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Circle’s $400M Tazapay deal buys emerging market links that take ‘years to build’
Circle’s reported US$400 million acquisition of Singapore-based Tazapay buys the licences, banking relationships and local payout rails that turn a stablecoin into money people can spend. CoinDesk opened its analysis with Gravity Team Co-Founder and CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis, who read the deal as “the latest signal that stablecoins’ next battleground is in emerging markets”, where those networks are built “market by market, relationship by relationship”.
AI & Me: How is AI changing the way we buy and use insurance?
Insurers already use AI to assess claims and flag fraud, and the next question is how much of the buying journey it will take on. On MONEY FM 89.3’s Reset with Lynlee, in the AI & Me segment, Igloo Co-Founder and CEO Raunak Mehta discussed how AI is changing the way people buy and use insurance, and where humans still need to be involved.
Asian business succession crisis demands new approach to small buyouts
Singapore is an ageing, SME-dominated economy where 21% of the population is already over 65. Timah Partners Founder and CEO Dennis Chua told Mergermarket that private equity’s usual majority-stake model ignores the real problem, that the seller is old, and set out how Timah’s evergreen structure and CEO Succession Programme address it. “You almost have to have the CEO there, even to get the seller to agree,” he said.
How AI-powered tools are clearing up construction’s data debris
Tech in Asia profiled Tin Men Capital portfolio company OnSite in a premium feature examining how AI startups are tackling the construction industry's data problem. The piece explored how site teams across Southeast Asia still rely on WhatsApp groups, voice messages, and paper records to manage billion-dollar projects, creating what the article called "a slew of digital detritus distributed across multiple platforms and devices."
OnSite co-founder and CEO Poh Yong Han told Tech in Asia: "If I'm drilling something with one hand, I'm not going to... take off my gloves. What I will do is send a voice message." The company's AI-powered platform supports eight languages used on worksites across the region and has raised S$1.7 million in a seed round co-led by Tin Men Capital and Alter Global.
Built from sweat, stalled by succession: What happens when Singapore's SMEs have no one to take over the helm
"For decades, Singapore's SMEs have had no real succession solution. Grants are not what they need. They need leadership to take over their business and steward it for the next generation," said Dennis Chua, founder and CEO of Timah Partners, which acquires SMEs whose owners are ready to retire but have no succession plan.
The company, established this year, mainly acquires businesses valued at between S$10 million and S$50 million with annual operating profits of S$2 million to S$10 million, and then holds and operates them for the long term – installing a trained CEO from its succession programme to grow the business rather than restructure or flip it.
S’pore firm looks to buy SMEs lacking successors, launches CEO training programme to foster renewal
Timah Partners launched a CEO Succession Programme (CSP) to address leadership gaps in SMEs, especially family-owned businesses.
The CSP will groom local talent to lead acquired SMEs valued at $10M-$50M, focusing on long-term sustainable growth.
Backed by US$50M in funding, Timah Partners has chosen former healthcare start-up leader Kelvin Ho as the inaugural candidate.
Timah Partners taps ex-EDB exec Kelvin Ho to champion SME succession
Singapore-based Timah Partners has appointed Kelvin Hoas the inaugural candidate in Southeast Asia’s first CEO Succession Program (CSP), a structured pathway to groom long-term business leaders for enduring SMEs. Ho, 44, brings nearly 20 years of experience in operations, commercial strategy and startup building across Asia and the United States.
Timah Partners CEO programme tackles SME succession gap in Southeast Asia
Succession remains a persistent challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia. To address this, Singapore-based Timah Partners has launched a dedicated CEO Succession Programme (CSP), with Kelvin Ho — a former senior EDB executive, and previous Head of Business of a local startup — announced as its first candidate.
