The Hive Southeast Asia

Managing Director of The Hive Southeast Asia and Managing Partner of Tuas Capital Partners, a PE and VC investment group. Previously Investment Director at KFM Advisory and an ESG/sustainable investment analyst at F&C Investments in London covering ASEAN. Holds degrees from the University of Oxford and a Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of London.

Shahril Ibrahim was a Director of Investments at Khazanah, where he served as a founding member and Head of Khazanah Americas, establishing the fund's presence in Silicon Valley and overseeing more than $400M in direct and fund investments across enterprise, cloud, SaaS, software, and consumer technology. Earlier in his career he led technology at Boss Films working on digital filmmaking and visual effects, worked at NASA Ames on computer vision and autonomous flight, and founded two internet startups. He holds a double degree in Engineering and Economics from Harvey Mudd College and a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

Watson Tan is a Principal at The Hive Southeast Asia focused on evaluating investment opportunities and managing early-stage portfolio companies. He previously worked as a management consultant and buy-side investment analyst at a boutique investment bank in Malaysia and interned at Khazanah Research Institute and the UK National Audit Office. He holds a Master's in Management Science (Decision Sciences) from LSE and a First-Class Honors BSc in Financial Economics from the University of Essex.

Henry Choo is a startup advisor, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist with extensive board-level and investment experience across technology and traditional businesses globally. He serves as Chairman of Infitecs, a business process outsourcing firm operating in Australia, Singapore, and China, and as a Director of Anywhere Networks, an IoT and smart city technology company. He previously was COO and Head of Investment at Atlantic Quantum, a corporate VC owned by Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, and is a former chair and advisor to enterprise blockchain company Pellar Technology, alongside his work as an angel investor.

Chief Product Officer of The Hive, working with entrepreneurs in privacy, security, applications, and blockchain across enterprise industrials, financial services, insurance, and healthcare. He previously held product roles at NetApp and worked at Goldman Sachs, and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a B.Tech from IIT Madras.