Thomas Tsao
For Gobi Partners, Covid-19 is a game changer for the SEA VC sector
The pan-Asian VC firm’s portfolio in the region are some of the beneficiaries in the global pandemic, despite a challenging year.
E-fullfillment startup, iStore iSend, raises US$5.5mil, co-led by Gobi Partners and EasyParcel
In strong position to help clients enhance efficiency and SKU movement
In China, S’pore, Indonesia and M’sia with Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam next
Gobi Partners, Sunway Group announce Final Four winners of its sports-meets-startups SuperSeed II Championship
The SuperSeed II Championship virtual pitching competition, which adopts a unique sports tournament style approach, sees its final four winners announced.
Gobi Partners announces 64 startups to kick-off Asia's first ever sudden death pitching competition – SuperSeed Championship II
Gobi Partners-MDEC curated competition targets early-stage startups
Rigorous process by Gobi, taking into account 6 factors to fix seedings
Sunway iLabs launches Super Accelerator with partners Sunway Group, SunSEA Capital, Gobi Partners
The four-month programme is for early-stage start-ups and focuses on delivering value within five key verticals – Smart Cities, Edutech, Digital Health, Food and Agritech and eCommerce.
TaqwaTech championer, Thomas Tsao
Thomas Tsao, along with Gobi Partners, which he is a founding partner of, has been able to help shape the tech startup scene in ASEAN. They also coined TaqwaTech – Muslim-serving tech startups – which they are heavily pushing
Asean Angel Alliance Summit 2018 celebrates angel investment in region
MBAN Summit rebrands and will be known as Asean Angel Alliance Summit to create stronger collaborative platform.
Gobi appoints Dan Chong new COO for Asean operations
Hires new partners for two other funds.
Carsome raises US$19mil; possible IPO in 3 to 5 years
Online used car platform raises Series B funding led by Burda Principal Investments.
Mavcap-Gobi Asean Growth Fund aims for 1H2017 launch with initial US$50mil
Despite emphasizing its ecosystem building role, the headlines were still about the combined US$550mil that Mavcap hopes to raise with its partners.
