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Dr. Kuo-Yi Lim
Founding Partner
Monk's Hill Ventures
Dr. Kuo-Yi Lim is Founding Partner of Monk’s Hill Ventures, a Southeast Asia-focused early-stage venture capital firm. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he served as CEO of Infocomm Investments, the venture arm of Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority. Over the span of more than 15 years of venture investing, he has backed companies such as Twilio, Quid, Ninja Van, KKDay, Padlet etc.
Kuo-Yi serves as Lead Independent Director of Great Eastern Holdings (SGX: G07) where he chairs its Nominating and Remuneration Committees. He also serves on the board of SG Growth Capital and is a member of its Investment Oversight Committee. He had previously served on the boards of various government statutory boards and venture capital associations.
Kuo-Yi holds the Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:15–1:50pmFri 20 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
Are Secondaries and Strategic Consolidations the Most Workable Exit Path Now?
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Dr. Kuo-Yi LimFounding PartnerMonk's Hill Ventures
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Hero ChoudharyFounder & Chief Executive OfficerAccelerate Capital
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Dr. Rahul BanerjeeCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerBondbloXModerator
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.
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