Steve is a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor. He has scaled teams from zero to 1,500 staff, built a tech unicorn, PropertyGuru, used by 40M monthly users, raised $400M+ funding, led 5 M&A deals, IPO on NYSE, invested/advises 20+ greentech start-ups and launched Wavemaker Impact, a Climate Tech fund. He’s passionate about entrepreneurship, climate change and social equality.

In this episode, he took us down memory lane on the lessons he learned from starting and scaling Property Guru, and why it is crucial for us to pay more attention to the emerging climate space. He also called out a stupid decision made during his time at Property Guru. 

Some key sharing include:

• What was Steve’s childhood ambition and did he expect himself to be where he is today?
• How did Steve meet his co-founder, Yani, and what made him certain that this Yani was the right person for initiating the business together?
• Over the course of the decade, have there been any instances of close encounters with failure while building and scaling PropertyGuru?
• How did Steve manage to shift his mindset to recognise the issues and successfully navigate through the trying periods?
• What are the climate impact activities that Steve is currently working on and his view on the prospects of climatetech

Relevant links: 

Steve Melhuish’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevemel/ 

Wavemaker Impact: https://wavemakerimpact.com/

Special thanks to Adeline, Jieyu, Sydnie, and Patricia for your help in making this come to life!

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