ALTA - Key Persons
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- Head of Growth, Marketing and Corporate Communications
Allan possesses over a decade of experience in capital market investments and financial products. In 2012, co-founded a firm that focused on investments in seed to series A startups. Allan currently oversees a portfolio of over 25 companies from China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia. These companies range in industries, including Green Tech, Fintech, Medtech, and frontier technologies such as AI, IoT and Blockchain.
Arka is responsible for overlooking Fundnel's Data Department that includes the Data Engineering, BI/Data Analytics, Data Science and Data Management teams. He is instrumental at inculcating a data-driven culture across Fundnel. Prior to this role, he had acquired experience in various business domains and organisations, namely Shopee, Singtel, Google and Dailymotion. Arka graduated with a Masters in Data Science from the National University of Singapore.
Benjamin Twoon - Chief Commercial Officer, Founder
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- Chief Commercial Officer
- Co - Founder
- Member of the Management Team
Benjamin leads Fundnel's Private Equity Investments division and is responsible for developing the group's Private Capital Markets and Fund Management capabilities. Benjamin spearheaded Fundnel's expansion into Indonesia in 2015, and oversees strategy formulation for regional expansion. He was integral in Fundnel's founding membership of and serves as Director of Hg Exchange, Asia's first member-driven licensed private exchange to support the issuance and trading of both digital and non-digital capital market products, and currently serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Sheng Ye Capital, a specialised enterprise financial services provider in the People‘s Republic of China listed on the Hong Kong Exchange. Previously, Benjamin served as Non-Executive Director of Anthill Capital Pte Ltd, a regional investment and incubation platform, as well as Y Ventures Group, a data-driven e-commerce company listed on the Singapore Exchange. Benjamin boasts a wealth of diverse experience in Private Equity, Corporate Finance and Banking, across various countries in Asia Pacific. Prior to Fundnel, he covered investments and M&A at Pavilion Energy, and was a Management Associate at Citi. He also worked in the Corporate Finance team at Winson Oil Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indonesia.
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- Director, Private Capital Markets
- Director, Private Capital Markets / Investment
The former trader with Dukascopy and later, Swissquote, co-founded a boutique investment firm in 2013 which focused on companies in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Amongst its portfolio are a couple of companies that received an investment from SBI Japan; two with its founders named Forbes 30 under 30, both subsequently invested by a public listed company; and one that was invested by a prominent group of women angel investors from Indonesia.
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- Quality Assurance Lead / Product
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- Lead Software Engineer / Product
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- Investments Development Associate
Jamie is an Investments Development Associate at Fundnel. She is responsible for analysing and optimising the use of proprietary data to drive investor targeting and growth, drive deal syndication, and perform lead generation to build Fundnel's network of investors regionally. She graduated from Singapore Management University's School of Business with a double major in Operations and Finance.
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- Director, Investments Development
- Director, Investments Development / Investment
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Co - Founder
- Member of the Management Team
Kelvin is responsible for driving growth and strategic initiatives across the group. Under his leadership, the company has achieved over USD6 billion in mandated transactions and raised over USD540 million for private companies and funds to-date. Fundnel has also since expanded its footprint out of Singapore to Malaysia, Indonesia and India. In 2021, Fundnel was recognised by The Financial Times as the 107th fastest-growing company in Asia Pacific, FinTech of the Year by The Asset, and 21st fastest-growing company in Singapore by The Straits Times. Kelvin was integral in Fundnel's founding membership of and serves as an advisory board member of Hg Exchange, Asia's first member-driven licensed private exchange to support the issuance and trading of both digital and non-digital capital market products, and is currently a member of the Singapore Business Federation's Young Business Leaders Network (YBLN) and Young Entrepreneurs Network (YEN). Prior to co-founding Fundnel, Kelvin was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan, covering clients in North and Southeast Asia, and had raised over USD20 billion for clients during his tenure. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he was with Standard Chartered working on leveraged and acquisition finance, balance sheet & capital structure optimisation, and other alternative structured capital raising solutions such as the securitisation of receivables and the provision of sale and leaseback structures.
Khai Lin Sng - Chief Investment Officer, Founder
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- Chief Investment Officer
- Co - Founder
- Member of the Management Team
Khai Lin leads Fundnel's Corporate Development Division and is responsible for the development of the group's new business units, both organically and inorganically. In her role as CIO, Khai Lin also oversees the group's overseas offices and corporate relations function. Under her wing, Fundnel has amassed USD6 billion worth of deals and as of 2020, secured USD540 million in essential funding for private companies, private equity and venture capital funds. Khai Lin was integral in Fundnel's founding membership of Hg Exchange, Asia's first member-driven licensed private exchange to support the issuance and trading of both digital and non-digital capital market products. In her role as Director of Hg Exchange, Khai Lin represents Fundnel's commitment to increase access and liquidity in the private capital markets. She also serves as Vice-President of the Singapore Fintech Association. Prior to co-founding Fundnel, Khai Lin was an investment banker at JP Morgan, Citibank and CIMB-GK Securities. She graduated with top honours from University College London (UCL) with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics.
As Director of Product, Khairul is responsible for identifying opportunities for Fundnel's range of products, driving innovation efforts and establishing product discovery, development and support processes for Southeast Asia's next-gen capital markets infrastructure.
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- Managing Director, Fund Management / Management
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- Head of Investments, Private Capital Markets / Investment
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- Associate at Fundnel Indonesia
- Investments Development Associate - Ind
As an Investments Development Associate at Fundnel Indonesia, Natalie is responsible for lead generation, investor targeting and deal syndication, while assisting accredited and institutional investors with dealmaking. Prior to joining Fundnel, she spent >2 years in public capital markets, specialising in institutional equity sales and was a research analyst with Ciptadana Capital (Indonesia), and was with the U.S. Bancorp International Banking division in Seattle, WA. Natalie holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Kelley School of Business, majoring in Accounting and Technology Management.
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- Associate Director - Malaysia
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- Investment Associate - Indonesia
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- Country Director - Indonesia
As a Country Director, Radith is responsible to all business and operation activities in Fundnel Indonesia. Radith was previously in Citi with experiences in Corporate Banking, Credit and Securities. Prior to Citi, he was executing corporate finance, capital market and M&A transactions with a boutique investment banking that oversee multiple IPOs.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer & Head of Exchange
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- Managing Director, Institutional Sales / Investment