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Ms Huang Shao-ning, partner at angel investor network AngelCentral, said investors have generally been more cautious in recent months given the muddy economic waters, helping to send valuations down by about 20 per cent to 30 per cent.

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AngelCentral addressed this issue by supporting syndication rounds that offered "bite-sized" investment opportunities to angels.

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"Over the last couple of years, more and more investors are keen on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, especially at the early stages," said Huang Shao-Ning, founder and chief angel of AngelCentral, an angel investment network based in Singapore.

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A huge number of startups and unicorns have been popping up in South-east Asia and that has fuelled a wave of angel investing clubs in Singapore. Huang Shao-Ning, Partner and Chief Angel of AngelCentral, together with other angel clubs share more about the risks and how to get an angel to invest in the company.

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"Personally, I am on a quest at AngelCentral to find more women angel investors. When we have more women angels, we increase the chance women-led startups have of being able to meet with and be vetted by potential investors," Shao-Ning says...

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As part of their main activities, AngelCentral organises regular curated pitch sessions and angel education workshops here in Singapore to promote good and effective practices in angel investing.

Shao-Ning Huang is currently the chief angel and co-founder of AngelCentral, a Singapore-based community that manages and facilitates angel investments across Southeast Asia.

"There is very little funding available for a lot of early-stage companies," said Michael Blakey, co-founder at Cocoon Capital. "The good thing is there are a number of angel networks formed by Angel Central.

One of the key messages we emphasize to participants at AngelCentral’s workshops is that that angel investing is an illiquid and binary activity that is highly risky. This is why we believe that portfolio sizing is something very important that all angel investors should do.

Currently, Mr Lim runs AngelCentral together with his cofounder Huang Shao Ning. Together they are active angel investors and have invested in over 30 regional startups and VCs.

That led them to start AngelCentral, which offers services including start-up deal flow, angel education and syndication services. He acknowledges that not everyone has the means to be an angel investor. "But Singaporeans who have done well can perhaps find a new purpose in retirement or semi-retirement as angel investors."

Stories abound about angel investors who made fortunes by putting money into start-ups. While more people than before can invest in start-ups, there are still plenty of risks and you’ll need to assess the start-ups carefully before you put money into them.

They also set up an angel investment network AngelCentral, with the goal to unite and strengthen relationships between angel investors through workshops.

Lim Der Shing, an experienced angel investor in Southeast Asia, has trained over 150 angels in less than 2 years through AngelCentral, with a mission to build an active community of effective and competent angel investors in Southeast Asia.

My vision is to build an effective and competent angel community for the South-east Asian region. We can achieve this by providing curated high growth tech-focused deal flows, angel education programmes and angel investment software and syndication support.

Phey previously held leadership positions at Motorola, Pacific Internet, Compaq and IBM Singapore. At Motorola Solutions, Phey was credited with rapid growth, grew more than 15% per annum to US$1.1Bn revenue in Asia Pacific.

In this interview, we speak to the couple who co-founded JobsCentral - Huang Shao-Ning and Lim Der Shing! Today, the duo runs AngelCentral - a community started in Feb 2017 to facilitate angel investments in Singapore.

One of the most experienced angel investors in Southeast Asia is Lim Der Shing of AngelCentral Investor. Together with his wife, Shing began angel or start-up investing in 2011 and committed more seriously when they retired in 2014.

I just started a new startup to elevate angel investing in Southeast Asia. AngelCentral's goal is to build a competent and effective angel community in Southeast Asia.