Greg is a quantitative investment and private equity professional with more than 20 years of experience designing portfolio and investment solutions for banks and multinational conglomerates in Asia, Europe and the United States.

He is also a startup founder, applying blockchain and other technologies to address thorny environmental and social issues. Greg is a published author on investments; an INSEAD Entrepreneur-in-Residence; and studied Computer Science at Stanford (BA) and business at INSEAD (MBA).

Germaine is the Head of Regional Growth and Investments at Found. Her role is to chart Found.’s entrance and journey in new cities in Southeast Asia. Germaine also manages Found. Ventures, an early-stage investment fund set up to invest in high potential pre-seed to seed stage companies in South East Asia.

Germaine is taking this opportunity to be a judge at SLT 2018 because she believes in celebrating diversity within the startup ecosystem.

She is not only joining as a judge but a mentor who wants to grow the participants by sharing her learnings, both as a VC and from her time growing startups, with other female founders. Through this she hopes to empower and encourage more females on their journey through our network ecosystem.

Repeated success as an industry-leading startup entrepreneur and investor, with demonstrated history of successfully fostering 70+ new ventures. An international innovation leader with experience spanning products and services in media, software and technology.

Currently serving as Chief Commercial Officer for Shopback with responsibilities across Country Management and Marketing. Launched in 2014, ShopBack is Southeast Asia’s largest and fastest growing online loyalty platform whose mission is to provide people with a smarter way to shop.

Today, ShopBack provides a trusted platform on which a growing community of shoppers are discovering and earning cashback on their purchases from over 1,300 merchants, including Singapore Airlines, Uber, Expedia, Zalora and Groupon. Headquartered in Singapore, ShopBack is also present in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Taiwan

Yoke Shang heads the Startup Development team at NUS Enterprise, managing the portfolio of startups which NUS holds equity interest. She and the team help the startups navigate their startup journeys through mentorships, fund raising, partnerships, and other needs which the startups may require assistance.


Prior to joining NUS Enterprise in 2017, Yoke Shang spent over a decade in VC investments and banking. She has worked on both the buy-side and sell-side, and is well-versed in equity investments and complex credit transactions.