“For every 100 companies a Venture Capital (VC) firm meets, only 4 to 5 receive funding from the firm” With hundreds of promising young startups out on the market, how should young, early-stage VCs approach the deal-sourcing and due diligence process? The Protege Ventures team was delighted to have the opportunity to host Lim Yi…
Founded by a group of working professionals in 2017, Southeast Asia’s first student-run venture fund was born. As the venture capital scene in Singapore continues to mature, larger amounts of capital continue to flow into the startup ecosystem. However, there was a lack of systematic training programmes to equip students with venture capital knowledge and…
Over the summer, through the Global Innovation Immersion programme organized by SMU’s Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, I secured an internship with Stockbit, an Indonesian financial services FinTech company with > 1 million users. I took on this opportunity as Indonesia is one of the largest markets in South East Asia and I wanted to…
I have enjoyed reflecting on all the cool things I have learned over the past year, and I have managed to dip my toes into the world of Venture Capital (VC) thanks to the opportunity presented to me by Plug and Play. As few of my university peers are exposed to the life of VCs, I…