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[Season 1] In-depth conversation with people in charge of large energy corporates, institutional investors and NGOs, as well as cutting-edge research in the field of energy. [Season 2] In-depth conversation with CXOs of exciting energy startups, about how they build teams, raise money, and turn ideas into reality.
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The On Call with Insignia Podcast

Insignia Ventures Partners

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Singapore and Southeast Asia's longest running VC podcast! Previous guests include Nobel Laureate Dr Michael Spence, Endeavor Catalyst Managing Partner Allen Taylor, NYSE's Cassandra Seier, Kaszek Ventures’ and MercadoLibre’s founder Hernan Kazah, OneCapital’s and Projection.ai’s founder Shinji Asada, monashees’ founder Eric Acher, Tao of Alibaba author and Alibaba Global Initiatives’ Brian Wong, Dianping founder Zhang Tao, Appier founder Chih Han Yu, Carro founder Aaron Tan, Ajaib founder A ...
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Edited by Wendy N. Wagner, NIGHTMARE is a critically-acclaimed digital magazine of horror and dark fantasy. In its pages, you will find all kinds of horror and dark fantasy, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. Every month NIGHTMARE will bring you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction, and featuring a variety of authors: from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven't heard of yet. When you read ...
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This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts showcases the best-in-class musicianship of the orchestra of Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and its affiliated programmes in choral music, traditional Chinese forms, opera, and more. With a focus on presenting familiar Western masterworks alongside new and traditional Chinese composers, Maestro Lv Jia and the NCPA Orchestra are sure to delight casual listeners and classical aficionados alike.
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Fresh from the Japan SEA Market Forum last November, we managed to have a quick chat with Robert Subbaraman, Managing Director and Global Head of Macro Research on Nomura, about the rest of the world's views on the Japan opportunity, especially in AI, their role in an increasingly multipolar world, and how the Japan "revival" ties to the Southeast …
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This episode features "Review: When the Baby Sleeps" by Lyndsie Manusos (©2025 by Lyndsie Manusos) read by Justine Eyre, and "The Short History of a Long Forgotten Ill-Fated Telenovela" by Dante Luiz (©2025 by Dante Luiz) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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After several years working at Mistubishi and then for her family office foundation investing in the public markets, Rei Murakami found a new goal while she was working out of Singapore: to get into venture capital investing. She joined our Certificate in Venture Capital for its third cohort in 2022 and a year later founded Kadan Capital, an early …
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Finmo CPO and co-founder Akhil Nigam joins Paulo for a chat live from the 10th Singapore Fintech Festival 2025 to talk about Finmo's journey creating a truly connected intelligence platform for finance teams and treasury management able to serve businesses from SMEs to larger multi-market enterprises. A lot of it has to do with Akhil's partnership-…
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Live from Singapore Fintech Festival, we sat down with Fluid CEO and co-founder Trasy Lou Walsh on the future of B2B payments and finance they are building with AI agents on their platform. This interview was recorded live at Media Lounge in Singapore Fintech Festival 2025. Timestamps (00:00) Catching up with Trasy on Fluid since our last call in 2…
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This episode features "Futakuchi onna speaks of the Kamaitachi" by Betsy Aoki (©2025 by Besty Aoki) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and "Bleed For Me, Bro" by Sharang Biswas (©2025 by Sharang Biswas) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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15% of the total trade volume of Japan with the world comes from Southeast Asia, the country's third largest trading bloc. More than 15,000 Japanese firms are active in the region. Cash-rich Japanese firms looking to scale up growth globally. Local governments are looking for innovative solutions to societal issues like depopulation. We discuss the…
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This episode features "Primordium" by Erica Ruppert (©2025 by Erica Ruppert) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" by James L. Sutter (©2025 by James L. Sutter) read by Scott Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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We brought together Philippine digital bank Tonik CEO and founder Greg Krasnov and Tokyo Stock Exchange APAC Deputy Head and IPO Specialist Beomsu Son for a conversation on the Philippines digital banking opportunity (from a Japan POV), opening up Japan's public markets to more issuers internationally, the first Philippine company in TSE's Asia Sta…
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POPMART Head of Southeast Asia & Middle East Jeremy Lee hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the role of Southeast Asia in POPMART's Global Business, the opportunities for creators and storytellers in the age of generative AI and new innovations in IP protection, and his learnings on leadership across several years…
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This episode features "The Versions of Yourself That You're Better Off Without" by Aimee Ogden (©2025 by Aimee Ogden) read by Susan Hanfield, and "Body? Glass" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu (©2025 by Osahon Ize-Iyamu) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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Dr Loretta Chen, PhD, a mulitihyphenate figure in the media, education, publishing, performing arts & cultural scene for over two decades, hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the future of storytelling, finding its value in leadership, and sifting through the noise to tell stories that matter. This On Call with In…
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NYSE Head of International Markets Cassandra Seier hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on Singapore and Southeast Asia public market opportunities going global, the ways NYSE is diversifying capital access for issuers and investors, globalization of venture exits, and more. This On Call with Insignia episode is part …
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This episode features "Stillborn" by Shantell Powell (©2025 by Shantell Powell) read by Susan Hanfield, and "Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead" by Sam J Miller (©2025 by Sam J Miller) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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⁠StraitsX⁠ Head of Commercial ⁠Jason Tay hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the ways stablecoins are becoming more global, more accessible, and more integral to payment experiences, not just for Web3 wallet holders but more importantly for companies like StraitsX, your chicken rice aunties (among hundreds of thou…
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Timestamps (00:00) Introduction; (00:29) How a tech exec from China joined a Singapore AI startup; (02:38) The evolution of LLMs in China; (03:33) AI Development in China and the rest of the world; (04:37) The value of building a career in China tech; (06:34) Scaling a global AI company; (08:37) Scaling in Southeast Asia vs rest of the world; (09:3…
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Rinaldi Utama is the CEO and co-founder of Se'Indonesia, launched with a mission to redefine Indonesia’s quick-service restaurant landscape focusing on high-quality smoked beef rice bowls. He was previously CEO and co-founder of Lakuliner, a house of indonesian-fusion culinary brands. Before that he was part of the legal team at Kopi Kenangan. Foll…
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Watch Part 1 Thothathri Srinivasan (who goes by "Tho") is the Head of AI and Engineering at Flip, one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech companies. With over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley, Tho has built products and systems at some of the world's most recognizable tech companies including Groupon, Netflix, and Pinterest. Originally …
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Thothathri Srinivasan (who goes by "Tho") is the Head of AI and Engineering at Flip, one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech companies. With over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley, Tho has built products and systems at some of the world's most recognizable tech companies including Groupon, Netflix, and Pinterest. Originally from Bangalor…
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The money for compliance AI is in cross-border adaptability. That's our main takeaway from this call with Gani.ai founders Bintang Hidayanto and Timur Nugroho, who themselves went on a call back in December 2023 to first talk about working on an idea Bintang has had over the last decade as a lawyer and founding partner of one of Indonesia's leading…
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This episode features "Eight Ball" by Martin Cahill (©2025 by Martin Cahill) read by Roxanne Hernandez, "Swallow Test" by Angela Liu (©2025 by Angela Liu) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Turnip Heads" by Pedro Iniguez (©2025 by Pedro Iniguez) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Last year we covered the journeys of Tianwei and Hendra as they built fintechs in Singapore and Indonesia over the last decade and joined forces amidst the pandemic to bring together StraitsX's compliant stablecoin technology with Payfazz's deep financial services network in Indonesia. Coming to a year later, StraitsX has refreshed its brand as it …
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This episode features "The Neighbor’s Cat" by Kevin Varghese (©2025 by Kevin Varghese) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Hungry Ghosting" by Anne Mai Yee Jansen (©2025 by Anne Mai Yee Jansen) read by Gabrielle de Cuir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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This episode features "Wet Dollars" by Daniel Oluremi (©2025 by Daniel Oluremi) and "Edgar Addison, the Author of Dévorer (1862-1933)" by Ben Peek (©2025 by Ben Peek), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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In this episode of On Call with Insignia, we go on a world tour of fintech innovation with Pat Patel, Co-CEO of GFTN Forums & CEO of USA, LATAM, MEA at the Global Finance and Technology Network (GFTN), the non-profit behind the Singapore FinTech Festival. Over the past decade, Pat has been at the intersection of tech, finance, and policy—shaping ec…
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Session recorded from the "PR & Comms for Global Growth" as part of the Insignia Ventures Academy StartCXO ProgramOur StartCXO program beginning in September is now OPEN for applications:Gain the skills to transition seamlessly into a start up leadership roleLearn from industry professionals, well versed in the start-up scene.Join our network consi…
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This episode features "Exorcism" by Cassandra Khaw (©2025 by Cassandra Khaw) read by Justine Eyre, and "Notes From the Graft Failure" by R. Diego Martinez (©2025 by R. Diego Martinez) read by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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You are going on call with Pratyush Prasanna, Group CEO of @FlipID , one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech platforms serving more than 13 million users primarily for their money movement needs, among other financial services. With 20+ years of executive and leadership experience in consumer and fintech companies including Paytm, Poynt, and Go…
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In a world where nearly 1.4 billion adults still lack access to basic financial services, the promise of technology to bridge this gap has never been more critical. Our exclusive roundtable from the Surfin AI Fintech Forum 2025 in Manila brings together three visionary leaders -- a venture capitalist, a nuclear physicist turned fintech CEO, and Nob…
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After building brand recognition and educating the market on digital investments in the years leading up to their 2020 inflection point, Finhay set its sights on a bigger goal: becoming Vietnam's first fintech to secure a stock brokerage license. In this final episode of our three-part series with VNSC by Finhay CEO and founder Huy Nghiem, we explo…
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This episode features "A Girl Goes on a Date Alone at Night" by Cynthia Gómez (©2025 by Cynthia Gómez) read by Alison Belle Bews, and "The Witchdoctor’s Revenge" by Nuzo Onoh (©2025 by Nuzo Onoh) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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This episode features "Touch This Cancer, It Probably Won't Bite" by Josh Pearce (©2025 by Josh Pearce) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Pezcara" by Ana Hurtado (©2025 by Ana Hurtado) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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This is Part 1 of 2 with Zi Yong Chua, Carro COO on his journey driving Gen AI transformation in the pan-Asia used car platform. Timestamps (01:19) How Zi Yong joined Carro after PayPal, Alipay, and his own ventures; (04:41) Zi Yong's first order of business as COO, refining Carro's internal data processes for better productivity; (08:20) How Zi Yo…
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Many startups found an inflection point thanks to the shift to digital in 2020 amidst the pandemic. VNSC by Finhay was one of these startups, at the time a wealth management startup focused on mutual bonds and roboadvisory. But what has set Finhay apart has been its ability to convert this growth inflection into market leadership and an opportunity…
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VNSC by Finhay has been raising the bar for Vietnam fintech for the last 8 years 🇻🇳 Taking the industry beyond payments, serving more than 300K+ funded accounts investing across asset classes Pioneering compliance for fintechs in wealth management as the first to acquire a securities firm and license Setting new standards for user experiences when …
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Welcome to the Manila edition of our AI Transformation event. This all started as a playbook that we developed together with our partners at FileAI, WIZ.AI, NetSuite, and AWS. We launched that playbook last year, and as part of that launch, we organized an event in Singapore, providing businesses from different industries the opportunity to dive de…
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Timestamps (00:00) Highlights; (01:29) Chen Chow's Resilience Index: The Four Factors that Drive Entrepreneurial Resilience; (08:37) What Does Relevance Mean and What Drives Chen Chow; Full episodeTranscriptHe is also a mentor for Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO programAbout who you are on call with:Yeoh Chen Chow, or known as CC, is now offer…
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Timestamps (00:00) Highlights; (01:02) Introducing Allen Taylor; (03:53) Allen's Views on the Southeast Asia Opportunity; (09:47) Emerging Market Opportunity Amidst Global Challenges; (14:19) Understanding Entrepreneurial Resilience in Emerging Markets; (21:48) What makes entrepreneurial resilience; (27:47) Allen's evolution as an investor; (34:41)…
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This is part two of a three part call with the Malaysian entrepreneur, coach and investor who previously founded and grew Fave Group and since been supporting other founders through his 1% Advisory and Coaching. Catch up on part 1 Transcript Follow to stay notified for part 3! He is also a mentor for ⁠Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO program⁠ T…
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This is part one of a three part call with the Malaysian entrepreneur, coach and investor who previously founded and grew Fave Group and since been supporting other founders through his 1% Advisory and Coaching. Watch part 2 Transcript He is also a mentor for Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO program Timestamps (00:00) Highlights; (02:03) Chen C…
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This episode features "The Sound a Rabbit Might Make" by Bruce McAllister (©2025 by Bruce McAllister) and "God of the Black Moon" by Dan Stintzi (©2025 by Dan Stintzi), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press
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