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Michael Knott - Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder in Singapore, Singapore

Michael Knott

Executive CTO specializing in AI, FinTech, robotics, and regulated platforms

Undercurrent Capital Pte LtdSingapore, Singapore20 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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CTO/co-founder who spent the last 6 years running a Singapore venture studio (Undercurrent Capital), performing technical and business due diligence and leading ventures from ideation through growth. Notably built a MAS-regulated bond issuance platform (Cache) for a commodities brokerage, integrating onboarding, back-office, margin calls, and regulated money flows, attracting $120M USD in the first month.

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Key Strengths

  • 6 years as CTO/co-founder running a Singapore venture studio (Undercurrent Capital)
  • End-to-end venture building across ideation, incubation, acceleration, and growth stages
  • Built MAS-regulated bond issuance platform integrating brokerage onboarding, back office, margin calls, and regulated money movement/auditing
  • Delivered product that attracted over $120M USD in the first month of launch
  • Strong structured architecture approach (TOGAF ADM) in ambiguous, poorly documented, siloed organizations
  • Deep understanding of brokerage capital constraints and regulatory limitations; designed product to create APY for clients while reducing brokerage capital requirements

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Experience

Chief Technology Officer & Co-FounderUndercurrent Capital Pte Ltd · Jan 2019 – Jan 2025
Chief Technology Officer7 Senses Labs, Inc. · Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
Chief Technology OfficerGuwoo · Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
Director of TechnologyDistributive Networks · Jan 2005 – Jan 2009
Senior Software ArchitectUnion Bank of California · Jan 2000 – Jan 2005

Skills

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AICloud ComputingDistributed SystemsAWSDevOpsComplianceComputer VisionAnalyticsTechnology StrategyTechnology ArchitectureEngineering LeadershipTeam ScalingHiringApplied Machine Learning

Languages

English

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Michael KnottExecutive CTO specializing in AI, FinTech, robotics, and regulated platforms