Shin Wangkaewhiran

CEO & Founder, Vonder

Industry : Business

When Shin went to Japan in 2012 on an exchange programme,
he was stunned to find a totally different education system, where
instructors used smart technology and applications as a tool for
teaching. Coming back to Thailand and joining the non-profit Teach
for Thailand, he noticed that every student had a smartphone
loaded with applications, but none for learning. That spurred him
to get into edtech. Promoting the idea through a chatbot, he was
eventually endowed with 2 million baht in seed money from the
government to launch Vonder. With further investment from Disrupt
and Stormbreaker and a clear business model, the service grew
exponentially, and soon the company had created Vonder Flash,
Vonder Jump and Vonder Gold as interactive platforms for different
target groups that use gaming as a teaching tool. Since its launch
in late 2018, Vonder has successfully delivered new ways of
learning to 5,000+ classrooms in Thailand. Shin is an ambassador
for One Young World, representing Thailand at the Summit in 2015.