Announcing AI and Deep Tech Summit Track – Get Your Hotel Bundle Before It’s Gone

By Team DealStreetAsia

August 20, 2025

We are delighted to bring you three power-packed sessions on the promising AI and Deep Tech space, which is at an inflection point across Asia.

Can Asia move beyond promising prototypes to produce the next generation of deep-tech giants — and claim a seat at the table of global innovation leadership?

Join our inaugural AI and Deep Tech Summit track at the Asia PE-VC Summit 2025 to gain cutting-edge insights from investors and founders on funding and technology trends amid a global push towards innovation.

For the first time, ticket holders get access to our Networking Portal—see who’s attending, connect with investors and founders, and plan your summit agenda in advance.

Stay on site and at the heart of the action with our limited hotel bundle offer.

AI and Deep Tech Summit sessions

Sept 11, 2025 (Day 2)

Ballroom 2, Grand Copthorne

10:30 am – 10:35 am | Welcome address to AI and Deep Tech summit by Andi Haswidi, Head of Data Research, DealStreetAsia

The rise of DeepSeek has re-energized China’s AI industry and shored up market confidence in its broader deeptech space. This panel will look at growth prospects amid Beijing’s policy tailwinds and rising competition among tech giants.

  • Wayne Shiong, Co-Founder & Venture Partner, China Growth Capital
  • Neil Zeng, Partner, Linear Capital
  • Yuli Zhao, Chief Strategy Officer, Galbot
  • Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, Greater China, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]

Early-stage activity is booming, yet late-stage capital and scale-up pathways remain scarce.  This session brings together leading investors and ecosystem builders from Japan, Singapore, and India to explore the conversion of lab breakthroughs into globally competitive companies.

  • Kiran Mysore, Principal, UTEC
  • Aditya Mathur, Founder & Managing Director, Elev8.vc
  • Mukaya (Tai) Panich, Founder, Chief Investment Officer & Managing Partner, AICONIC Ventures
  • Vishesh Rajaram, Co-Founder, Speciale Invest
  • Raymond Woo, Singapore Office Representative, Kyoto University & Kyoto iCAP (Kyoto University Innovation Capital)
  • Andi Haswidi, Head of Data Research, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]

 

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Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.
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Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.
APPLY NOW