Overview
Understanding Deep-Tech Venture Investment
Everyone is familiar with investor pitches and term sheet negotiations, but what do those look like when it comes to deep-tech venture investment? Calling all deep-tech ventures looking to fundraise and investors looking to diversify into deep-tech, join us for an interactive workshop to experience the process and understand what to look out for in your own deep-tech venture fundraising and investment journey.
Schedule
Date: 20 Mar 2024, Wednesday
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (GMT +8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Location: 32 Carpenter Street, 059911
Speakers
Speaker's Profile:
Luuk Eliens, Managing Partner, Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance
Luuk is a business leader and entrepreneur with a demonstrated track-record in innovation and technology across multiple industries and continents. Luuk started his career in the Netherlands and was part of the management team of HighTechXL. Subsequently, Luuk was sent to China to serve as HighTechXL’s Asia CEO where he successfully forged a partnership with XNode - China’s leading corporate accelerator and led all incubation and innovation activities for XNode Group. Luuk was involved in advising and fundraising for +200 early-stage ventures from inception to launch and growth. Luuk then went on to become the co-founding managing partner of SDTA, leading the process of building deep-tech ventures from ground up. Luuk specialises in innovation and building new ventures from scratch. His core skills include business strategy, Innovation Management, Technology Exploration, Sales and Business Development and Venture Building.
Speaker's Profile:
Michael Blakey, Managing Partner, Cocoon Capital
Michael Blakey is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Cocoon Capital, a venture capital firm based in Singapore. Established in 2016 with Will Klippgen, Cocoon Capital focuses on early-stage investments and offers a hands-on, founder-first approach. Before Cocoon, Michael was actively involved in angel investing since 2000. His accomplishments in this field include being named the 'UK Angel Investor of the Year 2015', being listed among the Maserati 100 and being recognised as a noteworthy 'Business Angel' in the industry.
Speaker's Profile:
Raghav Narayan, CEO, Aprisium
As the CEO of Aprisium, Raghav brings decades of experience in leading multinational corporations in the automotive, industrial, financial services, and technology sectors. Prior to his current role, Raghav served in senior management positions like Managing Director and VP for the Volvo Group for over 24 years, leading markets, and regional positions. He has also spearheaded the rollout of a B2B SaaS enterprise startup in multiple markets across the Asia Pacific region.
