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Join for free 500+ family offices, VCs, venture studios, founders & angels on Zoom at the 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐕𝐂 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟 on Sept 20th. Buy network & recordings: inniches.com/apac. Must-attend if you’re investing/fundraising/partnering with Singapore, Australia, India, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Philippines & other Asia-Pacific countries. 1. How does our Single Family Office evaluate venture funds & startups? – Nitesh Aggarwal, CIO @ SFO Fund, AUM $130M, invested in 38 funds & 27 startups. 2. Panel "VC Trends in APAC in 2024" with Nruthya Madappa, Partner @ 3one4 Capital, $520M+ AUM; Ashwin Raguraman, Co-Founder and Partner @ Bharat Innovation Fund, Fund I - $100M. 3. How GPs can leverage and work with their LPs to drive more value to the investment portfolio? – William Bao Bean, Managing GP @ Orbit Startups, Chinese VC with $180M+ AUM. 4. Why and How I Invested in 315 YC Companies? – Yotam Rosenbaum, Partner @ Access Fund, raised 6 funds and invested in 315+ Y Combinator startups. 5. How to fundraise from Family Offices? – John Milanovich, Director @ Family Office Club, #1 ultra-wealthy investor club incl. 7,500+ investors: Family Offices & UHNWIs. 6. Panel "Ways to Partner between Family Offices, VCs, and Venture Studios" with Sheetal Khullar, Growth Lead & Sustainability Expert @ FutureLabs Ventures, Venture Studio & VC with 30+ multi-$100M high-growth ventures. 7. How to fundraise for the venture studio and set up relationships with investors? – Farhad Alessandro Mohammadi, CEO @ Mamazen Startup Studio & IH1, Italian venture studio with €4,5M raised and €6M own funds. 8. Venture Building and Investing in the New Economy for Traditional Family Offices – Harshit Joshi, Founding Partner @ Favcy Venture Builders, venture-builder with 30+ portcos and go-to platform for 5,000+ angel investors and family offices. 9. Panel "Family Office Allocation Strategies: in What Assets do APAC Family Offices invest?" with Shiraz Poonevala, Director Investment @ GP Group. 10. Panel "How AI is changing venture building" with Toby Cox, Partner & Chief Venture Technologist @ Paloma Ventures , portfolio valued at $250M+. 11. The Transformation Factor for Breakthrough Startup-Team Performance – Ariya Chittasy, Director @ Engenesis Ventures, Australian Venture Builder that has worked with 800+ startups. 12. Why venture studios might be interesting to Family Offices in the APAC region? – Keirn O'Connor, Single Family Office. Other speakers and moderators: Kate Park, Reporter @ TechCrunch; Leesa S., Managing General Partner @ R3I CAPITAL; Jeremy Au 区汉辉, COO of Lucence & Host of BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech podcast; Sunil Goyal YourNest Venture Capital; Subham Panda @ Xartup. More speakers will be announced soon. Tag relevant VCs, family offices & founders in APAC.

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BSV Ventures is the newest addition to the NIF Fund of Funds portfolio! 🎉 Coming back from their LP day in Vilnius, we’re ready to find unicorns together 🦄 The true alpha of a fund is often felt before it is seen. Intangible at first — it is a capability that often precedes visible results. Having gone through several months of DD with BSV, I can confidently say BSV embodies their alpha through their unique insights, and complementary dynamics of the GPs. This is combined with an unwavering commitment and track record in transforming the Baltics into a leading hub for deep tech and dual-use innovation, critical to European sovereignty.

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Last Call! Financing the Venture Series – over Zoom, with class-room option for last module - Starting this Thursday, October 3rd at 1pm PST Getting founders and their startups ready to attract capital and deal with all the complications of various finance forms, due diligence and ensuring enough capital is available for their venture.   All modules will be online (Zoom), option to attend Module 6 in-person class format in Victoria and Vancouver, all classes are from 1-3pm.   ✔ Oct. 3 - Intro to Financing ✔ Oct. 17 - Engaging Investors from Intro to DD  ✔ Nov. 7 - Term Sheets and Deal Structure  ✔ Dec. 12 - Valuation ✔Jan. 17 - Journey to Success ✔ Feb. 6 Victoria, Feb. 7 Vancouver - Deep Dive Cap Table, executive summary and pitch deck Info and registration here: https://lnkd.in/gvhFFCg5 New ventures and startups require capital to grow and scale up. Founders not only struggle to find the capital they require; they might lack the background to successfully engage and negotiate with investors.   The program helps you to be ready for pitching and engaging with the right investors, engaging in due diligence and using data rooms, discussing sources and funding and term sheets, understanding and negotiating valuation and managing post-investment relationships. Pieter Dorsman VIATEC New Ventures BC

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Asia can show the West how to integrate tech with societal needs "E. Glen Weyl and Audrey Tang are co-authors of "Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy." Weyl is founder of the RadicalxChange Foundation and the Plurality Institute. Tang was the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan. Slow economic growth. Inflation. Geopolitical decline. Disinformation and polarization. So many of the West's leading problems are partly traceable to the fraying relationship between technology and society. Concerns seem to be contradictory, with some arguing for technological acceleration and others suggesting technology has become reckless and destructive. Yet if we look on these events from the remove of Asia, the maladies seem like symptoms of the same underlying problem: the alienation between the people and cultures developing technology in the West today from the societies they serve. This alienation helps fuel both the regulatory backlash against technology and the lackluster investment in tech development by Western governments, as well as the irresponsible and antisocial ways many technologies are developed today. One of the authors of this piece grew up and spent most of his career within the segment of Western culture that overwhelmingly develops the world's technologies. It's a culture that revolves around a small number of coastal, cosmopolitan geographies (Silicon Valley, the Puget Sound, Boston, New York, London) and is grounded in a radical secularism and scientism, dominated by young, white, globalist, nerdy men and pervaded by a mix of libertarian and technocratic ideologies that venerate technologists as the rugged heroes and/or planners of the future. This forms a sharp contrast to the societies these technologists supposedly serve. Even in the West, and especially globally, most people are far more distributed, religious, nationalistic, rainbow colored, female and grounded in more traditional political attachments than the aforementioned cohort. Most people on Earth consider religion important to their lives, half are women, less than a fifth are white, less than 1% live near one of the tech hubs, and while nerdiness is a bit harder to define precisely, it is likely the most minority trait of all these. On the other hand, the group from which most tech leaders are drawn constitutes probably less than 1% of the population of the West and 0.1% of the global population. Furthermore, as recent reporting by journalists such as Linda Kinstler and Meghan O'Gieblyn highlights -- and as the "closeting" of Christians in the popular television series Silicon Valley dramatizes -- the dominant atmosphere of the tech world is to suppresses traditional religiosity, often resulting in technologists themselves holding their worldviews close to their chests."

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Thanks to Kavitha N. and DealStreetAsia for featuring Collyer Capital in this interesting piece about secondaries. Glad to have contributed to the discussion as the secondary toolkit, if used right and in full transparency, can really benefit all parties involved, particularly in #ASEAN. #CollyerCapital #CCPL #ASEAN #secondaries #liquidity #transparency

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 Showcasing the sustainability and economic efficiency of #renewableenergy projects can persuade #investors of their viability and potential for #highreturns.

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Congratulations to Surojit Chatterjee, Souvik Sen and Ema Unlimited team on a successful fundraising! SCB 10X is thrilled to announce our investment in Ema as part of the $36M Series A extension funding round, which brings their total raise since inception to $61M. This round, led by Accel and S32, included participation from other notable investors such as Prosus Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Sozo Ventures, Wipro Ventures, COLLE CAPITAL and Frontier Ventures B.V. Ema's innovative approach to enterprise workflow automation through Generative AI strongly aligns with our investment thesis in the Deep Tech space. Their platform, which combines a proprietary Generative Workflow Engine™, Knowledge Graph, and EmaFusion™ Model, addresses critical challenges in enterprise AI adoption while ensuring the highest levels of security and compliance. Founded in 2023, EMA has shown impressive rapid tractions within their first year. Their ability to create customizable "AI employees" or "Personas" for specific business functions promises to revolutionize enterprise productivity across multiple industries. The founding team's exceptional track record in scaling products and technologies at companies like Google, Flipkart, Coinbase and Okta, gives us confidence in Ema's ability to capitalize on the fast-growing autonomous AI and agents market, projected to reach $41 billion by 2029. As SCBX Group aims to increase our AI-enabled revenue to 75% by 2028, we believe this partnership will provide valuable insights into deploying efficient, reliable, and compliant AI solutions. We're excited to support Ema's vision of transforming the future of work with Universal AI Employees and look forward to the innovations that lie ahead. Press release of Ema’s fundraising: https://lnkd.in/gpe-FV26 #artificialintelligence #generativeai #ai #startups #venturecapital

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As the Shasta Ventures approval deadline approaches, we're presented with a unique opportunity to observe the complexities and inherent conflicts in GP-led secondary transactions. This scenario sheds light on the considerable leverage GPs hold within the private equity infrastructure. According to the article, proposed continuation fund requires LPs to approve the transaction if they wish to roll their interests into the new structure—a stipulation that could be seen as putting undue pressure on LPs. This raises critical questions about the balance of power in private equity deals and the alignment of interests between GPs and LPs. What are your thoughts? Is it appropriate for GPs to demand such conditions for LPs to participate in a continuation fund? How do you see this impacting the broader private equity landscape and the perception of GP-led secondary transactions? Looking forward to hearing your insights and perspectives on this pivotal issue. #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #InvestmentTrends #ShastaVentures #GPledSecondaries

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SoftBank Sells Off Vision Fund Assets as Son Pivots to AI, Chips Masayoshi Son turns away from aggressive style of venture capital investing, leaving the fund’s reduced staff to focus on exits SoftBank Group Corp.’s flagship Vision Fund has quietly sold off or written down billions of dollars’ worth of its publicly-listed holdings in recent years, a sign of founder Masayoshi Son’s shift away from the venture capital deals that were once an obsession and toward strategic investments in semiconductors and artificial intelligence. Since the end of 2021, the world’s biggest startup fund has seen its US-listed portfolio shrink by almost $29 billion, as it sold down stakes in companies such as Coupang Inc., DoorDash Inc. and Grab Holdings Ltd. and share prices fell, regulatory filings show. That figure doesn’t include the sale of the Vision Fund’s stake in chip designer Arm Holdings Plc back to SoftBank last year. https://lnkd.in/dJX_aA4X By Min-Jeong Lee

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Attending Collision Conf in Toronto this year? Don't miss the Invest Hong Kong x StartmeupHK InvestHK Masterclass at #Collision on June 19, Wednesday, from 12:00-12:45 pm. Come and learn about #monetary #regulations, #startup #funding, and opportunities to expand your business in Asia via #HongKong! I'm so thrilled to be a part of this powerhouse session featuring the policymaker from Hong Kong’s central bank, and the master connector in the global startup ecosystem. Besides me, the panel features: 📢 Anson Law, Chief Representative (New York & London Office) at Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) 📢 Jayne Chan, Head of StartmeupHK InvestHK at Invest Hong Kong. The session will be moderated by Chris Chen, Head of InvestHK (Canada). I can't wait to share my experiences as a co-founder of AllStarsWomen DAO and the head of the AllStarsWomen AsiaPacific Chapter. In Hong Kong, the communities and the support systems are buzzing with activities, as investors are eagerly seeking good deals to invest in. For the past two years, building the community to become an investment DAO, where no one has done it before in Asia and navigating undefined regulations, is challenging yet exciting!! 💫 The Hong Kong government’s preference for 'Innovation over Regulations' is incredibly refreshing! For those in #Fintech, #Web3, #Crypto, #DAOs, and #virtualassets, come and check out this panel. Discover how easy it is to move to Hong Kong and start your venture there. The cost of setup is affordable, with numerous government funds to support foreign startups! Connie LAM, Martin So, Andrew Yui, Emily Mo Leila Hurstel Olivia Lee Yoyo Ng Pinky, Nga Yin WONG Regen Au Phoebe Kwok Stacy Ho Seema Shenoy Hilary Chiu Linda Ang Zita Yick James Kwan Angela Chen Chin Yung (CY) LU Doris Fong Jennifer Ziyi Wang Tanya Ho Albert Lee Audrey Ma Peter Ho Tara Komin Theresa Ho Susan H. Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Sharad Agarwal #hongkongbusiness #globalexpansion #startup #fundingopportunity #asiamarket #web3 #fintech #crypto #virtualassets #blockchain #regulator #investors #founders #startups

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You don't need to be an impact fund to create impact Today, at The Global Impact Investing Network conference in Amsterdam, Saison Capital's parent, Saison International Pte. Ltd. launched our inaugural impact report For us, we don't need to call ourselves an "impact fund" to make a difference. It is already embedded in our everyday operations. We do not stay on the sidelines, but to get our hands dirty in creating positive impact   Featuring companies like BroilerX and StepChange, we believe doing good and making money can mutually co-exist. With US$2.5B of debt and equity capital disbursed to 28M SMEs, of which 69% are women-led - we let the numbers do the talking Read the report at: https://lnkd.in/dPQJfHWs Towards the next 28M & more! Marie Anna Bénard / Rie Mizuno / Visa Kannan / Ziheng Li / Uday P. / RJ Balmater / Sharvin Baindur / Cheng Siong Soon / Lup Soon Soo / Claire Yong / Nicol Ng / TAN PEILING

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What makes Merak different? Our values ⤵️ Our values are what make us different from other private equity and investing companies. We: 👉 Believe in life balance. 👉 Recognize that each business is unique. 👉 Have a purpose and we build a culture with the team. 👉 Are not financial engineers… we are hands-on operators. 👉 Only speak the long-term language, never the short-term. 👉 Reinvest profits, instead of only thinking of distributions. 👉 Love to do business, but not at any cost… values come first. 👉 Have been there….just like the companies we pursue, we started small. 👉 Are humble and we keep our feet on the ground… we never forget our beginnings. 👉 Work very smart, with a lot of passion and professionalism, but we will have fun too. How important are values to you? #PrivateEquity #Investing #Values #Business

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The Council's first SPV of 2024 is down in the books and oversubscribed. Running SPVs where we have pro rata or extra allocation in fund deals is a muscle we are building pretty late in the game as a firm. As a solo GP with a tiny team, it's crippling to think of the extra work required and risk of not meeting platform minimums to run an SPV. But 7 of our port co's have recently raised follow on funding where we had pro rata. These are awesome deals for our LPs, angel members, and syndicate community. We simply can't afford to let them slip through the cracks. These allocations are only becoming more valuable as our firm grows, so we must start NOW! Proud to say this one went off without a hitch and our syndicate community is small but THRIVING. Wish us luck as we keep building. Note our SPVs are now on Sydecar. The best way to get access is to know someone on The Council Fund team and be on our SPV email list. **What's an SPV?** An SPV is a Special Purpose Vehicle. It allows multiple angel investors to pool together into one larger investment into a company. This helps the founder keep paperwork and investor relations to a minimum (less names on the cap table = simplicity!). When people say they're investing with a "syndicate" or they are "syndicating a deal," SPV is the entity and process by which they do that. A "syndicate" is like a community of people that invest via SPVs together.

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📣 Focal powered by HSBC Innovation Banking, is back! 🚨 Applications for Focal’s W24 demo day are open to startups raising in the next 6 months. Go apply here 👉 www.gofocal.vc Even those who don’t make it to demo day can get introductions to over 250 leading VC fund partners, including Techstart Ventures LLP. #focal #startup #fundraising #vc #demoday

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No one can go it alone in climate. It was very special to bring together our portfolio companies, investors and partners at Systemiq and Purpose Venture Group at our Annual Investor Dinner and AGM last month. My highlights:   1. Spending the afternoon with Basecamp Research who leverage the power of nature's genetic diversity to solve global challenges. A small group of us got to see up close how they use advanced biotechnological methods to discover and develop new enzymes and bioactive compounds from natural sources, making significant strides in sustainable solutions. 2. Being reminded about the power of community. Over dinner at the National Portrait Gallery which holds portraits of many innovators through time, we heard from Paul Polman, and some our extraordinary founders, who shared their vision for how to keep accelerating the transition. 3. Hearing from the ever-dynamic Greg Jackson, CEO and founder of Octopus Energy, who spoke with honesty about the challenges of building a climate company. He highlighted the current state of the energy system transition and Octopus' mission, emphasizing the realism of the obstacles we face. However, his optimism shone through as he discussed the changes possible in the next 10-15 years, reinforcing that with continued innovation and collaboration, we can achieve a sustainable energy future. 4. Discussing solutions with our community around the role that data is playing in accelerating Electrification in the Built Environment, and how big of an opportunity we see in investing in the solutions providing the base data layer in this space, and on that foundation establish vertical operating systems. 5. Celebrating how far we’ve come with those who are on the journey with us. Over the last year, we have made seven new investments and our portfolio companies have raised over $730m of additional capital. We have also expanded our team to include nine dedicated members and grown our pool of climate advisors and partners. Our latest climate report highlights the significant strides we've made in our efforts to combat climate change.

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We need infrastructure for Nature Markets. So meet Cohort 3 from Silverstrand Capital Biodiversity Accelerator+ I'm looking forward to the program's launch next week in Singapore. I will be part of a 35-person mentorship team that will support 8 great companies in making an impact and unlocking the value in our generation's most essential asset class. Nature. EQO - Provides aquatic species detection and biodiversity assessment, combining eDNA and a novel eRNA tech. Veridi Technologies BV - Automating microscopy to diagnose plant pathogens and measure species diversity in soils. Inverto Earth - Fractionalising and reducing barriers to nature restoration projects by creating 3x3m data-backed nature units for corporates to support. Robotics Cats - On the ground, AI-powered wildfire detection systems Ocean Ledger - Fusing remote sensing and AI to quantify the condition and value of ecosystems in oceans. Dunya Analytics - Science-based risk analytics for biodiversity and nature regulatory and disclosure requirements. Accounting for Nature Ltd - Built a rigorous, world-leading standard for measuring the state of Nature. 3T - Develop and deliver conservation projects, utilising a revenue-sharing model to ensure maximum community benefit. #naturetech #biodiversity #climatetech #accelerator #innovation #entrepreneurs #impactinvesting

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Join Titanium Ventures for a SXSW Mixer with our friends at TEN13 + OIF Ventures 16 Oct 6-9pm, The Strawberry in Surry Hills Be part of the SXSW Sydney Festival Buzz with us at The Strawberry in Surry Hills from 6pm on Wednesday 16 October where we will bring together over 200 of the best founders, operators and investors. ​​TEN13, OIF Ventures and Titanium Ventures are joining forces for an evening of all-inclusive longevity food, drinks and access to the greatest minds in the startup ecosystem. Secure your tickets now! https://lu.ma/5rwlocuv ​Titanium Ventures (fka Telstra Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm that fuels the growth of high-potential technology startups. Our investments include category-makers and market leaders like DocuSign, Box, CrowdStrike, BigCommerce, Snap and GitLab. ​TEN13 is the network-driven VC, with a global network of 500+ world-class investors, operators, and innovators. With TEN13, you build your own portfolio and stay in control of investment decisions. We provide access to the best category-defining venture opportunities, vetted and curated by our expert deal team. We make investments of $300k to $2m in Pre-seed to Series A and beyond with a focus on technology that will define the future. Since 2019, we've deployed over $100 million to fuel some of the world’s most ambitious founders from companies such as me&u, go1 and Chipper. ​OIF Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm, championing exceptional founders to build the iconic technology businesses of the future. Founded by some of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs, business builders and investors with significant investment, operational and strategic experience, OIF Ventures always seek to add material value to the founders and teams they partner with. OIF Ventures have backed some of Australia’s most iconic technology companies including Go1, Instaclustr, Assignar, Enboarder, Kasada, Clear Dynamics and more.

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