| 词条 | William Klippgen |
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|name = William Klippgen |image = William Klippgen Portrait.jpg |image_size = |caption = William Klippgen (2016) |birth_place = Trondheim, Norway |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = |occupation = Entrepreneur, Investor |nationality = Norwegian }}William Klippgen (born 1969 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Singapore-based Norwegian entrepreneur and technology investor who was a co-founder of the price comparison portal Zoomit.com (later merged with Kelkoo, which was sold to Yahoo! in 2004). He served as one of the judges on the television series Angel's Gate, which was broadcast on Channel NewsAsia in 2012.[1] He holds an MBA from INSEAD where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence.[2] Television workKlippgen served as one of the judges on the reality TV series Angel's Gate, which began broadcasting on Channel NewsAsia in February 2012. The show gives budding entrepreneurs in Asia an opportunity to pitch business ideas to investors. Klippgen was one of four judges on the show alongside Patrick Grove (co-founder of the Catcha Group), Ken Mandel (Managing Director of Buddy Media Asia Pacific) and Karan Singh Thakral (Executive Director of the Thakral Group of Companies). Business careerKlippgen founded Zoomit.com in 1997 with Per Siljubergsåsen. In 2000, Zoomit.com merged with Kelkoo to become a leading shopping comparison search engine and Europe's third-largest e-commerce site.[3] Kelkoo was acquired by Yahoo! Inc in 2004.[4] In 2003, Klippgen founded the early-stage investment company Tigris Capital. He also co-founded Singapore seed investment fund BAF Spectrum in 2006, which primarily invests in tech startups across Asia in a co-funding partnership with SPRING Singapore (a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Singapore). In 2016, he teamed up with British investor Michael Robert Blakey to launch Cocoon Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm targeting Southeast Asian startups within the enterprise tech ecommerce, SaaS, fintech and deep tech verticals which so far has raised two funds.[5][6][7][8] Klippgen serves or has served on the boards of Tickled Media Pte Ltd (theAsianparent.com), Anafore Pte Ltd,[9] Mozat Pte Ltd, Progeniq Pte Ltd[10][11], Luxe Nomad Pte Ltd[12], Poundit Global[13] and Lendela[14]. EducationKlippgen holds an MSc degree in Engineering Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, an MSc in Computer Engineering from Boston University (which he attended on a Fulbright Scholarship), and an MBA from INSEAD Business School. References1. ^So you want to be an entrepreneur?, channelnewsasia.com, 2 February 2012. 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://centres.insead.edu/entrepreneurship/entrepreneurs-in-residence/will-klippgen.pdf|title=William Klippgen|last=|first=|date=|website=INSEAD|access-date=2018-10-07}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/6-companies-microsoft-should-buy-532253|title=Six Companies Microsoft Should Buy|author=Gary Marshall|work=Techradar.com|date=February 17, 2009}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4609096/|title=Yahoo buys European shopping site|author=Associated Press|work=msnbc.com|date=March 26, 2004}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/business/five-questions-for-cocoon-capital|title=Five questions for Cocoon Capital|date=2017-06-06|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2017-07-04|language=en}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=https://e27.co/startups-in-se-asia-and-india-theres-a-new-us7m-seed-fund-for-you-20161207/|title=Cocoon Capital launches US$7M seed fund, targets SaaS, e-commerce, and fintech verticals|author=Yon Heong Tung|work=e27|date=December 7, 2016}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Sender såkorn til Asia|author=Andreas Klemsdal|work=Finansavisen (Norge)|date=September 27, 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/sgs-cocoon-capital-launches-20m-second-fund-eyes-vietnam-ph-myanmar-111722/|title=SG’s Cocoon Capital launches $20m second fund, eyes Vietnam, PH, Myanmar|author=Kristie Neo|work=e27|date=November 26, 2018}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.referralcandy.com/about|title=Why choose ReferralCandy for your Referral Marketing Program|website=ReferralCandy — Give Any Ecommerce Store a Referral Program|access-date=2016-12-07}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/industry/lifesciences/Progeniq_Receives_Financing_from_BAF_Spectrum.html|title=Progeniq Receives Financing from BAF Spectrum|author=Press release|work=HPCwire|date=April 11, 2008}} 11. ^{{cite news|url=http://sgentrepreneurs.com/news-stop/2010/04/14/progeniq-gets-series-a-engineering-co-founders-of-skype-participates/|title=Progeniq gets Series A funding, engineering co-founder of Skype participates|author=Gwendolyn Tan|work=SGEntrepreneurs.com|date=April 14, 2010}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=http://e27.sg/2012/06/12/breaking-the-luxe-nomad-luxury-traveling-site-by-stephanie-chai-closes-investment-from-tigris-capital-at-echelon-2012/|title=The Luxe Nomad, luxury traveling site by Stephanie Chai, closes investment from Tigris Capital at Echelon 2012|author=Joash Wee|work= e27.com|date=June 12, 2012}} 13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/brandfeatures/venture-capital/article?id=16329|title=Filipino ecommerce site Poundit raises US$629,763 from Cocoon Capital|work=Reuters|date=September 15, 2017}} 14. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/singapores-cocoon-capital-imo-ventures-lead-seed-round-in-loan-broker-lendela-106424/|title=Singapore’s Cocoon Capital, IMO Ventures lead seed round in loan broker Lendela|work=DealStreetAsia|date=September 12, 2018|author=Quynh Nguyen}} External Links
8 : 1969 births|Angel investors|INSEAD alumni|Living people|Norwegian company founders|Norwegian expatriates in Singapore|People from Trondheim|Fulbright Scholars |
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