Discussing SEA Trends With One The Youngest VCs in Asia and Venture Partner at TAV Richard Armstrong

In this episode of Next Big Wave, Tim Grassin speaks with Richard Armstrong, a young ex-founder and now venture capitalist.

Richie shares his story about how he began his startup journey in his last year of university building his first startup which he exited. Shortly after he founded another startup playing the role of raising capital. 

Currently, Richie is a VC and has over 70 angel investments under his belt all at the age of 24.

Tim and Richie discuss startup trends in Southeast Asia as a whole and specific industries to look out for!

Richie also shares his opinion and some data on why he thinks that Thailand has the potential to become a major hub in Southeast Asia for startups second to Singapore.

Checkout Richards Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_richie77?igsh=MXJsNDJuYTV2bXgxaA==

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Here are the key segments for today's episode!
0:00 Intro
0:28 Getting to know Richie
3:30 Richie Competetive Advantage
8:39 Richie's Criteria for Finding Startups To Invest In
10:25 How Richie Built His Own Brand
15:17 Trends in Southeast Asia
22:11 Businesses That Richie is Excited About
25:58 Why Aren't There More Funds in Thailand
31:19 Which Countries Richie is Excited About
34:40 Outro

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