Wealthtech past and future | Chandrima Das | VOX Ep. 87

Chandrima Das is a wealthtech entrepreneur in Singapore. Her career spans the evolution of robo-advisory and digital wealth. She founded an early robo called Bento, which she sold to Grab, and for a time ran Grab’s investment functions.

Today she’s back with a new startup, Teleskop, that aims to take wealthtech to a broader audience, with a B2C and B2B mixed model as well as new ambitions around identity, open data, and offline services.

Das speaks with DigFin‘s Jame DiBiasio about the history of wealthtech in Asia and her experience riding the evolution of the industry.

• Timecodes:
• 0:00 – Chandrima Das, Teleskop
• 2:39 – Her experience in asset and wealth management
• 4:07 – Bringing institutional-style portfolio construction to retail investors
• 6:02 – B2C versus B2B among Singapore wealthtech companies
• 8:35 – Her experience selling Bento to Grab
• 13:29 – Profitability versus building for growth
• 16:01 – Fund raising as a second-time founder and Teleskop’s value proposition
• 19:09 – Open banking in wealthtech and aggregating information
• 23:06 – Challenges of creating a holistic view for investors
• 25:01 – Why should people share their information with us, and how to keep data secure
• 29:02 – Marketing a complex product direct to individual investors
• 33:48 – The B2B side to the story
• 35:06 – The future of wealthtech