Southeast #2: From KL to Bangkok… with love?
Challenges, opportunities of investing in Thailand’s startup scene.
This is coming in hot on a Tuesday night. But, first, some ICYMIs:
🚨Perhaps the biggest announcement is that prices are going up effective October 1. But this is the best time to either upgrade your subscription or hop on board at the current price. More details below 👇🏽
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I run monthly and annual subscriptions. There’s also the atas or founding member tier where you get all the perks of an annual subscription and more, such as an annual or founder’s report and insight into how this little corner of the internet fared throughout the year.
🚨 The founding member tier is a sliding one, meaning it starts at US$60/year and you can raise it as high as you want — in case you want to give more, which I welcome anytime.
Group subscriptions are on the table, if you’re mulling over purchases for your organisation or for family members.
Kevin Brockland runs Indelible Ventures, an early-stage VC fund with a regional lens.
He’s one of the more accessible VCs in this part of the world: opinionated, media-friendly, and firmly in the trenches.
From his base in Kuala Lumpur, Kevin hunts for deals across Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
The last time we spoke, he was still looking to write his first cheque in Thailand, arguably one of the region’s more politically volatile markets.
With Southeast keeping tabs on cross-border shifts, I caught up with Kevin for a quick dive into what it takes to navigate a relatively new frontier.