Speakers:Peng Ong, Co-Founder and Managing Partner , Monk's Hill Ventures ($500M AUM): As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Monk’s Hill Ventures, an early-stage tech venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, he influences innovation across the region.
Before Monk’s Hill, Peng was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures, a firm known for investments like Didi Chuxing, Eleme, and Qunar. As an entrepreneur, Peng co-founded Match.com, Interwoven, and Encentuate, whose products collectively generate over $1 billion in annual revenue today. His contributions to Singapore’s tech ecosystem earned him the Public Service Medal (P.B.M.) in 2012. He has served on statutory boards including ACE, IIPL, SUTD, NRF, IE Singapore, IMDA. He was also on boards of prominent public companies including SingTel and YY.
Chan Yip PANG, Executive Director, Vertex Ventures ($6.80B AUM): Chan Yip Pang is an Executive Director at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, where he joined in 2022 and primarily focuses on opportunities in Singapore and Malaysia. His investment focus spans Pre-A, Series A, and Series B rounds across Fintech, Consumer, and Enterprise Software.
Prior to Vertex, Chan Yip was Asia Pacific Investment Director at Experian Ventures, the corporate venture arm of one of the largest credit information firms globally, where he focused on financial inclusion for the next billion users. He was also part of the M&A team and worked on key acquisitions for the company, and represented Experian as board director or observer across several portfolio companies.
David He, Partner, Startups/Venture Capital , Cooley LLP ($215B ARR): David He is a Partner at Cooley LLP in Singapore. He brings more than a decade of experience advising venture capital and private equity funds, as well as startups and technology companies across the world, having been based in New York, Silicon Valley and Asia over the course of his career. Cooley
David's practice spans the full lifecycle of high-growth emerging companies, from pre-seed through pre-IPO, along with traditional and corporate venture capital funds, private equity funds and growth equity funds making private investments. His experience covers cross-border equity and debt financings, buy-side and sell-side acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, board fiduciary matters and general corporate governance. He has advised on hundreds of successful venture, growth and private equity transactions, leading negotiations involving investors and management teams based in the US, India, China, the Middle East, Africa, the UK/EU, Australia and across Southeast Asia.
Brought to you by:Microsoft Singapore: Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
BLOCK71 Global Singapore: BLOCK71 isn’t just another startup space. This is a launchpad for founders who dare to do things differently. Powered by NUS Enterprise and backed by industry and government partners, BLOCK71 connects you to the mentors, markets, and muscle to scale.
Check out our upcoming startup programmes here: https://block71.co/programmes/
Enterprise Singapore: Enterprise Singapore is a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry that supports the growth of Singapore enterprises and drives the nation’s efforts to build a vibrant startup and innovation ecosystem.
Stripe: Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
Cooley SG LLP: Cooley is the powerhouse legal partner for innovators, disruptors and visionaries building the future. We help launch, scale and elevate game-changing companies from formation to public offering, with bold, strategic counsel through each milestone.
CooleyGO offers role- and stage-specific guidance and content, legal document-generating tools, and our quarterly Venture Financing Report. Visiwww.cooleygo.com
Microsoft x BLOCK71 | Private Founders Dinner
Speakers
Peng O.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
$500M AUM
Monk's Hill Ventures
Chan Yip P.
Executive Director
$6.8B AUM
Vertex Ventures
David H.
Partner, Startups/Venture Capital
$215B ARR
Cooley LLP
Thu, May 28, 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM (+08)
Upscale Private Dining Room (Venue shown to approved attendees) (Singapore)
20 attendees
Growth-stage founders who are actively fundraising🚀
🥞 Complimentary dinner at upscale private dining room. Expect to come away with:
We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over dinner. There will also be ample time for mingling and meeting other founders and funders 🤝
Peng Ong, Co-Founder and Managing Partner , Monk's Hill Ventures ($500M AUM): As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Monk’s Hill Ventures, an early-stage tech venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, he influences innovation across the region.
Before Monk’s Hill, Peng was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures, a firm known for investments like Didi Chuxing, Eleme, and Qunar. As an entrepreneur, Peng co-founded Match.com, Interwoven, and Encentuate, whose products collectively generate over $1 billion in annual revenue today. His contributions to Singapore’s tech ecosystem earned him the Public Service Medal (P.B.M.) in 2012. He has served on statutory boards including ACE, IIPL, SUTD, NRF, IE Singapore, IMDA. He was also on boards of prominent public companies including SingTel and YY.
Chan Yip PANG, Executive Director, Vertex Ventures ($6.80B AUM): Chan Yip Pang is an Executive Director at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, where he joined in 2022 and primarily focuses on opportunities in Singapore and Malaysia. His investment focus spans Pre-A, Series A, and Series B rounds across Fintech, Consumer, and Enterprise Software.
Prior to Vertex, Chan Yip was Asia Pacific Investment Director at Experian Ventures, the corporate venture arm of one of the largest credit information firms globally, where he focused on financial inclusion for the next billion users. He was also part of the M&A team and worked on key acquisitions for the company, and represented Experian as board director or observer across several portfolio companies.
David He, Partner, Startups/Venture Capital , Cooley LLP ($215B ARR): David He is a Partner at Cooley LLP in Singapore. He brings more than a decade of experience advising venture capital and private equity funds, as well as startups and technology companies across the world, having been based in New York, Silicon Valley and Asia over the course of his career. Cooley
David's practice spans the full lifecycle of high-growth emerging companies, from pre-seed through pre-IPO, along with traditional and corporate venture capital funds, private equity funds and growth equity funds making private investments. His experience covers cross-border equity and debt financings, buy-side and sell-side acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, board fiduciary matters and general corporate governance. He has advised on hundreds of successful venture, growth and private equity transactions, leading negotiations involving investors and management teams based in the US, India, China, the Middle East, Africa, the UK/EU, Australia and across Southeast Asia.
Brought to you by:
Microsoft Singapore: Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
BLOCK71 Global Singapore: BLOCK71 isn’t just another startup space. This is a launchpad for founders who dare to do things differently. Powered by NUS Enterprise and backed by industry and government partners, BLOCK71 connects you to the mentors, markets, and muscle to scale.
Check out our upcoming startup programmes here: https://block71.co/programmes/
Enterprise Singapore: Enterprise Singapore is a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry that supports the growth of Singapore enterprises and drives the nation’s efforts to build a vibrant startup and innovation ecosystem.
Stripe: Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
Cooley SG LLP: Cooley is the powerhouse legal partner for innovators, disruptors and visionaries building the future. We help launch, scale and elevate game-changing companies from formation to public offering, with bold, strategic counsel through each milestone.
CooleyGO offers role- and stage-specific guidance and content, legal document-generating tools, and our quarterly Venture Financing Report. Visiwww.cooleygo.com
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