Alex Dam

Startups · Partnerships · APAC

Both sides of the table.

I’ve worked in the startup ecosystem my whole career. VC seat, then operator. That network and head start is how I help companies expand into APAC and sell to startups. Now I run startup GTM and partnerships for Notion across APAC.

Say hi See the path

Worked and partnered with

  • Notion
  • Hillfarrance
  • Airtree
  • Startmate
  • Aspire
  • HubSpot
  • Anthropic
  • Google
  • Airwallex
  • Firmable

Work

How I help

Built from a career in this ecosystem.

  • Partner motions

    How companies partner with and sell into startups. I design the playbook and can run it with the team.

  • Programmes and rooms

    I design programmes and rooms that have a job. And I can run them too.

Proof

Selected work

Custom Agents talk, Singapore. On stage with the room.
Custom Agents talk, Singapore. On stage with the room.
Agent meetup at Lorong AI, Singapore.
Agent meetup at Lorong AI, Singapore.
Echelon Singapore. Notion workshop: From Chaos to Closed.
Echelon Singapore. Notion workshop: From Chaos to Closed.
January Capital, Anthropic, and Notion Builders’ Brunch, Sydney.
January Capital × Anthropic × Notion Builders’ Brunch, Sydney.
Founder-led Design AMA with Randy Hunt, Singapore.
Founder-led Design AMA with Randy Hunt, Singapore.
Notion booth at SuperAI, Singapore.
Notion booth at SuperAI, Singapore.

Résumé

Experience

Startup Market Lead, APAC

Notion

At Notion: acquired 1,500+ startups across APAC into the Notion for Startups motion. 700+ into the programme. Onboarded 200+. Acquisition +326% YoY. Partners from 103 to 248.

Founder

Lowkick Consulting

Operator work for early NZ startups.

Investment Principal

Hillfarrance Venture Capital · Auckland

11 investments. Helped raise a $36m fund. Portfolio support, including a $3m round. Hosted ecosystem events of 100–200 people.

Co-Chair, Young Finance Professionals

INFINZ · Auckland

Community and events alongside the VC seat.

About

Founders and funds. I’ve sat with both.

Principal at Hillfarrance: raising, investing, running ecosystem events. Now Notion’s Startup Market Lead for APAC. Programmes, partnerships, and rooms across Singapore, Sydney, and Ho Chi Minh. Outside work: guitar, golf, Muay Thai.

  • Guitar
  • Golf
  • Muay Thai

Podcast

Founder Fridays

Conversations with founders on Notion’s Founder Fridays.

Contact

If the work sounds like a fit, write.