16-May-2018:
The National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) unveiled its inaugural SEA Dragon Venture Platform recently, aimed at connecting scale up companies in Malaysia and across the South East Asia region with global venture capitalists, corporate investors and high net-worth individuals.
PIKOM’s SEA Dragon Venture Platform is broken into two categories of funding based on the pitch and potential of these startups and scale ups.
The Sea Dragon Venture Platform has proven to be a fruitful initiative, attracting more than 170 companies from Malaysia and SEA region ready to wow the investors to get the much-needed funding to take them to the next level.
It was no easy task as the stakes were high and after a grueling first round phase, about 40-45 companies were shortlisted from the initial 170 plus applicants by the advisory committee comprising partners of this platform.
In the second round, these companies were further screened via phone interviews before moving on to the next round based on three broad areas of growth, technology and the funding amount to be raised.
After several mentoring sessions, two companies were dropped to reveal the final 32 companies who will be given the opportunity to directly pitch to more than 40 venture capitalists, investors and high net worth individuals (see partial list in Table 1) from China, Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Malaysia and across the region.
The Sea Dragon Venture Platform is organised by PIKOM with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) as strategic partner.
PIKOM Venture Investment Chapter Committee Chair C.S. Chin said the PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform is Southeast Asian premier venture pitching platform for hot scale-up companies looking for VC funding, business mentoring and global market expansion.
“PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform is the first in a series of events that will take place this year. We will also be announcing an event exclusively for startups to be held at the end of the year,” said Chin.
“This is the first of more such opportunities under the PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform that will be available for scale ups across the region. We hope to get more applications from potential companies looking for investors. At the same time, we hope that more investors will come forward to join our SEA Dragon Venture Platform which is not only playing a matchmaker role to great ideas and the right funding but also building the Southeast Asia funding eco-system,” added PIKOM Chairman Ganesh Kumar Bangah.
The National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) unveiled its inaugural SEA Dragon Venture Platform recently, aimed at connecting scale up companies in Malaysia and across the South East Asia region with global venture capitalists, corporate investors and high net-worth individuals.
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| Venture Capitalists and Investors attending the PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform event in Kuala Lumpur last week |
PIKOM’s SEA Dragon Venture Platform is broken into two categories of funding based on the pitch and potential of these startups and scale ups.
- Series A: USD 1-3million
- Series B/C: USD 3-25million or more
The Sea Dragon Venture Platform has proven to be a fruitful initiative, attracting more than 170 companies from Malaysia and SEA region ready to wow the investors to get the much-needed funding to take them to the next level.
It was no easy task as the stakes were high and after a grueling first round phase, about 40-45 companies were shortlisted from the initial 170 plus applicants by the advisory committee comprising partners of this platform.
In the second round, these companies were further screened via phone interviews before moving on to the next round based on three broad areas of growth, technology and the funding amount to be raised.
After several mentoring sessions, two companies were dropped to reveal the final 32 companies who will be given the opportunity to directly pitch to more than 40 venture capitalists, investors and high net worth individuals (see partial list in Table 1) from China, Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Malaysia and across the region.
The Sea Dragon Venture Platform is organised by PIKOM with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) as strategic partner.
PIKOM Venture Investment Chapter Committee Chair C.S. Chin said the PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform is Southeast Asian premier venture pitching platform for hot scale-up companies looking for VC funding, business mentoring and global market expansion.
“PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform is the first in a series of events that will take place this year. We will also be announcing an event exclusively for startups to be held at the end of the year,” said Chin.
“This is the first of more such opportunities under the PIKOM SEA Dragon Venture Platform that will be available for scale ups across the region. We hope to get more applications from potential companies looking for investors. At the same time, we hope that more investors will come forward to join our SEA Dragon Venture Platform which is not only playing a matchmaker role to great ideas and the right funding but also building the Southeast Asia funding eco-system,” added PIKOM Chairman Ganesh Kumar Bangah.
| List of Venture Capitalists and Corporate Investors | |||||
| No | Company | Name | No | Company | Name |
| 1 | Active Angel Investor | Steve Hsia | 17 | Vickers | Wei Luo |
| 2 | Active Angel Investor | Thomas Varghese | 18 | KK Fund | Koichi Saito |
| 3 | Inventec Ventures | Arnold Jang | 19 | Monk's Hill | Reez Nordin |
| 4 | China Trust Bank | Winston Hsia | 20 | 500 Startups | Khailee Ng |
| 5 | China Trust Bank | Tanna Yong | 21 | Intres Capital | Chok Kwee Bee |
| 6 | China Trust Bank | Hsu Bao Shan | 22 | Greenpro Capital | CK Lee |
| 7 | SOSV/Chinaccelerator | William Bao Bean | 23 | RHL Ventures | Raja Hamzah |
| 8 | Sumitomo Equity Corp | Francis Wong | 24 | Khazanah | Effizal Faiz |
| 9 | 500 Startups (China) | Edith Pu San Yeung | 25 | Sun Sea Capital | Evan Cheah |
| 10 | AppWorks | Joseph Chan | 26 | Sunway | ST Chua |
| 11 | Leonie Hill | Thoo Wee Meng | 27 | MDV | Nizam Nadzri |
| 12 | BaasInfra | James Huang | 28 | MAVCAP | Jamaluddin Bujang |
| 13 | Monk's Hill | Chow Yee Hoong | 29 | Cyberview | Najib Ibrahim |
| 14 | Mountain Kejora Ventures | Andreas Surya | 30 | Commerce.asia Capital | Ganesh Kumar |
| 15 | B Capital | Dave Ng | 31 | Magic | Ashran Ghazi |
| 16 | Golden Gate | Michael Lints | 32 | Cradle | Nazrin Hassan |
| 33 | PitchIn | Sam Shafie | |||
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