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March 20, 2023

The Craft: Roger Martin on Strategy

In this week’s episode of The Craft, Professor Roger Martin discusses with Openspace’s CFO, Omesh Fabiani, on strategy and what it takes to be a good strategic thinker. Roger was named the world’s Number One Management Thinker by Thinker’s 50. Here are several key takeaways from their conversation.

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March 15, 2023

Meet The Team: JQ

In today's edition of Meet The Team, we get to know Jess, aka JQ, a little better. She's an analyst on our Investments team and today, she shares more about her love for sweets and her experiences here at Openspace.

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March 10, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Stella

Stella Wang is an alumni of our OpenHours program, where she was Freddie's, our VP for brand and marketing, mentee. We asked her about her thoughts on the OpenHours program, and here's what she had to say: 

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March 9, 2023

Diversity: Omesh Fabiani on Work-Life Flexibility

In line with our guiding principles committing to gender diversity at Openspace, we decided to ask our CFO, Omesh Fabiani, on how he achieves work-life flexibility.

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March 8, 2023

Six Guiding Principles - Gender Diversity at Openspace

In line with IWD 2023, we'd like to share six guiding principles on gender diversity at Openspace.

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March 7, 2023

Openspace Mentee Experience: Fernn

Today, our OpenHours alumni Fernn Lim shares more about her experience as Nicha's mentee, as well as a short message for potential applicants.

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March 6, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Valerie

We asked another OpenHours alumni, Valerie Chua, to share more about her experience at OpenHours. She currently works at EDB Singapore and is actively involved in the venture ecosystem. Here's what she had to say: 

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March 3, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Shan

Shan is one of our OpenHours alumni, where she was previously Ian’s mentee. We asked her several questions about her experience of the OpenHours program and here’s what she had to say:

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March 20, 2023

The Craft: Roger Martin on Strategy

In this week’s episode of The Craft, Professor Roger Martin discusses with Openspace’s CFO, Omesh Fabiani, on strategy and what it takes to be a good strategic thinker. Roger was named the world’s Number One Management Thinker by Thinker’s 50. Here are several key takeaways from their conversation.

read more
March 15, 2023

Meet The Team: JQ

In today's edition of Meet The Team, we get to know Jess, aka JQ, a little better. She's an analyst on our Investments team and today, she shares more about her love for sweets and her experiences here at Openspace.

read more
March 10, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Stella

Stella Wang is an alumni of our OpenHours program, where she was Freddie's, our VP for brand and marketing, mentee. We asked her about her thoughts on the OpenHours program, and here's what she had to say: 

read more
March 9, 2023

Diversity: Omesh Fabiani on Work-Life Flexibility

In line with our guiding principles committing to gender diversity at Openspace, we decided to ask our CFO, Omesh Fabiani, on how he achieves work-life flexibility.

read more
March 8, 2023

Six Guiding Principles - Gender Diversity at Openspace

In line with IWD 2023, we'd like to share six guiding principles on gender diversity at Openspace.

read more
March 7, 2023

Openspace Mentee Experience: Fernn

Today, our OpenHours alumni Fernn Lim shares more about her experience as Nicha's mentee, as well as a short message for potential applicants.

read more
March 6, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Valerie

We asked another OpenHours alumni, Valerie Chua, to share more about her experience at OpenHours. She currently works at EDB Singapore and is actively involved in the venture ecosystem. Here's what she had to say: 

read more
March 3, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Shan

Shan is one of our OpenHours alumni, where she was previously Ian’s mentee. We asked her several questions about her experience of the OpenHours program and here’s what she had to say:

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February 9, 2023

Capabilities Focus: Wenbo Zong on Tech & Engineering

We’re starting a new series called Capabilities Focus, which is highlighting members of our Portfolio Success team and the integral role they play at Openspace and for our portfolio companies.

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February 8, 2023

The Craft Revisited: Rory Sutherland on Alchemy

This week, we’re revisiting a previous episode of The Craft, where Hian, our General Partner, discusses behavioral psychology with Rory Sutherland - author of Alchemy and Vice Chairman of the Oglivy group. Here are 5 key takeaways we gained from their conversation:

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December 23, 2022

Happy Holidays, from us to you

From everyone at Openspace to everyone we have the heartfelt pleasure of knowing or working with.

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July 27, 2022

New Craft Episode 🔥: Nir Eyal On Habits

In this episode of The Craft, Jessica talks to Nir Eyal about habits. He's behavioural design consultant, investor, entrepreneur and author of the seminal book ‘Hooked’.

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June 14, 2022

New The Craft episode - Chris Lemons on Courage 💪

In this episode, Shane Chesson talks to Chris Lemons, a saturation diver and subject of the Netflix documentary, Last Breath.

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March 8, 2022

Stronger through diversity: Openspace on International Women’s Day 2022

At Openspace, we see diversity as both a social and business imperative. It’s because we believe that by valuing diversity, we will encourage more diverse idea exchange–a fundamental element of our firm’s Active Intelligence philosophy.

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January 20, 2022

The Flow will Grow: Why We're Excited About Vietnam

Openspace has always had a pure-play regional focus in Southeast Asia and are excited by what we are beginning to see in the start-up ecosystems in Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. To dig deeper, we recently sat down to have a conversation with the team overseeing Openspace’s activity on-the-ground in Vietnam to understand what’s going on.

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December 31, 2021

Shane Chesson Reflects on 2021

Our co-founder, Shane Chesson reflects on a few surprises and key developments in the firm over the past twelve months, as well as muses over his 3 expectations for 2022.

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January 12, 2022

Pluang Secures Additional $55M in Funding

Pluang, the all-in-one fractional investing app that has become one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing fintech startups, has raised $55 million in a funding round led by Accel, with participation from Openspace.

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September 16, 2021

Openspace leads the $12M Series A for SCB Abacus, as they continue to create better access to finance in Thailand

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve led the oversubscribed $12M Series A for SCB Abacus, an alternative digital lending platform in Thailand.

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May 17, 2021

Nano, a Y-combinator-backed Vietnamese start-up, raised $3m to help employers gain an edge in the labour market

Traditional employers of blue-collar workers such as retailers, hospitality, and manufacturers (especially in textile, garment, shoes) have seen their recruiting costs gone up while employee retention rates have trended down in the past few years, putting pressure on both P&L and organizational stability for growth.

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March 12, 2021

Openspace Ventures closes third fund at hard cap of US$200m

Openspace Ventures is pleased to announce the final close of Openspace Ventures III, L.P. on 26 Feb 2021, with total subscriptions accepted at US$200 million.

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