Will KLIPPGEN
Domain of expertise : Early-stage venture capital, SaaS,
fintech, ecommerce, marketplaces, branding, UX/UI
Job title / Company: Managing Partner, InseadAlum
Ventures Pte Ltd, Singapore
Country : Singapore
Mr. Klippgen is a co-founder and managing partner at InseadAlum Ventures, as well as cofounder and Managing Director of Cocoon Capital Partners Pte Ltd, both based in Singapore.
He is the co-founder of price comparison site Zoomit.com, which was later merged with
Kelkoo.com and sold to Yahoo in 2004 in one of Europe’s largest internet transactions.
He has invested in over 25 startups since he became an angel investor as part of his family
investment company, Tigris Capital. Tigris is behind companies like PropertyGuru, Anacle
Systems, Tickled Media, ReferralCandy and Nugit. In 2010, it was awarded “Best Performing
VC / PE backed company” by the Singapore Venture Capital Association for its successful
investment in PropertyGuru.com, Southeast Asia’s leading property listing site.
Mr. Klippgen started his career as a Core Tech Engineer with U.S. search company
Excite.com. He 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 where he is a frequent speaker and judge.