The Detroit marketplace made sneakers trade like stocks, then built a verification network around the deal. A decade later, used goods, live auctions and possessionless trading are testing how far that machinery can stretch.
Jet Commerce is a Southeast Asia-focused e-commerce enabler founded in Indonesia in 2017 that provides brands with end-to-end online growth services - strategic consulting, marketplace store operations, integrated digital marketing, customer service, live commerce, and warehousing and fulfillment. Operating across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, China, and Brazil, it helps global and local brands such as OPPO, DJI, L'Oreal, and Panasonic sell on platforms including Shopee, Lazada, Tokopedia, and TikTok Shop. The company raised over $60 million in Series B financing in August 2022.
MantaYaY is a Kuala Lumpur-based TikTok-first creator network and media company. It manages a network of thousands of creators, runs influencer marketing and social-media accounts for brands, operates TikTok Shop live commerce, and produces short-form drama and gaming content across Southeast Asia. Founded by former TikTok creators Yubin Ng and Joel Lim, the company positions itself as a full-stack partner connecting brands, creators, and audiences on short-form video.
Vincent Diallo is a French-born, trilingual (French, English, Mandarin) venture capitalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who brings a rare tri-continental lens to consumer and commerce investing. He is General Partner at Progression, a TikTok-alumni-led fund backing AI-native consumer products, and founder and Managing Partner of Interlace Ventures, a $14M debut fund dedicated to commerce technology. Before moving into venture, he served as CFO of Sinodis in Shanghai — scaling the largest independent Western food distributor in China from $50M to $200M in revenue before its exit — and spent seven years at Deloitte across Paris and Shanghai auditing global giants including LVMH, WPP, and Pernod Ricard. He is also co-founder of Bleu Capital, a transatlantic climate-focused family office.