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My Tran

Principal at Jungle Ventures

Singapore

Overview

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2023 - Current

  • Vice President

    2020 - 2023

    Jungle is Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firm. We invest in Series A and B companies and build tech category leaders from Asia. From our headquarters in Singapore we have worked with the region's most exciting founders to build high growth, capital-efficient technology companies that stand the test of time. Our portfolio includes category-defining businesses like Livspace, Kredivo, Reddoorz, Paysense (acquired by Naspers), Tradegecko (acquired by Intuit) and Deskera among others. Coverage: Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia market

  • Senior Associate

    2018 - 2020

  • Investment Analyst

    2017 - 2018

    • Conducted equity research on assigned sectors including brewery, power, gas and automobile • Developed complete valuation models, financial analyses and investment recommendations for covered stocks • Prepared comprehensive written reports and pitch books for key prospective investments and made presentations to management • Monitored/analyzed domestic as well as global macroeconomic movements/situations

  • Research & Consulting Associate

    2016 - 2017

    - Advised Japanese clients in identifying top M&A targets for online education sector in China and Korea - Performed market research in Southeast East Asia to consult clients on market expansion plan (sensors/edutech industry) - Successfully helped agriculture-related Japanese client in negotiating and building partnership agreement with Vietnamese partners

  • Market Analyst

    2013 - 2016

    - Prepared 3-years forecast plan by analyzing prospective economic & political factors potentially drive automotive industry - Analysed monthly market movement, risk & opportunity to adjust appropriate supply level - Conducted cost, profit & market share analysis for 5 models to propose new price strategy - Worked on ‘Kaizen’ project to continuously improve Philippines operation, maximize sales while minimize customer waiting time

  • Consulting Analyst Intern

    2012 - 2013

    - Analyzed Japan e-commerce industry, diagnosed key players’ competitiveness and recommended potential partners for client - Researched and proposed target seaports for an exporter client to enter Asia Pacific region including 11 countries - Gained in-depth skills of problem solving, business intelligence and professional PowerPoint slides designing

  • Financial Analyst Intern

    2011 - 2011

    - Led a 10-member team comprising a diverse mix of department and nationalities on project: “Colgate AAIJK Competitive Intelligence Analysis”; liaised extensively with finance team in Australia, Vietnam, Philippines and Korea office - Utilized various databases to develop estimated competitor’s financial model, investigate competitor’s source of profit - Conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses to develop recommendations for most cost-saving market penetration strategy - Discovered a potential market to go and project’s result was selected to be globally shared in P&G Internal Website

  • Finance Accounting Intern

    2010 - 2010

    - Extracted data from SAP to compile weekly and monthly reports, including WOR, Sale, Order and OIH reports - Updated GL, P&L, Forecast, creating PO number. Resulted in timely closure of monthly accounts. - Obtained deep insights into SAP system as well as understanding of company’s financial management process

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