# The On Call with Insignia: the investor podcast, by episode

> The On Call with Insignia: A Southeast Asian venture fund with its founders, on building across the region. 216 episodes, each linked to the investors in it.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/on-call-insignia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Investors · new episode 7 Jul 2026

# The On Call with Insignia

Hosted by **Insignia Ventures Partners**

A Southeast Asian venture fund with its founders, on building across the region.

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**216** episodes

**33** investors heard as guests

**25 min** an average episode

20 in the last 12 months

## The regulars

Investors named as guests in the most episode titles on The On Call with Insignia.

[AT *5* **Aaron Tan** 5 episodes](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-tan)[TL *5* **Tianwei Liu** 5 episodes](https://millionrounds.com/person/tianwei-liu)[YT *5* **Yinglan Tan** Insignia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/person/yinglan-tan)[AC *3* **Anthony Chow** 3 episodes](https://millionrounds.com/person/anthony-chow)[GF *3* **Giacomo Ficari** 3 episodes](https://millionrounds.com/person/giacomo-ficari)[LT *3* **Linh Thai** Openspace](https://millionrounds.com/person/linh-thai)[AS *2* **Anderson Sumarli** Ajaib](https://millionrounds.com/person/anderson-sumarli)[CS *2* **Christian Schneider** Vesalius Biocapital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/person/christian-schneider)[JZ *2* **Jennifer Zhang** Warburg Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/person/jennifer-zhang)[NY *2* **Nathaniel Yim** Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/person/nathaniel-yim)[WN *2* **Windy Natriavi** 2 episodes](https://millionrounds.com/person/windy-natriavi)[AH *1* **Albert Ho** Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/person/albert-ho)

## Every episode 216 · page 1 of 8

- 216 **Google's first APAC regional head of sustainability Spencer Low on the region's key priorities** 7 Jul 2026 · 32 min [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode Continue the conversation with Spencer at this year's Business & Sustainability Programme Asia Seminar by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Join us on call with Spencer Low, Google’s first-ever Head of Regional Sustainability for Asia Pacific and an alumnus and faculty member… ▶Show page
- 215 **Smart cities need smart citizens | Innovators in Sustainability Episode 1 with Jason Pomeroy** 25 Jun 2026 · 40 min About this episode Join this year's Business & Sustainability Programme Asia Seminar by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)In this first episode of a miniseries produced in partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and Insignia Ventures Academy, host Paulo Aquino… ▶Show page
- 214 **Dr Yanan Wu on why Surfin cannot remain a fintech as it grows beyond 100M users across 12 markets** 23 Jun 2026 · 29 min About this episode In this fourth conversation between Paulo Joquino and Dr. Yanan Wu, CEO and founder of Surfin, the two catch up at a pivotal moment in the company's trajectory. Nine years after its founding, Surfin, the Singapore-headquartered fintech serving over 100 million users across 12 markets, is entering its second chapter:… ▶Show page
- 213 **Konvy CEO & Co-Founder QingGui Huang on Matchmaking Quality Beauty Brands to the Global Market** 4 Jun 2026 · 29 min [Cool Japan Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cool-japan-fund) About this episode In this episode of On Call with Insignia Ventures, join us on this call with QingGui Huang (Gui), CEO and co-founder of Konvy, for a wide-ranging conversation on what it means to build a health and beauty e-commerce platform for Southeast Asia in 2026. Now in its 13th year of operations and fresh off a Series B round… ▶Show page
- 212 **Circle Managing Director for Asia Pacific Yam Ki Chan on Stablecoin's Journey to Trillions in Asia** 2 Jun 2026 · 35 min [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode Paulo sits down in person at Insignia’s Singapore office with Yam Ki Chan, Managing Director, Asia Pacific at Circle. The conversation maps Yam Ki’s vantage point at the intersection of finance, technology, and policy, from his years negotiating for the U.S. government on the G20 and G7, through Google Pay and… ▶Show page
- 211 **Jonathan Yip, Head of Innovation Banking, Asia at HSBC on the Future of Innovation Capital and CFOs** 25 May 2026 · 18 min [Jonathan Yip](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-yip)[HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) About this episode In this episode of On Call with Insignia Ventures, host Paulo Joquino sits down with Jonathan Yip, Head of Innovation Banking, Asia at HSBC, recorded live at HSBC’s office in downtown Singapore. The conversation explores what “innovation banking” actually means in practice, from how a global bank serves two unusually… ▶Show page
- 210 **Why you should take stablecoins seriously with Coinbase Singapore Country Director Hassan Ahmed** 14 Apr 2026 · 36 min [Hassan Ahmed](https://millionrounds.com/person/hassan-ahmed) About this episode This special episode, recorded live at the Insignia Ventures Partners office at the Singapore Exchange Centre in Singapore with VP of Strategic Development and Operations Allen Chng, explores a question that feels increasingly urgent: if money is becoming more digitally-native, what happens to the systems built for an… ▶Show page
- 209 **The right way to bridge fintechs and banks with Standard Chartered Head of Fintech, Asia Luke Boland** 12 Mar 2026 · 32 min About this episode Luke Boland shares insights from his journey spanning over 15 years in banking, from managing merchant relationships during the early days of contactless payments in Australia to building Standard Chartered's FinTech client coverage across Asia. In this conversation, he discusses the evolution of bank-fintech… ▶Show page
- 208 **Why AI native companies can't chase features and what they should focus on instead with Diaflow CEO and co-founder Jonathan Pham** 5 Mar 2026 · 31 min About this episode In the crowded landscape of AI workflow automation, Diaflow has carved out a distinctive position by prioritizing what enterprise customers care about most: security, compliance, and trust. After years of building custom enterprise software and witnessing firsthand how traditional automation failed to deliver on its… ▶Show page
- 207 **Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt, Ard Financial Group Executive Chairman, on Building Mongolia's Investor Nation** 6 Feb 2026 · 37 min About this episode Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt shares stories and insights from his journey of over 30 years, from his first job at the Mongolian Stock Exchange at age 18 to becoming a pivotal figure in the country’s financial and technological evolution. As a founder of key institutions like XacBank and Ard Financial Group, he has been a… ▶Show page
- 206 **Osamu Abe, MUFG Chief of Staff for Asia Pacific, on venture investing for banks and institutions** 8 Jan 2026 · 37 min [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) About this episode Osamu Abe shares stories and insights from his career of nearly 30 years at MUFG from investment banking to taking an executive education on Sand Hill Road, later on setting up MUFG's first international CVC fund then MUFG's first spin out growth debt and equity funds (Mars Growth Capital and Mars Equity), and finally… ▶Show page
- 205 **Robert Subbaraman, Nomura Global Head of Macro Research, on Japan's return to the investor spotlight** 16 Dec 2025 · 10 min [Lehman Brothers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lehman-brothers) About this episode Fresh from the Japan SEA Market Forum last November, we managed to have a quick chat with Robert Subbaraman, Managing Director and Global Head of Macro Research on Nomura, about the rest of the world's views on the Japan opportunity, especially in AI, their role in an increasingly multipolar world, and how the Japan… ▶Show page
- 204 **From Japan's public markets to a Singapore venture capital firm with Rei Murakami (Insignia Ventures Academy Cohort 3 Alum, Kadan Capital Founding Partner)** 10 Dec 2025 · 22 min About this episode After several years working at Mistubishi and then for her family office foundation investing in the public markets, Rei Murakami found a new goal while she was working out of Singapore: to get into venture capital investing. She joined our Certificate in Venture Capital for its third cohort in 2022 and a year later… ▶Show page
- 203 **How Akhil Nigam, Finmo CPO and co-founder, is Redefining Treasury Management with AI and Strategic Partnerships | Call 199** 3 Dec 2025 · 30 min About this episode Finmo CPO and co-founder Akhil Nigam joins Paulo for a chat live from the 10th Singapore Fintech Festival 2025 to talk about Finmo's journey creating a truly connected intelligence platform for finance teams and treasury management able to serve businesses from SMEs to larger multi-market enterprises. A lot of it has… ▶Show page
- 202 **What it takes to drive AI agent adoption for SMEs in Southeast Asia with Fluid CEO Trasy Lou Walsh** 1 Dec 2025 · 11 min About this episode Live from Singapore Fintech Festival, we sat down with Fluid CEO and co-founder Trasy Lou Walsh on the future of B2B payments and finance they are building with AI agents on their platform. This interview was recorded live at Media Lounge in Singapore Fintech Festival 2025. Timestamps (00:00) Catching up with Trasy… ▶Show page
- 201 **The real reason Japan is investing in Southeast Asia innovation with Takeo Nakajima** 21 Nov 2025 · 8 min About this episode 15% of the total trade volume of Japan with the world comes from Southeast Asia, the country's third largest trading bloc. More than 15,000 Japanese firms are active in the region. Cash-rich Japanese firms looking to scale up growth globally. Local governments are looking for innovative solutions to societal issues… ▶Show page
- 200 **Tonik's Greg Krasnov gets the tea on IPOs from Tokyo Stock Exchange APAC Deputy Head Beomsu Son** 13 Nov 2025 · 12 min About this episode We brought together Philippine digital bank Tonik CEO and founder Greg Krasnov and Tokyo Stock Exchange APAC Deputy Head and IPO Specialist Beomsu Son for a conversation on the Philippines digital banking opportunity (from a Japan POV), opening up Japan's public markets to more issuers internationally, the first… ▶Show page
- 199 **POPMART Head of Southeast Asia & Middle East Jeremy Lee faces spicy questions on AI, IP Protection, Blind Box Questions and more** 30 Oct 2025 · 13 min About this episode POPMART Head of Southeast Asia & Middle East Jeremy Lee hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the role of Southeast Asia in POPMART's Global Business, the opportunities for creators and storytellers in the age of generative AI and new innovations in IP protection, and his learnings on… ▶Show page
- 198 **The Boons and Banes of Tomorrow's Storytelling Technology with Smobler CEO and founder Dr Loretta Chen** 29 Oct 2025 · 16 min About this episode Dr Loretta Chen, PhD, a mulitihyphenate figure in the media, education, publishing, performing arts & cultural scene for over two decades, hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the future of storytelling, finding its value in leadership, and sifting through the noise to tell stories… ▶Show page
- 197 **Wall Street Going Global with NYSE Head of International Markets Cassandra Seier | NOVA SG60 Ep 2** 27 Oct 2025 · 16 min [Intercontinental Exchange](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intercontinental-exchange) About this episode NYSE Head of International Markets Cassandra Seier hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on Singapore and Southeast Asia public market opportunities going global, the ways NYSE is diversifying capital access for issuers and investors, globalization of venture exits, and more. This On… ▶Show page
- 196 **Stablecoins Going Global with StraitsX Head of Commercial Jason Tay** 13 Oct 2025 · 9 min About this episode ⁠StraitsX⁠ Head of Commercial ⁠Jason Tay hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the ways stablecoins are becoming more global, more accessible, and more integral to payment experiences, not just for Web3 wallet holders but more importantly for companies like StraitsX, your chicken rice… ▶Show page
- 195 **Conversational AI adoption from China to Singapore then the world with WIZ.AI Senior Director for AI Strategy and Partnerships Robin Li** 25 Sept 2025 · 25 min About this episode Timestamps (00:00) Introduction; (00:29) How a tech exec from China joined a Singapore AI startup; (02:38) The evolution of LLMs in China; (03:33) AI Development in China and the rest of the world; (04:37) The value of building a career in China tech; (06:34) Scaling a global AI company; (08:37) Scaling in… ▶Show page
- 194 **Se'Indonesia CEO Rinaldi Utama on cracking the $1 beef rice bowl gap in Indonesia's mass market** 17 Sept 2025 · 18 min About this episode Rinaldi Utama is the CEO and co-founder of Se'Indonesia, launched with a mission to redefine Indonesia’s quick-service restaurant landscape focusing on high-quality smoked beef rice bowls. He was previously CEO and co-founder of Lakuliner, a house of indonesian-fusion culinary brands. Before that he was part of the… ▶Show page
- 193 **Part 2. How to develop AI talent in Indonesia with Flip Indonesia Head of AI & Engineering** 12 Sept 2025 · 13 min [Thothathri Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/person/thothathri-srinivasan) About this episode Watch Part 1 Thothathri Srinivasan (who goes by "Tho") is the Head of AI and Engineering at Flip, one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech companies. With over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley, Tho has built products and systems at some of the world's most recognizable tech companies including Groupon,… ▶Show page
- 192 **Part 1. Flip Indonesia Head of Engineering & AI Thothathri Srinivasan on his journey from Groupon, Netflix, Pinterest to Investing** 10 Sept 2025 · 23 min [Thothathri Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/person/thothathri-srinivasan) About this episode Thothathri Srinivasan (who goes by "Tho") is the Head of AI and Engineering at Flip, one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech companies. With over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley, Tho has built products and systems at some of the world's most recognizable tech companies including Groupon, Netflix, and… ▶Show page
- 191 **The Money for Compliance AI is in Cross-Border Adaptability | On Call with Gani.ai founders Bintang Hidayanto and Timur Nugroho** 14 Aug 2025 · 43 min About this episode The money for compliance AI is in cross-border adaptability. That's our main takeaway from this call with Gani.ai founders Bintang Hidayanto and Timur Nugroho, who themselves went on a call back in December 2023 to first talk about working on an idea Bintang has had over the last decade as a lawyer and founding… ▶Show page
- 190 **Join us on call with Tianwei Liu and Hendra Kwik of StraitsX, a CNBC World's Top Fintech Company** 23 Jul 2025 · 25 min [Tianwei Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/tianwei-liu) About this episode Last year we covered the journeys of Tianwei and Hendra as they built fintechs in Singapore and Indonesia over the last decade and joined forces amidst the pandemic to bring together StraitsX 's compliant stablecoin technology with Payfazz's deep financial services network in Indonesia. Coming to a year later,… ▶Show page
- 189 **FinTech Without Borders | GFTN's Pat Patel on the Global Corridors Shaping AI & Digital Finance** 11 Jun 2025 · 38 min About this episode In this episode of On Call with Insignia, we go on a world tour of fintech innovation with Pat Patel, Co-CEO of GFTN Forums & CEO of USA, LATAM, MEA at the Global Finance and Technology Network (GFTN), the non-profit behind the Singapore FinTech Festival. Over the past decade, Pat has been at the intersection of… ▶Show page
- 188 **Why Your Startup Shouldn't Treat Comms as an Afterthought and Do This Instead for Marketing** 28 May 2025 · 1h 1m About this episode Session recorded from the "PR & Comms for Global Growth" as part of the Insignia Ventures Academy StartCXO ProgramOur StartCXO program beginning in September is now OPEN for applications:Gain the skills to transition seamlessly into a start up leadership roleLearn from industry professionals, well versed in the… ▶Show page
- 187 **Building Epoch Making Companies from India to Indonesia | On Call with Flip CEO Pratyush Prasanna | Call 182** 21 Apr 2025 · 29 min [Pratyush Prasanna](https://millionrounds.com/person/pratyush-prasanna) About this episode You are going on call with Pratyush Prasanna, Group CEO of @FlipID, one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech platforms serving more than 13 million users primarily for their money movement needs, among other financial services. With 20+ years of executive and leadership experience in consumer and fintech… ▶Show page

## Who the show talks about

Firms named in its episodes, and people named in descriptions: talked about, rather than on the show.

[**Google** *8*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Y **Yinglan Tan** *7*](https://millionrounds.com/person/yinglan-tan)[**Y Combinator** *6*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[A **Aaron Tan** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-tan)[**HSBC** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc)[P **Phil Opamuratawongse** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/person/phil-opamuratawongse)[A **Anderson Sumarli** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/anderson-sumarli)[B **Bryan Tan** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bryan-tan)[B **Budi Handoko** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/budi-handoko)[C **Christian Schneider** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/christian-schneider)[J **Jennifer Zhang** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jennifer-zhang)[K **Karen Ng** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/karen-ng)

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