VOX

VOX

By Stefano VirgilliBusinessEntrepreneurship
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VOX episodes

  • VOX#7: People Data Company, Greg Lipper, CEO (18 April, 2020)

    Interview with Greg Lipper, Founder and CEO of Happi and People Data Company. Connecting form California, Greg shares with Diane and Stefano the inspiring business model and the original investment strategy of his startups.  

    • Name of the startup: People Data Company 
    • Website: https://www.peopledatacompany.com/
    • Year of incorporation: 2020 
    • Locations: US, UK, Singapore and everywhere in between 
    • Industry: Market research Team size: 3 full time, 5 regular contractors, dozens of part-time contractors 
    • Current Revenues: $1m - $5m 
    • Name of the speaker: Greg Lipper 
    • Role of the speaker: Founder and President 
    • Who are the founders: Rita Dobson is a co-founder of Happi Pte Ltd, our Singapore operations company 
    • Funding raised to date: About $2 million  
    • Currently fundraising: Yes 
    • Targeted amount: $1 - $5 million
      • 47 min
    • VOX#6: Ilara Health, Emilian Popa, CEO (April 17, 2020)

      An insight in the healthcare pitfalls of sub-saharan Africa, where entrepreneur Emilian Popa founded Ilara Health to solve one of the most visible problems in the system.


      Name of the startup: Ilara Health

      Website: https://www.ilarahealth.com/ 

      Year of incorporation: 2019

      Locations: Kenya

      Industry: Healthcare 

      Team size: 30

      Name of the speaker: Emilian Popa

      Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder

      Who are the founders: Emilian Popa

      Funding raised to date: USD 1M

      Currently fundraising: Yes

      Targeted amount: USD 500k

      46 min
    • VOX#5: Lynk, Adam Grunewald, CEO (April 17, 2020)

      In the 5th Episode of VOX Podcast, Diane Ha and Stefano Virgilli interview Adam Grunewald, the founder of the gig-economy ecosystem Lynk, thought to be the Linked-in for the Linked-out in emerging markets, starting from Kenya.  

      • Name of the startup: Lynk 
      • Website: https://lynk.co.ke/
      • Year of incorporation: 2015 
      • Locations: Kenya 
      • Industry: Marketplace Services 
      • Team size: 50 (full time) + 1200 (gig workers) 
      • Current Revenues: $5M yearly 
      • Name of the speaker: Adam Grunewald 
      • Role of the speaker: CEO / Co- Founder 
      • Who are the founders: Johannes Degn, Adam Grunewald 
      • Funding raised to date: USD 4M 
      • Currently fundraising: Yes 
      • Targeted amount: USD 5M
        • 6 min
      • VOX#4: DEXTF, Federico Cristina, CEO (April 9, 2020)

        Stefano Virgilli and Diane Ha interview Federico Cristina, one of the leading founders of the DEXTF, which is aiming to use blockchain technology to democratize asset management and unlock the power of efficient capital allocation.  

        • Name of the startup: DEXTF 
        • Website: https://dextf.com/
        • Year of incorporation: 2017 
        • Locations: Singapore 
        • Industry: Fintech/Blockchain 
        • Team size: 4 full time 
        • Current Revenues: 0 
        • Name of the speaker: Federico Cristina 
        • Role of the speaker: Co-Founder 
        • Who are the founders:  
        • Funding raised to date: 460k USD 
        • Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.
          • 46 min
        • VOX#3: QuickBus, Humphrey Wrey, CEO (April 8, 2020)

          Interview with Humphrey Wrey, the Founder and CEO of QuickBus, a mobility startup that is solving a real problem in East Africa and beyond.  

          • Name of the startup: QuickBus 
          • Website: https://www.quickbus.com/  
          • Year of incorporation: 2018 
          • Headquarters: Nairobi 
          • Industry: Mobility Services 
          • Team size: 11 
          • Current Revenues: USD 110k / monthly 
          • Name of the speaker: Humphrey Wrey 
          • Role of the speaker: CEO, Founders 
          • Who are the founders: Humphrey Wrey 
          • Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M 
          • Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.
            • 6 min
          • VOX#2: Forecast, Dennis Kayser, CEO (April 3, 2020)

            In the second episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Dennis Kayser from Copenhagen, Denmark, the founder behind the startup Forecast.app  

            • Name of the startup: Forecast 
            • Website: www.forecast.app 
            • Year of incorporation: Sep 15 2016 
            • Locations: Copenhagen & London 
            • Industry: SaaS for Professional Service and Enterprise companies 
            • Team size: 45 
            • Current Revenues: Not disclosing 
            • Name of the speaker: Dennis Kayser 
            • Role of the speaker: CEO 
            • Who are the founders: Dennis Kayser, Danny Larsen, Jens Pallesen, Niels Frederiksen 
            • Funding raised to date: $10M 
            • Currently fundraising: No
              • 16 min
            • VOX#1: x0paAI, Nina Alag Suri, CEO (April 2, 2020)

              In the first episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Nina Alag Suri, the female entrepreneur behind the HR-tech startup x0paAI.  

              • Name of the startups: X0PA AI 
              • Website: www.x0pa.com 
              • Year of incorporation: 2017  
              • Headquarters: Singapore 
              • Industry: HR tech
              • Team size: 22 
              • Current Revenues: $535k end 2019, $250k Jan to date 
              • Name of the speaker: Nina Alag Suri 
              • Role of the speaker: Founder and CEO 
              • Who are the founders: Nina Alag Suri, Jussi keppo 
              • Funding raised to date: $1000000 
              • Currently fundraising: Yes 
              • Targeted amount: $1.5m
                • 43 min

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