The Peak Wine Club Presents: Finding The Unicorns | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12021-11-15T08:08:17+08:00PeatixLuxury MarketingThe Peak Wine Club Presents: Finding The Unicornstag:peatix.com,2016:event-1937082016-09-28T19:00:00SGT2016-09-28T19:00:00SGTThe Peak Wine Club Presents: Finding The Unicorns
(featuring Darius Cheung and Mike Holt) is a high-energy investors meet
startups session where we seek to find the new opportunities in the
tech and property sector, and learn from experienced serial
entrepreneurs where the next investment wave would be. Expect to meet
other like-minded investors, C-level executives and business elites who
have interest in expanding their investment horizons in the startup
circle. At this event, you will also participate in a wine tasting
session, with wines handpicked by 3-Michelin-Star Sommelier based in
France, Nicolas Rebut, paired with great food at this networking
cocktail.
Goodie Bag for all paid participants
All
paid participants also receive a special goodie bag worth $49 and vouchers.
SpeakersDarius Cheung is the founder of 99.co, the smart way to find your dream home. He will be speaking about
Investment Opportunities in Property and Tech Startups - What you should look out for as an investor
99.co
empowers home seekers to find the best home at the best value, by
providing rich listings and data on an easy map search. 99.co is the
fastest growing property search company in Singapore and is backed by
top investors such as Eduardo Saverin and Sequoia Capital.
Prior to founding 99.co,
Darius was the Director of Consumer Mobile Technology at McAfee, which
he joined via its acquisition of tenCube, a Singapore-based mobile
security company Darius founded and served as CEO for 5 years.
At
tenCube, Darius grew the startup to a team of 26 people in 2 locations
over 5 years, raised 2 rounds of financing, created award-winning mobile
security product WaveSecure and led the startup to profitability.
Darius
was been selected as BusinessWeek’s Best Young Entrepreneurs in Asia,
and for his contribution to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, Darius was
awarded the Singapore Youth Award, Singapore highest youth accolade. He
is an angel investor in more than 15 startups. Read more about him here.Mike Holt is the CEO and cofounder of gridComm. He will be speaking about
How a serial investor and entrepreneur finds the next Unicorn
He was also the CEO
and founder of venture capital and incubation firm Get2Volume.
Get2Volume has invested in incubated 15 technology companies gridComm is
one of these companies where Mike is CEO and cofounder of gridComm.
Mike is an investor in 12 technology companies including
ConnectedHealth, Sprooki, gridComm, Plunify, Silicon Cloud, VersaFleet,
Semitech and Tabsquare. Mike has 24 years of management experience in
the high-technology and venture capital industries.
Prior
to founding Get2Volume, Mike spent 15 years at Texas Instruments and
Silicon Systems (sold to TI for $600M) in various leadership positions
including product line manager for TI’s $200M storage DSP division
(managed a worldwide team of 130 employees). Mike is Vice
President/co-Founder of SSIA (Singapore Semiconductor Industry
Association). Mike is an “Entrepreneur-in-Residence” at INSEAD. Mike is
Board Director of BANSEA. Mike has BSEE, MSEE and MBA degrees from the University of California, Irvine.Updatestag:peatix.com,2016-08-30 04:06:282016-08-30 04:06:28The event description was updated. Diff#189402Updatestag:peatix.com,2016-08-29 12:36:402016-08-29 12:36:40The event description was updated. Diff#189322