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Laura Nguyen
Partner at GenAI Fund
Laura Nguyen is a Partner at GenAI Fund, boasting over eight years of experience in technology and entrepreneurship. Her career highlights include founding and successfully exiting an education venture and leading market development initiatives in Vietnam for a global cybersecurity company. Laura has also played a pivotal role in expanding Web3 and AI businesses across Southeast Asia for Amazon Web Services (AWS). She currently serves as the Country Head for Ava Labs in Vietnam and is a founding advisor to Arcanic AI (Top 3 fine-tuned Vietnamese LLM), recognized among the top 12 startups in the AWS GenAI ASEAN Startup Accelerator Program.
Denning Tan
Partner at GenAI Fund
Denning Tan is a Partner at GenAI Fund and brings a wealth of experience with 20 years in the tech startup, investment and M&A sectors. Previously, he was Director of Ecosystems & Sustainability at CARSOME, Malaysiaʼs first unicorn, where he led the companyʼs ecosystem and venture-building strategy, M&A, and sustainability initiatives. Before CARSOME, he was the Head of Startup Ecosystems for ASEAN & Pakistan at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he played a crucial role in supporting thousands of startups by co-creating the AWS ASEAN startup playbook and utilizing AWSʼs resources to nurture startup business development in the region.
Before AWS, Denning spent 15 years working closely with / representing startups, investors and acquirers worldwide on fundraising (seed to pre-IPO) and M&A exceeding $1 billion in deployment, acquisition strategies, product and business development, and running an accelerator / incubator, with roles as founder, chief innovator, general counsel, VC/PE lawyer, mentor and angel investor.
Gian Paulo dela Rama
Technology Venture Partner at GenAI Fund
Gian Paulo dela Rama (Gian) is the Chief Product Officer and Head of Sprout AI Labs at Sprout Solutions, the Philippines’ largest B2B SaaS company. He leads all product management and product design efforts as well as all AI R&D activities. Before joining Sprout, Gian co-founded and led Aiah, the Philippines’ fastest-growing AI startup, ranking 4th in the Philippine Growth Champions 2023. In 2023, Sprout acquired Aiah, forming Sprout AI Labs (SAIL). Gian is also a faculty member at Ateneo John Gokongwei School of Management and actively supports the Philippine startup community as an angel investor and mentor.
Amarit Charoenphan
Venture Partner at GenAI Fund
Amarit Charoenphan (Aim) is a Thai serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor. He’s the APAC Partner at INNOVERA AI, CEO of Aim Ventures, and co-founder of ARMADA and Alpha Scholars. As a founding board member of Thailand Business Angel Network, he’s invested in over 40 startups and funds. With a decade of experience, he supports startups in emerging industries like Climate tech, Health, Food, Agriculture, and Web 3.0. He’s a Visiting Lecturer at Harbour.space, advisor to Omelet, and former ASEAN Director of Impact Collective. Amarit started Thailand’s first coworking space in 2012, which became a Google for Startups Partner Hub. He’s coached over 1000 startup founders, is a Techstars Community Builder, Edmund Hillary Fellow, and Obama Leader: Asia Pacific. Forbes named him among Asia 30 Under 30: Enterprise Technology in 2016.
Girish Patil
Advisor at GenAI Fund
Girish Patil is Head of Technology for GenAI and Digital Native business unit at AWS ASEAN. He has 20+ years of experience in the tech industry, of which 10+ is on advising super apps & digital native businesses. He has worked across USA, Canada, South America, UK, APJ. His technology background is in deep learning, distributed and parallel computing & big data analytics. In his current role, he investigates emerging technologies and their impact on business models and helps build strategy for upcoming opportunities. He engages with startups and large AWS customers alike, and is excited about what is possible for ASEAN with open source AI.
Laura Nguyen
Partner at GenAI Fund
Laura Nguyen is a Partner at GenAI Fund, boasting over eight years of experience in technology and entrepreneurship. Her career highlights include founding and successfully exiting an education venture and leading market development initiatives in Vietnam for a global cybersecurity company. Laura has also played a pivotal role in expanding Web3 and AI businesses across Southeast Asia for Amazon Web Services (AWS). She currently serves as the Country Head for Ava Labs in Vietnam and is a founding advisor to Arcanic AI (Top 3 fine-tuned Vietnamese LLM), recognized among the top 12 startups in the AWS GenAI ASEAN Startup Accelerator Program.
Denning Tan
Partner at GenAI Fund
Denning Tan is a Partner at GenAI Fund and brings a wealth of experience with 20 years in the tech startup, investment and M&A sectors. Previously, he was Director of Ecosystems & Sustainability at CARSOME, Malaysiaʼs first unicorn, where he led the companyʼs ecosystem and venture-building strategy, M&A, and sustainability initiatives. Before CARSOME, he was the Head of Startup Ecosystems for ASEAN & Pakistan at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he played a crucial role in supporting thousands of startups by co-creating the AWS ASEAN startup playbook and utilizing AWSʼs resources to nurture startup business development in the region.
Before AWS, Denning spent 15 years working closely with / representing startups, investors and acquirers worldwide on fundraising (seed to pre-IPO) and M&A exceeding $1 billion in deployment, acquisition strategies, product and business development, and running an accelerator / incubator, with roles as founder, chief innovator, general counsel, VC/PE lawyer, mentor and angel investor.
Gian Paulo dela Rama
Technology Venture Partner at GenAI Fund
Gian Paulo dela Rama (Gian) is the Chief Product Officer and Head of Sprout AI Labs at Sprout Solutions, the Philippines’ largest B2B SaaS company. He leads all product management and product design efforts as well as all AI R&D activities. Before joining Sprout, Gian co-founded and led Aiah, the Philippines’ fastest-growing AI startup, ranking 4th in the Philippine Growth Champions 2023. In 2023, Sprout acquired Aiah, forming Sprout AI Labs (SAIL). Gian is also a faculty member at Ateneo John Gokongwei School of Management and actively supports the Philippine startup community as an angel investor and mentor.
Amarit Charoenphan
Venture Partner at GenAI Fund
Amarit Charoenphan (Aim) is a Thai serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor. He’s the APAC Partner at INNOVERA AI, CEO of Aim Ventures, and co-founder of ARMADA and Alpha Scholars. As a founding board member of Thailand Business Angel Network, he’s invested in over 40 startups and funds. With a decade of experience, he supports startups in emerging industries like Climate tech, Health, Food, Agriculture, and Web 3.0. He’s a Visiting Lecturer at Harbour.space, advisor to Omelet, and former ASEAN Director of Impact Collective. Amarit started Thailand’s first coworking space in 2012, which became a Google for Startups Partner Hub. He’s coached over 1000 startup founders, is a Techstars Community Builder, Edmund Hillary Fellow, and Obama Leader: Asia Pacific. Forbes named him among Asia 30 Under 30: Enterprise Technology in 2016.
Girish Patil
Advisor at GenAI Fund
Girish Patil is Head of Technology for GenAI and Digital Native business unit at AWS ASEAN. He has 20+ years of experience in the tech industry, of which 10+ is on advising super apps & digital native businesses. He has worked across USA, Canada, South America, UK, APJ. His technology background is in deep learning, distributed and parallel computing & big data analytics. In his current role, he investigates emerging technologies and their impact on business models and helps build strategy for upcoming opportunities. He engages with startups and large AWS customers alike, and is excited about what is possible for ASEAN with open source AI.
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