Monk’s Hill Ventures

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

$10M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

04.03.2016

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1

all rounds

$10M

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About Company
Monk’s Hill Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups in Southeast Asia.

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founded date

2014

Offices

1 George Street #21-01 Singapore 049145

1 George Street #21-01 Singapore 049145

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Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

The firm takes a first-principles approach in how it operates and makes decisions, breaking down ideas and business models to understand the fundamentals. With on-the-ground teams in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand, MHV's network comprises entrepreneurs, investors, former CEOs, engineers, academics, media, and a team of operating advisors with strong domain expertise to provide founders with the right access and advice as they scale and build.
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Kuo-Yi Lim
Kuo-Yi Lim

Kuo-Yi Lim

Kuo-Yi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. He is based in Singapore and is a board member of Ninja Van, Padlet, KKday, Jio Health, Horangi, Saleswhale, Finaxar and Zipmatch. In the early 2000’s, Kuo-Yi was an early employee of Encentuate, an identity and access management software startup (acquired by IBM) and Reputation Technologies, a supplier relationship management software startup (acquired by Security Sources). In 2008, he co-Founded SportsHook, a social networking and event management SaaS startup for the sports community. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, Kuo-Yi was CEO of Infocomm Investments, a $200M venture fund based in Singapore investing in technology startups globally. At Infocomm Investments, Kuo-Yi led investments in Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), Dataxu, Quid, Gengo and other leading startups. Kuo-Yi serves as a board member on several Singapore government statutory boards, including the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Health Promotion Board (HPB), and the Intellectual Property Office (IPOS). He is also a member of the Future Economy Council in Singapore. Kuo-Yi graduated from MIT with the bachelor, master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering. His doctoral thesis is in the area of nanophotonics, specifically in the design, fabrication and characterization of photonic crystal structures.

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Peng T. Ong

Peng T. Ong

Peng is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage tech venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Peng is an industry veteran with over 25 years of industry as an entrepreneur, founder, and investor in Silicon Valley and in Asia. He is based in Indonesia and is a board member of Glints, ELSA, Intelligent Video Solutions, STOQO and Escapex. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures in China. The firm is known for its successful investments in companies like Didi Chuxing and Qunar. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded a series of successful companies including Electric Classifieds (today known as Match.com), Interwoven and Eccentuate, which combined today generate over USD$1 billion in revenues annually. Peng is currently the Chairman of SolveEducation! and serves as a board member of the International Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin and SEA Founders. Peng earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.

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count Of Exists

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Susli Lie

Susli Lie

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Jeremy Au

Jeremy Au

VC

Justin Nguyen

Justin Nguyen

Partner

Michele Daoud

Michele Daoud

Partner

Peng T. Ong

Peng T. Ong

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Kuo-Yi Lim

Kuo-Yi Lim

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

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