Intense month. I could barely find time to write. Nevertheless, I have never felt ever more productive in the past month. Off many exciting that I have been up to, I would like to share a bit about my Business... Continue Reading →
This post marks the start of a new content series: “SEA Tech Startup Fundraising”, in which we will discuss everything about fundraising in South East Asia (SEA). #1 Investor Pitch Deck Let’s do a simple exercise. While there are a... Continue Reading →
Founders need to understand the exit landscape from the perspective of financial investors, i.e. Venture Capital (VC) or Private Equity (PE) Fund. Recently, Garena, SEA most valuable tech startup, was reported to appoint Goldman Sachs for a $1bn IPO in... Continue Reading →
Leadership is a concept that deserves more attention in the startup world. In both corporate and non-corporate environments, many people fear the topic because it is an intangible concept that cannot be measured directly by hard numbers and metrics. (Asians... Continue Reading →
Since I came back to Malaysia, I have had the privilege to speak to many different people in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. Startup founders, startup employees, incubator/accelerator CEO, aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone who cared to discuss with me about venture... Continue Reading →
I crunched some data from Pitchbook and Crunchbase on the SEA funding. Only startups that have been backed by angels, seed fund, incubators/accelerators and venture capital are included in my analysis. The following are my findings and views on the landscape... Continue Reading →
In an effort to understand the SEA startup funding ecosystem in 2016, I crunched though some data today and below are two slides of my findings: Where the money comes from: Most active investors in 2016 are still mostly non-SEA based... Continue Reading →
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