Keith Dawson
Veronica Sandoval
Yinglan Tan
Tan Yinglan founded Insignia Ventures Partners in late 2017 and is the Founding Managing Partner. Insignia Ventures Partners is an early-stage technology venture capital firm with partnering with unstoppable founders to build great companies in Southeast Asia. Since 2017, we have invested in emerging technology companies across industries and geographies in the region, including unicorns Carro, Ajaib, GoTo, and Appier, and category leaders including Payfazz, Shipper, tonik, Flip and Super. Insignia Ventures manages capital from premier institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, foundations, university endowments and renowned family offices from Asia, Europe and North America. Insignia Ventures is also the recipient of “Deal of the Year (Small Cap / VC)” for Ajaib (2021) by AVCJ, “Best Early-Stage Technology Venture Capital Fund - Southeast Asia” (2020) from APAC Insider, "Most Innovative Early-Stage Tech Partner - Southeast Asia" (2020, 2021) from Capital Finance International, "Investor of the Year" (2019) from New Entrepreneurs Foundation, two back-to-back “VC Deal of Year” awards for Payfazz (2019) and Carro (2018) from the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and its portfolio include many other technology leaders in Southeast Asia. See more at http://www.insignia.vc
Prior to founding Insignia Ventures Partners, Yinglan was Sequoia Capital’s first hire and Venture Partner in Southeast Asia. He sourced multiple investment opportunities for Sequoia including Tokopedia, Go-jek, Traveloka, Carousell and Appier. He also serves on the International Board of Stars – Leaders of the Next Generation, the Singapore Government’s Pro Enterprise Panel and the Committee on the Future Economy's Sub-Committee on Future Corporate Capabilities and Innovation. He is also a Board Member at Hwa Chong Institution and Adjunct Associate Professor at National University of Singapore.
Xi Liu
Xi Liu is the Founder and CEO of Ferne Health. This woman-focused company was launched in 2020 to challenge the stigma around sexual health screening and provide accessible healthcare to women. Today, Ferne Health operates in Singapore and Indonesia, providing convenient and empathetic solutions to support women’s health and wellness needs.
Before she founded Ferne Health, Xi Liu worked in Silicon Valley for tech giants, such as Amazon and Adobe, and was a Product Manager for Alexa Voice Assistant. Following the successful launch of Ferne Health, she was featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science list in 2021.
Vikram Bharati
Swarnima Bhattacharya
Swarnima Bhattacharya is the Founder of Thea, a digital ecosystem for women's health, and the Curator of FemmeCon, India's first women's health festival. She is an AstraZeneca Young Health Scholar, and was part of the Youth Advisory Board for Unilever's "Self-Esteem Project" which focuses on adolescent body image. Thea has impacted the lives of 100,000 women & families since its inception, by providing rights-based healthcare services. Swarnima is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. She is also serving as Senior Advisor at the Sophie Fellowship, an initiative to make STEM Education gender-inclusive in India. Swarnima has published widely on Gender & Health including World Economic Forum's "Agenda", and Simon & Schuster.
Siddhartha Dutta
Dr Siddhartha Dutta is a Healthcare consultant who has been working across markets in APAC for the last 22 years. He is passionate about promoting “Femtech” and female health and equally concerned about the slow growth in the region. A medical microbiologist by background, Dr Dutta has been practicing microbiology in some of the world's largest tertiary care centres in India and the US. He has been working in the consulting industry since 2007 and has been associated with firms such as Frost and Sullivan Johor Bahru, Markets and Markets India and currently works on healthcare data analytics at SG Analytics. He has been helping Femtech startups with market access, CI and funding since 2020.
Sharon Handelman-Gotlib
Rung Satchatippavarn
Rung is a period activist, women’s health advocate, and Femtech entrepreneur in Thailand. She founded “ira”, a startup that invented the most biodegradable, comfortable, and organic sanitary pads in Southeast Asia. Rung has made sure that ira offers more than just products, but also acts as a movement that provides menstrual education, battles misinformation, and takes action against period poverty. Rung has led multiple "ira for all" initiatives to provide sanitary pads to those in need within Thailand and its neighbouring countries. She has worked with both private and public sectors to outline and implement new policies surrounding period products and menstrual education as well as welfare schemes that achieve gender equality. Through ira's novel products, technology and initiatives, Rung makes her voice heard and takes real action in the fight for period rights throughout Asia.
