Venture capital in the Asia Pacific region : with special reference to Singapore / by Robert Chia Kay Guan & Wong Kwei Cheong



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

1989

Venture capital in the Asia Pacific region : with special reference to Singapore / by Robert Chia Kay Guan & Wong Kwei Cheong

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This book helps to disseminate the facts and practices of venture capital development in the Asia Pacific region, with special reference to Singapore. The foundation for the transplant of venture capital in Singapore took place in the early '80s with the entry of SEAVI and the creation of the Singapore Science Park (SSP), the island's own Silicon Valley or Technology Corridor'. The details and information on the various groups of venture capitalists in Singapore as well as the current results of their investment activities - the investee companies are described. The authors have also taken on the challenges to preview some of the prospects and challenges facing the venture capital industry in the 1990s.

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Venture capital--Singapore Venture capital--Pacific Area Venture capital--Asia Investments, Singapore

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Title
Venture capital in the Asia Pacific region : with special reference to Singapore / by Robert Chia Kay Guan & Wong Kwei Cheong
Creators
  • Chia, Robert Kay Guan
Subject
  • Venture capital--Singapore
  • Venture capital--Pacific Area
  • Venture capital--Asia
  • Investments, Singapore
Publisher
  • Toppan, 1989
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1989
Contributors
  • Wong, Kwei Cheong
Digital Description
application/pdf, [xx], 237 p. maps
Table of Contents
  • the venture capital connection & public sector/academia inputs. Public sector agencies. NUS affiliated bodies. Government's role and incentives in venture capital funds -- III. Venture capitalists and corporate investors: the dealmakers -- IV. The stuff that dreams are made of. Pacific Biomedical Enterprise: a pulsating story. Diagnostic Biotechnology Pte Ltd: fighting the AIDS scourge. Plantek International: the commercialisation of plant genetics expertise. Everbloom Mushroom (Pte) Ltd and the elixir of life. Tata Elxsi: of supercomputers, MIPs and Gigaflop. The issues & problems facing investees: a summary -- V. The liquidity road: SESDAQ. Performance & prospects of venture capital entrants -- VI. Venturing into the 1990s: prospects and challenges. Global developments. Venture capital: the wider dimension -- Interview with Dr Hsu Ta-Lin, Managing Director (Asia Pacific), Hambrecht & Quist -- Appendices -- Bibliography.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.