Samir Chaïbi, Investor at Insignia Ventures — Fintech in Southeast Asia
Miguel Armaza sits down with Samir Chaïbi, investor at Insignia Ventures Partners, a Southeast Asian growth and venture investing fund with over $350 million in assets under management, where he specifically focuses on backing fintech startups. Prior to Insignia, Samir spent many years working around the world and got his MBA at The Wharton School.
We discussed:
- Samir’s background and his path to venture capital
- Company history for Insignia Ventures Partners, their investment thesis, and a bit about the portfolio companies
- The evolution and current state of the fintech ecosystem in Southeast Asia
- The surprising parallels between fintech in Latin America and Southeast Asia
- His outlook of the regional future of the industry
- And a lot more!
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Samir Chaibi
Samir Chaibi is a Principal at Insignia Venture Partners (IVP), a Southeast Asia-focused growth and venture investing fund with US $350M+ in AuM. Prior to IVP, Samir was a venture investor at STRIVE, a Tokyo headquartered VC fund deploying capital into seed rounds across Japan, Southeast Asia, and India.
Samir started his career in investment banking with Lazard (France) and Citigroup (UK) before transitioning to private equity and joining the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), a US $400bn+ sovereign wealth fund. Samir also co-founded DocEx Legal, a legal technology startup, leveraging an experienced team of lawyers based in South Asia to solve the legal talent gap across the Middle East. Samir graduated from a three-year dual-degree MBA/MPA program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government with a focus on entrepreneurship, finance, and technology policy.
About Insignia Ventures Partners
Insignia Ventures Partners is an early-stage technology venture capital firm focusing on Southeast Asia since 2017, managing capital from premier institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, foundations, university endowments and renowned family offices from Asia, Europe and North America.
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