ECM Straits Fund
Week in Review: Plugging gaps on road to Vision 2020
DNA founder Karamjit Singh sees a link to Malaysia’s Vision 2020 developed nation target in two of the stories DNA ran this week, both about efforts to plug specific gaps.
ECM Straits Fund invests in Istanbul’s Annelutfen in US$4mil round
Annelutfen, an Istanbul-based e-commerce business for baby and mother products, announced that last month it completed a US$4-million investment round led by Elixir Capital’s ECM Straits Fund.
Elixir Capital lead investor in US$7mil agriculture big data play
US-based big data analytics company aWhere, which focuses on the agriculture market, closed a US$7mil equity round with an investment from Elixir Capital where Mavcap has an interest via its participation as lead investor in Elixir's ECM Straits Fund.
Asian ecosystem needs to better understand growth-stage funding
Elixir Capital, which together with Mavcap launched the US$50-million ECM Straits Fund in January, is about to announce its first investment. Its managing director Abrar Hussain shares some observations he has made from his team’s meetings with almost 200 companies.
