Venture Building is for THE BOLD
Make asset origination investable.
The origination layer stays empty for a structural reason.
Each institutional investor invests rationally within its own boundary. Yet, the origination layer remains inaccessible to institutional capital because no institutional-grade infrastructure exists to de-risk the origination of new ventures.
xcube.co exists to fill that layer and makes pre-venture investable.
The mechanism is shared in conversation.
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A studio backed by strategic and patient capital, structured across ventures whose value is realised at the level of the portfolio, is built for it.
Sebastien's path to venture building was not a straight line.
In fact, he failed his first year in pharmaceutical studies, then joined the French Air Force, where he served as a commando. After the military, he landed in China and became an entrepreneur in the fashion industry.
Why fashion? His business partner said, "You're French. You know fashion." He didn't, but went ahead anyway. That yes sparked a career built on following curiosity, adapting quickly, and building things from scratch.
Later, Sebastien returned to Europe and pursued a PhD in corporate strategy in partnership with Sanofi Pasteur, focused on how big corporations can innovate more openly and collaboratively. This is where he developed a theory about how corporates should orchestrate their ecosystem of innovation.
This is also when he first came across Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper on Bitcoin. What fascinated him beyond the tech was the social impact: what if people could build decentralised institutions that worked better for society?
Years later, he helped a private bank develop a Web3 ecosystem to bridge traditional finance and decentralised systems. He learnt fast, driven by a belief that tech should serve people, and moved to Singapore to finalise the integration of Multi-Party Computation (MPC) venture.
Over time, a deeper frustration set in. Many impactful ideas were stuck in corporate politics, outdated systems and ecosystem inertia. Sebastien realised that corporate innovation needed to be reinvented. It needed to be built as a socio-economic system, not from technology alone.
And that was how xcube.co was born.
The minds behind our mission.
FinTech and RegTech leader with more than eighteen years across Southeast Asia, the wider APAC region and MENA, specialising in regulatory engagement, corporate governance and risk. She was a founding team member of AsiaVerify, a KYB, KYC and AML RegTech where she grew revenue by more than 300 percent year on year. Eelee is an Accredited Board Director (MSID-AD) and member of the Singapore Institute of Directors' Tech & Digital Committee.
Venture strategist and sustainable finance executive with more than twenty years building and scaling technology ventures across Asia, Europe and MENA. At SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered, she took Huma.eco from proof of concept to a USD 10 million valuation and a USD 3.5 million pre-seed round within eighteen months, and chaired its global board.
Senior financial technology sales and growth leader with APAC experience at FIS, IBM, Finastra and First Data, where he built businesses in new markets and led cross-regional growth teams. He is a founding committee member of the Singapore Institute of Directors' Digital and Technology Chapter, a past President of SCS Youth at the Singapore Computer Society, and was appointed to the IMDA Digital for Life Fund Steering Committee. Executive MBA, Singapore Management University, magna cum laude.
People and culture leader with more than fifteen years building and scaling organisations across APAC, from high-growth SaaS and AI scale-ups to creative and consumer brands. She joins companies at pivotal moments of growth to build HR foundations, redesign organisations and strengthen leadership capability, partnering with founders and senior leaders to align people strategy with commercial goals. Across Trustana, AI Rudder, Ripple, Wunderman, Criteo and Publicis, she has supported transformations in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Australia.
Board Chair and Non-Executive Director with more than twenty-five years across banking, infrastructure finance and capital markets in EMEA and Asia. She chairs a systemically important bank in the DRC, serves as Special Envoy to the Finance in Common Secretariat, and previously held senior roles at TCX Fund, at GE Capital, where she established its first African office, and at Philips Capital. She has worked as a senior counterpart to central banks, sovereign institutions, DFIs and multilaterals across Africa, Europe and Asia.
Anchored in pioneering financial hubs.
We operate where regulation, capital and fintech talent meet. Singapore, Hong Kong and Bahrain are the hubs where the next wave of fintech innovation is built.
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