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Kazakhstan Science Fund partners Quest Ventures to boost startup ecosystem

The Science Fund, a Kazakhstan national institute for scientific and technological development, has on Monda announced that it has signed an agreement with Singapore-based venture capital firm Quest Ventures to bolster the vibrant emerging startup and innovation ecosystem in the country.

Philippine’s NDC partners Quest Ventures to strengthen startup ecosystem

The National Development Company (NDC), a Philippine state-owned enterprise investing in diverse industries, has signed a series of agreements with Singapore-based venture capital firm Quest Ventures to bolster the vibrant emerging startup and innovation ecosystem in the country.

Quest Ventures appoints April Ong Vaño as Head of Environmental, Social & Governance

China-based venture capital firm Quest Ventures has appointed Philippine-based April Ong Vaño as its Head of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG). In this capacity, Ong Vaño will play a pivotal role in advancing the company's mission and advancing sustainability efforts in key markets.

Quest Ventures’ Michelle Ng on the role of accelerators in sustainable impact [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

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. 

Women in tech: How these VCs are helping to close gender gap in Southeast Asia

We talked to several venture capital (VC) firms in the region to learn more from their perspectives about gender gap in the tech ecosystem. We sought for their thoughts on gender lens investing and asked for their suggestions on how female tech entrepreneurs can improve further, addressing their challenges in the male-dominated tech startup ecosystem.

The social imperative for start-ups to grow

It has become imperative for businesses to consciously and intentionally incorporate social purpose and impact into their business model early on.

Quest Ventures leads investment into BILLZ, a user-friendly retail management software for SMEs

BILLZ announced that it has raised a new round of funding from international institutional investors. The round was led by venture capital firm Quest Ventures and included participation from Sturgeon Capital, a London-based VC fund that invests in emerging markets.

Philippine cloud kitchen firm Kraver’s Canteen secures $3M Series A led by Quest Ventures

Kraver’s technology provides high-end meal experiences for its customers by allowing them to heat food without using a microwave. Moreover, Kraver has a metaverse experience–Kra-Verse Food Hall--to make the ordering experience fun for their customers.

Quest Ventures and raiSE launch accelerator for socially impactful enterprises

Quest Ventures and the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) said Tuesday they have launched Asia’s first venture capital-backed accelerator programme to provide financial and non-financial support to seed-stage start-ups in the sustainable impact sector, aimed at improving competencies and providing access to regional and global markets.

RaiSE unveils initiatives to scale up public-private synergies in Singapore’s social ecosystem

The Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise raiSE on Wednesday unveiled initiatives to catalyse financing, capabilities, and talent to scale up public-private synergies in Singapore’s social ecosystem.