Raid (T̶h̶e̶) Your Fridge with Wavemaker Partners

If you found your way to this event page just now, please know you can still join today’s 6:30 PM SGT/PHT session. This is the Zoom link and the Zoom Meeting ID is 812 2690 8664 . We open the Zoom room by 6:25 PM. Thanks and see you later!

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Climate, Carbon, & Cap Tables

This month’s 108th Raid The Fridge session presents Wavemaker Partners Managing Partner B. Paul Santos in a fireside chat with Kickstart Ventures President Minette Navarrete on the role of VCs to mitigate climate change impact and what they look for when making climate change investments.

Our featured speaker Wavemaker Partners is committed to sustainability in their operations and through their portfolio companies:

• Launched Wavemaker Impact in October 2021: the first VC climate tech venture builder in Southeast Asia aiming to reduce 10% of global carbon emissions;

• Closed Wavemaker Fund 4 in March 2022: a US$136M VC dry powder for enterprise, deep tech, and sustainability startups in Southeast Asia.

Do join us and learn more about investing in sustainability; you can send questions in advance via your Doorkeeper registration.

Thanks and see you next week!

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

B. PAUL SANTOS | Managing Partner, Wavemaker Partners
Experienced entrepreneur and investor

B. Paul Santos is Managing Partner of Singapore-headquartered Wavemaker Partners. The firm is Southeast Asia’s go-to VC firm investing in early-stage enterprise, deep tech, and sustainability startups. Since 2012, it has backed 170+ companies, of which about 150 (>85%) are in enterprise, deep tech and/or sustainability. The firm has over US$300 million in AUM across four funds in the region, and has seen more than 10 exits with an aggregate enterprise value of over US$700 million. Notable active portfolio companies include Borneo, ecoSpirits, eFishery, Growsari, GudangAda, Iterative Scopes and Silent Eight. Paul is also one of the founding partners of Wavemaker Impact, a Southeast Asian venture builder partnered with Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), that aims to co-found climate tech startups. He also chairs the investment committee for Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ventures. Prior to starting Wavemaker Partners, Paul was an entrepreneur who co-founded six companies and sold three. He started his career as a product manager at Procter & Gamble. He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a B.S. in Management Engineering and a Joint Minor in International Management with the University of Antwerp.

MINETTE B. NAVARRETE | President, Kickstart Ventures
Strategy; Leadership and General Management

Minette Navarrete is President of Kickstart Ventures, Inc. She is Senior Vice President at Globe
Telecom, and a member of the Board of Directors of AdSpark, Globe’s digital advertising
subsidiary. She also co-chairs the Ayala Corporation Innovation Advisory Council. Prior to
joining Globe, Minette held CEO/COO positions in various industries, ranging from scrappy
Philippine startups to iconic global companies.