The Business Times
SINGAPORE venture capital firm Quest Ventures has entered an exclusive partnership with accelerator ScaleUp Malaysia to invest in and help with the regional growth of top Malaysian startups.
In a Tuesday statement, Quest Ventures said that the partnership will bring in US$1 million in foreign direct investment to nurture Malaysian startups. Applications for the programme, which is the second intake of ScaleUp Malaysia, start on Tuesday, Sept 8.
Under the partnership, the programme will invest at least US$60,250 (RM250,000) in up to 12 of these startups. ScaleUp Malaysia previously launched its first cohort in December 2019 with 20 companies, of which 10 received an investment of US$48,283 (RM200,000).
James Tan, managing partner of Quest Ventures, said:”Beyond the traditional investment role of VCs, we see it as our tech ecosystem duty to drive a speedier adoption of the digital economy.
“Our partnership with ScaleUp Malaysia will enable us to support the top tech talent in Malaysia and provide necessary and timely support to power their disruptive businesses to break into the post-pandemic emerging Asia markets.”
