Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Singapore

Building <div>John is a Partner at Hatcher Plus, the leading data-driven venture capital investment firm. John has extensive commercial experience at the senior management level, having been the Chief Executive Officer of Authentium, Inc. the Managing Director, Asia, of WorldSpace, and CEO of Hatcher, the precursor company to Hatcher+. A tenacious and driven executive with longstanding board-level and C-suite level management experience within high-growth companies, John also brings a strong history of capital raising from an extensive network of investors globally.<br><br>As Chairman and CEO of cybersecurity pioneer Authentium (acquired by CYREN in 2010), John co-authored three US patents and developed and sold cybersecurity solutions to some the largest organizations in the world, including the US Department of Commerce, NASA, AOL, British Telecom, Comcast, Cox Communications, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec, and Telstra. As CTO at Hatcher+, DocDoc, Heardable, and ThoughtRiver, John has designed and developed several highly-innovative technology platforms using cutting-edge approaches to data processing, user interface design, and workflow optimization.<br><br>John is a frequent blogger and an in-demand speaker at venture events globally, and has extensive experience implementing ESG solutions as Chairman and/or board member of numerous start-ups, including director roles at trade finance provider ASYX and payment aggregator Mozido, and roles as Chairman of MENA-based financial services pioneer Telr, and the leading Cambridge-based legal services technology company, ThoughtRiver.&nbsp;</div>

Building <div>Karthik is currently a Product Leader at Facebook in Singapore - working on Ads &amp; Business Products and supporting a team of 50+ across Singapore &amp; Menlo Park.<br><br>Over the course of his career, he's had the opportunity to build/ scale products, support/ coach strong PMs and lead large cross-functional teams across a broad range of domains:<br>- FinTech, Camera, Stories &amp; LiveStreaming products across the 3 startups he had founded (1 acquired by a unicorn)<br>- Subscription Video-on-Demand product at GoJek, the Indonesian unicorn.<br>- Search, Personalisation &amp; Content Aggregation products at Indeed, the world’s biggest job search engine with over 250Mn MAU.<br><br>Given his varied experience -- both as a seasoned entrepreneur who's scaled teams/product 0 to 1 and as big-tech product leader scaling teams/products 1 to 100 -- Karthik brings a wealth of product experiences which startups/founders might benefit from.</div>

Building <div>Lavinia is the Managing Partner of Livit International, a hub and support system for entrepreneurs, startups and remote workers who build exciting tech/digital businesses headquartered in Bali and Estonia.&nbsp;<br><br>She is also the founder of the Remote Skills Academy, an education platform for Indonesians who want to learn to work remotely, and a founding member of the Remote-First Institute.<br><br></div><div>She is a future of work advocate and her personal and professional experiences span 35+ countries on 4 continents.<br><br>Over the last 10 years, Livit has incubated and nurtured 60+ teams, projects, and companies under the tagline "Work Reinvented". Their partner portfolio spans between 10 and 25+ countries at any given time. Livit is also one of Asia's Best Workplaces according to Great Places to Work®.</div>

Building <div>Milan Reinartz, CEO of iVideoSmart, is a Singapore based ad-tech entrepreneur passionate about digital innovation and technology strategy. Over the past 5 years he founded and grew Postr, a leading lock-screen publishing business to 7 markets building partnerships with major telecoms including Telkomsel, Singtel, O2 Germany, Altice Portugal and others. He joined iVS late-2019, taking over the leadership with a focus on people, processes and profitability.</div>

Building <div>Prahlad Jaya is currently with dentsu, a global digital media agency, focusing on B2B marketing in Asia.&nbsp;<br><br>He is founder of Funwatch, a media startup, and has built an Edtech platform for interactive learning. He enjoys connecting with people, exchanging and debating ideas, and has a podcast and YouTube channel where he has engaging conversations with corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and investors.</div>