Executive Director & Co-Founder, FundedHere
Daniel is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Funded Here Pte Ltd. He aims to build a robust crowd-funding ecosystem consisting of start-ups, professional investors, mentors and a MAS-regulated debt and equity crowd-funding platform.
Daniel is also an Executive Director of Singapore-listed company Viking Offshore & Marine Ltd. He is the Managing Director of Viking’s wholly-owned subsidiary Viking Asset Management that acquires and charters offshore and onshore assets. His work includes acquiring a 1,500 hp train-type land rig that is in a long-term charter with a Pakistani conglomerate, operating in Morocco, Africa. Daniel is also the Managing Director of another wholly-owned subsidiary Promoter Hydraulics that designs, builds, tests and delivers bespoke winches and power packs. Under his leadership, Promoter has delivered more than $20 million worth of products to international shipyards and ship and rig owners.
Prior to Blue Ocean, Daniel was the Special Assistant to the CEO in Singapore-listed company AdvanceSCT Limited. His work included corporate finance, helping the Company raise S$50.0 million in a secondary placement exercise. He was also involved in institutional fund-raising, having travelled to the US and Europe to meet with institutional investors. He also helped the Company start and operate a new joint venture partnership in Monterrey, Mexico.
Daniel sat on the board of Singapore-listed company Nico Steel Holdings Ltd from 2009 to 2016 as a Non-Executive Director. He also served as a Non-Executive Director of Singapore-listed company Ann Aik Ltd from 2012 to 2016. Daniel was also a member of the Finance Committee with the Singapore Institute of Directors from 2010 to 2012. He graduated with an honours degree in law in 2007 from Bristol University, United Kingdom.
