Patrick Grove
Catcha launches new Catcha Ventures division
Catcha Group has announced the formal launch of Catcha Ventures, a division focused on minority investments in high-growth new media, technology and mobile companies in South-East Asia.
Digerati50: Hardened dotcom star ready for next level
Digital News Asia (DNA) continues a weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy. These articles are from Digerati50, a special print publication released in January 2014. For information on customised reprints of Digerati50, email [email protected].
MOL Global now has to deliver gold to investors
Having got his Nasdaq listing, albeit on a rough opening day, Ganesh Kumar Bangah now has to answer to the toughest investors in the world every 90 days. However, he believes MOL Global has all the right products and strategy.
Buying property online could soon be a reality
iProperty’s Patrick Grove thinks within three years, Malaysians will be buying and paying for property online. The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents thinks he could be breaking the law.
Week in Review: No more love
Entrepreneurs can expect DNA to be more questioning when telling their stories. Our role of being the eye on the ecosystem is to be sharpened.
Week in Review: Of dotcom business models
iProperty in search of that sustainable business model
More a hybrid than a pure Internet company
iProperty’s widening loss: A deeper look into the business
The recently-announced financial results of iProperty Group Ltd has thrown up two key questions: Whether it overpaid for its acquisitions, and how did it lose its market leadership position in Singapore, writes Goh Thean Eu.
Week in Review: Lots of funding activity in SEA
A number of funding stories got DNA founder Karamjit Singh’s attention this week, and he also sees some similarities in how Andrew Wong and Chok Leang Ooi run their companies.
Catcha’s iProperty gets US$100mil funding from News Corp company
Online investment firm Catcha Group has announced that REA Group, an affiliate of News Corp, has acquired a 17.22% stake in its portfolio company, iProperty Group.
Frontier Digital Ventures launches with maiden investment in Pakistan’s Zameen
Frontier Digital Ventures (FDV) has announced that it has taken a 30% stake in Zameen, Pakistan’s No 1 property portal, the first for the newly formed digital investment firm.
