Nov 18, 2013
Telkom in pact with 8Share, introduces startup to Indonesia
Telkom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Social Rewards Service, 8Share, via the Telkom Market Bridge programme, which plans to connect new products and services to Indonesian users via Telkom’s marketing channels.
READ MOREOct 10, 2013
Catcha Media completes subsidiaries merger with Says; forms Rev Asia
Following the completion of the merger between Catcha Media Berhad’s subsidiaries and Says Sdn Bhd on October 8, 2013, a new company, Rev Media Equity Holdings Sdn Bhd (Rev Asia), has been formed.
READ MOREMay 22, 2013
Catcha-Says merger to change digital advertising game
Start of consolidation wave? Youth Asia, parent company of Says, is an investee of Teak Capital, a technology-focused venture capital management corporation. Teak Capital managing director Chok Kwee Bee tells DNA that the merger was an opportunity to take Says "to the next level."
READ MOREMay 17, 2013
Week in Review: All about founders, or the ideas?
THIS was yet another week when startups dominated the news. On the funding side, Digital News Asia (DNA) was happy to break the news that EasyUni.com received venture funding in the low single-digit millions from Teak Capital Sdn Bhd. Helmed by Edwin Tay and Dr Sivapalan Vivekarajah, the startup plans to ramp up its regional rollout with the help of the cash infusion.
READ MOREMay 13, 2013
EasyUni gets funding from Teak Capital
IT is a myth that people go to the university of their dreams. Those lucky enough to go, end up choosing one which closest fits their parents’ budget and which has a decent course of study that the student wants to pursue.
READ MOREApr 22, 2013
Joel Neoh’s meteoric rise in Groupon: What now?
THE interview started with me taking a playful dig at Groupon’s share price as it stood then in late January. "Ouch," laughed Joel Neoh. Fast forward to today and Groupon is still without a chief executive officer after the Board fired founder Andrew Mason in February over the company’s poor financial performance.
READ MOREApr 12, 2013
Aemulus: 'Where miracles happen all the time'
NG Sang Beng professes to be surprised at the success Aemulus Sdn Bhd has had in the testing space of the semiconductor world. “It is very rare to find small companies like us in a space dominated by big players,” he says of the company he launched in 2005.
READ MOREJune 18, 2011
A place for ACE?
IN an efficient stock market environment, a company's share price would generally be driven by its core fundamentals such as its financial performance and outlook, business prospects and management quality. But in reality, there's really no clean-cut equation that could perfectly explain the “buy and sell” forces that ultimately determine the movement of a company's share price.
READ MORENov 09, 2010
Teak Capital MAD Techventures
Teak Capital MAD Techventures deck, as presented by Ms Chok.
READ MOREJun 25, 2010
Working with entrepreneurs
Chok Kwee Bee, Managing Director at Teak Capital, talks about the challenges working with entrepreneurs, and what she looks for when making investments.
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