Investing in Asia explores the unprecedented growth across the most populated region in the world. We're talking about Asia outside of China, where 44% of the world's population lives. They are young, they are digital natives, and their buying power is increasing by the day. Join your host Arshad Chowdhury, an investor with the Betatron Venture Group, as he meets investors, entrepreneurs and key players to understand the opportunities and challenges of scaling startups here. Learn more about Betatron Venture Group - https://www.betatron.co/ Hosted by Arshad Chowdhury - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arshadgc/
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Recent episodes include "Token Economics: Why It's So Hard To Track AI Spending At Large Companies" (22 August 2026, 14 minutes), "Token Economics: Why It's So Hard To Track AI Spending At Large Companies" (21 August 2026, 16 minutes), and "Soft Robotics With Dr. Cecilia Laschi" (19 September 2025, 25 minutes).
Investing In Asia publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 22 episodes.
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Investing In Asia is a business show with 22 episodes published.
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Episode #22
Enterprises around the world are struggling to predict and track their AI spending. What makes this a hard problem to solve, and what can CFOs do now to get a handle on token spending? This episode is ideal for anyone...
Episode #22
Enterprises around the world are struggling to predict and track their AI spending. What makes this a hard problem to solve, and what can CFOs do now to get a handle on token spending? This episode is ideal for anyone...
Episode #21
<p>Listen in on a conversation with Dr. Cecilia Laschi, a leading expert in soft robotics and bio-inspired robotics at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Laschi discusses her research on building efficient...
Episode #20
<p>Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024, amid massive protests and violent unrest that had gripped the country for weeks. The unrest began as student-led protests against a controversial...
Episode #19
<p>Companies large and small across Asia are increasingly adopting autonomous robots in warehouses and manufacturing. At the bleeding edge of this is Rahul Nambiar, CEO of Botsync. Botsync helps manufacturers automate...
Episode #18
<p>Today’s guest is Bhavik Vashi, the managing director for Asia Pacific and the Middle East at Carta. His seat at Carta gives him a perfect view as to what’s happening in the region in terms of startup and VC...
Episode #17
<p> Today's guest is Caesar Sengupta, the CEO of Arta Finance, a wealth management platform built by Caesar and his team of ex Googlers. They came out of stealth in 2022 and announced having raised 90 million in...
Episode #16
<p>Today’s guest is Leo Jiang. Leo is the Chief Digital Officer of Huawei Cloud and AI for APAC and the Founder of the company’s global accelerator, Huawei Spark. He’s been recognised as a Top 10 Most Influential CDO...
Episode #15
<p>Today’s guest is Erika Cheung, a key whistleblower who reported Theranos to health regulators. Her report subsequently led to the shutdown of Theranos’ clinical lab which prevented the company from providing false...
Episode #14
<p>Today's guest is Bas Fransen, CEO and founder of EcoMatcher. Originally from Holland, Bas started his career in the Royal Dutch Navy and went on to become a technology executive with long stints at Phillips Semi...
Episode #13
<p>William Bao Bean is Managing Director of Orbit Startups the first and longest-running startup program in Asia and General Partner of SOSV the #2 most active venture capital investor in the world and #5 Asia/ROW with...
Episode #12
<p>This episode delves into the issue of corruption within the Indian construction industry while examining how 91Squarefeet is making significant improvements to this sector in India.</p><p>We learn exactly how...
Episode #11
<p>Danyaal Abdul Khaliq is a founder and general partner at Teamup Ventures, an early-stage VC Fund investing in MENAPT (middle east, north Africa, Pakistan, Turkey). Danyaal also set up Teamup Angels, a startup...
Episode #10
<p>How is your investment strategy changing in light of climate change? Which regions and industries are poised to survive and thrive, and which face existential threats? Where should you work and live in the coming...
Episode #9
<p>In this episode, we take a look at startups in Turkey. 2021 is shaping up to be a great year for Turkey with two<br/>different companies - Getir and Dream Games - reaching unicorn status in the first half of 2021...
Episode #8
<p>In this episode of Investing In Asia, we'll learn about Vietnam, where investments in startups rose by a factor of 8 between 2016 and 2019, and they continue to rise in 2021 even as the country battles Covid...
Episode #7
<p>Betatron's Website: https://www.betatron.co/<br/><br/>Today we'll learn how new tech companies are transforming Pakistan. A young, vibrant, but often misunderstood country, Pakistan has been named one of Asia's...
Episode #6
<p>Today we're talking about Property tech, aka Proptech in Asia. Asia is the world's largest real estate market. Investments into startups servicing the industry, from construction to management to sales and rentals...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode, we meet Dr. Parag Khanna, a geopolitical scholar and best-selling author of 6 books. He's the Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. And his most recent...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode we learn about sustainability investments in Asia. With its population density, massive urbanization, and already-strained access to water and energy, Asia is particularly vulnerable to the early...
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Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha; Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap, Climate Alpha
National University of Singapore
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