2019

Tuổi Trẻ Online

“Ông Huỳnh Kim Tước – giám đốc điều hành SIhub, đơn vị trực thuộc Sở Khoa học và công nghệ TP.HCM – cho rằng: “Runway To The World đóng vai trò như một điểm kích hoạt, giúp hệ sinh thái khởi nghiệp bộc lộ những ưu, nhược điểm, từ đó rút ra bài học kinh nghiệm và điều chỉnh phù hợp cho cả hệ sinh thái”.

Tính đến nay, chương trình của Sihub đã có các đối tác lớn như Shinhan Future’s Lab (Hàn Quốc) – trực thuộc Ngân hàng Shinhan,Trung tâm phát triển khởi nghiệp và đổi mới sáng tạo toàn cầu Magic (Malaysia), công ty đầu tư mạo hiểm Quest Ventures (Singapore).”

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Entrepreneur Middle East

Entrepreneurs, it’s time to step up. ArabNet Beirut 2019, one of the most prominent conferences focused on tech, business and innovation in the MENA region, is back to gather entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders and government officials. Now on its 10th consecutive year, held under the Patronage of His Excellency President of the Republic of Lebanon General Michel Aoun, this year’s edition of ArabNet Beirut will take place on June 12-13, at the Seaside Arena, hosting 3,000+ attendees and more than 250 regional and international experts and speakers.

Its lineup of speakers is worth a look too: Richard Harris, Partner and Head of EMEA, G Squared; James Tan, Managing Partner, Quest Ventures; Scott Cohen, Chief Innovation Officer, Warner Music Group; Lars Silberbauer, Head of MTV Digital Studios, Senior Vice President at Viacom; Viola Llewellyn, Co-founder & President, Ovamba; and Urszula Bieganska, Head of Marketing – Middle East Africa, LEGO Group, among others.”

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Singapore Business Review

“For 2019, the SVCA said that regulatory changes, such as recent extensions for tax incentives and new investment flexibility for structuring of funds (for instance, the new Variable Capital Company (VCC) legal structure) may further encourage investment into Southeast Asia and for VC fund managers to operate out of Singapore.

However, Khor Qianyi, Senior Analyst and Head of ESG at Quest Ventures, warned that uncertainty around the new regulations, specifically the VCC, which was meant to increase VC activity in Singapore, poses a challenge for VC firms along with the lack of later-stage funding from Series B onwards.

“The industry, including technology media, needs to move away from associating large deals with large market implications,” according to Qianyi. “Whilst small deals do not sound exciting, it is important to track them when they are still starting up. As Jack Ma said, ‘Small guys become big guys.’”

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联合早报

置身男性居主导的创投领域，求索创投37岁女性合伙人吴谊平可说是这个行业的「少数民族」。

《福布斯》今年公布的全球最佳100创投人榜单里，女性仅12名，去年更只有区区九人。吴谊平认为，女性能为创投领域提供不同的视野和看法，希望更多女性加入这个行业；她指出，职场氛围显示，现在正是女性加入创投领域的大好时机。

她说：“创投领域应该有更多女性，她们可提供不同的视野和看法。” 她指出，女性对关乎女性的课题和领域有更深刻的理解，她们也往往能设身处地去思考并聆听。

求索创投所投资的公司中，37%拥有至少一名女性创办人，例如Style Theory、42Race、Telepod、 Watchoverme和Shopback等。

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The Independent

Quest Ventures Senior Analyst and Head of ESG Khor Qianyi was a member of the jury at the Demo Day.

“At the inaugural *SCAPE HubQuarters Fellowship Demo Day, young companies spent the evening pitching to a host of judges, mentors and audience members to further validate whether or not their idea can grow into the next sexy startup story.

A major reason why these companies were in their infancy has to do with the mis-sion of *SCAPE, which is a platform designed to empower people in Singapore’s un-der the age of 35. For a lot of participants, *SCAPE became the necessary support group to give them confidence to chase their startup dreams.

The *SCAPE event was the conclusion of a 6-month-long fellowship programme that hosted 21 qualifying teams across 22 sessions to help them get their business off the ground. 10 of them were pitching at the Demo Day.”

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The Business Times

Glife received pre-seed funding from Quest Ventures, and rolled out a soft-launch of its platform’s farm-to-table operations in Singapore in May 2018. Since its inception, the portal has provided more than 150 restaurants with direct access to quality fresh produce from farmers within their ecosystem. “We actually have a better cost structure and are being more price competitive to get customers in,” Mr Chou said.

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36Kr

自2010年以来，风险投资公司求索创投 Quest Ventures 一直致力于投资东南亚地区的电子商务和互联网经济初创企业，其参投的知名企业包括“东南亚闲鱼”二手拍卖网站 Carousell、新加坡二手车交易平台 Carro 和东南亚电商返现平台 ShopBack。

过去很长一段时间里，Quest 都不需要对外募资。Quest 是幸运的，因为它有一个教父——James Tan。在中国呆了近十年后，James Tan 出售了他在电子商务公司窝窝团的股份，收拾行李，回到了祖国新加坡。

Tan 的得意之作便是 Quest Ventures，如今他在该公司担任管理合伙人。一直以来，出售窝窝团股份的收益让 Quest 得以轻松运营。但 Quest 还有更多野心，需要更多的资本。Quest 拟设立一只5000万至1亿美元的基金，用于投资东南亚初期阶段的数字经济初创企业。

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36氪出海

自2010年以来，风险投资公司求索创投 Quest Ventures 一直致力于投资东南亚地区的电子商务和互联网经济初创企业，其参投的知名企业包括“东南亚闲鱼”二手拍卖网站 Carousell、新加坡二手车交易平台 Carro 和东南亚电商返现平台 ShopBack。

过去很长一段时间里，Quest 都不需要对外募资。Quest 是幸运的，因为它有一个教父——James Tan。在中国呆了近十年后，James Tan 出售了他在电子商务公司窝窝团的股份，收拾行李，回到了祖国新加坡。“我是新加坡人，所以我当时想回新加坡干一番事业……那个时候，500 Startups 这类公司都在做样的事情。我投资的第一家公司是 Burpple （一家餐饮点评网站），从此之后便一发不可收拾。”Tan 说道。

Tan 的得意之作便是 Quest Ventures，如今他在该公司担任管理合伙人。一直以来，出售窝窝团股份的收益让 Quest 得以轻松运营。但 Quest 还有更多野心，需要更多的资本。Quest 拟设立一只5000万至1亿美元的基金，用于投资东南亚初期阶段的数字经济初创企业。Quest 计划使用该基金在10年内投资约100家公司，每笔投资规模在50万至100万美元之间，同时也会覆盖到潜在的后续投资。

农业科技是 Tan 比较感兴趣的众多领域之一。“之所感兴趣，就是因为新加坡的农业科技不怎么出名。”Tan 解释说，“我相信这个领域还有很大的发展空间，而且每个东南亚国家都要靠农业吃饭，所以做这个领域也很有意义。”Tan 补充说，食品和农业供应链中还存在一些可以填补的行业缺口。

对于“数字经济”已是红海市场，风投公司没必要参与其中的这种观点，Tan 也提出了质疑。

Tan 说，“电商企业还有很多需要解决的问题，包括支付问题、物流不畅、最后一公里运输的效率低、欺诈问题以及推荐引擎的进一步优化等。所有这些都可以被视为数字经济。”

他补充称，Quest 不打算在近期退出其投资的公司。Quest Ventures 已投资了40多家公司，包括 Eatsy、Ethis、42Race、Glife、99.co、SGAG、Spiking、Style Theory、Vulcan Post 和 Xfers。

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地约视野

自2010年以来，风险投资公司求索创投 Quest Ventures 一直致力于投资东南亚地区的电子商务和互联网经济初创企业，其参投的知名企业包括“东南亚闲鱼”二手拍卖网站 Carousell、新加坡二手车交易平台 Carro 和东南亚电商返现平台 ShopBack。

过去很长一段时间里，Quest 都不需要对外募资。Quest 是幸运的，因为它有一个教父——James Tan。在中国呆了近十年后，James Tan 出售了他在电子商务公司窝窝团的股份，收拾行李，回到了祖国新加坡。“我是新加坡人，所以我当时想回新加坡干一番事业……那个时候，500 Startups 这类公司都在做样的事情。我投资的第一家公司是 Burpple （一家餐饮点评网站），从此之后便一发不可收拾。”Tan 说道。

Tan 的得意之作便是 Quest Ventures，如今他在该公司担任管理合伙人。一直以来，出售窝窝团股份的收益让 Quest 得以轻松运营。但 Quest 还有更多野心，需要更多的资本。Quest 拟设立一只5000万至1亿美元的基金，用于投资东南亚初期阶段的数字经济初创企业。Quest 计划使用该基金在10年内投资约100家公司，每笔投资规模在50万至100万美元之间，同时也会覆盖到潜在的后续投资。

农业科技是 Tan 比较感兴趣的众多领域之一。“之所感兴趣，就是因为新加坡的农业科技不怎么出名。”Tan 解释说，“我相信这个领域还有很大的发展空间，而且每个东南亚国家都要靠农业吃饭，所以做这个领域也很有意义。”Tan 补充说，食品和农业供应链中还存在一些可以填补的行业缺口。

对于“数字经济”已是红海市场，风投公司没必要参与其中的这种观点，Tan 也提出了质疑。

Tan 说，“电商企业还有很多需要解决的问题，包括支付问题、物流不畅、最后一公里运输的效率低、欺诈问题以及推荐引擎的进一步优化等。所有这些都可以被视为数字经济。”

他补充称，Quest 不打算在近期退出其投资的公司。Quest Ventures 已投资了40多家公司，包括 Eatsy、Ethis、42Race、Glife、99.co、SGAG、Spiking、Style Theory、Vulcan Post 和 Xfers。

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