Positive Impact Investing (2020-2030)
I am on a 10-year mission to promote impact investing into tech startups in South-East Asia. I believe firmly that impact dollars which demand not just financial gains but impact gains, will shift entrepreneurs to develop technologies that benefit society and the environment.
I now seek impact investors who believe in this vision to create a better South-East Asia and invest into my VC fund.
Singapore’s Startup Evangelist (2011 to 2020)
My previous 10-year mission was being a startup evangelist for Singapore, my home country and a place I hold dear in my heart.
[Appeared on Business Times] – IT is becoming a common theme among the region’s family offices and institutional investors to include sustainable investing, an investing style which focuses on environmental, social and corporate governance, or Read more…
[First appeared on Today Online] – A recent article by AFP noted the appeal of Ho Chi Minh City for start-ups given Vietnam’s young, tech-savvy population and fast-growing economy, which is still expected to expand Read more…
Founders, don’t let fear overcome you but confront it Uncontrolled fear is an insidious condition where entrepreneurs could develop due to the stress and pressure in running a business/startup. And despite the severity of this issue, Read more…
[First appeared on Today Online] – Among the many announcements in Budget 2020, one which slipped under the radar was the S$300 million injection by the Government into Startup SG Equity for deep-technology startups. Under the Read more…
Sustainability is about collaboration and multiplying the effect to create an impact John Cheng, director of Innovate360 and third-generation entrepreneur of Cheng Yew Heng In kuehs and putu mayam (traditional Singaporean local cake desserts), the red jaggery Read more…
How innovation in production created a sustainable usage of marble Hillary Tjoe, Director of MMG Corporation Road in Singapore is best described as a place filled with factories and industrial-like buildings. Design and aesthetics are the last Read more…