Singapore and New Zealand Have New Angel Investing Alliance
November 12, 2009 by Gwendolyn Regina T
Having funds is one thing, how a startup is able to deploy the funds to gain market access and thus build up customer base is another. In a new partnership between the Angel Association of New Zealand (AANZ) and the Business Angel Network (South East Asia) (BANSEA), both parties have agreed to help the funded companies from the other side enter its domestic market.
From left: Joe Rouse (BANSEA) and Andrew Hamilton (AANZ) signing the MOU.
What This Means For Startups
Startups both in Singapore and New Zealand under the care of the angel investors in both associations might have a slightly easier time in trying to gain market access in the other country. The benefits of such an alliance cannot be downplayed as each association has under their wing many investors, much experience and have built up networks that will be hard to place a value upon.
About The Author
Gwendolyn Regina T - Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Apart from SGE, Gwen is also a Partner at Thymos Capital, where she focuses on early stage investments in technology firms. She has had two exits out of her investments via the firm, one of which is iHipo. A frequent judge for business competitions both locally and overseas, she graduated from the National University of Singapore. Gwen also spent some time in Silicon Valley and studied in Stanford University under the NUS Overseas College programme. Gwen is a mentor at Spanish incubator Tetuan Valley, Polish incubator Gamma Rebels, the Singapore Ambassador for the Sandbox network and the Singapore curator for StartupDigest. She enjoys languages, travelling, dance and adventure sports. Gwen can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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