About

The word “Unicorn” was first coined by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, in a TechCrunch article published in 2013. Since then, it has become THE BUZZWORD among start-up founders and investors. Over the last 7 years, we have witnessed some successful unicorn IPOs but also numerous lack-lustre ones. We came to learn that unicorns can fail and crash too. However, the word never fades in popular imagination. It still stands to represent the ultimate pursuit of many today.

BEYOND UNICORN is created as an open experiment to challenge ourselves to go beyond unicorn in awareness, thinking and aspiration. Through in-depth conversations with founders and investors shaping the business of tomorrow, we hope to highlight valuable companies outside of the unicorn club, deep-dive into value drivers that give rise to unicorns and what future lies for newly admitted unicorns.

The PodCast is created with tailored contents focused on Institutional and Accredited Investors. It is conducted in English with transcript available in both English and Chinese.

PODCAST HOST 

Widelia is a serial entrepreneur with 8+ years of start-up experience building consumer brands from the ground up. In 2013, she founded womenswear brand – Whole9Yards which was sold in leading retailers across 18+ countries and was awarded Singapore Entrepreneur's Award (2014). In 2016, she took a back seat in the business to attend Wharton. Since returning to Singapore mid 2018, she has shifted her focus to venture investing and broadened her areas of interest to include Fintech and Blockchain. Currently, she is a Partner at SUSY Labs and an Advisor to CRC Capital. She is also an active angel investor with portfolio ranging from Singapore e-commerce brand to Indonesian healthcare start-up.

Widelia graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in Economics and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA in Management.

Email: widelia@beyondunicorn.net
Twitter: @WideliaLiu