Shane Chesson

Founder & General Partner at Openspace Ventures

As a co-founder of Openspace, he has worked alongside Hian Goh since 2014, driving success across the whole firm. Aside from sitting on the Investment Committee, he represents us on the Boards of some of our most significant investments including, Halodoc, Biofourmis, TaniHub, and Finnomena.

Prior to 2014, he spent fourteen years in investment banking, with roles including Managing Director and Co-Head, Technology Investment Banking at Citigroup Asia-Pacific. During this time he worked closely with Asian technology companies, completing over $10BN of transactions with deal sizes from $30MN-$3BN and gaining an invaluable insight into their operations and growth.

Shane holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD Singapore and spent his early career as a strategy consultant for Bain & Company and GEM Consulting.

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Openspace Ventures

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Openspace Ventures makes investments in early-stage technology companies based in Southeast Asia. Their typical investments are at Round A or B stage, where revenue traction is building and capital is required to drive rapid growth. They also invest at Round C or D stage, where product-market fit has been established and capital is required to continue and expand market leadership. Their existing portfolio covers B2C and B2B technologies that are accessing local, regional, and global markets.


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