Hippolyte Genet

Founder

2024 - Current

Catch Ventures is a boutique advisory based in Vietnam operating across private equity and private credit. We bring to our trusted partners a unique and extensive experience from the US, Europe, and Asia, from early stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Catch Ventures can invest anywhere between $150k-300k into equity or debt funding rounds with its partners in Thailand. Previous investments include: Samsara (IPO), Turing (unicorn), Motif FoodWorks (unicorn), Moonshot Brands (YC), buildspace (a16z), nOps, Scratchpad (Craft Ventures), Lumos (a16z), and more.

Venture Partner

2023

A2D is Southeast Asia's fastest growing syndicate platform where investors meet tomorrow's game changing startups.

Senior Investment Analyst

2023 - 2023

A venture capital firm on a mission to help Vietnam's exceptional teams in building iconic companies. Our current flagship seed fund, AVV Alpha, is a $64M fund backed by investors across Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

Senior Account Executive

2021 - 2022

Q3 - 124% Q4 - 107% Q1 - 125% Q2 - 103%

Cloud Account Executive

2021 - 2021

Q1 - 160% Q2 - 162% First hire to launch the French market and scale into Europe selling Elastic's Cloud products.

Senior BDR

2020 - 2021

Business Development Representative

2019 - 2020

Early employee hired to launch and scale EMEA. Samsara raised +$900M from VCs (a16z, Sequoia, General Catalyst, and more). The company eventually IPO'd and is now trading under NYSE:IOT.

Client Services Associate

2018 - 2019

- Relationship management with S&P Capital IQ clients across EMEA - Provide and analyse valuation and credit models to investment banks, funds, and corporates - Coordinate with Sales and Account teams to provide new client leads - Develop deep knowledge of Capital IQ as well as financial and market data - Underwent training on credit rating and Excel

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

2017 - 2017

- Developed IPO valuation models (comps and DCF), including for the largest IPO in Vietnam which raised c.$500m at a $2.5bn valuation - Analysed the credit risks of a $150m private placement of a leading Vietnamese FMCG company - Found a buyer, by cold calling, for a $10m cross-border acquisition of a cosmetics company initially only valued at $5m - Worked with investors in Viet Capital's own IPO, which raised c.$30m, on Share Purchase Agreements - Devised information memorandums for the 10 biggest industry leaders in Southeast Asia - Coordinated with a team to devise and deliver an IPO pitchbook of a leading retail group set to become the next all-time high IPO in Vietnam

Global Strategy Intern

2016 - 2016

- Devised a market entry strategy for the millennial demographics of Indonesia; strategy was approved by management within 2 months and allocated US$50,000 for a pilot launch in Jakarta - Created a large scale market research document outlining the top 10 global markets for 2025 - Selected to participate in a special task force to strategize breakthrough ideas in smart laundry - Led the incubation of a global project in coordination with a consortium of offices, consultancies, and start-ups - Spearheaded a global project gathering entrepreneurs for their ideas and feedback with Unilever's innovation lab, The Foundry

Market Access & External Affairs Intern

2015 - 2015

- Devised Merck’s first EU lobbying tool of healthcare stakeholders in Belgium and Luxembourg; facilitated the subsidy of a cancer drug that costs $100,000 per treatment - Analysed institutional partnership risks for a $15mn investment to reduce maternal mortality in Haiti (800 mothers die giving birth every day) - Spearheaded the digital communications campaign of Merck’s new cancer drug alongside agencies

Strategic Sales Intern

2014 - 2014

- Sourced, digested, and synthesised numeric and qualitative data to devise a sales strategy for APAC clients - Devised a market entry strategy for a client entering Southeast-Asia; forecasted sales of US$24mn - Collaborated with clients to develop digital sales strategies to reach 40% of the Vietnamese population