CADENCE VENTURE CAPITAL - Key Persons


Cheah Wye Joon

Job Titles:
  • Venture Partner
Wye Joon is the former Vice President of CrowdPlus.asia, one of the 6 Securities Commission-licensed equity crowdfunding (ECF) platform operators in Malaysia. Being in the position to lead ASEAN's first ECF platform, Wye Joon has helped Asian start-ups, small and medium sized companies to raise funds from pool of investors. Within 2-and-a-half years of his lead, CrowdPlus.asia model has successfully matured from scratch, achieving market leadership position. Prior to his contribution to CrowdPlus.asia success, Wye Joon was an entrepreneurial leader who amassed over 24 years of experience in strategic business planning, including strategic finance, management, marketing. Wye Joon eventually compiles his industry intelligence and led these companies through start-ups, turnaround and expansion phases, recording significant milestones in each of the company profiles.

Hubert W.E. Knapp

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Mr. John Lim - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
Mr. John Lim is currently active as a Partner at the growth equity firm Challenger UK. Prior to that he had been Group CTO for RHB Capital Bhd. and Group CIO as well as head of strategy for Raja Garuda Mas Group in Indonesia. In total he has over 25 years of investment management and consulting experience covering manufacturing and financial services industries in Asia, US, South America and Australia. During those years he worked for companies like Hong Leong Group, Symix Systems, System Software Associates and SilTerra Malaysia.