Podcasts by Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital

Josh Silverman of Etsy: Every job I've had was a job nobody else wanted | Evolving Ecommerce Ep.2 from 2021-01-27T15:30

Today on the show, we have Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy since 2017. Etsy is an innovative online marketplace that connects millions of passionate creative sellers and buyers around the world. Wit...

Becoming Shopify | Evolving eCommerce ep.1 from 2021-01-13T15:30

Today on the show, we have Harley Finkelstein, the President of Shopify. Shopify is a leading global e-commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market and manage a retail busine...

Hans Tung of GGV: The Unbelievable 2020 from 2020-12-30T15:30

For our last episode in this special year, we bring you Hans's perspective on 2020. To our listeners across the world, thank you for being with us. We look forward to bringing you more insights ...

Jixun Foo of GGV: A Year of Turning Points from 2020-12-23T15:30

2020 will be one for the history books. In this 3-part series, we sit down with GGV Capital's managing partners to get their take on memorable moments of 2020, new habits developed during lockdo...

Son Tran of Tiki: a Decade of Entrepreneurship in Vietnam from 2020-12-09T15:30

Today on the show, we have Son Tran, founder, and CEO of Tiki. Tiki (short for "Tìm kiếm & Tiết kiệm", which means "Search & Save") is a top all-in-one commerce platform in Vietnam, including an...

Jenny Lee of GGV: Why EdTech is not a Winners Take All Sector from 2020-11-25T15:30

For the last episode of our EdTech series, we have GGV managing partner Jenny Lee. Jenny has been investing in the space for almost a decade now. So we thought a conversation with her would be t...

Creating New Categories in a Crowded Market | EdTech Series 3 ft. Huohua Siwei (Spark Education) from 2020-11-11T15:30

Today on the show we have Mark Luo. Mark Luo is the founder and CEO of Huohua Siwei (Spark Education). It is a learning app that develops logical thinking, concentration, and other cognitive ski...

Radically Improving Science Education | EdTech Series 2 ft. Labster from 2020-10-28T14:30

Making learning fun is hard, especially in this day and age where you have to compete with social media and games for students' attention. What's even harder is to do so and get a better learnin...

Making Freemium Work | EdTech Series 1 ft. China's Top Learning App Zuoyebang from 2020-10-14T14:30

For the first episode of our EdTech series, you will be hearing from the founder of Zuoyebang Hou Jianbin, whose personal belief about education significantly shaped the way he built this compan...

Special Series on EdTech | Teaser from 2020-09-30T14:30

2020 is a defining year for many of us. This is a year when 85% of the countries in the world mandated school closure, leaving 1.5 billion students out of school. A year when valuation of EdTech...

Peter De Caluwe of Thunes: Building a Cross-Border Payments Network for Emerging Markets from 2020-09-16T14:30

Today on the show, we have Peter De Caluwe, the Executive Chairman and CEO of Thunes. Thunes is a B2B cross-border payments network for emerging markets. It provides transfer of funds between pa...

Siddharth Shah of PharmEasy on Disrupting the Healthcare Business in India from 2020-09-02T14:30

Interviewed by Hans Tung and Madhu Yalamarthi.

On today's episode, we have Siddharth Shah, co-founder and CEO of PharmEasy, India's largest digital health platform. Start with a vis...

Hendra Kwik of Payfazz: Empowering the Unbanked in Indonesia from 2020-08-19T14:30

This episode is co-hosted by GGV Colleague Dimitra Taslim. It was recorded a while back, so we also caught up with Hendra for an covid update in the second part of the podcast.

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Live in Jakarta: Founders Q&A with Hans Tung from 2020-08-05T14:30

Today's episode is a recording of a founders' dinner we hosted in Jakarta last year. In a short Q&A part of the night, Hans answered a wide range of questions, including absolutes, trade-offs, t...

Agung of Warung Pintar: How Covid-19 made mom-and-pop shops in Indonesia more open to technology from 2020-07-22T14:30

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Bonus Episode: Hans Tung on Emerging Trends, FoodTech and Advice for his Younger Self from 2020-07-15T14:30

Today's episode originally aired on our previous guest Garry Tan's YouTube Channel. Garry turned the table and interviewed Hans on being a global investor in this day and age, what great founder...

George and Gaery of Tiket.com: Why We Remain Optimistic for the Travel Industry from 2020-07-08T14:30

This episode is co-hosted by GGV Colleague Dimitra Taslim. It was recorded a while back, so we also caught up with George and Gaery for an covid update in the second part of the podcast.
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Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech from 2020-06-24T14:30

Today on the show we have Garry Tan, the managing partner of Initialized Capital, a vent...

Achmad Zaky of Bukalapak: Why Now is the Best Time to do Startups from 2020-06-10T14:30

On this episode, we have Achmad Zaky, the founder and former CEO of Bukalapak, one of Indonesia's largest eCommerce site and the newest unicorn in Indonesia. The name Bukalapak means "open a mar...

Jenny Lee of GGV: Why We Invested in Agora, post-Covid Tech Trends, and Advice for Technical Founders from 2020-05-29T11:00

As a bonus episode, we also caught up with Jenny, who led GGV's investment in Agora. We covered how she first met Tony, the future GGV was betting on and advice for technical founders.

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Tony Zhao of Agora: Building a PaaS Company that Connects Everyone in Real Time from 2020-05-28T12:27:17

For this episode, we have Tony Zhao, founder, and CEO of Agora.io. Agora is the only real-time engagement platform d...

Cecilia Sun of Miss Fresh: The Economics of Online Grocery in China from 2020-05-20T14:30

This episode is the recording of a private webinar we recently organized for GGV portfolio companies working to improve the supply chain of food in different markets.

Online grocery...

GGV Live Special: Mobilizing Distributed Teams in Crisis - featuring HashiCorp and HelloBike from 2020-05-01T12:00

This episode is the last of our 3-part-webinar series on how founders and leaders are dealing with the current global crisis. It was hosted by GGV's Head of Talent Jennifer Holmstrom and feature...

GGV Live Special: How Alibaba Survived SARS and Thrived afterwards - featuring its then-President and COO Savio Kwan from 2020-04-15T10:00

When the SARS pandemic struck in 2003, Savio was working as president and COO of an internet startup named Alibaba. Not only did the startup survive SARS, it launched a new business called Taoba...

GGV Live Special: Coronavirus-Proof Your Cash Flow w/ Jixun Foo @GGV and Brian Gu @XPENG from 2020-04-02T12:08:26

With the escalated spread of the coronavirus, GGV Capital is running a 3-session-webinar series with founders around the world to help them navigate the radical uncertainty ahead. Today's episod...

GGV Fellows: Doing Startups in China as Young Global Talent from 2020-03-25T14:30

For all of our listeners whose life has been disrupted by the coronavirus, we want to let you know that we stand in solidarity with you. We will get through this together. If you are a start...