• Investor

Expara

Expara GSB Fund (EGSB)

Expara is Singapore's pioneer and leader in incubation, early-stage venture capital, entrepreneurship, VC and innovation training, mentorship and advisory work. Expara provides both investment and services to the enterprise ecosystem. Expara Thailand was established in 2011 and i4-X, Thailand’s first venture backed accelerator was also launched on the same year. This year, the Government Savings Bank (GSB) of Thailand with support from the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), has officially launched two investment vehicles at 1.5 billion baht (more than $44 million) to invest in the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Expara Thailand has been selected as manager for the Trust Fund’s first 500 million baht sub-fund.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Services

    • Invest or provide direct financial support to SGBs or entrepreneurs
    • Run an accelerator program

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Support on governance structure
    • Talent development/HR (including leadership)
    • Operations and technology development or adoption

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers

  • Investment linkages services

    • Technical support on term sheets or investment structuring
    • Access to investors

  • Program online

    • Hybrid

  • Focus Tech

    • Yes

  • Focus Population

    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Entrepreneurs with disabilities
    • Minority or previously excluded racial ethnic or other population
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