BackStartups

Interview · Asia-Pacific

Asia Tech Podcast

with Graham D Brown

Singapore-based interviews with founders and investors across Asian technology, with a focus on the personal story behind the company.

Format Regular, roughly 30 to 45 minutesListen asiatechpodcast.com ↗

Why an angel should listen

A long-running Singapore-based show that interviews founders, investors and operators across the region. The angle is more personal than analytical — why someone chose to build what they built, and what it has cost — which makes it a useful complement to the more structural regional shows.

For an angel the value is in hearing a large number of regional founders describe their circumstances in their own words. Patterns emerge that no market report captures: which markets founders actually find it possible to raise in, where talent moves, and what a realistic outcome looks like in a market without a deep acquisition landscape.

The episodes are shorter than most on this list, which makes it easy to work through a run of them when you are trying to orient in a new market quickly.

Where to begin

Start with these

  • Several episodes in a row from one market, for the patterns rather than the individual stories.
  • Interviews with founders who moved between markets.
  • Investor episodes, for where regional capital is actually coming from.

In short

Good for

Asian founder storiesShort episodesMarket orientation
Listen at asiatechpodcast.com

Asia Tech Podcast: common questions

How is this different from the other Asia shows on the list?
It is more personal than analytical — why someone chose to build what they built and what it cost. That makes it a complement to the structural shows rather than an alternative.
What is the best way to use it?
Several episodes from one market in a row. The individual stories matter less than the patterns that emerge about where talent moves and what a realistic outcome looks like.