Team

Partners

Zacchaeus BOON

With 15 years of software industry experience and extensive investment credentials, Zacchaeus is currently a partner with Canada-based McLean Watson Capital, responsible for the Asia Pacific region.

Dr Bernard LEONG

Bernard is a co-founder of SGEntrepreneurs.com, and specializes in the realm of online social networks, mobile-web applications and gaming.

Gwendolyn TAN

Facilitating entrepreneurial interaction as co-founder of SGEntrepreneurs.com, Gwen also acts as mentor and consultant to startups in the field of digital media. She currently serves as an Advisor on the board of Start-Up@Singapore.

Boon Leong YAP

Boon Leong is a serial entrepreneur, and is currently the founder of Resolvo Systems, a technology company with employees and operations across Asia.

Boon Leong is also the Founder of the Singapore Open Source Alliance, a consortium of leading global and local IT vendors.

Advisors

Dr Adrian CHEOK

Dr Cheok is the Director of the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also the deputy head of the IDM Institute in NUS.

He has successfully obtained funding for externally funded projects in the area of wearable computers and mixed reality from Nike, National Oilwell Varco, Defense Science Technology Agency, Ministry of Communications and Arts, National Arts Council, Singapore Science Center and Hougang Primary School.

Bill CLAXTON

Bill Claxton is a streaming media specialist based in Singapore for the past 15 years. He's originally from San Francisco North Bay Area (Marin County). Bill is founder and technical director of Iterate Pte Ltd, a Singapore company which sells solutions and services related to Internet video.

William KLIPPGEN

William Klippgen was an early mover in the European internet industry. He co-founded e-commerce comparison portal Zoomit.com which later merged with Kelkoo.com and was sold to Yahoo! in 2004. In Singapore since 2003, William has founded investment company Tigris Capital and co-founded BAF Spectrum, a seed investment company under the Business Angel Scheme. He serves on the boards of several portfolio companies in Europe and Asia.

Dr Charles LEE

Dr Lee has funded numerous seed stage start-ups – including the 1M USD seed for Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Inc. and is the author of Cowboys and Dragons, a book on the differences between China-America business practices. 

Dr Lawrence WONG

Prof. Lawrence Wong is Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore and is also Acting Director of the Interactive and Digital Media Institute, NUS.

He has been involved in managing ICT services and research, as past Director of NUS' Centre for Instructional Technology and Computer Centre, and Executive Director of the Institute for Infocomm Research.