An Evening With Jenny Lee: 21 Unicorns, 18 IPOs, Two Decades of Backing Asia's Best

21 unicorns. 18 IPOs across five global exchanges. A fixture on the Forbes Midas List since 2012, and the first woman ever to break into its top 10.

Meet Jenny Lee, Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia and one of Asia's most accomplished technology investors. Granite Asia is a multi-stage firm that backs founders from their earliest days through growth, so whatever stage your company is at, this is a rare chance to hear directly from an investor who has been alongside founders at every step.

Part of the firm's senior leadership since 2005, Jenny has spent two decades backing technology and innovation across Asia and around the world. Born and raised in Singapore, she also sits on the board of Temasek and holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

Jenny will share hard-won insights from more than twenty years of investing in and working alongside entrepreneurs, including:

What she looks for in exceptional founders

Lessons from backing and scaling category-defining companies

How founders should approach fundraising and investor relationships

Building and scaling companies across Asia and globally

How technology and venture capital in Asia are evolving

Event Agenda:

5:00 PM: Doors open & sign-up

5:30 PM: Fireside chat begins

6:30 PM: Fireside chat concludes, followed by networking over drinks and canapés

7:30 PM: Event ends

The conversation will be moderated by Arnaud Bonzom (CGM'22), founder of Black Mangroves and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD.

This is the fourth edition of "An Evening With," a series by Black Mangroves that brings accomplished leaders together with the entrepreneurial community for candid conversations. Previous guests include Geoff Ralston, then-President of Y Combinator; technology analyst Benedict Evans; and Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of Algolia.

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