SC Ventures

CEO and founder of Elev8te, designing programs connecting founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem partners. City Leader for Founders Live Singapore and mentor with German Accelerator and Accelerating Asia.

Principal at Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) working with early-stage startups in fintech, consumer tech, and commerce. Founding member of the Surge program and advisor/board member to companies including Aspire, Tazapay, and Kast.

Legal lead with expertise in corporate law, digital transformation, finance systems and product/operations; previously senior legal counsel at Standard Chartered, and worked at HSBC and DLA Piper.

Leads fundraising and M&A with expertise in capital markets, investor relations and corporate development; previously COO at Peterson Holdings, and worked at Sun Hung Kai & Co., Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers.

Compliance lead with expertise in compliance and risk, digital assets and global fintech; previously director of compliance at Block.one, and worked at Commonwealth Bank and the Financial Services Authority.

Focuses on Middle East and investments with expertise at the intersection of business and technology, investing/fundraising, payments and trade finance; previously head of digitization and client access at Standard Chartered, and worked at Barclays, HSBC and Citi.

Global head of enterprise innovation with expertise in venture building, strategy, governance and client engagement; previously MD of group strategy at Standard Chartered, and worked at Credit Suisse and McKinsey.

Risk lead with expertise in risk management for fintechs and digital assets, venture capital and corporate banking; previously acting chief risk officer at ANZ and involved with ANZi Investments/Ventures and founder-focused accelerator programs.

An operating member of SC Ventures and serial entrepreneur with over 15 years building tech startups. Previously managing director at Havas-Ekino and co-founder of RevSquare (acquired by Pentalog-Globant) and healthme (acquired by WebMD); holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Leads incubation with expertise in digital transformation, technology and venture building; an entrepreneur and founder from inception to exit, with experience at WebMD, Pentalog and Havas.

Finance lead with expertise across digital banking, payments, retail, SME, corporate and institutional banking; previously CFO at Swyftx, Openpay, BNK Bank and Commonwealth Bank.

Vice Chairman for the Americas with expertise in private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and governance; previously worked at Munich Re, Ares Management, RBC Capital Markets and Bank of America.

Leads corporate innovation and startup investment across fintech, insurtech, and healthtech at Plug and Play APAC, drawing on experience in consulting, venture capital, and corporate business development. Serves as a competition judge, not SC Ventures staff.

Technology lead with expertise in AI, Web3, digital assets, venture building and sustainability; previously CTO at KPMG Digital Village and experience with Poseidon Impact, UK Government, Spotify, Intel and Sky.

Fintech and financial services innovation expert who advises and coaches industry leaders. He sits on SCVentures' investment committee, is a venture partner at several funds, and was previously a partner at 500 Startups Fintech Fund.