EF Team

Jessica Cheung

Head of Programme, Singapore

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Singapore

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Jessica has played a pivotal role in contributing to the startup ecosystem in Hong Kong and the wider APAC region over the last 6 years. As the first employee at Nest VC – one of Asia’s leading accelerator programmes – Jessica was responsible for and worked directly with corporate clients to set up their accelerator programmes (DBS, OCBC, Bangkok Bank, Infiniti Lab, AIA).

She has also built and launched an equity crowdfunding platform Investable, worked with over 70 international seed and series A startups, and is a frequent speaker at universities. Jessica is now with Entrepreneur First to help individuals to find a co-founder, validate an idea and build a company from scratch.

Rahul Samat

Partner and General Manager, Bangalore

Leads EF India, prior leadership experience at a decacorn. Founder, Angel Investor & UPenn graduate

Gina Yoo

Head of Ventures, Toronto

Previous co-founder and COO of Mannr with investor networks in Canada and NYC

Kano Takebayashi

Programme Lead, Singapore

Investor across early-stage, growth & private equity.

Julia Lee

Program Associate, Toronto

Experience building communities and scaling growth, passionate about supporting entrepreneurs

Derek Jouppi

Programme Lead, Toronto

Ex-COO & co-founder of Suncayr, established voice in the entrepreneurship and tech communities

Lucie Simco

Talent Associate, Toronto

Supported corporate and startup clients to build commercial and technical teams

Maja Vujic

Talent Manager, Toronto

Leads out Talent team to find the world's most ambitious people, former top 5 Canadian tennis player

Natasha Ivison

Talent Associate, Singapore

Ex-talent at Zilingo, helped corporate and startup clients build commercial and technical teams

Tejas Parikh

Talent Manager, Singapore

Recruited top talent for firms including McKinsey and Monetary Authority of Singapore

Didier Vermeiren

Entrepreneur in Residence, Singapore

Ex-director at Founder Institute, founded two European property startups

Hou Sheng Poh

Programme Associate, Entrepreneur First Singapore

Part of founding Singapore team of Tokenomy, helped run Indonesia's largest cryptocurrency exchange

Shiu Lun Tsang

Entrepreneur in Residence, Singapore

Worked with 200+ entrepreneurs, experience across corporate, academia and startups

Prajwal Bhat

Entrepreneur in Residence

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Cerenode and computational biologist

Yi Ning Lim

Head of Global Marketing, Entrepreneur First

Leads on EF's brand and content, angel investor and growth strategy mentor

Thomas Poitrineau

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First

Previous Principal at Entrepreneur First, focused on company building. Now an investor at a VC fund

Vivek Kumar

Funding Manager

Founder with extensive experience supporting and scaling early tech startups in India

Lena Berghaus

Talent Manager, EF Berlin

Expertise at the intersection of global talent and entrepreneurship

Matt Clifford

Co-founded EF to help the world's most ambitious people break into entrepreneurship.

Alice Bentinck

Co-founder of Entrepreneur First, passionate about helping the world's best potential founders

Jonny Clifford

Partner and General Manager, London

Leads EF London, supported companies to raise over $100m in seed funding

Coralie Chaufour

Partner and General Manager, Paris

Engagement Manager at McKinsey and corporate lawyer, graduated from Harvard and Sciences Po

Tom Shinner

Experienced board director & co-founder bringing experience from government & management consultancy

Bernadette Cho

Partner and General Manager, Singapore

Angel investor with high-level experience from across the startup, technology and non-profit sectors

Ashutosh Vikram

Serial entrepreneur, co-founded India's largest tech-driven supply chain platform

Ashwin Chandra

Entrepreneur in Residence

Two-time founder supporting teams to ideate and build backable companies

Philipp Herkelmann

Partner and General Manager, Berlin

Leads EF Germany, experience global leading tech companies in Europe and the Valley, Angel Investor

Rachel Zimmer

Partner and General Manager, Toronto

Exited founder and startup mentor, passionate about accelerating Canadian entrepreneurship

Bogdan Knezevic

Form Manager, Toronto

Mentor to founders throughout their EF journey, experience both investment and startup side