Kelvin Kong

IsWhere—One Industry. One Voice. One Platform—is the World’s first AI-powered Global 'Living Map' local tourism ecosystem for all destinations worldwide, designed to bridge the gap between Travelers (International & Domestic) and Local Destination Discovery 📣 For >20 yrs, the Travel industry has operated in fragmented silos. We unite EVERYONE: DMOs, Govts, Airlines, Airports, Cruises, Trains, Merchants, Attractions, Hotels, Malls, OTAs, DMCs, Tour Operators, Telcos, Infra, AI Engines—on a single "All-in-One" geo-located Global Digital Map infrastructure 📣 Strategic Vision: Unlike static & generic portals, our 'Living Map' provides a dynamic, real-time layer of data that connects the inspiration stage of travel directly to local authentic experiences 📣 We empower destinations worldwide with the sovereign digital infrastructure to own their narrative and cultivate a direct, high-intent engaged audience, within a unified global ecosystem Impact on Global Travel & Tourism Ecosystem: 🧱 DMOs, Govts & Airports: We provide the tools to unify local stakeholders with dedicated destination URLs ([destination].iswhere.com), ensuring authentic storytelling and increased visitor spend 🧱 Airlines, Trains & Cruises: We value strategic partnerships, and enable zero-comms direct sales by capturing Traveler demand at the point of inspiration and enriching the passenger’s post-arrival experience 🧱 Merchants & Attractions: We offer a transparent, flat-rate SaaS model for "Promotions" (Only $100/mth/location, NO Comms/PPC), democratizing digital reach for Local Merchants & Attractions—Listing & Content Updates is Always FREE A New Era for Travel: We invite destinations worldwide to reclaim their digital narrative. JOIN our Transformative Global Movement that redefines Local Discovery, rolling out from Q2 2026 Let's together change how 'the World sees the World'! 🌍 Join the Movement: launch2026.iswhere.com 📱 Experience Discovery: www.iswhere.com (Avail on iOS & Android)

Very Often, Startup Founders (and Biz Owners) have suddenly reached out to me to share challenges and issues they're facing, the milestones and progress they have achieved, and the guidance, advice, help and support they hope to receive, etc. 👉 YOU can do the same too! :) Don't hesitate to Contact ME! Entrepreneurship is never an easy or straightforward journey, and we all wish we had THAT someone to share with and seek guidance and insights from! 🔹 I AM ... 🔹 ▶️ an Entrepreneur, Startup Mentor, Strategic Advisor, and Angel Investor, for AI, Blockchain, FinTech, Web3.0, Crypto/Digital Assets, Other Tech, Non-Tech (incl. brick-and-mortar), startups and businesses ▶️ actively Advising and Mentoring a number of Startups and their Founders (incl. The Satoshi Terminal, Bandera AI, Purps, Shines, Seal Games, ArcnetLabs & others), and continuing to add to the list of Startups I'm guiding ▶️ Co-Founder of IsWhere, an exciting startup looking to digitalize the traditional brick-and-mortar merchants Retail scene and Tourism industry globally ▶️ Founder of Startup Vestor's Global Startup Ecosystem connecting Founders & Investors ▶️ Co-Founder of Elyvo, a Venture & Dev Studio (with strong AI and Blockchain capabilities) helping Founders with Dev capabilities to bring their startup ideas to reality ▶️ Co-Founder of an exciting global AI Learning & Literacy Platform So, if you're a Founder or Startup seeking: ✅ a Strategic Advisor and Mentor to walk the entire Startup journey with you (as early as ideation stage, pre-MVP, MVP and beyond) ✅ a Strategic Tech Dev Partner to develop your Startup's MVP, launch Product and beyond ✅ a Venture Studio to partner with for ideation, incubation, and provide Tech Dev capabilities to develop your Startup's MVP, launch product and beyond 👉 Contact ME immediately for a friendly discussion on how to ideate, start, build, grow, scale, innovate, fund your Startup, and achieve long-term success 👊

"Empowering Founders, Enabling Investors", Startup Vestor is a professional networking and deal-sourcing platform built to connect Founders with Investors, providing the tools, insights, and community needed to accelerate Startup growth and investment discovery 🙋‍♂️ Think LinkedIn meets AngelList, designed specifically for the startup ecosystem 🙋‍♂️ Combines networking, education, deal sourcing, and startup resources into a unified experience 🎯 Mission: Bridge the gap between early-stage Startups and Investors globally through a smart, trusted, and opportunity-rich digital ecosystem 🏋‍♀️ Vision: Go-To global platform where every Founder and Investor can connect, grow and thrive 👥 Target Audience 🎯 Startup Founders 🎯 Investors 🎯 Ecosystem Players 🧱 Core Features 1. 🔗 Founder & Investor Profiles 🧩 Professional-style profiles tailored to founders or investors 🧩 Founders list pitch decks, business metrics, milestones, and team 🧩 Investors list ticket size, verticals, region, and investment thesis 2. 📣 Startup Discovery Feed 🔍 Personalized feed showing recommended startups and deals 🔍 Filters by industry, stage, geography, and traction 3. 🛠️ Founder Toolkit ✅ Business plan templates, pitch deck builders, funding checklist ✅ AI-guided fundraising and growth playbooks 4. 💬 Messaging & Matchmaking 🧬 Smart matching between investors and startups 🧬 In-app chat and meeting scheduler with optional calendar integration 5. 🎓 Learning & Resources 🛠 Startup Founder Academy: Courses and tutorials on fundraising, pitching, etc 🛠 Startup Investor Corner: Due Di guides, trend reports, syndicate playbooks 💬 Mentors & Advisors provide startup mentoring and advisory from ideation, MVP, to public launch & beyond 🧬 Competitive Edge 🔍 Unlike LinkedIn, it's startup-specific and action-driven 🔍 Unlike AngelList, it's community- and education-focused 🔍 Unlike traditional fundraising platforms, it offers end-to-end tools, resources, and events

Elyvo - "Elevate Ventures, Empower Visions", is both a Venture Studio and Dev Studio, empowering Tech Innovation and Driving Growth globally for Startups, SMEs/SMBs, Institutions and Corporates 👉 The Venture Studio incubates and helps promising Startups with Tech Dev of their MVP, Launch Product and beyond (in exchange for cash and equity, or just equity for amazing projects) 👉 Whilst, the Tech Dev Studio assists Startups, SMEs/SMBs and Corporates, with whatever Tech Dev services they require (for cash payment). In essence, we can assist with development of your MVP, Launch Product, Add New Features, do Feature Enhancements, and Maintenance ✅ At Elyvo, we're driven by a passion for Growth and Innovation. Our Mission is to empower Startups, SMEs/SMBs and Corporates, to reach new heights by providing cutting-edge technology that's simple, powerful, and designed to evolve with our users' needs ✅ We believe that technology should be an enabler—helping users overcome challenges, seize new opportunities, and accelerate their journey to success ✅ When Investing into Startups, we look for Future-Successful and Market-Defining Companies in all categories we understand deeply, whether AI, Blockchain, FinTech, Digital Assets, or General Tech: 🔹 We're Stage Agnostic (working with startups as early as Ideation, PoC, Prototype and MVP, to Product Launch and Iteration, to Mature startups), preferring strongly to journey with our portfolio companies from start to finish 🔹 To be a Highly Successful Startup, you need: a Great Idea (including a Great Market), a Great Team, a Great Product, and Great Execution 🔹 To be a Great Founder, most important Characteristics are Unstoppability, Determination, Formidability, Resourcefulness, Intelligence and Passion. Of course, Industry Understanding, Past Experience, Strong Track Record and Relevant Expertise are valuable too

The Satoshi Terminal (https://satoshiterminal.io), is the world's first cryptocurrency research platform engineered to meet Wall Street's gold standard: the Bloomberg Terminal. This groundbreaking platform combines institutional-grade tools with comprehensive crypto market data to revolutionize how investors navigate the digital economy. With over 15,000 cryptocurrencies in existence, The Satoshi Terminal fills the glaring gap left by traditional platforms like the Bloomberg Terminal, which covers only 50 crypto assets. By delivering full visibility into the entire crypto market, The Satoshi Terminal is poised to become the multi-billion-dollar Bloomberg Terminal equivalent for the cryptocurrency era. 🔹 Why the Crypto Market Needs The Satoshi Terminal 🔹 ▶️ The Bloomberg Terminal dominates financial research, relied upon by 95% of Wall Street professionals. Yet, its crypto coverage barely scratches the surface, leaving institutional investors in the dark about a staggering 99.7% of the crypto market. This lack of visibility is more than an inconvenience—it's the single greatest obstacle to crypto's growth and adoption within traditional finance. ▶️ The Satoshi Terminal is the revolutionary fix to this systemic inefficiency. We're empowering investors with the same Bloomberg-grade tools they depend on, now expertly adapted for crypto.

Seal Games is a Web3 gaming and metaverse studio building products people love — regardless of market conditions. 🎮🌐 Our mission is to create fun, engaging, and accessible experiences that merge the power of blockchain with mainstream appeal. We're currently focused on leveraging Telegram’s 1B+ monthly active users to drive mass adoption of our ecosystem.

Shines (https://www.shines-web3.io) enables Companies to "Connect with Web3 Influencers Effortlessly"! ✅ How Can Shines Benefit You? ▶️ Time-Saving Streamline influencer recruitment with AI automation ▶️ Cost-Effective Cut marketing costs by efficiently connecting with relevant KOLs ▶️ Efficient Optimize efforts with data-driven approach ✅ Open Marketplace + Automation Access a diverse pool of high-quality influencers who apply directly to your projects Automate the entire process from contacting and list collection to reminders, result analysis, and payment delivery ✅ AI Matching + Scoring AI-driven ratings and scores for informed KOL engagement Matches projects with KOLs based on preferences and score ✅ What is the Actual Procedure? Send Us Your Requirement Post on Our Recruitment Board Access to Massive KOL Network

ArcnetLabs (https://www.arcnetlabs.com), is "Redefining Social Media with Arcnet" As an early-stage startup, ArcnetLabs introduces "Arcnet", a revolutionary decentralized platform built on blockchain technology, designed to redefine the social media landscape. ✅ ArcnetLabs just got accepted into the Lagos Spring 2025 Founder Institute (FI) Core Program starting on May 13, 2025 ▶️ Mission We aim to create a decentralized social media platform that champions freedom of speech, equitably distributes ad revenue among users, and protects user data. By leveraging blockchain technology, we empower users to engage in a censorship-free environment where their voices matter. Our platform fosters economic inclusion through features like SupCoins—short for support coins, tipping, ad revenue sharing, and an NFT marketplace, transforming social media into a space that prioritizes privacy, autonomy, and economic opportunity for all. ▶️ Product Design The current social media landscape is characterized by fragmentation and redundancy. Users often find themselves juggling multiple apps, each requiring its own account setup and management. This not only complicates the user experience but also limits the potential for meaningful connections and engagement. We aims to address these issues by offering a singular, decentralized platform “Arcnet” that integrates various social apps, enabling users to carry forward their achievements, influence, and followers seamlessly across different services. We call it “Arcnet” because it's a network of unified social apps.

PURPS, the next-gen DEX on Monad, offers unmatched liquidity and seamless trading. With one-click execution, users maximize yields and leverage LP as collateral. Developers accelerate growth through our revenue-sharing, incubation ecosystem. Trade harder. Build faster. Earn like a whale. 👉 What makes us different: 🚨 Retail Side: Users are incentivized to add LP not just for yield, but because LP (e.g., ETH/USDT) can also be used as collateral to take larger positions in our perpetuals. 🚨 B2B Side: Projects are incentivized to deploy LP with us through launchpad incubation, marketing support, and a 25% share of the trading fees from their pair. ⸻⸻⸻⸻ 📃 PURPS Features ⚡️High-speed DEX with concentrated liquidity ⚡️Liquidity incubation for Monad projects ⚡️IDO insurance to protect investors Dynamic fee structures & range orders ⚡️DCA Limit & Limit Orders ⚡️Governance via the $PURPS token ⚡️Seamless launch support for new projects ⸻⸻⸻⸻ 📃 PURPS Team Experience: ⚡️ Binance ⚡️ OKX ⚡️ Pancakeswap ⚡️ STEPN ⚡️ AtlasNavi ⚡️ Top Launchpads

A Recruitment Consultant who’s part of a high-performing team at Space Executive who helps (I) Clients grow their Legal, Corp Sec, Risk and Compliance team; and (II) Candidates find their next role and achieve their career aspirations. Always FIRST your friend, caring about your personal well-being and career plans, before being your recruiter. Someone you can contact at anytime to bounce off your current career situation, plans and aspirations in absolute confidence. For existing Clients and prospective Clients, rest assured that our team at Space Executive will do our utmost best to find good candidates who will thrive and excel in your organization. With >16+ years PQE in the legal profession and having been APAC General Counsel before, notwithstanding my personal successes as an investor, I've decided to return from semi-retirement to do something fulfilling and meaningful, and to help as many people as I can achieve their career aspirations, personal dreams and life goals. ABOUT SPACE EXECUTIVE Space Executive is a multi-award winning international search and selection recruitment agency with offices in London, Singapore and Hong Kong. We specialize in recruiting junior, mid-level, senior management to executive level personnel for listed Multinationals, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, FMCG, Consultancy, Insurance, Venture Capital & High Growth or Equity-Backed companies across Leadership and General Management, Technology and Change Management, Chief Operating Officer and Governance, Management Consultancy and Sales & Marketing. Your Space is Our Space and our clients’ success is integral to everything we do. We pride ourselves on delivering impactful solutions through best practice, technology, and innovation. Our services include executive and non-executive search and selection, both contingent and retained, talent pipelining, career consulting and advisory services.

Graduated with Second Class (Upper) Honors in Law at NUS (Singapore), a leading and top law school renowned in Asia and the rest of the world. Dean's List for academic year 1999-2000 Participated in the university's Overseas Exchange Programme at the Faculty of Law at Nottingham University for 2 full semesters in the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2002

MOE Pre-University Scholarship for Both Years in JC “Merit” for Econs “Special” Paper “Merit” for Maths C “Special” Paper

Secondary School 8 A1s and 1 A2 for GCE “O” Levels exam Awarded the Distinguished Hwa Chong Scholar Award

3 A-stars, 1 A for PSLE Primary School