Jessica Li
| Jessica Li | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 Hong Kong |
| 🎓 Alma mater | UCL |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Jessica Yu Kee Li (born 1987) is a entrepreneur based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is the co-founder of the leading cloud kitchen startup in Southeast Asia, Dahmakan, where she is currently serving as COO.
Li was born in Hong Kong where her father was an academic in Linguistics.[1]. She then spent her early years in Sydney Australia and attended North Sydney Girls High School before leaving for boarding school back in Hong Kong. She graduated from a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University College of London and Masters from University of New South Wales.
Before founding Dahmakan, Li worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as consultant in Sydney, before joining the Rocket Internet funded Foodpanda in Hong Kong. While in Hong Kong, Li was a part-time contributor to TimeOut Hong Kong[2].
Dahmakan[edit]
Dahmakan is a full stack food delivery startup based in Malaysia. It operates on a vertically integrated food delivery model that takes orders from customers though an app, but supplies meals from centralized food production hubs and a proprietary delivery system.
Li founded Dahmakan in 2015 out of her own kitchen in Kuala Lumpur together with Jonathan Weins, who she had worked with in Foodpanda Hong Kong[3]. Dahmakan went on to become the first Malaysian startup to be accepted into the prestigious Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator in 2017[4]. In 2018 the startup made its first overseas expansion in Bangkok, acquiring the Thai startup Polpa[5].
Dahmakan's early investors include NFQ Capital, East Ventures, Asia Venture Group and Grupara[6].
By 2020, Dahmakan had raised a total of USD $28 million, from further investors such as Rakuten Capital, White Star Capital, JAFCO Asia and GEC-KIP Fund[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ↑ Khoo, Jean (2015-07-27). "This Healthy Delivery Food Startup Will Throw In An Ukulele For Free If You're Not Satisfied". Vulcan Post. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ↑ Lim, Balqis (2017-04-25). "Healthy bytes | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ↑ "dahmakan acquires Polpa in first overseas expansion". Digital News Asia. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ↑ "Malaysia's Dah Makan raises $1.3M for an organized approach to food delivery". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ↑ "Dahmakan, a Malaysian 'full-stack' food delivery startup, raises $18M Series B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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