2022

Starter Story

Are you looking for a VC firm for your Singapore based startup?

Finding the right investment firm for your startup can be a daunting task.

There are a number of successful venture capital firms in Singapore, and we’ve curated a list of the best local firms in the area.

Founded in 2011, Quest Ventures focuses on several ‘digital economy’​ strategies. This company is recognized for its large portfolio. They invest in artificial intelligence, e-commerce, marketplaces, entertainment, finance, food, insurance, logistics, media, property, sports, among others. Initially, they like to invest around $100K to $500K in their portfolio companies.

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Tanah Merah Country Club

Concurrently, I co-invested via Special-Purpose investment vehicles with like-thesis VCs, industry friends and clients, and accepted to be a Venture Partner with both IncuVest and Quest Ventures. The urgent need for Go-To-Market domain networks led me to start the Asia Fund with my two Quest Ventures partners in 2019. We had generous support from the sovereign wealth funds of Singapore and Kazakhstan, as well as my many long-time industry and personal friends who are locked into tech transformation. Quest Ventures Asia Fund II has made closed to 50 investments since its inception, the latest of which is Sealed.Network, of which many of the investors are current and potential TMCC members.

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Bain and Temasek, with contributions from Microsoft

“The green economy is an important area of focus for any private equity or venture capital fund that does not want to miss out on the next wave of growth.” Managing Partner, Quest Ventures

This year’s report starts to build a perspective on green investments in SEA – where the investment should flow to drive the most tangible impact in this decade and what it takes to realize the impact. Notwithstanding a long list of potential levers across the carbon abatement curve that would need to be deployed to ultimately achieve Net Zero, it is important to recognize the urgency and need for greater focus on solutions that will deliver carbon savings sooner than in the longer-term future.

While the scale of opportunities and the need to act are clear, there are current impediments holding back the scaling of SEA green economy. Many disconnects presently limit the ability to translate potential opportunities into accessible markets and investments. We frame many of these impediments and recommendations to address them.

We hope this report will provide a catalyst for a more open and honest discussion about constraints to unlock the green economy, clarify investable and addressable decarbonization pathways for the decade, inspire stakeholders to take actions, and unlock investment flows to accelerate the transition towards Net Zero.

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