Fireside Chat | How to find funding, partners & customers in Southeast Asia

Are you looking for different ideas on how to grow your company? 

Join us for this Fireside Chat while Mark Ikauniks gives us the tips & tricks on how to take advantage of the fact that over sixty percent of the world’s population lives within two hours of Perth’s GMT Plus Eight-time zone.

The Expanding to Asia Boosted Series will meaningfully connect you to the South East Asian (SEA) opportunity on Australia's doorstep:

• A population of 650 million people and growing at a rapid rate.
• 350 million people who are mobile first, mobile only internet users, resulting in significant economic development. 

Startups and scaleups in the region have access to significant market potential with $7.6+ billion of venture capital funding being deployed in SEA todate. Resulting in 10+ unicorns (+$1B companies) in SEA with an additional 20 predicted in the next 5-10 years.

If you want to explore even further this topic, please check the Workshop and 1:1 mentoring sessions here to unlock this high potential opportunity for your business!

About MARK IKAUNIKS | VENTURE PARTNER

Mark is Venture Partner at Accelerating Asia Ventures (“AAV”) in Singapore, having responsibility for investment portfolio selection and development and also oversight of AAV’s fund management and investor relations functions. Mark brings deep professional expertise at the intersection of technology, strategy and finance across roles in venture capital, corporate development and investment banking.

Previous experience includes: global multi-stage venture capital firm SOSV (>$650M AUM) as Director and Expert-In-Residence at leading accelerators Chinaccelerator (Shanghai) and Mobile Only Accelerator “MOX” (Taipei); Technology investment banking at premiere global platforms including UBS, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers in New York, Silicon Valley and Asia.

Mark sees extraordinary annual deal flow as a Mentor to early-stage companies
at world-class accelerators including Betatron (Hong Kong) and Ping An Cloud
Accelerator (Shenzhen). A guest lecturer for the Henley Executive Hedge Fund
Program, he resides in Singapore, has permanent resident status in Hong Kong
and holds dual US/EU citizenship.

About Accelerating Asia

Accelerating Asia is a regional network of startup programs and an early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in Singapore. At Accelerating Asia, we are passionate about driving success for entrepreneurs and supporting them with the tools, resources, and networks to accelerate their growth.

Our flagship accelerator program and seed fund works with high-impact and high-potential startups from all sectors across the region to take them to the next level. Startups receive competitive funding at founder-friendly terms, as well as access to best-in-class mentors, investors, customers, and our network of partners. Through strategic partnerships with multinationals, governments, development organisations and education institutions, we support better engagement with startups and more effective implementation of new technologies.

At the core of the work we do is the guiding belief that entrepreneurs are humanity’s greatest catalysts for positive change.

This event is made possible by:

• Spacecubed
• Perth Angels
• The Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources through Incubator Support initiative funding as part of the Entrepreneurs’ Programme.
• The New Industries Fund, managed by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, via the X-TEND WA Program.