Ficus Capital News Today

Malaysian based venture capital firm Ficus Capital has on last Friday announced its intent to continue investing in Malaysian and South East Asian startups with global growth potentials. With its flagship MYR 60 million ($13.58 million) fund, Ficus SEA, the world’s first shariah compliant venture capitalist is looking for revolutionary, sustainable and purpose-driven startups that are bringing impact to the environment, social and governance (ESG) in a sustainable way.

Ficus Capital has backed Malaysian EV maker Eclimo and Indonesian AR platform Assemblr.

Noor Amy Ismail is the new COO and Paramjit Singh Gill is CIO

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): Is yours a performance group struggling to make the arts more accessible to everybody? Or a social enterprise thinking up ways to improve life in small communities or protect the environment? Yayasan Hasanah, a foundation run by Khazanah Nasional Bhd in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, has grants aimed at helping local organisations working in five impact areas: education, community development, environment, arts and public spaces, and knowledge.