Meet The VCs Series is Found8's fireside chats series with leading VCs (Venture Capitalists), in Singapore. The event would be held in the evening from 7.00pm to around 8.30pm with networking after. The format is a fireside chat with Q&A by a moderator from the Found8 team before we open it to the floor for questions

The main topics for discussion are:

• What STRIVE looks for when making an investment into a startup
• Investment thesis of your new fund and how that differs from the previous fund
• A startup's journey from early-stage to growth stage in Singapore
• Lessons learnt from startups that have failed
• Tips and tricks for the startups looking to raise from STRIVE and more

About STRIVE

STRIVE invests in early stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies in Asia. STRIVE focuses on investing in early stage (seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top notch management teams and strong market potential.

Previously known as GREE Ventures, the fund was rebranded to STRIVE earlier this year and has also announced the first close of its US$130 million third fund called STRIVE III.

Find out more about STRIVE here.

Speaker

Nikhil Kapur

Partner at STRIVE

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kapurnikhil/

Nikhil Kapur is Head of Investments at GREE Ventures and leads the fund’s portfolio across Southeast Asia and India. After building a profitable B2B media-tech venture named TommyJams in India, he completed his MBA in Finance from NUS Business School. A Computer Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering, he previously developed the first version of Excel for mobile while at Microsoft. He was listed as Forbes 30-Under-30 in Asia in 2018 and maintains a popular VC blog, grayscale.vc.