Most venture capital firms in Singapore have large institutional investors, and are also backed by HNIs who have made their fortune in real-estate or shipping, and therefore investing in startups is more of a portfolio diversification exercise, and this has an impact on the the funds’ risk appetite, former venture capitalist and the founder of fintech startup venture Whatifics, French-American entrepreneur Larry Glaeser, said in an interaction.
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