HG

Hippolyte Genet

Your gateway to Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Management
Microsoft Office
Public Speaking
Public Relations
Teamwork
Research
Strategic Communications
Social Networking
Marketing
Analysis
Social Media
Marketing Strategy
International Relations
Marketing Communications
Market Research
Politics
Lobbying
Public Affairs
Microsoft PowerPoint
Customer Service

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2024

    Catch Ventures is a boutique advisory based in Vietnam operating across private equity and private credit. We bring to our trusted partners a unique and extensive experience from the US, Europe, and Asia, from early stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Catch Ventures can invest anywhere between $150k-300k into equity or debt funding rounds with its partners in Thailand. Previous investments include: Samsara (IPO), Turing (unicorn), Motif FoodWorks (unicorn), Moonshot Brands (YC), buildspace (a16z), nOps, Scratchpad (Craft Ventures), Lumos (a16z), and more.

  • Venture Partner

    2023

    A2D is Southeast Asia's fastest growing syndicate platform where investors meet tomorrow's game changing startups.

  • Senior Investment Analyst

    2023 - 2023

    A venture capital firm on a mission to help Vietnam's exceptional teams in building iconic companies. Our current flagship seed fund, AVV Alpha, is a $64M fund backed by investors across Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

2021 - 2022

  • Senior Account Executive

    2021 - 2022

    Q3 - 124% Q4 - 107% Q1 - 125% Q2 - 103%

  • Cloud Account Executive

    2021 - 2021

    Q1 - 160% Q2 - 162% First hire to launch the French market and scale into Europe selling Elastic's Cloud products.

2019 - 2021

  • Senior BDR

    2020 - 2021

  • Business Development Representative

    2019 - 2020

    Early employee hired to launch and scale EMEA. Samsara raised +$900M from VCs (a16z, Sequoia, General Catalyst, and more). The company eventually IPO'd and is now trading under NYSE:IOT.

2018 - 2019

  • Client Services Associate

    2018 - 2019

    - Relationship management with S&P Capital IQ clients across EMEA - Provide and analyse valuation and credit models to investment banks, funds, and corporates - Coordinate with Sales and Account teams to provide new client leads - Develop deep knowledge of Capital IQ as well as financial and market data - Underwent training on credit rating and Excel

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2017 - 2017

    - Developed IPO valuation models (comps and DCF), including for the largest IPO in Vietnam which raised c.$500m at a $2.5bn valuation - Analysed the credit risks of a $150m private placement of a leading Vietnamese FMCG company - Found a buyer, by cold calling, for a $10m cross-border acquisition of a cosmetics company initially only valued at $5m - Worked with investors in Viet Capital's own IPO, which raised c.$30m, on Share Purchase Agreements - Devised information memorandums for the 10 biggest industry leaders in Southeast Asia - Coordinated with a team to devise and deliver an IPO pitchbook of a leading retail group set to become the next all-time high IPO in Vietnam

2016 - 2016

  • Global Strategy Intern

    2016 - 2016

    - Devised a market entry strategy for the millennial demographics of Indonesia; strategy was approved by management within 2 months and allocated US$50,000 for a pilot launch in Jakarta - Created a large scale market research document outlining the top 10 global markets for 2025 - Selected to participate in a special task force to strategize breakthrough ideas in smart laundry - Led the incubation of a global project in coordination with a consortium of offices, consultancies, and start-ups - Spearheaded a global project gathering entrepreneurs for their ideas and feedback with Unilever's innovation lab, The Foundry

2015 - 2015

  • Market Access & External Affairs Intern

    2015 - 2015

    - Devised Merck’s first EU lobbying tool of healthcare stakeholders in Belgium and Luxembourg; facilitated the subsidy of a cancer drug that costs $100,000 per treatment - Analysed institutional partnership risks for a $15mn investment to reduce maternal mortality in Haiti (800 mothers die giving birth every day) - Spearheaded the digital communications campaign of Merck’s new cancer drug alongside agencies

2014 - 2014

  • Strategic Sales Intern

    2014 - 2014

    - Sourced, digested, and synthesised numeric and qualitative data to devise a sales strategy for APAC clients - Devised a market entry strategy for a client entering Southeast-Asia; forecasted sales of US$24mn - Collaborated with clients to develop digital sales strategies to reach 40% of the Vietnamese population