Venture Capital

In 2022, we have the privilege to interview venture capital firms and tech startups we find interesting. We hope you have enjoyed reading them. Here are our most-read interview articles:

Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures, has on Tuesday announced the 30 selected team champions from the coaching and hackathon program of Indonesia PASTI BISA, Maju Terus Pantang Mundur (Keep Moving Forward, Never Give Up) or IDPB MTPM.

MYStartup, an initiative by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) in Malaysia and powered by Malaysia's early-stage startup influencer Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd. (Cradle), has embarked on a new partnership with airasia academy to make knowledge and education fundamentals more accessible to its startup community.

Malaysian based venture capital firm Ficus Capital has on last Friday announced its intent to continue investing in Malaysian and South East Asian startups with global growth potentials. With its flagship MYR 60 million ($13.58 million) fund, Ficus SEA, the world’s first shariah compliant venture capitalist is looking for revolutionary, sustainable and…

Java Capital, a seed stage focused, SEBI registered Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) in India, has announced the launch of its first fund with a corpus of INR 75 crore ($9 million), including a greenshoe option of Rs 25 crore.

Gobi Partners, the Malaysia and Hong Kong-based venture capital firm, has appointed Carlo Chen-Delantar as its Head of environmental, social, and governance ESG, to further advance the company’s ESG agenda. Carlo will replace its outgoing ESG Head, Paul Ark.

Wavemaker Impact, a Singapore-based climate tech venture builder, announced on Wednesday that Monique Conheady has joined as its new Venture Partner for Australia and New Zealand. With Monique leading its efforts in Australia and New Zealand, Wavemaker Impact intends to launch its first venture in the region next year.

ESG and impact are starting to feature more strongly in investment evaluation and decisions. Investors believe that a strong social-environmental impact will eventually lead to sustained outsized profitability, rather than a scramble for strong short-term profitability that will fizzle out. 

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has enhanced its guidelines on the registration of venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) corporations and management corporations (VC/PE Guidelines). The revisions took effect on November 28.