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YekSoon Lok

Investing in the Future: Partner @ Awesome Ventures VC

Singapore

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2021

    Awesome Ventures invests in early-stage businesses, from Seed to Series A, with a focus on driving sustainable growth and impact.

  • Co-founding Partner

    2018

    1. Co-founding Partner at ZNFrontier, a company that helps Chinese B2B tech companies globalise. 2. Partner with leading VCs to help fast-growing startups solve funding, IP licensing, market channel, and overseas team-building issues 3. Act as interim CEO for the global operations, overseeing all aspects of the business, including finance, HR, and operations 4. Accelerate business growth for startups by leveraging our expertise and networks in various industries. 5. Emphasise the company's core values of entrepreneurship, globalisation, and acceleration: 创业 | 出海 | 加速

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2019

    Managed the operations of SSII, a joint venture between Singapore’s ZNFrontier and China’s COCOSPACE Investments. Led the launch of new programs that resulted in startups raising more than $10M in govt grants and investment.

  • Cohort 2 Fellow

    2022

    Angel School is a Fellowship program dedicated to helping investors build, run, and scale their own investment syndicates. We are also investors backed by a global network of 750+ LPs.

  • Adviser and Member of the Board

    2009

    1. Contributed to transforming the company from a shipping-focused organisation to a cold chain and food safety company with higher margins. 2. Assisted in restructuring the company to align with China's One Belt, One Road initiative. 3. Provided guidance and oversight on strategic decisions related to company operations and growth in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Head of Professional Services

    2014 - 2015

    As Head of Professional Services in the company, I help restructure the company to : 1. established strategic partnerships to drive revenue and build up the sales pipeline 2. improve professional services through better reporting structure and hirings 3. drive growth through focusing the company on key objective and results

  • Senior Project Manager

    2012 - 2013

    As Senior Project Manager, I oversees the digital builds for accounts like Singapore Economic Development Board, Singapore Management University, Marketing Interactive, ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu, Corona Asia accounts. Achievements: 1. Architect the new Marketing Interactive site with high availability in mind; increasing unique visitors from less than 100,000 a month to more than 200,000 a month. 2. Delivered 49 responsive design templates for the Singapore Management University project in less than 3 months. The site won Acquia's Partner Site of the Year award in 2013. 3. Successfully trained and put in place the process for an offshore team to handle content updates. Through this, resources is free up to focus on other projects, and the service level for content update delivery was improved.

  • Founder

    2001 - 2012

    Neusteps helps small, medium enterprises be more efficient. With our knowledge of process re-engineering, we help clients streamline work processes, and build web-enabled workflow applications. * First Commercial Vendor of Enhydra Open Source Java Application Server in South Asia * Value Added Reseller of REBOL Technologies * Founder, Lead Architect - B.Syncrhonized Open Source Dealer Management System Project * RedHat ISV Partner

2000 - 2001

  • Manager, Technology

    2000 - 2001

    - helps setup Asia Pacifc office for Reciprocal Inc. - build strategic relationships with clients from the Media, Publishing, Software and Telcos industries - oversees the Software Market in APAC

2000 - 2000

  • Professional Services Consultant

    2000 - 2000

    - help set up the Professional Services Office in Asia Pacific - train the PSO team - supports sales team providing in consultancy deals and demonstrations