Asian Founders at Work: Stories from the Region’s Top Technopreneurs

© Ezra Ferraz, Gracy Fernandez 2020

E. Ferraz, G. FernandezAsian Founders at Workhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5162-1_10

10. Patrick Grove: Co-founder, iflix

Ezra Ferraz¹  and Gracy Fernandez¹

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Makati City, Philippines

 

In 2014, Patrick Grove co-founded if lix, a video-on-demand subscription service headquartered in Malaysia, with backing from Catcha Group, the digital venture group that he founded in 1999.

Grove had a broader goal for both sides of if lix’s marketplace: to combat piracy, the most common way people in emerging markets access entertainment, and to provide fans with great international and local content through one convenient platform.

Now boasting a monthly base of 19 million users across Asia, if lix may be on its way toward ...