Tech Startups and VC: How Cross-Pacific Collaboration Works IRL

Please join us for our fifth session in our 2023 Spring seminar series on "Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries."  The President of Philippine's Kickstart Ventures, Minette Navarrete, and her colleague Joan Yao, VP of Kickstart's investments, join a few of their US-based portfolio companies to discuss new patterns of international relationships between Asia and the U.S. Kickstart manages the Philippines’ largest technology venture capital funds, investing globally in early- to growth-stage tech startups via three funds, including the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture Fund. They have funded startups in major innovation hubs in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, USA, and Israel.

Panelists:

• Minette Navarrete, President and Co-Founder, Kickstart Ventures, Inc.
• Joan Yao, Vice President of Investments, Kickstart Ventures, Inc.
• Ian Chan, Co-Founder, CloserContact
• Sam Gadodia, CEO & Co-Founder, LotusFlare
• David Lu, CEO & Co-Founder, Clarity Movement Co.
• Moderator: Richard Dasher, Director, US-ATMC

This program is part of an 8-week series on "Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries", which begins April 11, 2023 and continues weekly until May 30, 2023. Seminars will be held Tuesdays, 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM.  

Our seminars are being offered in a hybrid format.

To attend by Zoom, please register at <https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOqgrTooEte626Net4f5iuR7jUH63I2p>. This will register you for the entire 8-week series and the same link will be used for all sessions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting series. You may cancel at anytime.

To attend in-person, please RSVP on Eventbrite at <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-startups-and-vc-how-cross-pacific-collaboration-works-irl-tickets-623972357117>.  Public is welcome.