​Flying in for Singapore Fintech Festival? Qapita, Airwallex, and January Capital are bringing together founders, expert advisors, and investors for coffee and croissants as your first stop of the SFF week. Join us as we debunk a few Founder Myths to answer your burning questions on all things fundraising, captable and equity compensation, and scaling cross border.

​Panelists | Founder Myth Facilitators

​Hongfei Xia | Principal at January Capital

​Karuna Vishnubhotla | Partner, Equity Advisory at Qapita

​Nawaz Imam | Group CFO at Black Panda

​Sam Waldo | Head of Startups, Asia at Airwallex

​Agenda

​4:00pm | Doors open and registration, grab a coffee & croissant!

​4:15pm | Welcome Address and Panellist Introductions

​4:30pm - 5:00pm | Debunking Founder Myths vs. Reality Statements

​5:00pm - 6:00pm | Networking

​This event is cohosted by Airwallex, Qapita, and January Capital

​About Qapita

​Qapita is your ESOP partner of choice as you scale your startup from Pre Seed to IPO, and no matter where your employees are based from Singapore to San Francisco. We help companies unlock the power of ownership via equity compensation advisory, cap table/ESOP management platform, valuations and financial reporting. Try out our complimentary Spark plan for Startups!

​About Airwallex

​Airwallex is an AI native financial operating system for modern businesses. From startups to public enterprises, our customers use Airwallex to manage their global banking and financial operations, or to build and monetise their own financial products.

• ​Valued at US$11B following our Series H in June 2026

• ​US$287B in annualized transaction volume

• ​Serving more than 670,000 businesses worldwide such as

• ​Investors include SquarePeg, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Salesforce Ventures, QED Investors and more.

​Find out more about our Airwallex for Startups program!

​About January Capital

​January Capital backs software founders across Asia-Pacific, from first cheque to scale. We invest at pre-seed to pre-Series A in software companies building for global markets and support companies as they grow with growth credit: non-dilutive capital for when equity isn’t the right tool. With a team on the ground across the region and regular time in the Bay Area, we help APAC founders build, raise and scale across borders, including into the US.