With extensive experience in software development, entrepreneurship and company management, James has also served as a partner at iGlobe Partners, an international venture capital fund, and as the chief architect of Acta Software, where he was responsible for the overall technology architecture and direction of the company’s products.

James also co-founded two software companies. The first, ZippyO.com, was an Internet portal that provided educational games for children and online support for teachers using the portal as an active tool in the classroom. The second, iGine Inc., is an enterprise software company that provides channel visibility for companies that use distributors for selling their products. iGine’s products have been deployed by Sony, HP and Sun Microsystems. James has also held positions at Xilinx and Oracle.
James received a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. James also obtained an M.S. in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Cal State San Jose.

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“Tuck Lye has a wealth of experience in high-tech investing in China and he will be a great asset to our portfolio companies”, said Dr. Kuo-Yi Lim, CEO of Infocomm Investments.

“Infocomm Investments plays a vital role in assisting startups reach out to key markets in Asia,” Koh Said. “I look forward to working with the Infocomm Investments team to help its startups be successful in Asia.”

Koh has more than 10 years of private equity experience and has invested across a broad spectrum in his career, including technology, manufacturing, logistics, consumer products, financial services and funds. Successful companies include Kingsoft Corporation (HKSE:3888.HK),  Xingda International (HKSE: 1899.HK), New Times Transportation (acquired in 2011) and Xiaomi Corporation.

Prior to founding Shunwei, Koh was a Managing Director at C.V. Starr Investment Advisors (Asia) Limited and led its Beijing’s private equity investment activities.

While at C.V. Starr, he was also an Investment Committee member of a US$130mn China- focused private equity fund, and Review Committee member of two prominent private equity funds in China, with multi-billion assets under management.

Prior to joining C.V.Starr, Koh held various positions with GIC Special Investments, AIG Global Investment Corporation, and Deutsche Bank. Koh is a graduate of Stanford University and National University of Singapore, and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Along with Koh, current Investment Committee members of Infocomm Investments are: Lee Kheng Nam (Partner, Granite Global Ventures), Ong Peng Tsin (Venture Partner, GSR Ventures) , Chua Kee Lock (President & CEO, Vetex Management), David Su (Managing Partner, Matrix Partners China) and Tan Bien Chuan (Managing Partner, OWW Capital Partners). 

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Netbiscuits is establishing the software development hub in Singapore to support its international development efforts and to foster innovation in the Asia Pacific region. The company recognizes Singapore as a stable, transparent business environment, with a highly skilled workforce. Singapore’s business infrastructure and superb strategic regional location make it the ideal choice for Netbiscuits expansion plans with the ‘Island Republic’ used as a springboard to access the entire Asia region.

“Singapore is a great base for Netbiscuits as many global players have their regional headquarters in the “Island Republic”, said Michael Neidhoefer, CEO, Netbiscuits.  “By developing a team of software engineers as well as a local sales and support organization we will be able to meet the fast paced demands of our Asia based customers and provide a high level of product quality and professional services.”

Netbiscuits has made a priority to recruit and develop local talent as part of its global strategy. The Singapore team has increased from an initial three to eleven with further talent being hired; the local team is a vital component in Netbiscuits global success and strategically located in one of the world’s fastest growing and dynamic markets.

Singapore has one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world and the Asia Pacific region as a whole is seeing the fastest adaptation rates for mobile devices on a global scale. According to GfK Asia, Singapore is one of the fastest growing countries in Southeast Asia for Smartphone devices, where sales value had more than quadrupled from USD14 million in Q3’2010. More than half of all mobile devices sold in Singapore in Q3’2011 are Smartphones; Android OS, iPhone OS and Symbian OS collectively make up more than 90% of this market.

Neidhoefer added, “We are extremely delighted to receive the Singapore Government’s assistance and are impressed with the initiatives made available to develop Singapore as an innovative regional technology hub. Netbiscuits recognizes the high growth market for our mobile solutions platform in the region. With the resources allocated to us over the next few years, Netbiscuits will drive the development of its core mobile publishing platform and train and develop local Singaporean software developers.”

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) facilitates the growth of the ICT industry in Singapore by providing developmental support to technology companies wishing to enter the highly-competitive Asia market, based out of Singapore.

“With Singapore being at the confluence of growth markets in Asia, and with mobile devices being the primary mode of access to the internet in many of these markets, companies based here have the opportunity to grow rapidly if they offer innovative mobile internet services” said Mr. Andrew Khaw, Senior Director, Industry Development Group, IDA. “Software technologies offered by industry players such as Netbiscuits, will help catalyze such innovations.”

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Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours) from Queen’s University, Canada and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

Iraqi insurgency groups and Silicon Valley startups may not appear to have a lot in common, but according to Quid‘s Chief Technical Officer Sean Gourley, the mathematics underlying innovation and conflict are not that different.

“The dynamics of an insurgency are actually quite similar to startups disrupting an established market,” says Gourley.

Data analysis is becoming ever more important within tech companies but Quid allows corporate strategists to manipulate a data-driven “map” of an entire technology sector’s past, present and even future. The animation below, for example, shows the evolution of the cleantech ecosystem from 2000 to 2010.

The company grew out of Gourley’s Ph.D. research on the mathematics of war. He and his colleagues discovered that the sizes and timing of attacks in conflicts such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland exhibited remarkable similarities, which could be used to predict future attacks and even push a conflict towards resolution. After a particularly grueling month Gourley spent in Baghdad in 2008, investor Peter Thiel advised him to apply the same techniques to technology.

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