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_3

3. Khailee Ng: Managing Partner, 500 Startups

Ezra Ferraz¹  and Gracy Fernandez¹

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Makati City, Philippines

 

Khailee Ng is one of the most successful founders from Southeast Asia. In 2011, he sold daily deals site GroupsMore to Groupon, as part of the latter’s entrance into Malaysia. Just two years later, Ng sold social curation and news platform Says.com to Malaysian media giant Media Prima Bhd.

Now, as one of four managing partners of 500 Startups globally, Khailee also oversees Southeast Asia as a region. Ng is one of the few venture capitalists with direct experience in the region as both a founder and an investor. His track ...