​Fundraising 101 For Startups

​Thinking about raising capital but overwhelmed by where to begin? This session breaks down the fundraising process into practical, actionable steps. We'll cover tips on how to prepare your pitch deck, identify the right investors for your stage, and avoid common pitfalls that tank deals. Whether you're pre-seed or gearing up for pre-series A, you'll walk away with more confidence of how to prepare fundraising.

​At the webinar, you will also get to ask your burning questions to investors across India, Philippines and Singapore.

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​Agenda:

​2pm -2.10pm (SGT/PHT) Introduction of Asia Startup Network (ASN) and speakers

​2.10pm -3pm (SGT/PHT) Fundraising 101 by Elise Tan, cofounder of ASN

​3pm - 3.30pm (SGT/PHT) Q&A with investors and VCs

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​What happens after this event?

​We invite you to join our pitching practice and pitch to real investors at our Investor Arena events! Follow us on luma to be updated on upcoming events.

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​Our Panel for Q&A

​Dhimant Parekh (India)

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​Dhimant Parekh is a serial entrepreneur and currently the Founder of The Better India,India’s largest positive-impact storytelling platform that amplifies solutions, changemakers,and grassroots innovation across the country. With a passion for building useful things fromscratch and driving meaningful change, Dhimant has led The Better India to reach hundredsof millions globally, shaping how people see impact, innovation, and opportunity. Hisprevious startups were focused on e-commerce, m-commerce and social media. Havingraised capital from marquee Indian investors, Dhimant also invests in mission-alignedstartups and continues to champion purpose-driven ventures that bridge intent with impact.

​Donovan Tan (The Philippines)

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​Gentree Fund

​Gentree is an early-growth venture fund based in Singapore, focused on investing in Southeast Asian companies from Seed to Series A stages. Backed by a prominent Philippine business family, we invest across the region while maintaining a Philippines-centric approach to our investment mandate.

​Elise Tan

​Elise Tan is a startup ecosystem builder, educator, and community leader with over 10 years of experience supporting founders across Asia. She is the Co-Founder of Asia Startup Network, a 4,000+ member platform that runs founder bootcamps, mentorship programmes, and investor-focused initiatives in partnership with universities, VCs, and corporates.

​Elise has advised and mentored hundreds of early-stage founders on fundraising readiness, pitch strategy, and investor engagement, and regularly works with first-time founders preparing for pre-seed and seed rounds.

​This event is supported by our leads:

​Philippines Lead - Germee Ronirose

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​Germee Ronirose Abesamis is the founder and CEO of Roni AI, a smart CEO/CFO AI finance assistant.  A graduate of MS in Finance in Universita Bocconi in Milan, her career as an independent financial advisor and CFO spans over 17 years, serving international businesses from startups to large corporations.  She distinguished herself early on by securing the Top 7th place in the 2006 Philippine CPA Licensure Board Exam.  She also holds a Master in Data Science (Analytics) from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.  To work better with software developers, she took software development and building your own LLM courses in her spare time.

​India Lead - Karn Malhotra

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​Karn is a 3X founder, having built a B2B branding company, an Ai design automation tool and presently a leadership & founder branding company, ThisIsCreativeAi. He was also Head of Marketing at two growth stage funded tech startups. Clients include Accenture, Tata Motors, 3M & Decathlon.

​His work has been featured by The Economic Times, TEDx, YourStory, The British Council & WebSummit. Today he helps founders & leaders turn their lived experience into credible narratives that attract opportunities, partnerships, and trust at scale.