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While most unicorns in Southeast Asia are in Singapore and Indonesia, new unicorns in other countries like Thailand and Malaysia are emerging.
In determining the need for growth equity, a startup must assess its standing on core aspects such as explosive growth, long-term strategies and product development.
In any investment, negotiations focus on issues and terms under two core aspects: the Economic benefits and the Control which investors gain from the startup.
Haulio, a Singapore-based container haulage platform, secured $5.75M in a Series A round led by Heliconia Capital Management, who paid $3M for around 5.43M Series
SDAX Financial, a Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, raised $24M USD in its Series B round led by PSA International, The Straits Trading Company, and New Horizon
In finding partners, startups should assess aspects such as investor’s fund size and timeframe, portfolio, industry expertise, and vision alignment.
Factors like terms of dilution, ESOP plan, investors’ network and domain expertise, and fund size are important for the first VC infusion.
