Marie Cheong

Marie is a Founding Partner of 100x100, a leading climate company builder and venture capital fund launched by the team that co-founded Wavemaker Impact. 100x100 co-founds startups with experienced entrepreneurs with the aim of building a portfolio of scalable companies that can abate 10% of the global carbon budget. Every company that 100x100 builds and invests in has the potential to abate 100 million metric tons of carbon and be a US$100-million revenue business. 100x100 has over 25 companies in its portfolio tackling the biggest drivers of emissions in agriculture, land use change, energy in the built environment, industrial processes and transportation.

Marie has worked with over 40 entrepreneurs to help them build their businesses. In the last five years, Marie has focused exclusively on launching climate tech startups in Southeast Asia and India and is passionate about increasing the pipeline of women founders in the sector.

Marie has a MBA from the National University of Singapore where she graduated as valedictorian and holder of the Panasonic Marketing Award.