Douglas Abrams
Chief Executive Officer at Expara Pte Ltd.
Profile
Douglas has over 20 years of experience in venture capital and entrepreneurship, as well as 20 years of experience in investment banking.
Douglas is the CEO and Partner of Expara Asia Ventures VI.
He is responsible for fund management, deal sourcing, and due diligence, and is a member of the Investment Committee.
Douglas will hold board seats of investee companies, as applicable.
Douglas will also be jointly responsible for investor relations.
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Douglas Abrams is the founder and CEO of Expara and a pioneer of the Singapore VC industry since 2000.
He has launched two seed-stage funds (Expara IDM Ventures I and Expara IDM Ventures II, two early-stage venture funds (Extreme Ventures and Expara Ventures III), one pre-seed venture fund (Expara Asia Ventures) in Singapore, and one client fund in Thailand (Expara GDB Fund).
He is a former Chairman of the Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia (BANSEA) and has been a Director since 2002.
He served on the board of the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) from 2009-2010.
He was a founding partner of Parallax Capital Management, a Singapore-based funds management company in 2000.
Before coming to Singapore, Mr. Abrams managed information technology at J.P.
Morgan for 14 years.
From 1997 to 1999, he was Global Markets Head of Internet Marketing, and from 1991 to 1997, he was VP and Manager of Investment Banking Technology.
Douglas is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s Business School where he lectures on New Venture Creation for undergraduates and post-graduates.
He is also a Visiting Professor in Venture Capital at Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
?Education:
BA in Communications, Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
MBA, The Wharton School, USA
Douglas Abrams active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Extream Ventures Pte Ltd.
Extream Ventures Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Extream Ventures Pte Ltd(Extream Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Singapore. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Expara Pte Ltd.
Expara Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Expara Pte Ltd (Expara) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Douglas Abrams. The firm is headquartered in Ayer Rajah Crescent, Singapore. | Chief Executive Officer | 01/01/2000 |
Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd.
Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd. Industrial SpecialtiesProcess Industries Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd. develops and manufactures barrier films for plastic electronics. It offers organic light emitting diode displays used as lighting source & luminaries and solar products for use in the photovoltaic industry. The company was founded by Mark Dai Joong Auch and Senthil Kumar Ramadas on June 1, 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Douglas Abrams
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Media Development Authority
Media Development Authority General GovernmentGovernment Media Development Authority promotes and regulates media sector to contribute toward economic growth. It focuses on industry development, regulations, licensing, and consultations, and public education. The company was founded on January 1, 2003 and is headquartered in Singapore. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/01/2010 |
First Meta Pte Ltd.
First Meta Pte Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services First Meta Pte Ltd. provides a Web-based virtual asset trading platform solutions. Its virtual currency platform enables users to buy, sell, and trade virtual currencies through Paypal, mobile phones, and/or prepaid cards for real money across various games and virtual worlds. The company was founded by Douglas Abrams in 2008 and is headquartered in Singapore. | Founder | - |
Parallax Capital Management Pte Ltd.
Parallax Capital Management Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Parallax Capital Management (Parallax), an alternative investment management company headquartered in Singapore and was founded in early 1999 to take advantage of investment opportunities in post-crisis Asia. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Douglas Abrams
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
Annenberg School For Communication | Undergraduate Degree |
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Media Development Authority
Media Development Authority General GovernmentGovernment Media Development Authority promotes and regulates media sector to contribute toward economic growth. It focuses on industry development, regulations, licensing, and consultations, and public education. The company was founded on January 1, 2003 and is headquartered in Singapore. | Government |
Parallax Capital Management Pte Ltd.
Parallax Capital Management Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Parallax Capital Management (Parallax), an alternative investment management company headquartered in Singapore and was founded in early 1999 to take advantage of investment opportunities in post-crisis Asia. | Finance |
Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd.
Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd. Industrial SpecialtiesProcess Industries Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd. develops and manufactures barrier films for plastic electronics. It offers organic light emitting diode displays used as lighting source & luminaries and solar products for use in the photovoltaic industry. The company was founded by Mark Dai Joong Auch and Senthil Kumar Ramadas on June 1, 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore. | Process Industries |
Extream Ventures Pte Ltd.
Extream Ventures Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Extream Ventures Pte Ltd(Extream Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Singapore. | Finance |
Expara Pte Ltd.
Expara Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Expara Pte Ltd (Expara) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Douglas Abrams. The firm is headquartered in Ayer Rajah Crescent, Singapore. | Finance |
First Meta Pte Ltd.
First Meta Pte Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services First Meta Pte Ltd. provides a Web-based virtual asset trading platform solutions. Its virtual currency platform enables users to buy, sell, and trade virtual currencies through Paypal, mobile phones, and/or prepaid cards for real money across various games and virtual worlds. The company was founded by Douglas Abrams in 2008 and is headquartered in Singapore. | Commercial Services |
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