Farquhar VC (FVC)

𝙄𝙏'𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝙊𝙎𝙏 𝙒𝙊𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙁𝙐𝙇 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍 (And, this is probably the last time for the year that we can use song verses for title posts) Everyone (around the world) is winding down to gather with loved ones to celebrate over the festive period, and we have done the same too, where we kick-started the joyous season with our recent JTC Corporation #AyerRajahCrescent #Launchpad -wide year-end gathering alongside our long-standing partner (and neighbour!) ACE.SG (Action Community for Entrepreneurship). Special thanks to Agnes Xue (Singapore Institute of Technology), Dr Kelvin Tan (PhD) (Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)), Abhishek Agrawal (Kinexcs) and Jane Wang (Roceso Technologies) for participating in a cosy sharing session on #AgeTech and #Applied #Innovation, and we hope to do our part to foster meaningful collaborations within and beyond the launchpad. For those who are celebrating, we wish you (and your family and teammates) a Merry Christmas from all of us here at Farquhar VC (FVC). Let's also take the time to rest and recharge as we prepare to scale in the weeks and months ahead!

𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐏𝐀𝐃-𝐖𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑-𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 & 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 We’re not known for our events, but somehow our first end-of-the-year precinct-wide gathering last year went alright in 2023. So, in 2024, we want to do our usual #AyerRajahCrescent #Launchpad precinct-wide social gathering with a slight twist – we are going to launch a p̶o̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶ seminar series! In partnership with our neighbour and longstanding partner ACE.SG (Action Community for Entrepreneurship), Farquhar VC (FVC) will be hosting an exciting panel session on #AgeTech, #DeepTech, and #Applied #Innovation, featuring - Jane Wang (cofounder/CEO, Roceso Technologies); - Abhishek Agrawal (cofounder/CEO, Kinexcs); -  Assoc Prof Agnes Xue (Cluster Applied Research Chair, Singapore Institute of Technology); and - Dr Kelvin Tan (PhD) (Senior Lecturer & Programme Head, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)) If you haven’t gone on-vacation on the 12th of December, do join us! Scan the QR code, or sign up via this link: https://lnkd.in/gbTUngKR

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 Let's face it. We eschew self gratification. Hence the lack of celebratory posts when we've edged beyond 2000 followers on linkedin. Having said that, we are uberly proud of the recent achievements of our portfolio companies! 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌 - #Digital #healthtech portco MyCLNQ Health (led by CEO Anwar R.) showcased their capabilities alongside their strategic partner KPJ Healthcare Bhd at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission high-key event, the Malaysian International Healthcare Megatrends! [1] - #Deeptech #rehabtech portco Roceso Technologies (led by CEO Jane Wang) has been going #global with their Esoglove tech, which has garnered attention from #healthcare professionals from the Korean Occupational Therapy Society! [2] - One of the world's biggest #ComplementaryProteins conference ( #MEVO by GBX EVENTS) will be coming to Singapore in February 2025, and our #climatetech portco Roslin Technologies will be speaking at the event! [3] - #Agritech portco Werms.Inc (led by CEO Aaron Chen) has won the #Neo (early stage) startup award by Spirit of Enterprise! [4] - #Fintech portco Spark Systems Pte Ltd cofounder/CEO Joo Seng Wong shared his insights and experiences on the main stage (alongside Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) President Shadab Taiyabi and Singlife founder Walter de Oude) at the recent Singapore FinTech Festival! [5] - #AI #fintech portco 6Estates - Enterprise AI Solutions (led by CEO Huanbo LUAN) has commenced a partnership with PT. Indosat Tbk subsidiary Lintasarta to supercharge #AI adoption in Indonesia! [6] - #Spacetech portco Equatorial Space (led by CEO Simon Gwozdz) has delivered a stellar performance at a recent edition of the #Deeptech Unicorn Battle! [7] - The recently-concluded A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC) #AdvancedManufacturing Startup Challenge has enabled our #AI portco Tictag to be selected by Kennametal and Johnson & Johnson as their chosen tech solution partner! [8] - Vegas, here we come! Well, at least for our #KidsTech portco myFirst, who will showcasing at #CES2025 ! [9] 𝐉𝐎𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 - Congrats for our #data #foodtech portco SicPama (led by CEO Jung Suh) for being successfully selected for the Korean government's #TIPS program, which will enable the company to access public grant funding. Special thanks to our strategic partner infobank too! [10] - Belated congrats to our #consumer #data #platform portco Supermom Business (led by CEO Luke Lim) for closing their recent Series B round led by Granite Asia! [11]

Our managing partner & chief investment officer Jason Su shared about Farquhar VC (FVC) 's ongoing work (of enabling startups to grow synergistically with forward-looking #SMEs) alongside other esteemed panelists including Shaun Markus Lee (cofounder, Lunchbox) and YBhg Datuk Ts Dr Mohd Nor Azman Hassan (Deputy Secretary-General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia Government) at today's #PLUGIN event organised by Cradle Fund. Special thanks to Matt Lee (Point Advisory) for moderating, and thank you Cradle Seed Ventures for the opportunity!

𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙓𝙏 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝙄𝙉 𝘿𝙄𝙂𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝘽𝘼𝙉𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 Homegrown South East Asian banking stalwart OCBC has been consistently achieving various accolades in recent times, such as the 'Best Digital Bank' by Euromoney and 'FX House of the Year' by FX Markets. It's heartening to know that OCBC has entrusted Spark Systems Pte Ltd (a Farquhar VC (FVC) #Fintech portco that specialises in high-speed FX trading capabilities) to create innovative and scalable features within the bank's FX trading platform. Congrats to founder/CEO Joo Seng Wong and the executive team for this joyous milestone!

𝐅𝐕𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐍𝐎 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐒 Most of you (our besties!) know that Farquhar VC (FVC) tends to stay out of the limelight, but our portfolio startups should get the #GlowUp that they truly deserve, of which we are immensely proud of their wins and achievements. Without further ado, let's kick off the latest edition of '𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦' * 𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒 - British Chamber of Commerce Singapore (BritCham) turns 70 this year, and its 25th edition of the annual business awards is a high-key flagship event that celebrates exceptional businesses with generous support from the Singapore Business Federation, and the economic agencies of Singapore. This year's 'Business Transformation of the Year' award goes to our #Fintech portco Spark Systems Pte Ltd. Congrats Joo Seng Wong, Shi Mei Chin, and colleagues! [1] - SPH Media's Her World Singapore has been championing women achievers annually, and one of the recipients of the Singtel #HelloPossibilities Award is our #BioMedTech #Deeptech portco Roceso Technologies co-founder/CEO Jane Wang [2]! Do check out the writeup too [3]! - The Inno Vietnam-Japan Fast Track Pitch Event is a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization initiative that encourages #OpenInnovation and #collaboration between #SEA startups and Japanese Mid-Sized and Large-Sized Corporates. Our #AI portco Tictag was one of the finalists, which also won the audience's choice award [4]. Congrats Kevin Quah, Lee Jin, Chloe C. and colleagues! 𝙁𝙇𝙔𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙂 𝙃𝙄𝙂𝙃 - The Blue Earth Summit in London recently played host to thousands of climate-focused delegates, and our #Climatetech portco Roslin Technologies was there to share about their #CellBased technologies [5]! - Las Vegas is playing host to HLTH USA's most high-key #digital #healthtech conferences this week, and our #BioMedTech #Wearable portco Aevice Health will be exhibiting at The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator pavilion [6]!   - Plug and Play APAC is amassing their APAC summit later this week, and our #SmartCities portco Antbuildz.com cofounder/CEO Kek Hean Hooi will be there [7]!  - Our friends at 중소벤처기업진흥공단(Korea SMEs Startups Agency) - K Startup Center Singapore is having a booth/pavilion at Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) next week, and our #Efficiency portco SicPama will be there [8]! * The geeks out there should find this phrase (albeit a bit outdated) to be relevant in the month of October/November #iykyk

Shout-out on behalf of our friends at TUMCREATE , a high-key Technical University of Munich #Deeptech R&D centre supported by National Research Foundation Singapore! Applications are closing soon for the #TFoodS #OtterTank #Startup competition, and perhaps worthy startups from our ecosystem friends across the causeway / in the land of the morning calm / the land down under should be part of it!!!

𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥, 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗗* 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 (*D for Daegu, in case your mind is wandering into the gutter! 😉 ) 6 South Korean startups (CHA Robotics / CocoH / Dr.Tail / LemonCloud / Textway / UPROOT COMPANY) recently completed their market-exploration in South East Asia, which happened to coincide with President Yoon's first visit to Singapore [trust us; the K-Govt folks didn't let us in on the news!]. Thank you for entrusting Farquhar VC (FVC) to undertake the Global Investment Capacity Building Program alongside our partner 트윈벤쳐스 (Twin Ventures Korea). Thank you to our longstanding neighbour and partner ACE.SG (Action Community for Entrepreneurship) too, for enabling us to conduct the programme in your premises. Heartfelt appreciation to the various mentors who have equipped our Korean startup founders with the best-in-class advice/insights, which will enable them to sharpen their decision-making process on global expansion: ECOSYSTEM: Felicia (XNode 创极无限) and Felicia (The HANGAR by NUS Enterprise), JIA SHING (Pollinate Incubator), Terry (DIFY), and Will Huang (GoodWhale - Life Investing) INVESTMENT: Audra (First Move), Eugene (Antler), Harry (Korea Investment Partners), Hussein (Jumpstart Disruptive Innovations (JDI)), Jozua (Genting Ventures), Jean (Golden Equator Capital), and Song Yang (MDI Ventures) Shout-out to Julie (Tenity) and Jin (Tictag) for indulging us with the intricate do's and dont's about scaling in South East Asia and South Korea during our Demo Day. Also, it's our greatest honour to have KOTRA Singapore Director-General (Mr InGi Baek) and ACE.sg CEO (Mr Patrick Lim) to grace our Demo Day, to witness the commencement of commercial partnerships between like-minded companies from the two countries: Textway <> Tictag, and LemonCloud <> EMERGE Group (Emplifive) Special thanks to TNGlobal's Yimie Yong for being the first to report on our joyous milestone! https://lnkd.in/gymvUwih

𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗟𝗦 𝗙𝗩𝗖 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗖𝗢 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 ATFX (led by Chairman Joe Li) has recently announced a strategic investment into Farquhar VC (FVC) #Fintech portfolio company Spark Systems Pte Ltd Systems (led by Founder & CEO Joo Seng Wong) as part of its Series C round, joining other esteemed investors such as Citi and HSBC. As a leading global fintech broker with regulatory licenses in the UK (Financial Conduct Authority), Australia (ASIC), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)) and UAE (Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA)), ATFX clients can look forward to enhanced trading capabilities on their ATFX Connect platform. Special thanks to the media outlets such as Finance Magnates and AsiaOne.com for being among the first to carry the news! https://lnkd.in/gBqevguq https://lnkd.in/gpSY6GYg

It has been a ✨ 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑓𝑢𝑙 ✨ month for us at Farquhar VC (FVC) ... to the extent that we almost forgot to post anything for this month?! Anyway, on the last day of the calendar year where we can sing/hum-along 🎶 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅...  🎶, here's some of our highlights! 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 - Well-loved local 🧋 chain Playmade has been winning hearts and minds across the #RedDot [1]! As it commences on its global expansion, the company tried to keep up its social media presence, and plain ol' #ChatGPT aint cutting it. Check out how our 🤖 #AI startup Hypotenuse AI is helping to save time and max out on reach and engagement [2]!   - It's been a few months where the Singapore Food Agency has approved the creepy crawlies for human food [3]; so, what does it take to farm these insects? CNA's Eu Imm Chan recently paid a visit to our 🪱 #Foodtech startup Werms.Inc to find out [4]!  - Hangzhou: first known as "heaven on earth" (at least to Marco Polo)... but it is recently also known as the birthplace of Alibaba Group, that practically wrote the modern playbook for ecommerce. Alibaba Cloud is hosting the annual high-key #Aspara conference, and our 🤖 #AI startup 6Estates - Enterprise AI Solutions made its presence as part of the NVIDIA Inception Pavilion [5]. - MIHAS is a high-key Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) event, which has achieved an impressive 34% surge in sales [6]. We reckon that our 🥔 #foodtech startup The Golden Duck Co.'s presence at MIHAS has helped with the sales [7]! 😋   - Our 🌍 #Climatetech startup Roslin Technologies was selected to represent #Scotland in New York recently [8], and picked as a leading business UK's key earth-tech summit [9]! - Our 🩺 #Healthtech startup Roceso Technologies was a finalist for this year's InnoMatch [10]! Links! [1] https://lnkd.in/gg_UuSG6  [2] https://lnkd.in/gsV44mqb [3] https://lnkd.in/gCh2xhVf [4] https://lnkd.in/g-iBz8hh [5] https://lnkd.in/gCHjsxa2 [6] https://lnkd.in/g9Kkaank [7] https://lnkd.in/gRdh3Xc6 [8] https://lnkd.in/gdbghmU3 [9] https://lnkd.in/gkUfmw5B [10] https://lnkd.in/g2C5ziqf