The Malaysia Co-Investment Fund (MyCIF) has on Monday announced the new initiatives – New Silver Economy Scheme and VC-Led ProfitSharing Incentive – for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to seek funding in emerging growth areas and make it easier for investors to access high quality investment opportunities.

the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said in a statement on Monday that following the 2026 Federal Budget allocation of MYR 30 million ($7.63 million), an additional MYR 20 million ($5.09 million) will be allocated to MyCIF for 2026.

The new initiatives announcements were made by Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan at the MyCIF Engagement Day at the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) on Monday.

Silver Economy Scheme is a new scheme to encourage investments into MSMEs supporting Malaysia’s ageing population, specifically in care-tech, specialized healthcare and senior living.

VC/PE Profit-Sharing Incentive is a new incentive to attract venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) led deals on equity crowdfunding (ECF) platforms, giving opportunities to crowd investors to participate in institutionally backed deals.

MyCIF will share 50 percent of the profits with VC and PE lead investors delivering exits on these investments.

It is noted that Gobi Partners and OSK Ventures International have expressed intentions to bring deals to equity crowdfunding (ECF) investors.

Meanwhile, the Food Security Scheme will be expanded to include agri-tech startups to encourage investments in innovation that supports national efforts to modernize agriculture for increased productivity and food security.

Beyond the new initiatives, MyCIF announced that it has exceeded MYR 1.5 billion ($380 million) in coinvestments since its inception in 2019.

Combined with MYR 6.2 billion (MYR 1.58 billion) from private investors, MyCIF has enabled MYR 7.7 billion ($1.96 billion) of funds raised to support over 11,500 MSMEs, ranging from traditional businesses to tech-enabled businesses, over the last six years.

In addition, returns from MyCIF co-investments has enabled MOF’s cumulative grant of MYR 290 million ($73.74 million) to be recycled by 5.2 times.

The MyCIF model is the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia that allows the government to co-invest alongside private investors on eligible ECF and peer to peer (P2P) campaigns.

SC Chairman Mohammad Faiz Azmi said that MyCIF has significantly helped MSME growth by attracting fundraising through ECF and P2P platforms as funding not easily available through more conventional avenues.

“The MyCIF model synergizes the resilience of public capital with the collective wisdom of the crowd,

“I strongly believe there is potential for this model to scale further to address funding needs and fuel growth for the economy,” he added.

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