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🎄✨ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Wavemaker Impact! ✨🎄 As the year comes to a close, we wish you and your loved ones a season filled with love, joy, and precious moments. Here’s to new beginnings, hope and all the good things the new year will bring! See you in 2025! Warmest wishes, The #WavemakerImpact Team #MerryChristmas2024 #HappyHolidays2024

Thanks for an Incredible 2024 – See You in 2025! 🌟 As the holiday season approaches, the #WavemakerImpact team is taking a well-deserved break to reflect on an exciting year of sustainability, innovation and partnerships. Our office will be closed from 24 December 2024 to 2 January 2025, so we can spend time with loved ones, recharge, and gear up for an impactful 2025. 🎁✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2024. Your passion and collaboration fuel our mission to create a greener, brighter future. 🌍💚 Wishing you and yours a joyful holiday season. Let’s make even bigger waves in 2025! 🌊 #OutOfOffice #HappyHolidays2024

✨ Reflections from Female Founder Talks: The Entrepreneurial Shift ✨ On 11 December, #WavemakerImpact hosted 30+ inspiring female leaders at 1880 Singapore for an intimate discussion on Empowering Women Who Lead and Launch. Moderated by Founding Partner Marie Cheong, the session featured three trailblazing panelists: 💡 Malini Kannan - #WMi Founder-in-Residence, building her next venture to decarbonise the garment industry  💼 Cherilyn Tan - CEO & Founder, Tessaract.io, a SaaS platform revolutionising operational efficiency for law firms and professional services  🍽 Gayatri Bhatia - Founder, Elevate Foods, a #100x100 venture reimagining food processing Key Takeaways: 💪 Navigating Unfamiliar Industries Many aspiring female founders hesitate to explore entrepreneurship because they fear venturing into new industries; but Malini and Cherilyn shared how stepping into uncharted territory can be transformative. Malini’s passion helped her overcome fears and turn obstacles into opportunities. 🌟 Purpose as a Driving Force When the entrepreneurship journey gets tough, our panelists draw strength from a deeper sense of purpose and commitment to drive meaningful impact. Gayatri emphasised that #ElevateFoods is more than a business—it addresses critical #FoodSystem challenges for present and future generations. She shared the fulfillment she finds in #ClimateTech, where her personal values align with work that creates a meaningful legacy. ⚖ Entrepreneurship as a Lifestyle Entrepreneurship is a lifestyle, as founders are expected to juggle their business, family, and more. Cherilyn shared how setting boundaries allows her to dedicate time intentionally while embracing fresh opportunities and challenges daily. What’s Next? This dialogue reaffirmed the power of collaboration, resilience, and purpose in entrepreneurship. Thank you to all the incredible women who joined us! 💖 We’re excited to continue building a community of leaders who drive impact across industries. 💬 What advice would you share with aspiring female entrepreneurs? Let us know in the comments! #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship #Sustainability #Leadership #Innovation #Empowerment #PurposeDriven

💡 Wavecrest Scholars: Shaping the Future of Sustainability and Venture Building Wavemaker Partners recently hosted the 2nd batch of Wavecrest Scholars for an enriching job-shadowing experience! 🎓 Over two weeks, four talented Year 2 and Year 3 students from Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Institution and Catholic High School 公教中学 joined us to gain hands-on exposure to venture building. They worked closely with our Founder-in-Residence, Aik-Phong Ng, contributing to the development of his exciting new 100X100 Venture. 🤝 Collaborating with Venture Lead Ben Ong and Analysts Cheryl K. and Amanda Chen, the scholars spent a week with the Impact Fund team, exploring the risks and assumptions involved in launching a new business in Indonesia’s consumer and renewable energy sectors. 💬 “People are at the heart of everything we do at Wavemaker,” says Ben. “The Wavecrest job-shadowing programme is our way of giving back by nurturing the next generation of thinkers, leaders and pioneers. Don’t be deceived by their young age—their work rivals that of working professionals!” 🌟 We’re excited to see how the Wavecrest Scholars will shape a better world. If they choose to continue exploring Venture Building, we’d love to welcome them back as future interns at #WavemakerPartners. 📢 Learn more about the Wavecrest job-shadowing programme at https://Wavecrest.org or connect with Mia Ordoñez-Manlunas and Rachel Ng. Together, let’s inspire the next wave of leaders to build a more sustainable future! #WavecrestScholars #JobShadowing #VentureBuilding #Sustainability #FutureLeaders #WavemakerImpact #RenewableEnergy #CommunityImpact #Innovation #STEMEducation

🚀 Harnessing Innovation to Tackle Agri-Food Challenges: Wavemaker Impact @ SIAW 2024 Our Founder Partner Marie Cheong represented #WavemakerImpact 🌱 at the 2024 Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit, held as part of Singapore International Agri-Food Week (SIAW). The event brought together nearly 1,000 of the world's top agribusinesses, food brands, growers, entrepreneurs, and investors for 3 days of thought leadership, debate, and dynamic networking 🤝. Marie participated in the panel discussion "Measuring Impact: Exploring Results from Sustainable Agri-Food Practices & Investment," where she highlighted our in-house developed Carbon Maps 🗺️. This tool helps our founders and ecosystem partners characterise key sources of carbon emissions more precisely, to identify and unlock spaces with the greatest potential for meaningful climate impact 🌟. Additionally, Marie, alongside Dawn Chan, Managing Director of Temasek Trust, spotlighted the collaborative whitepaper 📄 we co-published with Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) and Philanthropy Asia Alliance. This whitepaper underscores how targeted financing 💰 can catalyse the transformation of smallholder farms 👩🌾, paving the way for a more sustainable and inclusive future. Click on the link here to read and download the report: https://lnkd.in/gyfMV43d The summit reminded us that actionable insights, innovation and collaboration are at the heart of solving today’s climate challenges 🌍. At #WMi, we’re proud to contribute tools, insights, and partnerships that can help drive change, creating a more sustainable future! 🚀 🌟  #SIAW2024 #AgriFoodInnovation #Sustainability #ClimateAction

🌾 Seeding the Future: Transforming Agriculture in Southeast Asia 🌟 Southeast Asia's rapid growth is putting immense pressure on its agri-food system, with challenges such as fragmented small farms, degraded land and a declining farmer population. Yet, these challenges also unlock incredible opportunities for collaborative solutions and innovative approaches. Discover how partners can fund and scale effective interventions through the joint report by #WavemakerImpact, Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) and Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA): https://lnkd.in/gyfMV43d 📚 Featuring 15+ case studies and insights from forward-thinking organisations including Wavemaker Partners portfolio companies Agros, FoodMap, RegenX, and Rize, this report showcases actionable pathways for a sustainable future. 💡 Are you an entrepreneur passionate about revolutionising Southeast Asia's agriculture? Connect with the Wavemaker team that wrote the report: Quentin, Ben, Amanda, Sneha! #SustainableAgriculture #ImpactInvesting #Innovation #AgriTech #WavemakerImpact #SoutheastAsia *This video was produced by Temasek Trust and Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP). CIIP and PAA are part of the Temasek Trust ecosystem.

🌱 Turning Memories into Motivation: How Kawewat Drives Sustainability with #WavemakerImpact 🌍 Meet our #Thai Venture Analyst Kawewat Mayteesirasak, or “Top”. Top’s journey toward sustainability began with a deep sense of loss; he’d witnessed how urban sprawl encroached on nature, fading the beauty of the environment into mere memories captured in old photos. 📸 🌳 When Top realised how climate change was amplifying this erosion, his goals became clear: build businesses that don’t just drive profits, but create positive impact on the environment and communities. 🌏🤝 Joining #WavemakerImpact was a natural step in this journey. Top believes that businesses have a big role in solving environmental challenges, and #SoutheastAsia offers great potential as a hub for economic growth and #sustainability innovation. 💡 Wavemaker gives him the ideal platform to co-build successful #100x100 businesses with entrepreneurs, bringing the region closer to a #NetZero future. ♻ 💼 From the memories of a fading environment, Top finds the inspiration to create a brighter, greener future driven by impactful ventures. 🚀 Curious to know more about his journey and the ongoing venture he is building with our #WMi Founder-in-Residence Chatchanart Jiratornsirikul (JoeZ)? ☕ Have a coffee chat with Kawewat today! #ClimateTech #ClimateAction #ImpactInvesting #GreenerFuture #VentureBuilding #Entrepreneurship

As part of our AGM Week this year, we travelled to Manila 🇵🇭 with some of our LPs and founders to explore the Philippines’ vibrant #startup scene and visit a few of our promising local portfolio companies. Here’s a quick recap: 📌 13 November 2024 - Manila Welcome Dinner We kicked off the trip with a panel session moderated by B. Paul Santos, Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, and Marie Cheong, Founding Partner of Wavemaker Impact. Jaime Urquijo (Ayala Corporation) and Ana Aboitiz Delgado (UnionBank of the Philippines) shared their insights on the future of Filipino business leadership. 📌 14 November 2024 - Portfolio Visits Our day was split into two treks to visit companies in our Wavemaker Ventures (early-stage) and Wavemaker Impact (venture-build) portfolios: 🟨 Early-stage Trek (Cavite, Philippines) ▫️ 🛒Growsari: ER Rollan (Co-founder & CEO) & his team hosted us at their Silang warehouse, showcasing their fulfillment operations and nearby sari-sari store partners. ▫️🏘️Lhoopa: Over lunch, Co-founders Marc-Olivier Caillot and Sabrina Tan and their partner brokers and contractors shared a bit about their journey, followed by a tour of a couple of affordable houses Lhoopa has built. 🟩 Impact Trek (Valenzuela) ▫️ 🔆Helios: Co-founders Alexander Aronson and Hsin Yao Cheng introduced their solar mortgage offering, alongside a customer testimonial. ▫️ 🎋Numat PH: Mark Sebastian (Founder & CEO) talked about bamboo processing and showcased samples of their sustainable bamboo slats. ▫️ 🛢️WasteX: Pawel Kuznicki (Founder & CEO) provided a live demonstration of their biochar production equipment and explained its agricultural benefits, including improving soil health and crop yields. 📌 14 November 2024 - Manila Ecosystem Night 🥂 That evening, we hosted a dinner for Philippine startup #ecosystem players, featuring a panel discussion on #innovation and #sustainability with Paul (moderator), Lance Gokongwei (Gokongwei Group), and Chris Po (Century Pacific Group). 📌 15 November 2024 - Team-Building Day We wrapped up the trip with a fun-filled day of golf⛳ , yoga 🧘🏻♀️, traditional Filipino games, and a memorable rockeoke session 🎤 with the entire Wavemaker team. 🌊 Our trip to Manila was a meaningful and eye-opening experience. We’re already looking forward to what next year’s AGM Week has in store! 🚀 #Wavemakers #WavemakerPartners #WavemakerImpact #WavemakerVentures #WavemakerGrowth

🌟 Join Us for Our Next “Female Founder Talks”! 👩💼 #WavemakerImpact is hosting the latest edition of our 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 next month! This intimate discussion will spotlight 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭: 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡, featuring a panel of trailblazing female founders who will share candid insights into their own entrepreneurial journeys. Hear about the realities of starting and scaling a business, building resilience and aligning personal values with purpose-driven work from our speakers 🎙:  • Marie Cheong - Founding Partner, Wavemaker Impact • Gayatri Bhatia - Founder, Elevate Foods • Malini Kannan - Founder-In-Residence (Sustainable Fashion), Wavemaker Impact • Cherilyn Tan - CEO & Founder, Tessaract.io ❔ Who Should Attend? Female leaders with extensive experience in launching and scaling high-growth ventures, especially those interested in building climate-focused businesses. 📅 Event Details: 🗓 11th December 2024 🕘 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM 📍 1880 Singapore 🎟 Register Now! Seats are limited, and availability is on a first-come, first-served basis. If seats fill up, you’ll be added to the waitlist for our next event in 2025. ➡ Sign up: https://lnkd.in/gxanFKwJ Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired by female founders. ✨ #ClimateInnovation #FemaleFounderTalks #WomenInLeadership #FemaleEntrepreneurs #WomenInBusiness

By 2030, Southeast Asia is set to become the world's fourth-largest economy, with food consumption expected to grow 40% by 2050 🍽. But the region’s agri-food system remains fragile; fragmented smallholder farms, outdated farming practices, environmental degradation and volatility from climate change are all urgent challenges to address.   To explore pathways forward, #WavemakerImpact partnered with the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) – a non-profit established by Temasek Trust – with support from Philanthropy Asia Alliance, to publish “Seeding the Future: Transforming Smallholder Farms for a Sustainable Tomorrow” 📖. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gyfMV43d Drawing from 26 interviews with solution providers, investors and corporates, the report demonstrates how Wavemaker Impact’s Carbon Maps can identify high-impact opportunities for emission reduction. It also includes over 15 case studies of how forward-thinking practitioners – 4 of which are Wavemaker Partners portcos (Rize, RegenX, Agros, FoodMap) – are effecting meaningful transformation across the region today.  Key takeaways from the report include: 💡 Solutions must be right-sized, right-priced and targeted well. 💡 Impact should be core to all investing decisions. 💡 Agriculture, food, and land use sectors need more funding. 💡 Cross-sector collaborations are crucial to break the cycle.  🌟 Are you an entrepreneur passionate about transforming Southeast Asia’s agriculture? Let’s connect! Quentin Vaquette | Ben Ong | Amanda Chen | Sneha Vasudev #CIIP #PAA #SIAW2024 #SustainableAgriculture #SmallholderFarmers #ClimateTech