Hester Speigel

Hester is creating network effects and enabling knowledge sharing between people and industries is what she loves doing most, to develop people and accelerate novel ideas.

In the venture capital industry, she advances the diversity of perspectives by growing the number of confident women as investors and founders. Through providing content, community and experiences, she helps people - with a soft spot for professional women - to develop their courage and entrepreneurial mindset.

Hester us an investor and entrepreneur with international experience as a leader in blue chip companies. Before starting her own companies, she had more than 15 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deutsche Bank. she pivoted her career 180 degrees and brought the modern education system and coding school ‘42’ to Germany. In support of this venture, she raised double-digit millions from the country’s largest company and largest foundation, hired teams and found the route to market.

Living in Singapore since 2020, she co-founded and run Epic Angels, the largest all-female angel investor collective investing in Asia. I am a venture partner at the venture capital firm Kaizenvest and support many startups founders on their way with capital, insights and network.

As the founding and managing partner of Epic Angels, she interacts on average with 100 startup founders and investors every month and helps them with fund raising.