September 14, 2021
MHV Podcast - Peng T. Ong: Engineer Sci-Fi, Founding Match.com & Interwoven CEO Learnings

MHV Co-Founder & Managing Partner Peng T. Ong chats with host Jeremy Au in the second episode of MHV Podcast

Continue Reading
September 13, 2021
Vida Raises Pre-Series A Funding from MHV, Jungle Ventures, and Alpha JWC Ventures to Further Southeast Asia Digital Identity Ecosystem

Indonesian-based digital identity network VIDA announced today that it has raised funds from leading investors including Monk’s Hill Ventures, Jungle Ventures, and Alpha JWC Ventures

Continue Reading
September 9, 2021
Our Investment in Rainforest: Building Asia-Pacific’s Modern House of Brands

Selling products online has never been easier. With the emergence of online marketplaces, aspiring entrepreneurs around the world no longer have to create their own websites, but can instead build their entire business around established platforms.

Continue Reading
September 8, 2021
Rainforest Raises US$20 Million Pre-Series A to Acquire E-Commerce Brands in Asia Led by MHV

Funds will be used to drive Rainforest’s aggressive growth strategy, including expanding its portfolio of e-commerce brands in the home goods, mother & kids, personal care and pet categories by three times and growing its leadership team

Continue Reading
September 1, 2021
Startups Take Note: R+K>1 is Your Formula for Success

Does your early-stage business rely on user growth to achieve the scale required to reach profitability? Then you need to understand Rτ+Kτ >1. It's a deceptively simple formula that can ultimately determine an early-stage company's success.

Continue Reading
August 31, 2021
MHV Podcast - Susli Lie: Indonesia Childhood, YC Founder & VC Representation

Host Jeremy Au chats with Susli Lie, MHV Venture Partner on the first episode of the MHV Podcast.

Continue Reading
August 18, 2021
Our Investment in Jenfi: Transforming Financing for Digital-First Businesses in Southeast Asia

Not every startup needs venture capital. It may be odd to hear a VC investor say this, but the truth is the conventional ‘debt or equity’ option is not always suited for what a company actually needs, especially if it means sacrificing equity.

Continue Reading
August 17, 2021
Jenfi raises US$6.3M Series A to bring alternative revenue-based financing to digital-native businesses & startups led by MHV

Jenfi is the first-ever alternative revenue-based financing in Southeast Asia, catering to business owners and entrepreneurs by providing up to $500,000 of non-dilutive growth capital.

Continue Reading
August 10, 2021
Navigating the Singapore Tech Scene: A Who’s Who of Tech Companies Are Hiring

My current role as Head of Talent at MHV means further immersion in the increasingly vibrant local tech startup scene. If you want to understand the current Singapore tech landscape —including the stages and specific companies hiring and growing here— read on.

Continue Reading
July 29, 2021
INKR Raises US$3.1M Pre-Series A to Scale AI-Driven Digital Comics Platform to Address $10bn Global Market Opportunity Led by MHV

INKR is a first-of-its-kind platform with over 800+ manga, manhua, webtoon, to graphic novels to readers for a nominal subscription fee or pay-per-chapter model

Continue Reading
July 29, 2021
Our Investment in INKR: Comics for the World; Any Title, Any Language

Imagine your Spotify subscription with only the Billboard 100 songs - that is essentially the state and universe of the digital comic industry today.

Continue Reading
July 19, 2021
People, Potential, Passion: What's Driving Continued Innovation and Growth in Southeast Asia Today

Since 2014, Monk's Hill Ventures (MHV) has invested in Southeast Asia's most promising technology companies. Here, MHV co-founder Kuo-Yi Lim reflects on the journey so far and why investment in the region's budding tech startups makes more sense than ever.

Continue Reading
June 7, 2021
How Startup Founders in Southeast Asia Should Value Their Company

Grappling with how to value your early-stage startup? Here, Peng T. Ong shares three valuation secrets founders need to know, and how negotiating a successful valuation is as much a test for a company’s founders as it is about achieving a win-win between entrepreneurs and investors.

Continue Reading
May 25, 2021
Podcast: Using AI to Build Relationships, Not Transactions

Peng was interviewed in Slaves to the Algo podcast on his experience founding and exiting three companies and his views as an investor in Southeast Asia.

Continue Reading
May 21, 2021
As Glints CTO, this is what I want you to know about building an engineering team in Southeast Asia

My philosophy when it comes to building up engineering teams in Southeast Asia can be summed up in two words: intentionality and pragmatism.

Continue Reading