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Fri 20 Nov1:15–1:50pmFounders Stage
Are Secondaries and Strategic Consolidations the Most Workable Exit Path Now?
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About This Session
Venture survival depends on cash distributions, yet public listing routes remain narrow for Southeast Asian tech firms. Bain & Company's SEA Venture Capital Report highlights that while public IPO pipelines remain stalled across domestic bourses, secondary transactions, corporate consolidations, and private equity buyouts generated over $6 billion in regional exit value. With institutional LPs demanding realized DPI over unrealized paper gains, fund managers are redesigning liquidity timelines. This session analyses how leading allocators and founders are engineering secondary sales, structured earn-outs, and strategic trade sales when public capital markets stay constrained.
- When
- Friday 20 November1:15–1:50pm, Singapore time
- Where
- Founders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPO
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- Premium Premium sessionWith a Delegate, Executive, Startup, Policy, Academic or Media Pass.Compare all passes
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