Meet the Team
When entrepreneurs, industry executives, experts align under a common mission and commit as a team, each of them bringing their unique set of experiences, great things are bound to happen.
Venture capital. Done Differently
Isabelle has had a 20-year corporate career in the luxury and beverage industries before moving to Singapore in 2012 and setting up ID Capital.
Her last responsibility was SVP Marketing & Communications for the Cognac brand Hennessy, member of the Executive Committee. This included significant involvement in the upstream sector of Viticulture. Prior to this she was with Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Dunhill and Boucheron, in different senior capacities (supply chain director, retail network director, CMO).
After careful research for an emerging sector to invest in she was convinced that the foodtech & agtech sectors were bound for dramatic change. For the next two years she reviewed venture deals and invested as a private investor.
The idea of the FFA was born in May 2016 after potential co-investors expressed interests in her Agtech/Foodtech deal flow. It also appeared that startups would greatly benefit from regional exposure to grow their venture.
Isabelle Decitre
Founder & CEO
Vandana brings experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, investment and agrifood tech accelerator management and has worked in India and Singapore.
She began her career in financial services and has 10 years of relationship management and investment advisory experience across multinational banks. After her own successful startup journey, she led the design and delivery of entrepreneurship training programs at a leading VC in Singapore.
Most recently, she has been instrumental in the establishment of Southeast Asia’s first impact focused agrifood tech accelerator GROW, in partnership with AgFunder.
Vandana is a qualified CFA, holds a certificate in Agriculture Technology and has completed a strategy program at INSEAD. She is actively engaged in building capabilities to support growth in the Singapore and ASEAN agri food ecosystem.
Vandana DHAUL
Chief Operating Officer
Steven is an industry veteran who brings 7 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the ICT and Agtech sector, and 12 years of experience working with leading food and agriculture corporations such as Cargill and OSI Group, where he served as the Asia VP and CFO.
Over the years, Steven has witnessed a tremendous rise of innovations across China to face the largest challenges faced by the food industry. Steven has spent time realizing these immense opportunities, accelerating solutions in the agrifoodtech space.
Steven also coaches young entrepreneurs who are engaged in agrifoodtech and is passionate about sharing insights with visionary leaders in the food industry.
Steven Zhang
Managing Director, Greater China
Bingyu has an impeccable academic record as well as invaluable experience in powder and recycling technology, material science, and process engineering.
He has over 8 years of combined research experience in academia and consultancy. He was the Director of Mechanical Engineer and Quality Assurance in Vecor (China), in charge of the daily production operation, staff upgrading, R&D, lean systems development, and SOPs implementation. Vecor is an advanced material company that upcycles fly ash into ceramic tiles.
Bingyu is passionate in sustainable technologies and making a positive contribution to shaping our world into a better place.
Bingyu Zhuo
Venture Project Manager
Annelieke brings brand storytelling and consumer insights together from her experience as an entrepreneur, her time as a digital marketer at a local social enterprise, and her financial consulting background with a international banking group.
She graduated in 2017 from New York University’s Stern School of Business with a double concentration in Finance and Computing and Data Science.
Annelieke’s passion in agfoodtech stemmed from learning about the impact modern agriculture and our food system has on the environment. She hopes to work with innovators to drive long-term change with emerging agrifoodtech technologies.
Annelieke Dompeling
Brand Associate
Starting off his career as a licensed lawyer in both the U.S. and China, Tristan has learnt the ins and outs of the VC/PE ecosystem and deal structures through various cross-border deals and projects.He later joined the investment side and worked as a portfolio manager in the U.S. for 7 years, mainly focusing on the entertainment and tech industry.
Over the years, he developed strong interests in and passion for the foodtech & agtech sectors and believes the innovation of this industry can revolutionize the world and change people’s lives in the most tangible and meaningful way.
His rich cross-cultural background and experience both as a lawyer and a portfolio manager will help ID Capital play an important role in China’s Agri-foodTech transformation.
Tristan Lu
Director, Portfolio Management, Greater China