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Jia Jih Chai

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Smart Money Rating: 92 out of 100

Venture Partner, Smile Invest

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Smile Invest
Title
Venture Partner
Role
Venture partner
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Record updated 20 September 2026

About

JJ runs Rainforest, the Singapore e-commerce brand aggregator he co-founded in 2020. He advises Smile Group on consumer and commerce businesses across Southeast Asia. He spent a decade scaling global platforms in Asia, joining Airbnb as its first employee in Southeast Asia and later running international expansion at a regional classifieds marketplace he helped scale from pre-revenue.

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