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 170 countries and his company, Michael Waitze Media produces some of Asia’s most popular podcasts.
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to John Moore, the founder of Ikigai Partners. Prior, John was in charge of the global innovation strategy at Bupa in London. He shares his experience in setting up innovation units and InsurTech investment arms. John explains what insurers are looking for in startup partnerships. Based on his experience, most startups do not understand […]
In this AIP News Roundup Theresa, Michael and Rahul are discussing the latest news from early February. GoJek has partnered with PasarPolis to launch GoSure on its 3PP platform. Grab in the meantime has acquired Bento, a Singapore-based wealth-tech Robo-advisory startup. Lots of news coming out of India again. Acko is about to raise around USD 4.2 million in venture debt after raising USD 35 million last November. WhatsApp Pay […]
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Chang Li, the Director InsurTech at Plug And Play Japan. Chang Li, originally from China, gives an overview of the differences between the InsurTech market in Japan compared to other countries in Asia and dives deep into the InsurTech startup ecosystem in Japan. Chang Li and Michael talk about the Japanese culture […]
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to David Yeng, co-founder of InsureVite. The Singaporean based startup aims to help insurers transform their customer experience through social messaging apps leveraging transactional chatbots and artificial intelligence. The solution can be integrated into different messaging apps such as WeChat or LINE. The InsurTech has customers in Japan and Australia, while their tech team is based […]