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Krating Poonpol

Group Chairman of KBTG | Thailand Business Man of The Year | YGL and Member of AI Governance Alliance (WEF) | Global VC | Chief Information and Technology Leader of the Year of APAC (TAB) | Forbes Business Council

Bangkok, Bangkok City

Invests in

Sectors:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $100,000.00

Work Experience

  • AI Committee

    2024

    Support The Mayor of Bangkok and Bangkok Metropolitan Administrative Leadership Team to drive AI policy and implementation to improve quality of life of Bangkok's citizens.

  • Group Chairman

    2021

  • Chairman

    2019

    Running KBTG - the Technology, IT, AI/ML, Big Data Analytics, UX/UI, Blockchain, and Innovation arm of KBank - one of the largest banks and no.1 digital bank of Thailand managing 2,200 FTEs in Thailand/Vietnam/China and 300 M USD annual budget. I serve as one of the top 5 executives of KBank, reporting directly to CEO.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2024

    Samitivej Hospital is Thailand's leading international hospitals under BDMS - one of the largest hospital chain in the world and one of the most prestigious hospital networks in the Asia-Pacific region based in Thailand.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

  • Member of AI Governance - AI Transformation for Industry

    2024

  • Founding Member - Unreasonable Collective

    2022

2014

  • Partner

    2014

    I founded and run 500 TukTuks I, II and Orzon Ventures, an seed to series A early stage VC funds targeting Thai/SEA tech startups as a Managing Partner. I have invested in 140 companies such as FinAccel (1.8 Billion USD unicorn), Opn (unicorn), DarwinBox (unicorn), Carsome ($ 1.6 billion unicorn), Funding Societies, Neuron Mobility, Finnomena, Skillane, OpenDurian, and many more. I have 4 unicorns, 6 soonicorns, and 11 exits (IPOs and M&A).

  • Founder

    2012

    Disrupt is the Startup Education program and Venture Builder of Thailand. We are exclusive education partner of 500 Startups Accelerator. We are backed by 500 Startups Fund IV and 500 Durians. Since 2012, we have graduated over 500 entrepreneurs in Thailand and our community have successfully raised ~ $ 20 M USD in funding and worth over 65 M USD combined valuation with 2 exits. Our alumni won Echelon's best startup in Thailand for 2 consecutive years ( Stamp and Taamkru ) and won Echelon Asia's Most Promising Startup in 2014 ( Taamkru ). Latest alumni success include $ 8 M exit of ThinkOfLiving to iProperty , 2M USD series A of Claim Di and 800k USD seed round of StockRadar. 6 out of top 10 Thai startups in 2015 are our alumni.

  • Advisory BoD

    2020 - 2022

    Served on Advisory Board of Thonburi Healthcare Group - one of the largest healthcare companies and largest hospital chains in Thailand.

2016 - 2018

  • Strategic Advisor to CEO

    2016 - 2018

    Strategic Advisor to CEO of Kasikorn Bank, one of the largest and most innovative bank of Thailand. I report directly to Khun Bunthoon Lamsam, CEO of KBank.