
Tuesday, 2024 · 7:00 PM JST · Zoom
Rethinking Startup Exits: M&A Trends and Their Impact on Venture Capital in Asia

Siong Yoong, Erdinc Ekinci
Siong Yoong is a venture investor and startup ecosystem contributor serving as Founder and CEO at VALLARIS. He has advised boards and management teams across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors in Singapore and other international markets. His work gives him a strong perspective on company valuation, transactions, governance, investment decisions, and the strategic considerations founders should understand as their businesses move from early growth toward larger financing, acquisitions, or other major corporate milestones. In practice, that perspective connects founder quality, market evidence, investment fit, and the long-term work required to build a company that investors can continue supporting. Siong is particularly relevant to conversations around fundraising readiness, investor decision-making, venture-scale growth, and the signals that help founders build conviction with capital partners.