Chea Srun, XQuant - Seoul FinTech Lab: Building a global FinTech business from Korea (S2E37)

Chea Srun is a French national with a distinguished career in derivatives trading, having worked and lived in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Seoul, and being able to converse professionally in all three languages. Chea is the Founder & CEO of X-Quant, a startup that got accepted into the Seoul FinTech Lab accelerator last year. In addition to his experience with the program, we talk a bit about Chea's trading career, his transition into entrepreneurship, and the use cases XQuant has been developing to support OTC derivatives transactions/reporting as well as the extraction of ESG insights. Lastly, Chea is a strong supporter of Tunisia, where most of his data science team is located - he explains why the country is a good source for talent, and offers helps for anyone who wishes to be connected there.  The Seoul Fintech Lab was established in 2019 and since then, has been funded by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. To date, close to 100 FinTech startups, including 26 foreign companies, have been supported through the incubation program. The Seoul Fintech Lab aims to help accelerate FinTech companies’ growth with its global network of over 300 partners and mentors, which include highly experienced investors, entrepreneurs and regulators. In that regard, the Seoul program possibly differs from similar regional programs — from the outset, it has been designed to allow for pan-Asian and even global expansion while promoting the growth of the domestic ecosystem. The applications for the 2021 batch are open until June 4th, and the selection process will be completed by June 18th — so you will not have to wait long for a decision. You can find all the detail for registration here: https://seoulfintechlab.kr/news/4485/?prev=news-notice Produced in collaboration with Tokyo FinTech. If you have an interesting story to share with our audience, and would like to appear on the podcast, please contact us via [email protected] You can also find us on.... Home Page: https://tokyofintech.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tokyofintech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokyoFinTech Medium: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/tokyofintech Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/tokyofintech/