Malaysia's Khazanah launches start-up programme
Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has launched a VC collaboration and start-up investment programme with an initial MYR 180m (USD 40m).
It extends a raft of Malaysian government activity aimed at stimulating the technology and innovation economy in partnership with the VC industry. In January AC Ventures and Indies Capital joined a tech...
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