Geoff Masters
FOUNDING PARTNER/CHAIRMAN
Geoff started his first company when he was just 19 and sold it at age 21. Since 1999, Geoff has held Non-Executive Director, Chairman, CEO or Managing Director roles working with founders and companies to assist them to reach their potential. Focus areas have been, active turnarounds, business improvement, capital raising and corporate structuring, predominantly in the Asia Pacific area. Geoff is an Australian but has lived and worked in Sydney, Tokyo and now Singapore. He has raised or access to funding, in Japan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Australia. Broader Asian countries can be reached as can the US for the right projects. The practical obligations both from a continuous corporate governance perspective and the experience gained by taking a private company onto the Australian Stock Exchange through the full IPO to public trading process can provide the right Boards and Founders with real-world experience or reinforcement. Geoff is a commercially astute business management professional with extensive international experience in the Information Technology & Environmental Sciences industries. He can wear a corporate suit but has the heart of a true entrepreneur.
Timo Josten
Founding ParTner
Timo Josten is an entrepreneur and investor based out of Singapore. During the last few years, he has set-up a Film Production House, founded and invested into three digital analytics consultancies and most recently become a founding partner in Meraki Venture Partners - a high touch venture partnership with a portfolio of outstanding Seed and Series A startups. Timo is also allergic to penguins. Timo also worked at Google for over five years, across a range of departments, locations, and products. Most notably, he was part of the Google Analytics team, working as a Partner Program Manager out of the Singapore office. From there, he managed the Google Analytics Certified Partner program in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Before joining Singapore’s thriving entrepreneurial scene and working at Google, Timo was active in the media and entertainment industry as a producer and consultant in Los Angeles and London.
Taisuke Yamamoto
FOUNDING PARTNER
Taisuke has more than a decade of experience in the startup space in Asia, with a knack for building companies from scratch. He has built businesses in Music, Events, Social Media, and Technology Development, in countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Taisuke previously founded Geezerbuild, a Singaporean digital agency, where he has advised companies regionally, including Singapore Press Holdings, FreakOut Japan, Pet Lovers Centre, The Government of Indonesia, TradeHero, and more. As a technology entrepreneur, Taisuke has a passion for human behaviour in technology, digital marketing, and robotics. Prior to his technology career, Taisuke was a journalist and music record label owner.
Andrew Crombie
FOUNDING PARTNER
After more than 25 years in Asia, with stints in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan, Andrew has earned a reputation as one of the region’s leading business and brand builders. He has had senior regional and global leadership roles in the world’s leading advertising agencies including Ogilvy, FCB and HAVAS. He was a founding partner in Asia’s leading health and agriculture communications agency, H&T, before becoming Asia-Pacific CEO of FITCH Design, the world's leading brand and retail design consultancy. Andrew then established crombie.design to bring world class Venture Design, Brand Design and Customer Experience design to emerging Asian businesses. Andrew is a regular speaker and commentator on business innovation, brand and marketing matters in Asia. He is also an active Non-Exec Director, and member of Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and the Australian Institute of Directors (AICD).