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Ventures International Group clients benefit from the industry experience of an international network of Associates, all of whom are seasoned business veterans, who have worked in a wide range of fields, and have either held top management positions with international companies, or have successfully founded, built and exited their businesses.
The team has solid experience in dealing with the funding requirements of companies, and specifically with Capital Raising and Investment Funding. We understand what our Investor Network is seeking in terms of Investment Funding Opportunities.
The solid international business experience of our team makes Ventures International at home in many countries and business cultures, and well-positioned to "bridge the gap" to Asian Investors, and business people. We can assist to get your business successfully funded, as well as help you start your business in Asia by rapidly and effectively connecting you to Investors, Customers and Strategic Partners to the benefit of your company.
As the company's business is Singapore-focused and Asia-centric, the company is building a cross-cultural team, and is currently providing Capital Raising/Private Equity Funding industry experience and opportunity (through internships) to young Singapore based students, graduates, and professionals.
Olavs Ritenis
Singapore, CEO
Capital Raising and Investment Funding
Strategic Advisory, Business Mentoring
+65 9339 4536 (Singapore)
+61 416 58 63 63 (Australia)
+66 8 4669 9851 (Thailand)
As the founder and CEO of Ventures International Group, Olavs has three decades of international business experience, with considerable Asia-specific experience, and extensive connections across the Asia Pacific region. He is an accomplished entrepreneur, having previously founded and served as CEO of his own software and consulting services businesses. After senior management roles with major US global IT vendors, Olavs has run his own software, services and Internet-related companies in Australia and Asia for the past 20+ years, primarily representing various US and European technology vendors in the Asia Pacific region. Olavs is well-versed in establishing, managing and supporting channel partners throughout Asia, Europe and Australia. He has a passion for working with early stage and growth stage companies, providing them with business development assistance, mentoring, strategic advisory services, and assistance with capital raising.
Olavs also has considerable experience and a successful track record in Capital Raising and Investment Funding. This is now his main area of focus and specialisation. He is well-versed in understanding the needs and thinking of both Investors and Investee Companies, as well as managing complex investment transactions, and is therefore able to effectively facilitate the investment process. As an Australian expat, he is based in Singapore, with frequent travel across the region, including regular visits to Australia to service the needs of the company's Australian clients and investors.
Luke Morrish
Market-Entry Services – Asia Gateway
Luke has spent 19 years working within technology and IT services companies in Australia, the USA and South East Asia. He has held various sales management and delivery roles in large multi-national corporations as well as small to medium enterprises. Working across different global regions with Fujitsu and Dimension Data for over 10 years, Luke led sales engagements for large, complex multi-million dollar projects in Banking and Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail and Federal Government. A British/Australian dual national, Luke holds a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from University of Wales, Cardiff.
Samuel Leong
International Business Development and Marketing
Business Advisory and Strategy
Investments and Deal Negotiations
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Samuel has 20+ years of experience in international business and corporate development roles with his own businesses, as well as private and public listed companies. As a lead advisor and entrepreneur for these companies, he specializes in investments, divestitures, marketing, sales, new businesses, and capital raising. Sector experience includes Investment & Business Advisory, FinTech (Blockchain/Crypto/ICO/Payments), Education, Real Estate Development & Investments, Food & Beverage (F&B), and Music & Media Entertainment.
He has worked in USA, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and is currently based in Singapore. Strong business network in Asia, US, and parts of EU. Samuel holds a Diploma in Business Studies (Marketing) from Singapore; a BSc. In Business Administration (Marketing, Communication) and MSc. in Media Management & Programming (Marketing) from New York, USA.
Andrei Roudenko
APAC Business Development (B2B, B2C Marketing, Partnerships)
Andrei has been working for over 25 years as a Management Consultant (IT practice of E&Y), an Investment Banker (Top II rankings, while with Morgan Stanley in London), a VC Director (three x6-8 deals in European and US FinTech), and a Founder (an award-winning AdTech company). He is now based in Singapore, engaged in APAC business development for a number of European and American enterprises.
The previous successful experience has enabled Andrei to help clients setting up new businesses, building partnerships in EMEA and APAC regions. His extensive network includes contacts at multinational corporations, family businesses, investors and private funds across Asia.
Dr. Warunyar Saadeam
Cross-cultural Consulting
Asia Business Connections
International Business Facilitation
+66 96 565 1965 (Thailand)
Warunyar is responsible for managing international client and investor relations. With her dual Thai-Australian citizenship, she has extensive business connections throughout Asia, as well as in Australia. Warunyar has a PhD in Communications and Public Relations from Australia, and has successfully managed her own Public Relations and cross-cultural consulting business for a number of years. Warunyar has been extensively involved in international business facilitation, managing client and investor relationships, as well as working with the media industry throughout her 12-year international business career. She is also a successful published author and motivational speaker.
Phil Chynoweth
Phil is an Australian businessman who has worked in a number of capacities with companies seeking to expand their businesses offshore since the early 1990's. After completing his undergraduate degree from the University of Sydney, he spent 20 years working with IBM and Microsoft in various management positions in Australia and in Asia.
He has spent the last 12 years investing, mentoring and managing new ventures in the UK, Asia Pacific, Australia and North America. He was engaged by the Australian Government as a commercialization advisor in 2007 till 2011.
Phil has a portfolio of companies and interests across biotech and health, clean technologies, telecommunication / information technologies and social network /community development industries. He has assisted a number of these companies with pivots, export development, fund raising as well as trade sales. He has been a member of a number of early stage investment networks in Australia, a CEO of a boutique Bio-venture fund (National Health Sciences Centre), General Manager of a publishing company and chair of an eye hospital. Phil has been an international partner for UCLA's Global Access Program and has a comprehensive network of investors in the US and Asia.
Olaf Lohmann
Mobile Media Applications, such as Live Video Streaming and Mobile Gaming
Capital Raising for Start-up Companies
International Business Development and Sales
Olaf has spent most of the past sixteen years in building new businesses, for both multi-nationals and start-up companies, and driving their expansion into new markets in Asia, Europe and North America.After being an initial member of the team that set up Orange in Switzerland, he has gathered thirteen years of entrepreneurial experience mainly in Asia, became a founder or co-founder of several companies, and has managed a number of successful capital-raising campaigns from VCs or strategic investors in Malaysia, Singapore and in Silicon Valley.Olaf holds a Master's Degree of electro-technical engineering with the University of Applied Sciences of Hanover, Germany.
Geospatial Applications
Jeremy Brown has been involved in all aspects of growing technology-based businesses across three continents for over 25 years. He has held senior management roles with venture-backed organizations including Alphablox and Symantec as well as several start-ups. Jeremy managed the process of building Symantec UK (a privately held company) from start-up to the point of acquisition by Symantec Corporation and led the successful integration of the two companies. He has managed sales and marketing initiatives across the spectrum from retail to enterprise, and has considerable experience with channel sales and development. Jeremy is involved in Asia Pacific due diligence research and has held multiple interim CEO positions as well as start-up advisory board membership. Jeremy holds a BSc in Management Science and an MSc in Operational Research and Computer Simulation from Warwick University, UK.
Peter Moule
Resources and Manufacturing
An experienced IT executive with many years in the industry, both from a Consumer and a Vendor perspective, Peter has run his own Consulting and Services company for the last 5 years and prior to that had several successful, lengthy stints of Sales and Sales Management at various global, multi-national software companies. With industry experience in Banking, Financial Services, Resources and Manufacturing, in Australia and Europe, Peter's past roles provide a firm grounding to deal with any Client situation.
Lucien Crombach
Private Equity Services (Fund Raising & Company Restructuring)
Investments & Deal Negotiations
Investment Management & Consulting (for Company Sale)
Sourcing Joint-Venture Partners, Add-On Acquisitions, Co-Investors
+852 5981 4702 (Hong Kong)
+31 6 1461 0311 (Netherlands)
Lucien has more than 20 years' experience as an Investment Banking and Private Equity professional (and is also a partner at Kyrin Capital, a private equity firm in Hong Kong). He has previously worked in Europe for KPMG Corporate Finance (Mergers & Acquisitions), and with ABN AMRO Investment Banking (as a Director). Also as an Investment Director with KRC Capital (Family Office & Private Equity Fund). He is now based in Hong Kong and Singapore, focusing on Europe-Asia Private Equity investments.
As a Dutch expat with strong European connections, Lucien is able to effectively assist clients (PE firms, entrepreneurs, corporates and HNWI's in the Netherlands and Europe) to engage in Fund Raising or M&A transactions through Singapore or Hong Kong. He can also assist Asia-based clients with Fund Raising or M&A transactions in the Netherlands and across Europe.
He holds a Finance Master Degree in Business Administration from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Ventures International Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
133 Cecil Street, #05-02 Keck Seng Tower,
Australia: +61 416 58 63 63
Thailand: +66 8 4669 9851
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