Write to [email protected] or WA +65 8118 8840 if you’d like more info on the following:
SG Secondaries Fund
- PE managers cannot exit portcos
- Quality assets stranded
- Secondary distributions begins in 1-3yrs vs 5-7 for primaries
- AI operating uplift targets 15-45% cost reductions across portcos
- Every target validated with sector strategic before underwriting
- Cayman Structure
- Founder is ex-Merrill Lynch, Scarsdale Equities, Schroders Capital Asia, Symphony Asia, CSP (Singapore’s largest tech secondaries platform), Yale, Oxford and Berkeley
Direct Deals
Demand
1) N Asian brokerage/crypto exchange/payments group looking to buy MFOs, EAMs, futures/FX brokerages, payment (crypto/traditional) companies in SG, SE Asia countries where it’s not present and in US, Canada, UK
2) Global crypto exchange group, FO looking to buy crypto bank, crypto prop/MM, payment (crypto/traditional) companies, brokerage, wealth management firm
3) US investment bank looking to buy European crypto bank
4) PE fund looking to buy crypto bank, asset management, PE, insurance firms
5) Digital wealth management group looking to buy Equity/FX/CFD/futures brokerage or crypto business with retail investor customer base in HK, SG, Australia, and possibly Korea/Japan, where the target AUM would be USD 10-20B (and target valuation would be 1% of AUM).
6) HK/US brokerage group looking to buy (majority or 100% stake) Multi-Family Office/External Asset Manager in SG, HK, w/ profitability and at least SGD 200M AUM, w/ objective of aqcuiring core team and AUM
7) N Asian conglomerate was looking to buy Multi-Family Office/External Asset Manager in SG, HK, w/ profitability, AUM of USD 1-2B, targeting USD 50-200M cheque size, but in advanced discussions now w/ 2 targets so search on hold
8) Pan Asian and global PE funds looking to buy Growth stage Dubai/Singapore-based wealth manager
9) Pan Asian and global PE funds looking to buy Asia-based maritime service provider
10) Pan Asian and global PE funds looking to buy Asia outsourced IT development provider
11) Education platform company in China and SG w/ enrichment centres in SG, has Chinese investors keen to pursue this industry via enrichment centres, specialised education, private schools or tertiarty offerings
10) Buyers looking for cram school/tuition centre/ preschool/international school with USD 50M-100M budget for brick and mortar business in Singapore/SEA, where most buyers are financial buyers, with cram schools/tuition offerings preferred
13) Large Chinese payments group looking to acquire digital payments license (DPT) holding entity in Singapore for USD 1-10M
14) North Asian financial services group with existing fund administration, corporate secretarial services was looking to acquire more such providers for <=SGD 1M but on hold for now
15) High touch tech-first corporate secretarial service provider/fund administrator upstart servicing overseas startups, funds looking to expand into Asia via Singapore is looking to acquire traditional corporate secretarial/accounting providers
16) Corporate financial advisory upstart looking to acquire corporate secretarial/accounting providers
Supply
Licensed Europe HQ Crypto Bank
- Among 1st licensed crypto banks globally
- Preference to raise growth equity (USD 150M) but open to buyout
- 2022-2025 CAGR: >30%
- >1k client a/cs as of 2025 (serving 40+ countries incl US)
- >USD 3B AUM
FCA-Licensed, Centrally Cleared Crypto Exchange, Launching Abu Dhabi Digital Cross Asset Exchange
- 1st FCA licensed and centrally cleared crypto exchange (via LSEG LCH SA), launched May’25, w/ Marex, KGI, ABN AMRO, Standard Chartered, Nomura live as clearing members
- London Bitcoin futures mkt ranked #3 among regulated, centrally cleared BTC futures mkts (after CME, Coinbase)
- Next products to launch for H226: BTC mini futures, ETH F&O
- Poised to launch 24/7 Abu Dhabi cross asset exchange, where they’ve received in-principle approval for AD’s 1st crypto exchange and clearinghouse (for both retail and insti, with cross margining and where collateral can be in fiat or digital assets), and are few months from completing integration w/ 3rd party clearing technology
- Focus is shifting to Abu Dhabi where regulator more flexible to other asset classes (e.g. Securities: Tokenized Equities, ETFs, Cash and treasury management products; Tokenized RWAs; Derivatives (Futures, Perpetuals, Options) on Commodities and Digital Assets; Prediction Markets: Financial, Crypto, Commodities)
- Commitments from tier 1 investment banks, clearing brokers, marketmakers for Day 1 of Abu Dhabi mkt launch (Q227)
- Open to
- 1) Series C round of USD 15-20M to build ADGM platform
- 2) Selling London entity for USD 20M
- 3) Selling entire grp (of both London and Abu Dhabi operation) for USD 100-150M
UK/FCA-Licensed Broker-Dealer Fast Tracked for Crypto Capabilities
- 2 decades of operations w/ retail broker-dealer license with pristine operating history
- Adding regulatory permissioning on crypto side where FCA clamping down on retail permissioning and only really awarding professional client licences
- 2 decades of impeccable regulatory track record allowing for fast-tracking of crypto licensing
- Asking: GBP 3.5M
UAE VASP
- Shell w/ license for asset management
- Asking: ~ USD 700k
EU Compliant EUR/GBP Stablecoin Issuer
- Netherlands EMI w/ payments authorization
- Visa Principal Member & BIN Sponsor
- Virtual accounts & vIBANs
- MiCA compliant stablecoins
- Agentic commerce stack
- Relationships w/ Tier 1 Local and global banks
- Multi-chain, multi-rail
- Backed by Tether, Kraken, etc
- Digital money unlocks business models based on micro/nano transactions
SG-based Dental Chain
- 11 dental clinics + 1 GP clinic
- Among fastest growing SG companies (2019-2022) as cited by Straits Times
- FY2023 rev: SGD 24.6M; NOPAT23: SGD 2.7M; 2023 EBITDA: SGD 6.4M post IFRS-16, SGD 4.1M pre IFRS-16
- Raising USD 5M (cap table opportunity) along w/ USD 15M for growth capital (to acquire clinics in Malaysia w/ buyouts at term sheet stage)
- Founder still looking to continue running business but using raise primarily to pay off debt and expand via acquisition of other clinics including into surrounding ASEAN region
Japanese Semiconductor Cleaning Services Provider
- Decades of servicing chip manufacturers like Panasonic and Toshiba, treating hazardous toxic chemicals used in chip plants for safe disposal
- Canadian son-in-law of founder/main shareholder seeks ~USD 2.5M injection (debt/equity) so that he and his partner (experienced in PE) can turn stagnant long time provider into more modern operator, where father then retires
- EBITDA positive (but barely) and left w/ little free cash flow after servicing USD 5M in bank debt where w/ a bit of PE injection, banks are willing to restructure/forgive debt), allowing existing clients to commit to expanding business w/ service provider
- Seeking USD 2.5M equity/debt
Alternative Investments (HF/Family Office/Compliance/PE) EdTech
- Online hedge fund, family office, compliance, PE programs, with strong growth via corporate training for blue chip clients with deep pockets and stickiness (e.g. Point 72, Interactive Brokers)
- Originally started w/ in-person hedge fund programs in HK, Tokyo, Singapore, New York and London
- Hedge fund program accredited by top 10 UK business school
- Raising to expand on business development (esp in London, Hong Kong, Dubai, New York), to develop courses for ESG, FX, digital assets, real estate, VC, AI in finance, Python for Finance, Data Analytics in Finance), and to acquire corporate training companies
- USD 5M pre-money valuation, and looking for another USD 1.3M (out of USD 2M)
- 2022 net loss: ~USD 100k
- Instructors are industry professionals, with emphasis on practical knowledge and networking functions
- Co-founder led M&A of Salomon Brothers & Citi, and Nikko Securities & Schroders
- Investors/advisors include former president/CEO of CFA Institute, and co-founder of SuperCharger Ventures (an EdTech Accelerator)
Premium Casual SG American/Western Cuisine Restaurants
- Established in 2012 w/ 2 outlets in upper mid end malls in downtown shopping/business districts
- 2019-2023, operated additional outlets
- 2023 rev: SGD 5.1M; 2023 EBITDA: SGD -0.06M