Rising Giants N.90: Cambodia’s startup ecosystem and what it means to be a founder in SEA
Rising Giants · written up by Cambodia Investment Review
What was covered
Jeremy joins the Rising Giants hosts to talk about Cambodia’s young startup scene and how to carry its story to Singapore’s VCs. The conversation covers what being a founder in Southeast Asia means, the types of startup builders in Cambodia and the region, and the role podcasts play in building an ecosystem.
Key points
- Spreading the word about Cambodia’s startup ecosystem to Singapore-based VCs
- “Keep startups weird”: what it means to be a founder in Southeast Asia
- The categories of startup builders across Cambodia and the region
- Stability, education and ecosystem enablers as the foundations of startup culture
- How rising GDP per capita and the internet shape cultural homogenisation
- Cambodia’s young, educated population as an opportunity, and the lack of home-grown VC firms as a challenge, compared with Vietnam or Indonesia
- The value of podcasts in cultivating a startup ecosystem
Summary written from the publisher’s show notes. The audio itself wasn’t transcribed, so listen at the original for the full conversation.