VOX Podcast

29/01/2021

BOOM21 is a new initiative by Wild Digital, the region's premier digital conference powered by Catcha Group, one of Southeast Asia's leading internet companies. Aimed at identifying and recognising a list of top 21 tech disruptors in Southeast Asia, Wild Digital is currently seeking nominations for BOOM21.
Main nomination criteria:
➤ No age limit.
➤ Nominees must either be based in Southeast Asia.
➤ Open to all categories, as long as innovation is tech-related.
➤ Innovation has to be different, new, or stand out among what others are doing.
➤ Nominations close on 4 Feb 2021.

The BOOM21 list will culminate with a one-day virtual conference planned for March 2021 and feature a mix of speakers from the top 21 and other key industry players. You can either nominate yourself, or if you know of any deserving individuals, we highly welcome and encourage you to nominate them too!

For more info & to submit your nominations ➤ bit.ly/BOOM21-Overview

25/05/2020

Interview with Daniel Ciganovic on his startup, Solshare where energy meets finance, creating a world with more evenly distributed energy through their solar trading platform

FACTSHEET
Name of the startup: Solshare
Website: https://www.me-solshare.com/
Started in 2013
Headquarters: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Industry: Clean Energy
Team size: 63
Current Revenues: Not Disclosed
Name of the speakers: Daniel Ciganovic
Role of the speakers: CEO & Co-Founder, CFO & Co-Founder
Other founders: Sebastian Groh, Hannes Kirchhoff
Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: USD 2.75M

18/05/2020

Interview with Audrey Cheng on her company, Moringa School, one of the few established coding schools in Africa, and how she is tackling covid by changing its long term business strategy

FACTSHEET
Name of the startup: Moringa School
Website: https://moringaschool.com/
Year of incorporation: 2014
Headquarters: Kenya
Industry: Education
Team size: 105
Current Revenues: Undisclosed
Name of the speaker: Audrey Cheng
Role of the speaker: CEO and Founder
Funding raised to date: Undisclosed
Currently fundraising: Undisclosed
Targeted amount: Undisclosed

18/05/2020

Interview with Shez Tejani on his company, M-Life, creating a world where marketing solves consumer problems specifically and directly

FACTSHEET
Name of the startup: M-Life
Website: www.mlifedeals.com
Year of incorporation: 2018
Headquarters: Kenya
Industry: Consumer Data Driven Marketing
Team size: 15
Current Revenues: $250,000 in 2019, $500,000 projected in 2020
Name of the speaker: Shez Tejani
Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder
Funding raised to date: US$ 250,000
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: US$ 1,000,000

09/05/2020

Interview with Diana Paredes as she shares valuable startup life sessions and tells us about her startup, Suade, a bootstrapped reg-tech and RaaS (Regulation as a Service) in the fintech space with headquarters in the UK.

FACTS SHEET
Name of the startup: Suade
Website: https://suade.org/
Year of incorporation: 2014
Headquarters: London
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 40
Current Revenues: Not disclosed
Name of the speaker: Diana Paredes
Role of the speaker: CEO & Co-Founder
Who are the founders: Diana Paredes & Murat Abur
Funding raised to date: Not disclosed
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

08/05/2020

In te 13th episode of VOX Podcast, Diane and Stefano interview Tekwane, connected from Paris where he's strategizing the expansion of Asilimia (which means Percentage in Swahili language). Asilimia started as facilitator of free M-Pesa transactions (mobile money) and it is evolving in a larger ecosystem of services.

Name of the startup: Asilimia
Website: https://asilimia.co.ke/
Year of incorporation: 2018
Headquarters: Nairobi
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 8
Current Revenues: US$ 10k/month
Name of the speaker: Tekwane Mwendwa
Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder
Who are the founders: Tekwane Mwendwa
Funding raised to date: USD $400K
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

07/05/2020

When we think of technology we tend to imagine technology as a person sitting behind a computer and writing lines of code. Most likely we would not imagine a young woman getting her hands dirty with bugs, but this is what agri-tech can be about. Meet Talash Huijbers, the Founder and CEO of Insecti Pro, one of the world's most innovative agri-tech startups, based in Kenya.

Name of the startup: InsectiPro
Website: https://insectipro.com/
Year of incorporation: 2018
Headquarters: Limuru, Kenya
Industry: Agriculture
Team size: 55
Current Revenues: Not disclosed
Name of the speaker: Talash Huijbers
Role of the speaker: Founder/CEO
Who are the founders: Talash Huijbers
Funding raised to date: US$ 500k
Currently fundraising: Not disclosing
Targeted amount: Not disclosing

30/04/2020

Interviewing Jason Eisen which proposes a drastically new approach to the online trust system, starting from Nairobi, Kenya and aiming to global expansion.

Name of the startup: UTU
Website: https://utu.io/
Year of incorporation: 2017
Headquarters: Nairobi
Industry: Trust Infrastructure as a Service
Team size: 35
Current Revenues: Not disclosed
Name of the speaker: Jason Eisen
Role of the speaker: CEO and Founder
Who are the founders: Jason Eisen, Dr. Bastian Blankenburg, Ronald Mahondo
Funding raised to date: US$1.7M
Currently fundraising: Yes, Equities
Targeted amount: US$1M

26/04/2020

Interview with the brilliant founder of Sokowatch, Daniel Yu. Daniel lived in Kenya where he established a successful startup that has raised 20 million dollars to date.

Name of the startup: Sokowatch
Website: https://sokowatch.com/
Year of incorporation: 2014
Locations: East Africa
Industry: E-Commerce
Team size: 150
Current Revenues: Not Disclosed
Name of the speaker: Daniel Yu
Role of the speaker: Global CEO & Founder
Who are the founders: Daniel Yu
Funding raised to date: $20M
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

22/04/2020

Multitalented CEO and Founder John Kamara shares the background of his move into health-tech. From Nigeria to Kenya, through Ireland, John has set up a pilot project on medical data ownership.

Name of the startup: Afya Rekod
Website: https://afyarekod.com/
Year of incorporation: 2019
Locations: Nairobi, Dublin, Lagos
Industry: Health Tech
Team size: 6
Current Revenues: N.a.
Name of the speaker: John Kamara
Role of the speaker: CEO
Who are the founders:
Funding raised to date: USD 300k
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: USD 1M

22/04/2020

Find out about the evolution of the business model of Bwala Logistics from the founder Kennedy Nyabwala. Bwala started in the automotive sector and moved into FMCG logistics in Kenya and Uganda.

Name of the startup: Bwala Logistics
Website: https://www.bwala.co.ke/
Year of incorporation: 2018
Locations: Kenya, Uganda
Industry: Logistics // supply chain // retail
Team size: 15
Current Revenues: 80K-100K USD Monthly
Name of the speaker: Kennedy Nyabwala
Role of the speaker: CEO
Who are the founders: Kennedy Nyabwala- CEO & Davis Angwenyi - CTO
Funding raised to date: 250k USD
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: 2M USD

22/04/2020

Interview with Greg Lipper, Founder and CEO of Happi and People Data Company. Connecting form California, Greg shares with Diane and Stefano the inspiring business model and the original investment strategy of his startups.

Name of the startup: People Data Company
Website: https://www.peopledatacompany.com/
Year of incorporation: 2020
Locations: US, UK, Singapore and everywhere in between
Industry: Market research
Team size: 3 full time, 5 regular contractors, dozens of part-time contractors
Current Revenues: $1m - $5m
Name of the speaker: Greg Lipper
Role of the speaker: Founder and President
Who are the founders: Rita Dobson is a co-founder of Happi Pte Ltd, our Singapore operations company
Funding raised to date: About $2 million
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: $1 - $5 million

22/04/2020

Stefano Virgilli and Diane Ha interview Federico Cristina, one of the leading founders of the DEXTF, which is aiming to use blockchain technology to democratize asset management and unlock the power of efficient capital allocation.

Name of the startup: DEXTF
Website: https://dextf.com/
Year of incorporation: 2017
Locations: Singapore
Industry: Fintech/Blockchain
Team size: 4 full time
Current Revenues: 0
Name of the speaker: Federico Cristina
Role of the speaker: Co-Founder
Who are the founders:
Funding raised to date: 460k USD
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

22/04/2020

Interview with Greg Lipper, Founder and CEO of Happi and People Data Company. Connecting form California, Greg shares with Diane and Stefano the inspiring business model and the original investment strategy of his startups.

Name of the startup: People Data Company
Website: https://www.peopledatacompany.com/
Year of incorporation: 2020
Locations: US, UK, Singapore and everywhere in between
Industry: Market research
Team size: 3 full time, 5 regular contractors, dozens of part-time contractors
Current Revenues: $1m - $5m
Name of the speaker: Greg Lipper
Role of the speaker: Founder and President
Who are the founders: Rita Dobson is a co-founder of Happi Pte Ltd, our Singapore operations company
Funding raised to date: About $2 million
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: $1 - $5 million

22/04/2020

Interview with Humphrey Wrey, the Founder and CEO of QuickBus, a mobility startup that is solving a real problem in East Africa and beyond.

Name of the startup: QuickBus
Website: https://www.quickbus.com/
Year of incorporation: 2018
Headquarters: Nairobi
Industry: Mobility Services
Team size: 11
Current Revenues: USD 110k / monthly
Name of the speaker: Humphrey Wrey
Role of the speaker: CEO, Founders
Who are the founders: Humphrey Wrey
Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

22/04/2020

In the second episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Dennis Kayser from Copenhagen, Denmark, the founder behind the startup Forecast.app

Name of the startup: Forecast
Website: www.forecast.app
Year of incorporation: Sep 15 2016
Locations: Copenhagen & London
Industry: SaaS for Professional Service and Enterprise companies
Team size: 45
Current Revenues: Not disclosing
Name of the speaker: Dennis Kayser
Role of the speaker: CEO
Who are the founders: Dennis Kayser, Danny Larsen, Jens Pallesen, Niels Frederiksen
Funding raised to date: $10M
Currently fundraising: No

22/04/2020

In the first episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Nina Alag Suri, the female entrepreneur behind the HR-tech startup x0paAI.

Name of the startups: X0PA AI
Website: www.x0pa.com
Year of incorporation: 2017
Headquarters: Singapore
Industry: HR tech
Team size: 22
Current Revenues: $535k end 2019, $250k Jan to date
Name of the speaker: Nina Alag Suri
Role of the speaker: Founder and CEO
Who are the founders: Nina Alag Suri, Jussi keppo
Funding raised to date: $1000000
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: $1.5m

22/04/2020

The founder of the VOX podcast, Stefano Virgilli, introduces the idea behind this podcast while testing audio using Zoom.

20/04/2020

An insight in the healthcare pitfalls of sub-saharan Africa, where entrepreneur Emilian Popa founded Ilara Health to solve one of the most visible problems in the system.

Name of the startup: Ilara Health
Website: https://www.ilarahealth.com/
Year of incorporation: 2019
Locations: Kenya
Industry: Healthcare
Team size: 30
Name of the speaker: Emilian Popa
Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder
Who are the founders: Emilian Popa
Funding raised to date: USD 1M
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: USD 500k

20/04/2020

In the 5th Episode of VOX Podcast, Diane Ha and Stefano Virgilli interview Adam Grunewald, the founder of the gig-economy ecosystem Lynk, thought to be the Linked-in for the Linked-out in emerging markets, starting from Kenya.

Name of the startup: Lynk
Website: https://lynk.co.ke/
Year of incorporation: 2015
Locations: Kenya
Industry: Marketplace Services
Team size: 50 (full time) + 1200 (gig workers)
Current Revenues: $5M yearly
Name of the speaker: Adam Grunewald
Role of the speaker: CEO / Co- Founder
Who are the founders: Johannes Degn, Adam Grunewald
Funding raised to date: USD 4M
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: USD 5M

20/04/2020

Stefano Virgilli and Diane Ha interview Federico Cristina, one of the leading founders of the DEXTF, which is aiming to use blockchain technology to democratize asset management and unlock the power of efficient capital allocation.

Name of the startup: DEXTF
Website: https://dextf.com/
Year of incorporation: 2017
Locations: Singapore
Industry: Fintech/Blockchain
Team size: 4 full time
Current Revenues: 0
Name of the speaker: Federico Cristina
Role of the speaker: Co-Founder
Who are the founders:
Funding raised to date: 460k USD
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

20/04/2020

Interview with Humphrey Wrey, the Founder and CEO of QuickBus, a mobility startup that is solving a real problem in East Africa and beyond.

Name of the startup: QuickBus
Website: https://www.quickbus.com/
Year of incorporation: 2018
Headquarters: Nairobi
Industry: Mobility Services
Team size: 11
Current Revenues: USD 110k / monthly
Name of the speaker: Humphrey Wrey
Role of the speaker: CEO, Founders
Who are the founders: Humphrey Wrey
Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

20/04/2020

In the first episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Nina Alag Suri, the female entrepreneur behind the HR-tech startup x0paAI.

Name of the startups: X0PA AI
Website: www.x0pa.com
Year of incorporation: 2017
Headquarters: Singapore
Industry: HR tech
Team size: 22
Current Revenues: $535k end 2019, $250k Jan to date
Name of the speaker: Nina Alag Suri
Role of the speaker: Founder and CEO
Who are the founders: Nina Alag Suri, Jussi keppo
Funding raised to date: $1000000
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: $1.5m

20/04/2020

In the second episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Dennis Kayser from Copenhagen, Denmark, the founder behind the startup Forecast.app

Name of the startup: Forecast
Website: www.forecast.app
Year of incorporation: Sep 15 2016
Locations: Copenhagen & London
Industry: SaaS for Professional Service and Enterprise companies
Team size: 45
Current Revenues: Not disclosing
Name of the speaker: Dennis Kayser
Role of the speaker: CEO
Who are the founders: Dennis Kayser, Danny Larsen, Jens Pallesen, Niels Frederiksen
Funding raised to date: $10M
Currently fundraising: No

17/04/2020

In the 5th Episode of VOX Podcast, Diane Ha and Stefano Virgilli interview Adam Grunewald, the founder of the gig-economy ecosystem Lynk, thought to be the Linked-in for the Linked-out in emerging markets, starting from Kenya.

Name of the startup: Lynk
Website: https://lynk.co.ke/
Year of incorporation: 2015
Locations: Kenya
Industry: Marketplace Services
Team size: 50 (full time) + 1200 (gig workers)
Current Revenues: $5M yearly
Name of the speaker: Adam Grunewald
Role of the speaker: CEO / Co- Founder
Who are the founders: Johannes Degn, Adam Grunewald
Funding raised to date: USD 4M
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: USD 5M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1yDkddBVlU

In the 5th Episode of VOX Podcast, Diane Ha and Stefano Virgilli interview Adam Grunewald, the founder of the gig-economy ecosystem Lynk, thought to be the L...

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16/04/2020

Stefano Virgilli and Diane Ha interview Federico Cristina, one of the leading founders of the DEXTF, which is aiming to use blockchain technology to democratize asset management and unlock the power of efficient capital allocation.

Name of the startup: DEXTF
Website: https://dextf.com/
Year of incorporation: 2017
Locations: Singapore
Industry: Fintech/Blockchain
Team size: 4 full time
Current Revenues: 0
Name of the speaker: Federico Cristina
Role of the speaker: Co-Founder
Who are the founders:
Funding raised to date: 460k USD
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZpUMsSHs0A

Stefano Virgilli and Diane Ha interview Federico Cristina, one of the leading founders of the DEXTF, which is aiming to use blockchain technology to democrat...

16/04/2020

Interview with Humphrey Wrey, the Founder and CEO of QuickBus, a mobility startup that is solving a real problem in East Africa and beyond.

Name of the startup: QuickBus
Website: https://www.quickbus.com/
Year of incorporation: 2018
Headquarters: Nairobi
Industry: Mobility Services
Team size: 11
Current Revenues: USD 110k / monthly
Name of the speaker: Humphrey Wrey
Role of the speaker: CEO, Founders
Who are the founders: Humphrey Wrey
Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M
Currently fundraising: No
Targeted amount: n.a.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATq4RnMQUl0

Interview with Humphrey Wrey, the Founder and CEO of QuickBus, a mobility startup that is solving a real problem in East Africa and beyond. Name of the start...

16/04/2020

In the second episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Dennis Kayser from Copenhagen, Denmark, the founder behind the startup Forecast.app

Name of the startup: Forecast
Website: www.forecast.app
Year of incorporation: Sep 15 2016
Locations: Copenhagen & London
Industry: SaaS for Professional Service and Enterprise companies
Team size: 45
Current Revenues: Not disclosing
Name of the speaker: Dennis Kayser
Role of the speaker: CEO
Who are the founders: Dennis Kayser, Danny Larsen, Jens Pallesen, Niels Frederiksen
Funding raised to date: $10M
Currently fundraising: No

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPtj59I8S8g

In the second episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Dennis Kayser from Copenhagen, Denmark, the founder behind the sta...

16/04/2020

In the first episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Nina Alag Suri, the female entrepreneur behind the HR-tech startup x0paAI.

Name of the startups: X0PA AI
Website: www.x0pa.com
Year of incorporation: 2017
Headquarters: Singapore
Industry: HR tech
Team size: 22
Current Revenues: $535k end 2019, $250k Jan to date
Name of the speaker: Nina Alag Suri
Role of the speaker: Founder and CEO
Who are the founders: Nina Alag Suri, Jussi keppo
Funding raised to date: $1000000
Currently fundraising: Yes
Targeted amount: $1.5m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YooKSksh70

In the first episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Nina Alag Suri, the female entrepreneur behind the HR-tech startup ...

16/04/2020

The founder of the VOX podcast introduces the idea behind this podcast while testing audio using Zoom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9mJ_QprbHs

The founder of the VOX podcast introduces the idea behind this podcast while testing audio using Zoom.