We asked a few of our Aussie members what they love about XA Network. This video was created with VEO3 for a recent XA Australia event and takes inspiration from 'Creature Comforts' (for the nostalgic UK viewers 🐢). Learn more about XA Network at xanetwork.co.
XA Network
Technology, Information and Internet
Singapore, Southeast Asia 6,356 followers
The foremost tech leaders' investment network in Southeast Asia
About us
We are builders of technology businesses currently at top tier internet companies in APAC. We believe startups in Southeast Asia deserve a better breed of angels - genuinely wanting to go beyond capital. We like to work closely with promising founders, bringing to bear our own experiences building and scaling technology companies and products in Southeast Asia. We have noticed a ton of these people are sitting in our network of technology leaders wanting to invest in high-quality startup founders, wanting to engage and help, but without having a programmatic avenue to do this on a regular basis.
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http://www.xanetwork.co
External link for XA Network
- Industry
- Technology, Information and Internet
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Singapore, Southeast Asia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2018
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Singapore, Southeast Asia 238909, SG
Employees at XA Network
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Charles Carnegie
Investor and experienced advisor to CEOs, senior executives and boards.
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Hanno Stegmann
Managing Director & Partner at BCG X | Leading AI & Analytics driven Transformations and New Business Building across Southeast Asia
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Iain McDonald
Founder (8seats/Razorfish/PetCulture/Laava) / Inventor / Creative / CEO . 25 years innovating with brands incl Disney, Microsoft, IKEA, Samsung…
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Bernard Leong
CEO and Co-founder, Dorje AI | Founder Analyse Asia
Updates
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New Startup Alert! Michael Spencer will be joining our Demo Day later today to pitch what they're building at Zeno. For any angel investors that haven't registered yet, here's the RSVP page: https://luma.com/s7qy0l6b
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We are excited to again invite you all to our Q3 2025 Startup & Investor Demo Day on 24th September! Open to current XA Network Members and early stage investors interested in hearing from some of Africa's most promising Founders. Register here: https://luma.com/2ahn4p17 Attendees will hear from our top 3 finalist companies: DeepLeaf , mystocks.africa (Accelerate Africa'25) and Shuttlers. Once again hosted by our wonderful Jason Scott, and opened by a guest fireside chat featuring Luzana Costa - Partner, Norrsken Africa Seed Fund. We're looking forward to this one!
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Big congrats to XA Member Tony Zameczkowski on his new role at Disney! Excited to see you take on this next chapter and lead Disney+ across APAC. Wishing you all the best in this amazing journey ahead!
Thrilled to join The Walt Disney Company to lead our streaming business across APAC. I’ve long admired Disney’s storytelling magic and look forward to working with such a talented team to build on the success of Disney+ and take it to new heights with audiences across our dynamic region. https://lnkd.in/gFTmMg6G
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Co-Founder, BuuPass Inc. | Mobility & Transport Tech | Foundry Fellow at MIT Center for Entrepreneurship|
🎉 BuuPass - Bus, Train & Flight bookings has secured strategic funding from Yango Ventures! We’ve long admired how Yango transforms global tech into local impact. Bridging innovation and community, scaling with insight, and making life easier through seamless mobility. With Yango’s experience and support, we’re scaling smarter, reaching wider, and solving harder problems across African travel. Our track record so far: 💰 Over $70+ million in bookings just in 2024 🎟 25 million+ tickets sold 🚌 Digitized and connected 150+ transport operators across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa to consumers From buses to flights, trains, parcels, and now corporate travel, we’re building an end-to-end ecosystem for how Africa moves. Our vision? Seamless movement for people and goods across Africa, so people can live life without borders. Yango Ventures leans in with insight, not just capital — and that makes all the difference when you’re building something this ambitious. Watch this space. 🌍 📣 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dVQnFrx8 https://lnkd.in/dSWBsENi https://lnkd.in/dgKiMyZM Wyclife Omondi BuuPass - Bus, Train & Flight bookings QuickBus - Intercity Bus Travel (acquired by BuuPass) Arseniy Petrin Dmitry Stepanov
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What better way to kick off XA Network’s presence in Australia than with a Founder Showcase? 🇦🇺✨ Last Thursday 5th June we brought together five impressive Australian startups at our official launch — each using technology to tackle meaningful challenges with vision and ambition: ✨ Nick Armstrong – Chirp An AI-powered sales platform that unifies CRM, calendar, and communication tools to surface real-time deal insights. 🛡️ Ian Yip – Avertro A cybersecurity management platform helping enterprises automate compliance and quantify risk with confidence. 🧱 Keira Czarnota – Emagineer A creative tech platform transforming LEGO®️ collections into rich digital building experiences. 🤝 Holly Brailsford – Brancher A science-based mentoring platform that connects employees based on personality, values, and goals to drive engagement and growth. 🧠 Dominique Harrison-Bentzen – Luniate An AI-powered content engine helping financial institutions publish compliant, trustworthy content at speed — built with a focus on the next generation. We’re incredibly proud to spotlight these founders and their work. This is just the beginning, and we’re excited to play a role in growing and supporting the Australian tech ecosystem. #XANetwork #XAAustralia #StartupShowcase #Founders #TechInnovation #VentureCapital #AustraliaTech
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XA Network has officially launched in Australia! We celebrated this exciting milestone with the launch of our Australian chapter on Thursday, 5 June 2025, at ThePillars.au in Sydney. The evening featured a founder showcase with pitches from four promising Australian startups, as well an engaging panel discussion with Ed Barker from Square Peg, 🍇 Paloma Newton, founder of XA portfolio company Elita Genetics, Emma Grife from Startmate and XA member Charles Carnegie of 21networks. A big thank you to everyone who joined us to kick off this new chapter – we’re excited to grow with and support the Australian tech ecosystem!
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We're excited to be hosting our next XA Africa Demo Day on June 25th! Out of a pool of promising African high-potential technology startups, attendees will hear from our top 3 finalist companies chosen to present at our upcoming Demo Day: Crop2Cash, Pika Insights (Techstars NYC ‘24) and Cantant. We will also have a guest fireside chat featuring Will Green - Angel Investor & Super Connector within the African venture ecosystem! Sign up here to attend: https://lnkd.in/gdjnAtiN
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Congratulations to XA portfolio founder Willy Tan from Seeds for being a recent Five Two Five #Global25 founder!
As we close out another week this 5️⃣ ' 2️⃣ 5️⃣ , we are taking a pitstop in SE Asia 🌏 to introduce our next #Global25 founder who is revolutionizing financial understanding as a cornerstone for a regenerative future! ✨ Meet Willy Tan, the incredible founder of 🧑💻 Seeds – an innovative social gaming platform making finance and investing concepts accessible, fast, and fun for everyone, empowering a new generation of informed global citizens... seed by seed! 🌱 🌍 The Sobering Reality: Many feel locked out of understanding finance by complexity, jargon, or traditional barriers like needing brokerage or bank accounts. 🚧 This limits participation and the widespread financial empowerment needed for a truly regenerative economy. 📉 💔 Seeds' profound mission 🎯 ✨: "empowering communities and ecosystems through universal access to financial understanding..."🌱 💡 🌍 💖 "...and enabling everyone to better-understand the world of finance and investing." 👨👩👧👦 💰 So, how is Seeds leading the charge in making financial literacy engaging and accessible worldwide? 🤫 1️⃣ Fun & Accessible Financial Literacy 🎮: A social gaming platform where users engage with finance and investing concepts through the power of gamification! (Fast, fun, and available across mobile and web, no prior experience or bank account is needed for Seeds' users to engage!) 📱💻 2️⃣ Gamified Market Engagement 📈: Users interact with financial market concepts in a playful way, demystifying investing and building real confidence for future decisions. 🎲 🚀 3️⃣ Empowering Future Investors 🧠: Prepares users to confidently make informed trading and investment decisions, equipping them to shape their financial futures. 💪🌟 Why is this approach so effective? 🤔 True economic regeneration 📈 requires widespread participation and informed choices; by removing traditional barriers and making financial concepts approachable, Seeds is: ✓ Breaking down complexity, making financial understanding truly accessible to everyone, everywhere. 🌐 🔓 ✓ Cultivating a generation of confident, informed individuals ready to engage with their finances and new economic models. 🧑🎓 🌍 ✓ Laying crucial groundwork for broader participation in a financial system that can support positive impact and holistic well-being. 🌱 🤝 "Seeds: Fueling the rise of young financial 'Avengers'." #SeedsFinance #FinancialLiteracy #RegenerativeFinance #Global25 🙌🏼 🙌🏻 🙌🏽 🙌🏿 🙌🏾
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Big News! XA Network is expanding to Australia! 🇦🇺🦘 If you are an Aussie tech leader and actively investing in startups, join us for the public launch in Sydney on Thursday 5th June 2025. The evening event will showcase four promising Aussie startups currently raising, with a chance to meet the local XA team and network over food & drinks. Interested in attending the public launch? Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/gFNh826P #XANetwork #Innovation #AngelInvesting #startups
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