Comments on: Six winners for NRF Early Stage Venture Fund http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/ Musings on Technology, Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship, Travel, Photography and everything else in between Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:45:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: WhatAJoke http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-2735 WhatAJoke Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:51:57 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-2735 Seriously, this is ridiculous. One of those VC firms don't even have a website, what kind of fuck up is this? Raffles Venture Partners? Sounds like a fund to pay the luxurious of these lowball VCs in Singapore Seriously, this is ridiculous. One of those VC firms don’t even have a website, what kind of fuck up is this? Raffles Venture Partners? Sounds like a fund to pay the luxurious of these lowball VCs in Singapore

]]> By: Singapore’s Uncoordinated Initiatives for Entrepreneurs — Master Of The Obvious http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Singapore’s Uncoordinated Initiatives for Entrepreneurs — Master Of The Obvious Thu, 14 May 2009 17:57:09 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-836 [...] Stage Venture Fund - seeded S$10 million each to 6 early-stage VC funds;  Last I heard, some of the participating VC firms were having trouble raising the minimum of S$10 [...] [...] Stage Venture Fund – seeded S$10 million each to 6 early-stage VC funds;  Last I heard, some of the participating VC firms were having trouble raising the minimum of S$10 [...]

]]> By: Walden International invests S$2m in Brandtology — Master Of The Obvious http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Walden International invests S$2m in Brandtology — Master Of The Obvious Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:03:09 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-341 [...] Walden would be the fastest VC out of the starting block once the NRF funds were disbursed to the six venture funds.  For more on the company/investment, head on over to sgentrepreneurs.com’s interview with [...] [...] Walden would be the fastest VC out of the starting block once the NRF funds were disbursed to the six venture funds.  For more on the company/investment, head on over to sgentrepreneurs.com’s interview with [...]

]]> By: Doom and Gloom across the Pacific: from Singapore to Silicon Valley | motochan.com http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Doom and Gloom across the Pacific: from Singapore to Silicon Valley | motochan.com Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:55:32 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-6 [...] July, I wrote about the six winners for the NRF Early Stage Venture Fund. Given the mess that we are in, I do not have confidence these funds will be able to have their [...] [...] July, I wrote about the six winners for the NRF Early Stage Venture Fund. Given the mess that we are in, I do not have confidence these funds will be able to have their [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jeff Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:59:00 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-5 any luck with tamarix? any luck with tamarix?

]]> By: QuantitatiVC http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-4 QuantitatiVC Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:01:39 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-4 [...] my opinion, I agree with momochan in which the quality of innovations out here in Singapore maybe limited, but with a scope that [...] [...] my opinion, I agree with momochan in which the quality of innovations out here in Singapore maybe limited, but with a scope that [...]

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.motochan.com/2008/07/31/six-winners-for-nrf-early-stage-venture-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jeffrey Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:56:37 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=27#comment-3 Well said. Home grown ICT sector in Singapore is regretfully small and has few venture successes. The real innovations pretty much will come from individuals who are already entrepreneurs or about to become one or hidden within research institutes. You really need a set of investors who have seen the majority of the dealflow out there in the universe plus being a little more optimistic and less risk adverse than most to make this effort even remotely workable. NRF may not have an IRR target in mind but a national agenda to "develop". Hence patience is indeed the word well said. Well said.

Home grown ICT sector in Singapore is regretfully small and has few venture successes.
The real innovations pretty much will come from individuals who are already entrepreneurs or about to become one or hidden within research institutes. You really need a set of investors who have seen the majority of the dealflow out there in the universe plus being a little more optimistic and less risk adverse than most to make this effort even remotely workable.

NRF may not have an IRR target in mind but a national agenda to “develop”. Hence patience is indeed the word well said.

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