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Investor Profile
About 2G Capital
2G Capital is a private investment company investing in listed as well as
private non-listed companies in the Asia Pacific economies. The focus is on
companies with a sustainable and scalable business model, a focussed leader
backed by a strong management team and where 2G will be able to create value
in the invested company. Companies invested include the environment,
education and entertainment (lifestyle) business sectors and technology and
infrastructure businesses in the fast growing China market.
About Enspire
The Enspire Group is a technology and business development group that assists the inspired
entrepreneurs to achieve their vision and dreams to build long-lasting and highly differentiating
business. Founded and led by veteran entrepreneur, Mr Chay Kwong Soon, co-founder of Creative
Technology Ltd and Chairman of Beyonics Technology Ltd, the Enspire team provides, besides financial
investment, value-add to our portfolio companies through our extensive network, experience and
expertise. Enspire works with companies that are in the fast growing fields of communication, internet
and medical technology. Enspire participates in any stage of the company's growth, though our valueadd
would be greatest in the early stages. Since incorporation in 1998, Enspire has invested in more
than 20 companies in Singapore, Taiwan, US and Europe.
About JAFCO Asia
JAFCO Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of JAFCO Co., Ltd, Japan's largest venture capital company.
JAFCO Co., Ltd is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and is part of the Nomura group of companies.
Established in Singapore in 1990, JAFCO Asia is a venture capital fund manager investing in
established, well-managed companies and promising young enterprises with high growth potential in
the Asia Pacific region. It has a network of five offices in the region and currently manages private
equity funds in excess of US$750 million. With a track record of investments in over 270 companies and over 167 exits, of which 71 have been publicly listed, JAFCO Asia has established itself as a leading
venture capital firm in the region. JAFCO's other recent investments in Singapore include FTD
Technology Pte Ltd, IC Equipment Pte Ltd, and MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd.
About TIFV
TIFV is a government-owned fund-of-funds management company. It was incorporated in April 2001 as
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Economic Development Board of Singapore. TIFV was formed as part
of the Technopreneurship 21 initiative, which is a government program to promote a viable and
thriving sector of high growth technology-oriented companies in Singapore. Its role in this initiative is
to develop the Venture Capital (VC) Cluster, achieved through the Company's three main activities:
fund-of-funds investment (investment into VC funds), direct investment and venture services. Its main
investment vehicle is the Technopreneurship Investment Fund (TIF), which currently has a fund size of
US$1.3 billion. Through its strategic linkages with reputable VC firms globally, TIFV also catalyzes
private sector institutional and corporate investments into the VC industry.
View Press Release here.
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