: Coinstreet Partners with Samson Lee
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Samson Lee, the CEO of Coinstreet Partners,a Digital Asset & Wealth Management Asset Tokenization Exchange Platform. The firm ena...
#01: How to break into Venture Capital? Latest Startup Trends & Entrepreneurship Advice with Contrary's Keegan McNamara
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Keegan McNamara, who is a Student Venture Partner at Contrary Capital. He shares his story and impact of how he broke into the Ventur...
#00: Welcome to the Geeks of the Valley Podcast
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to “Geeks of the Valley” Podcast, which connects with some of the brightest minds globally, who are leading their respective industries to...