Melissa Ho
Melissa focuses on retail and distribution, marketing and media, sustainability, proptech and funtech investments, as well as the Indonesian and Malaysian market. Prior to Wavemaker, she led Shopee’s Regional Marketing (Partnerships) team, where she sourced and nurtured strategic platform-wide partnerships across synergistic industries. She also held various roles at Singapore Airlines, from corporate strategy, fuel […]
Joel Ang
Joel is involved in the sourcing and evaluation of deals, due diligence, and the preparation of investment proposals for the fund’s investment decisions. He oversees the Deep Tech and Thailand portfolio companies for Wavemaker. Prior to Wavemaker, Joel worked under the M&A Advisory team of PwC Singapore and the Finance team of government venture capital […]
Kano Takebayashi
Kano focuses on the sourcing and evaluation of deals across South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She has over 8 years of experience in investments and consulting. Prior to joining Wavemaker, Kano was an investment manager in the private equity team at Aberdeen Standard Investments, where she invested in mid-sized companies across a wide […]
Chris Leong
Chris manages HR, finance, and administration for Wavemaker, providing guidance and support for our portfolio companies in these areas whenever required. Prior to joining Wavemaker, she was HR and Administration manager for 3I Infotech where she managed the full spectrum of HR support for 400 employees in Singapore, Malaysia, India and Australia.
Ivy Beh
Ivy is responsible for matters related to financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and liaising with external auditors and tax agents. Ivy brings with her more than 12 years’ experience in auditing and accounting. Most recently, she was the Assistant Finance Manager at Kelly Services, where she was responsible for the Southeast Asia region across multiple […]
Huang Wenshan
Wenshan practiced as an intellectual property and tech lawyer for 5 years before making the shift in-house as a dedicated legal counsel. Across stints in Mediacorp, ZALORA, 90 Seconds and Circles.Life, he has encountered and helped to solve a wide variety of problems and legal issues for companies across various stages of growth
Rachel Ng
Rachel leads strategic projects and supports the organisational development of Wavemaker. She also leads the Community and Platform team to help accelerate growth of portfolio companies. Rachel has 15 years’ experience in HR and Talent Acquisition from Singapore, New Zealand, and Malaysia. During her four years at 90 Seconds from seed stage to Series B, […]
Manuel Ravago
Manuel oversees the firm’s research practice, supporting due diligence processes. He was previously a Research Director for IT Services advisory firm, Tholons, where he led consulting projects for Fortune 500 clients and institutional bodies such as the IADB (Inter-American Development Bank) and the World Bank. Prior, Manuel was a Research Manager for IDC (International Data […]
