5x founder

Raphael Cohen

Product Lead, Airi @ Airwallex | Pioneering the agentic wallet for AI-driven commerce | YC founder & ex-Rocket Internet

Co-founder

Deskimo· Summer 2021🇸🇬 Singapore

in LinkedIn

2025Airi· Airwallex

Founder · since 2012

Company

Airwallex

Role

Airi

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

Singapore, Singapore

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Deskimo

Workspaces on demand, paid by the minute.

Summer 2021

Experience

Career

Airwallex
Product Lead - Airi · Singapore, Singapore · 2025 – Present
2025
Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · Singapore · 2023 – Present
2023
Deskimo
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Singapore · 2021 – 2025
2021
Rocket Internet SE
Founder
Managing Director Asia · Singapore · 2018 – 2020
2018
Gobee.bike
Co-founder
CEO & Co-Founder · Hong Kong SAR · 2017 – 2018
2017
The Founder Institute
Founder
Mentor · Hong Kong · 2014 – 2018
2014
HotelQuickly
Co-founder
CSO & Co-Founder · Hong Kong & Bangkok · 2012 – 2017
2012
foodpanda | hellofood
Managing Director (Vietnam) · Vietnam · 2012
2012
Rocket Internet GmbH
Global Venture Development Manager - Asia · Singapore, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh · 2012
2012

Bio

Past experience: - Head of Asia, Rocket Internet - Co-Founder, Gobee.bike (2nd largest bike sharing operator outside of China) - Co-Founder, HotelQuickly (largest last-minute hotel booking app in Asia-Pacific) - Managing Director, Foodpanda Vietnam (Asia's largest food delivery company outside of China) Further: - French national - Lived in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Canada, France - Speaks 7 languages and visited 100+ countries - Bachelor of Commerce, University of Toronto