ForbesAsia-April2018

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Vidit Aatrey, Sanjeev Barnwal,
27, 28 India
Cofounders, Meesho
Ian Ang, Alaric Choo, 25, 30
Singapore
Cofounders, Secretlab
Ankiti Bose, Dhruv Kapoor, 26,
27 India
Cofounders, Zilingo
Noppon Anukunwithaya,
Amornched (Taro) Jinda-
apiraksa, 29, 29 Thailand
Cofounders, TakeMeTour
Augustin Ceyrac, Tommaso
Tamburnotti, 29, 30 Hong Kong
Cofounders, Easyship
Josephine Chow, Lai Shanru, 29,
29 Singapore
Cofounders, ShopBack
Arjit Gupta, Karan Gupta,
Himesh Joshi, Rohit
Ramasubramanian, 29, 28, 29,
27 India
Cofounders, Zefo
Fransiska Hadiwidjana, 28
Indonesia
Founder, Prelo
Tushar Khandelwal, 29
Singapore
Cofounder, Voyagin
Li Xiaoya, 30 China
Cofounder, Huishoubao
Lin Hai, Liu Jieyi, 29, 28 China
Cofounders, Particle Fever
Stanislaus Mahesworo
Christandito Tandelilin, 27
Indonesia
Cofounder, Sale Stock
Kyrylo Medvediev, Olga
Oleinikova, 28, 29 Australia
Cofounders, Persollo
Krishnan Menon, Marshall
Utoyo, 28, 28 Indonesia
Cofounders, Fabelio

Nik Mirkovic, Alex Tomic, 22, 24
Australia
Cofounders, HiSmile
Keyis Ng, 30 Singapore
Cofounder, Cafebond.com
Ammar Roslizar, Ammar
Shahrin, 28, 29 Malaysia
Cofounders, ARBA Travel &
Tours
Bala Sarda, 26 India
Founder, Vahdam Teas
Adeel Shai, Adnan Shai, 30,
28 Pakistan
Cofounders, PriceOye
Dhruv Sharma, 26 India
Founder, GuestHouser
Nyha Shree, 28 Singapore
Cofounder, jumper.ai
Alexandra Spencer, 28 Australia
Realisation Par
Su Chunzi, 28 China
Partner, Flowerplus
Raeesa Sya, 28 Malaysia
CEO, Orkid Cosmetics
Gretta van Riel, 28 Australia
Founder, SkinnyMe;
Hey Influencers
Sanna Vohra, 27 India
Founder, The Wedding Brigade
Michael Wang, 28 China
Cofounder, YCloset
Jonathan Weins, 28 Malaysia
Founder, Dahmakan
Cordelia Xiao, 29 China
Founder, Xiaolusenlin, Abox
Xu XinMing, 28 China
CEO, Shi Lili
JUDGES
Allan Zeman, Founder and
chairman, Lan Kwai Fong
Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO, Rakuten

Su Chunzi, 28
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & PARTNER,
FLOWERPLUS CHINA
In 2015, Su, working as a Shanghai-based venture capitalist, met
executives from Flowerplus to discuss a potential investment in
the subscription-bouquet startup. Su liked the business model:
Customers pick from four plans (1, 3, 6 or 12 months; prices
range from roughly $20 to $700) and receive arrangements
weekly. Su was won over, so much so that she quit her VC job
and became a partner at the startup, which has since expanded
to 5 million users and over $100 million in sales.
The success of this subscription-based model has given Su
the idea for her next venture, Rouralism. The service, soon to
be launched, will deliver daily-use products such as underwear
and toilet paper. Su expects Rouralism to find a market among
China’s white-collar women, who are often too busy to do
household shopping. “As people’s disposable income grows in
China, they are spending more on things that will improve life
quality,” says Su. “This is driving spending on nonessentials such
as flowers and travels—and this is what we call a consumption
upgrade.” —Yue Wang

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