After spending her formative years in the heart of Capitol Hill and Columbia Climate School, Fulbright Scholar Anuka Upadhye now finds herself working at the US-ASEAN Business Council in Singapore on the Work Holiday Pass.
By week one of school, I became a co-founder. By year three, we raised $2.6 million.
Adrian Fuhrmann, a doctoral candidate at the Singapore-ETH Centre, explains how his research may benefit society and the environment.
Built on trust and purpose, Investors for Climate (I4C) unites investors for real climate impact – growing a 400-member global community and sharing key lessons in leadership and momentum.
Born in the US and raised in Taiwan, Amanda Chen moved to Singapore to study Environmental Studies at Yale-NUS College. After completing her Master’s at Columbia University, she returned on a Work Holiday Pass to join Wavemaker Impact. She’s now a full-time member of the Portfolio Acceleration team, supporting startups as they scale across Southeast Asia.
Hien Mai, a former Google data scientist, shares how she built Singapore-based startup KarbonMap, and why she doesn’t believe in fundraising.
I took a year off with just my savings and a backpack — not for a break, but to reconnect with friends, rethink development, and learn what sustainability looks like on the ground. That journey led me to South Asia, then Southeast Asia, and eventually a new chapter in Singapore.
After 15 years in finance, Mathew Howe never expected a lunch-time dilemma to change his path. His daughters’ love for pesto led him to grow his own basil, sparking an idea that would bring fresh, homegrown greens into urban spaces.
Jake Berber’s journey to Singapore began with an MBA exchange programme. However, his temporary stay turned into a permanent move when he co-founded Prefer, a food tech startup utilising fermentation technology to create sustainable flavours, starting with bean-free coffee.
