Venture Capital Malaysia

Q: How Venture Capitalists Make Investment Choices?

Great Competitive Products. Investors want to invest in great products and services with a competitive edge that is long-lasting as well as looking for products that are solutions to market problems that haven’t been solved yet or could be solved better. Startup Team. Before investing, VCs will make sure they have sufficient information regarding the business owners and the team itself. Many investors consider the team behind a startup more important than the idea or the product. The investors will want to know that the team has the right set of skills, drive, experience, and temperament to grow the business. Risk Assessment. Investors will take note of all potential risks such as any debt/loan pending, regulatory issues, issues regarding tax and law enforcement as well as a strong management team who knows the efficient use of the capital being invested. Market Size. For VCs, a business will target a large, addressable market opportunity is important for grabbing VC investors' attention .

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Automotive, Media Technology

Colin

IT, Consulting

Mah Choon Leng

Pharmaceutical, Technology

Ryan Soo

Technology, Land Laws

Johnson Yap

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Wei Tang

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Kenny Lim

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Eddie Wong

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Marketing, Sales

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Ben Lim

Venture Capital, Startups

Len Meng Fui

Insurance, Training

Peter Wee

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Looi Kok Loon

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Diana Tan

Automotive, Investment Banking

Joseph Ting

Automotive, Investment Banking

Michelle Sum

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TJ Quah

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Alex Lim

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Alan Lim

Entrepreneurship, Media

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Ever since the accelerator with NEXEA, we have gotten tremendous help and support from them. A frequent mentoring session was conducted even after the program. Their experience and insights were informative and helpful in growing our business. Besides that, the technical support provided by them was great.

-Kim Yoong Wong, CEO & Founder, Red Dino
NEXEA has been a tremendous help to us via their mentoring services, networking, and connections. The mentorship is especially key to us growing our company. We have grown significantly since joining the NEXEA group and hope to continue our partnership in the future.

-Vin Li Yap, Co-Founder, Plush Services
As a young entrepreneur, I am really glad to have NEXEA by our side as their mentors are groups of business experts who excel in their respective fields. They have been extremely helpful, especially in offering different points of view when it comes to important company decisions. They have also been doing great at forming a good community for startups like us to participate in, where we get to learn, make mistakes and grow together.

- Andrew Chee, Founder at RunningMan.my
NEXEA has helped me a lot throughout my journey as a student entrepreneur. In the mentoring sessions that we have periodically, I have learned to ‘step outside of the business’ for a while and look at the company with the mentors. This has allowed us to experience an outsiders-perspective of our company as well as to learn from experienced mentors that have started a business before. Overall, NEXEA has not only accelerated the growth of our business, but also the personal growth of myself as a first-time entrepreneur.

-Yi Hern Chang, Founder & Managing Director, JomRun
We joined NEXEA VC, accelerator and venture builder in 2017, During the 3 months accelerator program, the Mentors really gave us a taste of what continuous improvement and growth meant. Investors within the NEXEA network also opened up large corporate doors for Lapasar. Peter hooked us up to TNB and PwC who are some of our largest clients now. In a nutshell, NEXEA provided us with mentorship, the push we needed and the right contacts to expand our business.

– Thinesh Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Lapasar

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some FAQ's on Venture Capital

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What Do Venture Capitalists Look For In Your Pitch Deck?

Before investing, venture capitalists will look for the following in your business plan:

Founders. They focus on the founders, the management team, their work ethics and principles and the commitment of the founders towards their business. One of the key factors can also be whether the owners are open to constructive criticism. Are the founders passionate and experienced in what they do and so on.
Market Opportunity. They will look at your business model and see whether there is a need for the product or service or not. How large is the market size and would it be worth investing in, in the long-run, what is the opportunity for growth, if any?
Pitch Deck. How unique is your product or service from those that are similar in the market, are you well aware of your competitors, are your costing and revenue projections realistic and achievable?
Future Plan. Venture capitalists will be concerned about how their money will benefit the business, what progress will the capital injected make to the business.

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How Venture Capitalists Make Investment Choices?

Great Competitive Products. Investors want to invest in great products and services with a competitive edge that is long-lasting as well as looking for products that are solutions to market problems that haven’t been solved yet or could be solved better.
Startup Team. Before investing, VCs will make sure they have sufficient information regarding the business owners and the team itself. Many investors consider the team behind a startup more important than the idea or the product. The investors will want to know that the team has the right set of skills, drive, experience, and temperament to grow the business.
Risk Assessment. Investors will take note of all potential risks such as any debt/loan pending, regulatory issues, issues regarding tax and law enforcement as well as a strong management team who knows the efficient use of the capital being invested.
Market Size. For VCs, a business will target a large, addressable market opportunity is important for grabbing VC investors' attention.

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How Can VC Benefit Entrepreneurship

VCs benefit the entrepreneur not only with providing financial backing to the startup, they work hand in hand with the entrepreneur for the success of the startups. NEXEA’s approach is to pool like-minded investors to act as mentors for the startup’s entrepreneur.

Our focus is delivering not only capital but also the best-in-class support via our exclusive and top-tier mentors, experts, and partners to nurture and build your startup and grow it exponentially. Our technology partners include AWS, Microsoft for Startups, Google Cloud Platform as well as support from Cradle, MDEC and much more.

Apart from technology, grant and sponsors, our mentors are experts have expertise in the following areas: risk assurance experts, transactions experts, tax and assurance experts as well. availability of our panel of experts is subject to their approval on a case by case basis. Available to NEXEA funded companies only.

NEXEA Success Stories: Driving Exceptional Growth for Startups

B2B Disruptor

NEXEA has invested RM10,000,000 into a technology company to date. The company leveraged the NEXEA network to secure major clients, including a global consulting firm and a national listed company, validating their software and business model. These relationships provided critical early feedback and long-term revenue opportunities, with the company growing >900X to date. NEXEA played pivotal roles in helping to validate their business models by arranging a strategic discussion with key industry leaders. Today, they are a regional market leader outperforming their competitors.

Online Platform Disruptor

A leading SaaS company has been part of NEXEA’s Entrepreneurs Programme since 2022, where peer advisory and mentorship from our Investor-Mentors helped the company build a strong sales team and rapidly grow recurring revenue 4X from RM1 million to RM4 million in 2 years. The founders were guided in validating their revenue model through an agent sales channel. Additionally, introductions for collaboration with another portfolio company further expanded the company’s product distribution.

B2C Disruptor

NEXEA made an investment offer to a Startup in the accelerator programme. To better understand the Startup’s financial needs, NEXEA’s team worked closely with the founder to develop a detailed financial model focusing on capex and cash generation. This allowed the Startup to reduce its capital raise requirement from RM1.5 million to RM250k and focus on increasing gross profit output efficiency by a whopping 66%. With NEXEA’s guidance, the Startup successfully connected with key customers and is on track to meet the financial targets planned.

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