Nikau Lee

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Co-founder & COO at Willow HQ · Agritech · rural distribution, agriculture

Willow HQ
Sydney, Australia · AEST (UTC+10)
14+ years experience
University of Sydney
English
Raising
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Overview

Building Willow HQ in Sydney - agritech. Grew the team to 113 people across 3 countries. Before that: Mastercard and OCBC. I host a monthly meetup on agritech.

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  • Second opinions on rural distribution decisions
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Skills
supply chainagriculturegrowthfintechrural distribution
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Pre-seed round open - procurement for hospital networks, 8 enterprise pilots

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$3M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$470k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
8 enterprise pilots after 9 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

8 enterprise pilots after 9 months. Looking for investors who know B2B SaaS and can help with expansion into the US.

Sydney, Australia · remote OKrural distributionagriculturesupply chain
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Feb 2022 - Present
    Willow HQ · 4 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Sydney, Australia
    • Grew the team to 110 people across 3 countries.
    • Took Willow HQ from zero to $1 million ARR.
    • Raised $21 million across 3 rounds.
  2. Controller
    Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
    Mastercard · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Sydney, Australia
    • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $278 million raise.
  3. Controller
    Nov 2015 - Jun 2019
    OCBC · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Sydney, Australia
    • Ran diligence on 11 acquisitions.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 8 straight quarters.
  4. Finance Manager
    Jun 2014 - Nov 2015
    Standard Chartered · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Sydney, Australia
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 15.
  5. FP&A Manager
    Aug 2012 - Mar 2014
    Foxconn · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Sydney, Australia
    • Saved $1 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Ran diligence on 4 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. University of Sydney
    BEng, Engineering
    2002 - 2006

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