LiquidX Studio
Izyan Zaharuddin is a seasoned talent acquisition professional with extensive experience in recruiting across various sectors. Currently serving as the Talent Acquisition Lead at LiquidX Studio since March 2024, Izyan previously held the position of Assistant Talent Acquisition Manager at L'Oréal from July 2023 to March 2024, specializing in hiring top talents in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines for a leading BeautyTech company. Prior roles include Talent Acquisition Partner at TikTok and Associate Manager of Regional Talent Acquisition at ZALORA Group, where responsibilities encompassed a wide range of positions from data analysts to creative roles. Earlier career experience includes roles at Shopee, where Izyan was an Associate Human Resource/Recruiter, and an internship at AIA. Izyan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law and Commerce from Management and Science University and completed a Foundation in Law at Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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LiquidX Studio
In Southeast Asia (SEA), unicorn exits and tech company listings have proven to offer founders and investors unrealistic expectations, given the maturity of the market. This dilemma has left founders in a challenging position as they have to optimise for the outsized outcomes investors that follow Western narratives desire, while facing the reality of the consumer landscape. At LiquidX, we aim to shift this narrative and demonstrate that it is possible to achieve large-scale outcomes by using a distinct approach to company building. Through a holding company (holdco) structure, we will build multiple cash flow-positive businesses that can, but do not necessarily have to, rely on venture scale narratives. The usual arguments against this approach are as follows: 1) The focus of founders will be divided, hence ineffective. 2) We won’t be able to get top-tier talent to build companies this way. 3) That Venture scale outcomes are not possible. We believe all 3 arguments above are false narratives, and aim to prove that this new (to tech) model of company building is the optimal approach for emerging markets. Along this journey, we aspire to ensure that everyone involved enjoys the process.