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I engage with Asian innovation platforms by working with corps & govs to form frameworks to develop the region in the areas of TMT & Market BD.I organised the largest hackathon (Malaysia Book of Records) which led the way for hackathons to be organised in the country, including advising Telenor, and working with Tourism Ministry and Telekom Malaysia for Visit Malaysia Year campaign. This led to TM visiting Microsoft US to sign MoU for technology transfer.During the Malaysia Communications Ministry SEA conf, I worked with AT&T to address the US Ambassador to Malaysia on development opportunities. I worked with MaGIC (Malaysia Startup Ministry) - launched by Obama - to sponsor SEA startups Microsoft software, the largest contribution. My team organised the first Microsoft //build/ conference outside of US, Malaysia's largest, keynote by Prime Minister's department, for national Big Data initiative launch. This led to SG //build/ conf for SEA.I co-organised Asia's first VR hackathon in Beijing with China Government's VR initiative, partnering with Coke. I also advised Malaysia Airlines & AirAsia on their hackathons.During 1997 Asian financial crisis, I founded a startup to offer businesses solutions when MNCs exited. I mentor Asian Americans to be leaders, Antler, SG Tourism Board startups, and Enterprise SG startups. I judge annually Enterprise SG global startups since pre-pandemic to channel innovation to SG corps.I established SOSV SEA office in KL via a partnership with Guoco & partnered with HSBC SG for SOSV SEA Demo Day in MBFC - this was extended with Enterprise SG SWITCH conf. This led to HSBC organising investment workshops for their Private Banking clients. I worked with SG BANSEA to educate angels about investments which led to investments that exited.During the pandemic, SOSV KL offices held remote Demo Days from Shanghai & Taipei inviting KL investors to be updated about global investments - this led to State Fund investing in portfolio iMotorbike Series A with other VCs including Gobi & Sunway.I partner with corp & gov to train VC talent and source deals that led to over 2m invested to raise 10x.I speak at confs for telcos about FinTech, Space Economy with UK Space Agency & NASA, at GSMA Shanghai (about SEA), RISE HK (about SEA), Australia (about CN & SEA), Pakistan (about SEA), SG SWITCH (about SEA) & I'm an advisor to Malaysia Gov.I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for industry technology contribution & my university has awarded me Top 10 Creative Achievers for expanding the horizon of businesses.
Navin D. Work Experience Details
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PartnerVenturerock Feb 2024 - PresentAmsterdam, Noord Holland, NlVenturerock is a venture building and venture investment platform. We advance technology, science and innovation to co-create and grow the next-gen of global tech companies. -
Managing PartnerVenturerock Asia Mar 2024 - PresentThe emergence of self-healing urban settlements that elevate urban quality of life based on local parameters.
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Guest SpeakerMassachusetts Institute Of Technology Apr 2024 - PresentCambridge, Ma, UsThis lab focuses on solving complex management challenges facing companies operating in Southeast Asia - PSA (Port of Singapore Authority) Case -
Guest SpeakerKised (Korea Institute Of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development) Dec 2023 - PresentInvited by the Korean Startup Ministry in own capacity to deliver updates about the SEA startup industry to Korean founders to explore SE Asia, understanding the opportunities & challenges, as well as joining a panel of Asian investors investing in the region to discuss the strategies to improve. -
Head Of DigitalKuala Lumpur Society Nov 2023 - PresentKuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, MyUnity Parade - KL Prosperity WalkWorked with Malaysia Unity Ministry SecGen to scale the annual KL Prosperity Walk by KL Society to a Unity Parade, and did stakeholder management with corp Sime Darby Motors AutoBavaria to partner BMW electric vehicles as the gate vehicles for the parade. Worked with the KL Society team to plan the scaling of the parade from the walk where the walk was executed by City Hall Mayor at Independence Square with thousands of people to cross the city to end at Mitsui mall ended by Tourism Ministry SecGen. Along the way stopped at many KL malls & tourist attractions with parade.https://www.perpaduan.gov.my/index.php/bm/component/eventbooking/general/mesyuarat-unity-parade-bersama-kuala-lumpur-society-kl-society -
Member Of The Board Of AdvisorsUnl Dec 2023 - PresentSingapore, SgWe are on a mission to transform the physical world into the next digital platform. By fusing the physical and digital world in a 1:1 geodata twin, we are building the Internet of Places and the infrastructure to power the metaverse. I'm advising UNL on Business Development in Asia. -
Business MentorGratitude-Covid Mentoring Initiative Mar 2020 - PresentSingapore, Singapore, SgVertex Ventures, Sequoia India, Big Idea Ventures, Saison Capital, Qualgro, e27, Golden Gate Ventures, Quest Ventures, Give.Asia, Insignia Ventures Partners, Openspace Ventures, SOSV, Antler, BLOCK71 by NUS Enterprise, SGInnovate, StartupX, SheVC (a SoGal Foundation initiative), SoGal Ventures, NTUitive, STRIVE, Hustle Fund, Asia Institute for Mentoring, Wantedly and VentureCap Insights are among those supporting the initiative so far. -
Corporate MemberAmcham Feb 2021 - PresentThe American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) was founded in 1978 as an international, non-profit, private-sector business association. It comprises more than 1200 members representing about 280 American and other international companies. The Chamber is a member of the AmChams of Asia Pacific (AAP) a non-governing association of 28 AmChams in the region that come together to support engagement in the Asia Pacific.Worked with AMCHAM to get portfolio companies to engage with industry to optimise their operations.
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Co LeadFounder Institute Oct 2018 - PresentPalo Alto, Ca, UsBased in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the devoted support network and structured growth process needed to get to traction and funding. Participants in the 4-month core program also get access to a lifetime of support through the Founder Institute's industry-leading post-programs.During the pandemic when startups couldn't cross borders, worked with other industry leaders to run a regional program that tap into the talents in the region to get them to the point of funding. -
MentorAmazon Oct 2018 - PresentSeattle, Wa, UsStarted as an AWS Scout working with startups to get them onboarded to AWS Activate to utilise cloud credits which will place them on the radar of investments if too early for consideration with the utilisation of their credits being a monitor when they should be evaluated by the investment team. -
Sea DirectorOrbit Startups Jan 2017 - Nov 2023Singapore, SgIn this role since 2017, have been sourcing for dealflows for the GP via speaking at confs outside of SEA about SEA/CN, judging in SEA to source startups that are in SEA or outside of SEA coming into SEA, meeting investors in SEA keen in SEA deals to intro them to the investment team in Shanghai or directly intro to the startups & looping the investment team in to followup, meeting investors outside of SEA keen in SEA deals either via investment team or directly intro to startup with team looped in.I spoke in PK conf in 2019 before the pandemic to do due diligence on the startups there and that led to over 17 investments during the pandemic which helped SOSV to continue operating despite COVID.Other than sourcing deals & referring investors to grow the startups, also work with corps across the region to do partnerships in Biz Dev to match and intro startups invested with market access via corps who are looking for solutions that are either already proven with the portfolio or can be custom with the alumni based on problem statements to solve. This corp engagements can then be scaled to investments for those with CVC, or even M&A as exit for startup (case study from ID to IN for 7x).Other than supply chain of startup to corp so syndicate investors get investable solutions in demand by the market, also source for LPs to the fund, mainly from gov in SEA, with pipeline of over $30m.Moving up the value chain of corp engagement is CorpInnovation programs for specific problems & nego with C-level for regional MNC while working with backoffice shared support services to close.Asides from the core biz, also scout for Mentors in the market to intro to the program team to support portfolio in various engagements. Have also produced mobile programs to offer value to the portfolio by taking them on mobile MBA to understand the market they target while expanding their biz by making intros to corp that will allow them to expand in new markets, crossing geos. -
Sea DirectorSosv Jan 2017 - Nov 2023Princeton, New Jersey, UsSOSV spans the globe with nearly 1000 startups operating in 60 countries. SOSV is a global, multi-stage venture capital firm that operates early stage startup development programs, notably HAX, IndieBio, and Orbit Startups. SOSV’s core mission is to fund tech founders who will have an impact. As of January 2023, SOSV had more than $1.5 billion in assets under management.Each year, SOSV selects 100 or more promising, seed and pre-seed startups to join SOSV’s programs. SOSV makes an initial investment and the founders spend months working side-by-side with SOSV staff and mentors who are deeply expert design and product development, supply chain and product-market fit, growth, and raising capital. The goal in each program is to help each startup prove out their value by getting increased marketplace traction, and increased clarity about their product’s value and positioning to solve problems. At that point, fundraising progress becomes relatively easy, and seed and Series A rounds attract top venture investors.SOSV joins those later rounds and SOSV general partners continue working closely with the program alums for years post-program. In 2022, SOSV portfolio companies raised $2.0 billion in follow-on rounds, and SOSV participated in 161 of those rounds as well as more than 100 pre-seed rounds for startups that joined SOSV programs. According to Pitchbook, SOSV was the most active seed and angel investor in the world in 2020 and 2021, and third most active in 2022.SOSV’s startup development programs include hard tech-oriented HAX and human-and-planetary-health driven IndieBio. At Orbit Startups (successor to Chinaccelerator and MOX announced in July 2022), growth experts help entrepreneurs expand globally from faster emerging and frontier markets. SOSV launched the dlab startup development program in 2019 to focus on Web3 technologies, and on January 1, 2023 SOSV spun dlab out as a standalone fund. -
Eir, Growth Ecosystem DevelopmentMalaysia Digital Economy Corporation (Mdec) Jan 2017 - Aug 2018Cyberjaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MyMDEC is the holistic, government-owned agency launched in 1996 to pioneer the transformation of Malaysia’s digital economy. MDEC pursues a digital future that unlocks significant economic, environmental, and social value within the nation. MDEC was entrusted to oversee the development of the MSC Malaysia initiative, the platform to nurture the growth of local tech companies whilst attracting FDIs and domestic direct investments (DDIs) from global MNCs. The impact of this includes increasing Malaysia's GNI, bridging the income gap and improving standards of living. To support a digital economy, MDEC rolls out initiatives.Malaysia Digital Hub is a place for growing startups to co-exist with the ecosystem to develop their next big idea in technology and Malaysia offers a 1-year pass for new entrepreneurs and a 5-year pass for established entrepreneurs.GED Division is championing the realisation of Digital Hubs in Malaysia by focusing on respective components including Anchor Internet Companies, Accelerators, Talent Development, Scale-up companies, Funding, Co-working spaces and startup communities. Advisor to the team so they may fully understand the ecosystem in order to strategise and curate good value propositions for Digital Hub setups in Malaysia, by being very much close with the industry, playing a big role in every step MDEC takes. Connected the team to the ecosystem and connectors as they get themselves into this new space, as it is crucial to build their base right before they embark on any initiatives. Was identified to help MDEC bridging themselves closer; and appointed as MDEC’s Entrepreneur-In-Residence. -
Strategic Alliance AdvisorUnlock Japan Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Funded by the Japanese Government, Unlock has offices in Hong Kong for Asia and Malaysia for ASEAN. In ASEAN it has the exclusive distributor rights for SoftBank's A.I. Pepper robot. Unlock works with the Japanese industry in ASEAN to procure talent for both ASEAN and Japan. Unlock also facilitates exchange programs to develop both Japan and ASEAN. Unlock works with SEA governments and global corporates and in this role relies on advice to forge strategic alliances.
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SabbaticalInnovation Ecosystem Dec 2015 - Dec 2016Went to Beijing to organise a VR Hackathon with the Chinese government & Coca-Cola to explore China
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Senior Audience Manager, Development ExperienceMicrosoft Jul 2012 - Nov 2015Redmond, Washington, UsManaged IT Professionals, Developers, Startups, and Students for the Local Software Economy and partnered with industry for Microsoft Bizspark startup programResponsible for the mktg budget and branding of the dept.Channel & Ecosystem Analysis :- Creates a channel and/or ecosystem marketing plan, including new partner investments, that increases product-line business growth in the current fiscal year. - Drives recommendations for investments that increase marketing opportunity.Channel Strategy & Engagement Plan :- Develops and drives channel marketing plans to achieve mutually agreed upon business results for Microsoft and partners. - Engages directly with partners to drive execution, and holds partners accountable to meeting business results, and adapting plans and investments accordingly.Channel Readiness & Support :- Develops and implements channel readiness plans for a product line or geography that drive channel capacity and skills to meet business goals. - Identifies additional partners, and drives readiness investments to ensure high-quality partner engagements that achieve business metrics and customer satisfaction.Engine Design & Development :- Ensures timely and cost-effective delivery of marketing content to the field through the analysis of engine utilization and effectiveness, and the optimization of existing partner-marketing engines.- Designs and develops specific partner-marketing engines for new scenarios, as appropriate.Modern Storytelling :- Understands customer and/or stakeholder needs and connects emotionally with multiple audience types. - Adapts quickly to create storytelling themes in unique situations, across products, and in support of One Microsoft. - Enhances storytelling by using an in-depth understanding of the reasons for others' responses and communication styles.- Uses social or mixed media (marketing channels) to evangelize the unique aspects of, and enhance the reach of, key stories. -
Audience Manager, Development & PlatformMicrosoft Jun 2011 - Jul 2012Redmond, Washington, UsManaged IT Professionals & DevelopersChannel & Ecosystem Analysis :- Conducts analysis, including market and/or ecosystem, product performance and perceptions, competitive and Microsoft direction, and segmentation.- Identifies opportunities to develop untapped potential in the ecosystem.Channel Strategy & Engagement Plan :- Implements multiple aspects of to-partner and through-partner marketing plans to drive product-line growth and adoption. - Ensures that marketing plans engage appropriate channel types and capacity to meet business needs.Channel Readiness & Support :- Implements multiple aspects of channel readiness programs that drive sales and technical skills for partners, for successful customer engagement. - Ensures that the channel readiness plans outline partner capacities needed to meet product-line business goals. Engine Design & Development :- Ensures that channel engines (vehicles created to reach customers and partners through tactics and consistent measurement) deliver to-partner and through-partner marketing programs for the field, and contributes ideas for improvement of channel engines base on experience.- Engages with the field to drive program awareness and adoption, and to track engine utilization and effectiveness. Insights and Analysis :- Analyzes customer and marketplace data to discover key findings that inform decisions.- Performs analyses that drive a better internal understanding of the customer or partner experience. - Uses sound analysis to apply marketing models that allow forecasting of return on investment (ROI), profitability, share, and/or profit margin. Modern Storytelling :- Uses insights to tailor stories for each unique audience (internal or external) to create an emotional connection, drive clear outcomes, and deliver a call to action.- Applies storytelling principles across all marketing.- Tells stories and creates content that aligns to social or mixed media (marketing channels).
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Hardware Mag EditorSph Magazines Pte Ltd Mar 2003 - Jun 2011Singapore, Singapore, Sg- Interview CEO of NVIDIA- Cover story on Windows 7, Las Vegas CES, Taiwan TAITRA ComputEx trade show- Feature story of Intel R&D Silicon Valley, Intel Developer Forum, NVIDIA GPU conf- Creation of new sections in publication according to new trends (SMB, HD, Mobile)- Conceptualization of creative supplements to sales team to drive revenue- Partnering with marketing team to drive events and creatives to promote publication- Responsible for the overall content & direction of the publication, including pitching proposals to clientshttp://www.nvidia.com/docs/CP/26960/ALAMAYA_POWERED_BY_QUADRO_Booklet.pdf -
Pc World Senior WriterIdg (International Data Group) Jan 2000 - Dec 2002Needham, Ma, UsReviewed new industry releases, writing tech stories about new developments as well as attending launched of new products to translate the technology into consumable content for the market read -
Director & CopywriterTree Design Studio Jan 1998 - Dec 1999- BTL (Below The Line) creative startup agency- Shareholder- Managed HSBC production account- Managed Halim Mazmin Web Site account
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Project ManagerCyberactive Design Jan 1997 - Dec 1997- Managed Malaysia National Press Club Web Site account
Navin D. Skills
Management
Digital Marketing
Marketing
Start Ups
Business Development
Digital Media
Marketing Communications
Project Management
Multi Channel Marketing
Copywriting
Marketing Strategy
Social Media Marketing
Creative Direction
Online Advertising
Social Media
Business Strategy
Leadership
Strategic Partnerships
Entrepreneurship
Digital Strategy
Early Adopter
Intuitiveness
Creativity Skills
Online Marketing
Strategy
Technologists
Analytical Skills
Organizational And Writing Skills
Event Management
Advertising
New Business Development
Segmentation
Strategic Planning
Synergies
Ecosystem
Builders
Product Management
Navin D. Education Details
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The One AcademyInformation Development -
Seaport High (Sri Permata), Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaPhysical Sciences
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English College, Johor Baru, Johor, MalaysiaSecondary School
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Navin D. attended The One Academy, Seaport High (Sri Permata), Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, English College, Johor Baru, Johor, Malaysia.
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