Ray Alimurung
InvestorGeneral Partner at Kaya Founders
Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines
About
Ray Alimurung is an operator-turned-VC who scaled Lazada Philippines as CEO/chairman, led aCommerce, was an Amazon US product manager, advises Packworks on sari-sari retail, and authored The Philippine FinTech Stack.
Invests in
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFintechHealthtech
Experience
- Philippine Seven CorporationBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentMetro Manila, Philippines
- PayMongoBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentMetro Manila, Philippines
- Kaya FoundersPartnercurrent2023 — presentMetro Manila, Philippines
- STI Education Systems HoldingsBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentMetro Manila, Philippines
- Angel Investorcurrent2013 — present
- ColouretteBoard Member2023Metro Manila, Philippines
- Insignia Ventures PartnersVenture Fellow2023Singapore
- LazadaChairman (Philippines); Senior Advisor to Group CEO2022 — 2023Metro Manila, Philippines
- LazadaCEO (Philippines)2018 — 2022Metro Manila, Philippines
- LazadaChief Commercial Officer (Philippines)2016 — 2018Metro Manila, Philippines
- Philippine Retailers AssociationBoard Member2021 — 2023Metro Manila, Philippines
- Asia PartnersEntrepreneur in Residence2022Singapore
- aCommerce - Ecommerce Solutions for Southeast AsiaCEO (Philippines)2014 — 2016Metro Manila, Philippines
- Citadel Holdings Inc.VP Business Development2013 — 2014Metro Manila, Philippines
- Lazada GroupVP Operations2012 — 2013Metro Manila, Philippines
- Digital Paradise, IncChief Operating Officer2011 — 2012Metro Manila, Philippines
- AmazonSenior Vendor Manager / Product Manager2007 — 2011Seattle, Washington
- TecSalud del Tecnológico de MonterreySummer Intern2006Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Oliver WymanSummer Associate2006San Francisco, California
- Sykes Enterprises, IncorporatedProject Manager2004 — 2005Metro Manila, Philippines
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2005 — 2007
- Ateneo de Manila UniversityBachelor's Degree, Biology
- University of the PhilippinesDoctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Skills & more
Angel Investing2Venture Capital2E-commerce77Business Development77Start-ups43Entrepreneurship25Analytics24Competitive Analysis18Strategy25Online Marketing15Project Management16Market Research13
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Business StrategyProduct MarketingMarketing StrategyBusiness PlanningOperations ManagementOnline AdvertisingProduct DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsVendor ManagementNegotiationRetail Category ManagementCustomer ServiceLanguages English · Filipino · Spanisch · Spanish
- Duolingo
- Insignia Ventures Academy: Certificate in Venture Capital Graduate — Insignia Ventures Academy
From Ray's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Ateneo de Manila University50
Gabby DizonCEO at Bitkraft Esports VenturesDon Russel H. LimInvestor at Openspace VenturesDavid BonifacioManaging Partner, Head of Philippines at TNBAuraJessie CruzValue Creation Analyst at TNBAuraMat Jirvonn F. ReyesResearch Analyst at TNBAuraMinette NavarretePresident & Managing Partner at Kickstart Ventures
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Also attended University of the Philippines17
Jecky PelaezPartner, Legal and Compliance at Kickstart VenturesPia Angeli BernalStrategic Partnerships Manager at Kickstart VenturesJedidiah VillanuevaPeople Associate at Kickstart VenturesCarl Nicholas NgGeneral Partner at Verge HealthTech FundRiana ChuaFinance & Marketing Lead at Verge HealthTech FundChristina GonzalesImpact and ESG Director at Circulate Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at PayMongo4
Also worked at Insignia Ventures Partners8
Adam NguyenExecutive Director, Southeast Asia at Sora VenturesYinglan TanFounding Managing Partner at Insignia Ventures PartnersYongcheng OngPrincipal at Insignia Ventures PartnersShefali DodaniVP of Investment, Indonesia Country Head at Insignia Ventures PartnersAllen ChngVP of Operations and Strategic Development at Insignia Ventures PartnersPaulo JoquiñoSenior Content Strategist and Editor, Insignia Press at Insignia Ventures Partners
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Also worked at Asia Partners2
Also worked at Amazon356
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
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Investments
Board seats
Paymongo Philippines, IncPhilippine Seven CorpSTI Education Systems Holdings, Inc
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Kaya Founders
Brandon Atienza
Associate at Kaya Founders
Calanthia Mei
Venture Partner at Kaya Founders
Constantin Robertz
Investor at FEBE Ventures
Danielle King
Senior Associate at Kaya Founders
Henry Chong
Senior Associate at Kaya Founders
Jianna Francisco
Associate at Kaya Founders
Lisa Gokongwei Cheng
General Partner at Kaya Founders
Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng
General Partner at Kaya Founders

























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