Ep 10 – Shwetank Verma – co-Founder and General Partner Leo Capital – Investing in Asian InsurTech – India Edition

Michael Waitze worked in Global Finance for more than 20 years, employed by firms like Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, primarily in Tokyo.  Michael lived and worked in Tokyo from February 1990 until December 2011.  Michael always maintained a particular focus on how technology could be used to make businesses more efficient and to drive P/L growth. Michael is a leader in the digital media space, building one of the biggest and fastest-growing podcast listener bases in the region.  His AsiaTechPodcast.com show has listeners in more than 130 countries and his company, Michael Waitze Media produces some of Asia’s most popular podcasts.

Early-stage venture investor in India and South East Asia with Leo Capital. Focused on Digital Health, Insurtech and Fintech. Adviser on open innovation to Fortune 500 companies. Speaker on AI, innovation, digital health and insurtech. Previously, Shwetank headed open innovation at MetLife Asia, where he created and led (Collab) - a platform for matching best of class technology (AI, VR/AR, Blockchain etc.) startups to the right problem statement in the enterprise and bringing culture change to the main enterprise. Prior to joining MetLife, Shwetank was a serial entrepreneur in healthcare and education in India. He was nominated to the primary care task force of the Government of India and worked with the Gates Foundation to re-imagine primary care in Uttar Pradesh, India. Shwetank started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the United Kingdom. Shwetank is a qualified chartered accountant (UK). He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Nottingham, where he was a Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholar.