One More Scoop with Jeremy Au

Jeremy Au is Chief of Staff and an Investor at Monks Hill Ventures. Apart from Monk’s Hill, he is an active angel investor and hosts the Brave Southeast Asia Tech podcast. Before Monk’s Hill, he co-founded and exited his startup called CozyKin in the US and co-founded the non-profit Conjunct Consulting.

What was he like growing up? How did Jeremy Au overcome grief after the passing of a loved one? How did he restart his life and career? What was it like building and exiting his childcare startup, CozyKin? How did he get back to SEA and what is it like now being on the other side of the table as a VC?

Topics:

00:01:06 - Who is Jeremy Au?

00:02:35 - A computer geek and a gamer

00:17:10 - Commitment phobic and figuring how to be in a serious one

00:24:40 - Choosing something that nobody else is doing

00:33:43 - Ended up deferring admission in Harvard to find the right successor

00:44:19 - Self awareness is the backbone of a successful product

00:46:55 - From a founder to VC, what’s the difference?

00:48:48 - VC representing the capital side, level of collaboration, strategy and time horizon

00:50:54 - The best part of having kids and it’s priceless!

00:52:05 - Jeremy’s typical weekend

00:55:15 - Eat, Pray, Love with a hiking twist

00:56:42 - 1 month walking is one thing I want to do!

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