LOK Yek Soon
Quick Facts
Biography
Background
YekSoon is a venture capitalist at Awesome Ventures.
YekSoon has a background in Computing. He graduated from the University of Monash with a Bachelor's in Computing and a specialisation in Business Analytics from Wharton School.
Experience
With over 25 years in the startup ecosystem, YekSoon has worked with many startups. He has seen the industry evolve along with the growth of the internet, from Web1 to Web3.
YekSoon started his career with Singapore's first Internet startup, SilkRoute Ventures (acq'd by PCCW), and has worked in the US and Germany. Other notable startups include US's first Internet CRM firm (NASDAQ: FSTW) and Softbank-backed Reciprocal (acq'd by Microsoft).
After Reciprocal, he founded Neusteps and helped companies like ENRON, NTT, and Aberdeen design high-availability and scalable systems.
YekSoon started investing in startups as an angel, and his exits include the following:
- 3PAR (NYSE:PAR, acq'd by HP)
- RightNow (NASDAQ:RNOW, acq'd by Oracle)
- RedHat (NYSE:RHT, acq'd by IBM)
- Twilio (NYSE:TWLO)
- Cloudflare (NYSE:NET)
He started investing in BTC when Mt GOX crashed back in 2014. Subsequently, he acquired other best-of-breed emerging crypto assets, including Ethereum, Solana and Stellar Lumens.
YekSoon founded Awesome Ventures in 2020 to focus on B2B startups in the Seed to Series A stages.
Others
- Board Member at PanLyseis Global Ltd
- Board Member at ZNFrontier
- Board Member at SSII Pte Ltd
- Board Member YOOP+