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In this episode meet Sarah Garner, founder of Retykle, a platform revolutionizing the circular economy with the most delightful customer experience. Find out how she turns her values behind sustainability into products and processes throughout her business. Sarah also shares her experience fundraising and how the venture capital climate is changing.

In this episode, Roland chats with Lio at Google for Startups at Campus Seoul and find out how she got into the startup ecosystem and how your can leverage Google for Startups and access Korea's innovation landscape.

In this episode, meet Yoona Kim, founder of Arine. Her entrepreneurial journey traces back to her middle school years. Today Arine is a medication optimization AI platform. Beyond that, Yoona shares her perspective on the social determinants of health and whole patient care. Discover how she became an entrepreneur and grew Arine to over 100 team members and recently closing their series B.

In this episode meet Maarten Hooft, Managing Partner at Quest Venture Partners. Hear how he started as an engineer in hardware and evolved to become an early stage investor in Silicon Valley while working with investors in Asia. Don't miss his highlights on Amplitude (public unicorn) and Neurable (brain and computer interface).

In this episode meet Dr. David Gething, an iron man, a vet, founder of veterinary group - Creature Comforts and now a pet commerce platform - Vetopia for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Hear Dr. David's distinction between taking risk and being adventurous. Find out how he is relentless in every venture he embarks on and what are the values that have powered his veterinary group for over 20 years. 

In this episode, meet Vishal and Emma and find out how they are reimagining work, building teams and engagement around the world and in the Sowork metaverse. Drop by their metaverse office and say hi!

In this episode, Theodore talks with Eric Chan Co-CIO, Buena Vista Fund Management where they explore the future of technology companies during and after a recession. Listen to hear about their views on crypto and e-commerce winters. Theodore refers to this article he read on the e-Commerce Winter written by The Information. 

In this episode, meet Florian, founder of Soundbrenner and hear about how he is building a wearable for musicians and carving out a whole new era for the music industry to socialize and create. Get behind the scenes on how he moved from Germany to Asia to set up shop in Hong Kong and Shenzhen to sell to a global music community. 

In this episode, Roland chats with Theodore, on how he's building MPower for the future of productivity.

Welcome to the CoCoon Podcast. Here you will find conversations we have with founders and investors on topics that include the future and sustainability of work, the development of new economies and how businesses are transforming towards new opportunities. Find more resources and connect with us online by searching for CoCoon - Born to Fly on Linkedin. We'd love to connect there. Be sure to follow us as well. Download more episodes or subscribe via Spotify and Youtube.