Julio Arias is Co-founder at Sketchnote & Managing Director at Sketchnote Partners. He is an expert in Asian markets where he lived for over 20 years, first as a Beijing-based management consultant for clients such as eBay and PayPal, then as an analyst and diplomat for the EU in China, Belgium, Indonesia, and Japan. Julio is a prolific angel investor and advisor to 50+ startups. He's an early member of Angel Investment Network Indonesia, Partner at Cupido Capital and Chairman of Trevol Labs. Julio received an MSc from the LSE and a BA from Durham University, and a scholar at the EU-China Young Managers Training Program in Beijing.

Sketchnote Partners Fund is focused on enabling and empowering entrepreneurs through an all-in-one learning, productivity, and collaboration platform. Sketchnote aims to facilitate access to finance to first-time entrepreneurs. In this podcast, we will hear from Julio on:

👉🏽 Sketchnote's screening/due diligence process and portfolio companies

👉🏽 Approach towards the Indian and SE Asian ecosystems, and how Bangladesh compares

👉🏽 Thoughts on the Bangladesh tech ecosystem and the opportunities here