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A SET of free legal documents crafted for early-stage startups has been updated to reflect the latest trends in the market, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) letter agreements for investors making such commitments.

SINGAPORE, 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 – A set of model documents, including contracts and company constitutions, is now available for free to help start-ups in their early rounds of fundraising. Launched by the Singapore Academy of Law (“SAL”) and the Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association (“SVCA”), the documents are part of the Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements (“VIMA”) initiative to ...

Singapore, September 21, 2022 – After a two-year hiatus, the Singapore Venture and Private Capital Association held its Gala Dinner & Awards celebrating its 30th Anniversary. The annual awards serve to recognize the efforts of venture capital and private equity firms who have made successful and astute investments and exits in the past year. The 30th Anniversary Gala was graced by Mr Peter Ong ...

Early stage high growth startup companies or established companies establishing ventures in new growth areas beyond their core businesses typically have a high cash burn rate and as a result, require venture capital investments (whether by equity or debt) to finance working capital expenditure and accelerate growth until such time it is able to generate sufficient positive cash flow from its ...

Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC) today released the second edition of the Singapore Stewardship Principles (SSP) for Responsible Investors, updating practices to enhance Singapore's investment environment.

The Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association celebrates its 29th anniversary with our Annual SVCA Awards Presentation delivered LIVE Online on 20 October. Despite the pandemic, the PE and VC industry has thrived with innovative deal making, fundraising and successful exits generating outsized returns to investors.

Singapore Exchange or SGX has reduced the minimum market capitalisation for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to $150 million from originally proposed $300 million in which sponsors must subscribe to at least 2.5% to 3.5 % of the IPO shares, units or warrants.

On 3 August 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) announced that it has reprimanded and fined UBS AG and UBS Securities Asia Limited (“UBSSAL”) (collectively “UBS”) HK$9.8 million and HK$1.75 million respectively over numerous regulatory breaches.

A down-round is a fundraising round of a company in which the pre-money valuation is lower than the post-money valuation of the company in the preceding fundraising round.

Affinity Equity Partners, a pan-Asian buyout GP has made its first fintech investment by taking a “joint controlling stake” in Singapore-headquartered M-DAQ.