David He (Partner at Gunderson Dettmer Singapore, LLP)

David He

Partner at Gunderson Dettmer Singapore, LLP

David is a partner in the Singapore office of Gunderson Dettmer. David has spent nearly a decade working with startups and VCs throughout the U.S., China, India, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Based in New York, Silicon Valley and Singapore during this period, David has led negotiations on more than 500 successful venture financing transactions and advised on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial contracts, and public listing preparations for a number of venture-backed startups. David has been recognized by The Legal 500 as the only “Next Generation Partner” in the Start-Up and Venture Capital - Foreign Firms in Singapore category. He is recognized by Chambers and Partners and named by the India Business Law Journal’s A-List as one of the top 100 India-focused lawyers at international law firms. David was also listed as one of Asia’s 40 Under 40 Lawyers for 2022 by Asian Legal Business, a Thomson Reuters publication, which recognizes the top young lawyers from international and domestic firms across Greater China, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and India.

Jonathan Pentzien (Singapore Managing Partner at Gunderson Dettmer Singapore, LLP)

Jonathan Pentzien

Singapore Managing Partner at Gunderson Dettmer Singapore, LLP

Jon is the managing and founding partner of Gunderson Dettmer’s Singapore office. Previously based in the firm’s New York office, Jon has over 15 years of experience advising global emerging growth technology companies throughout their lifecycle as well as acting for venture and growth equity investors on some of the largest financing rounds and M&A transactions in India and Southeast Asia. Jon’s investor clients include Accel, Antler, Asia Partners, Cathay Innovation, Lightspeed India, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SIG, Tanglin Venture Partners and Tiger Global. His company clients include 2C2P, Aspire, Erudifi, Flipkart, FreshtoHome, HealthifyMe, Orange Health, Pintu, Super and Yellow.ai. Jon is recognized as a Leading Individual for Start-Up and Venture Capital by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023, a Band 1 Leading Individual for Startups & Emerging Companies by Chambers Asia-Pacific since 2021, and named to India Business Law Journal’s A-List since 2020.