Capital Markets Malaysia (CM), a capital market promotional entity under the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has launched a corporate venture capital (CVC) programme to get more companies, especially local public listed companies, to invest in startups and small
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Dealing with investor’s veto rights for startups
Any sensible investor would want to minimise their downside risks when making an investment especially in a risky asset class portfolio such as when investing in an early stage startup. The common way on how this may be achieved is
Founder Institute Malaysia 2023 update
Starting a new company can be stressful and confusing especially for a first time founder. So I’m excited to hear recently that the Founder Institute Malaysia 2023 programme is finally going live again this year.
Founder Institute prefaces itself as
Five things startups have to know before raising funds
There are several things that founders should know before raising funds for their startup.
1. Understand the different types of funding available. Selling your company’s shares in exchange for money is just one usual way of raising funds. There are
A guide to secondary market for startups in Malaysia
What is a seed round for a startup in Malaysia?
Whether your startup skips an accelerator or joins one or more, the real milestone investment is in the seed round.
But in a fast-moving high paced startup world, the clear line between the seed round and a Series A round
Do I need to give my investor a board seat in my startup?
No, you don’t have to give a board seat to your new investor if you don’t want to.
In practice, there are a lot of investors out there that do not even care whether they get a board seat or
My startup cofounder ghosted on me. What can I do?
After months of searching for a CTO for your startup, you’ve finally found your luck when you found a CTO candidate that has agreed to join your startup. He loves what you’re trying to solve and agreed to build the
Yes, you can use the SAFE agreement for your Malaysian startup
As a startup and venture lawyer, it is common for a startup founder in Malaysia to ask me whether it is legal to issue a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) round for his Malaysian company.
The answer is yes.
I co-authored a World Bank report on startup financing in Malaysia
During the early lockdown month last year, I was surprised when I received an email from a World Bank researcher asking to schedule a call with me to ask a few questions on the state of startup financing in Malaysia.