John Lim

John Lim, Partner at Meet Ventures, is an experienced professional in the startup and innovation sector. He began his career at SGInnovate and KPMG Innovate before moving on to start his own practice. He now helps corporations and growth-stage startups to work together for win-win outcomes.

Throughout his career, John has reviewed thousands of pitch decks and worked with hundreds of startups. Some of the programs he managed include TAGPASS Accelerator Program, CISCO Innovation Program (IoT Startups), IBM-Watson Innovation Program (AI Startups), SEA Anchor Market Access Program, LongHash Global Blockchain Incubator and more.

John has also been invited to judge at various regional pitch competitions and speak at multiple conferences. Some of these pitch competitions include Project Kairos 2018, Nanjing Pitch Contest 2019, Startup Elevate 2019, Suzhou Venture Contest 2020 and Slingshot 2020. He was also Keynote Speaker at the Yale-NUS China Summit 2019 and Maritime Port Authority (Singapore) Innovation Summit 2019.

During his free time, John volunteers as a mentor at Protégé Kita and Social Impact Catalyst. He is a firm believer that every person has the potential to succeed, and that people are the key to an organization’s success.