Malaysia Offers Tax Incentives to Boost Venture Capital Industry

Malaysia Offers Tax Incentives to Boost Venture Capital Industry

Malaysia is dangling new tax incentives to investors to boost its venture capital industry, according to Second Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan.

Emerging funds, forgotten founders

We have a midweek brief: A quickie on Jelawang Capital’s first batch of recipients announced yesterday, plus a leftover from the report I used for June’s Mavcap misfire piece — those aggressive put options slapped on founders who took government-linked moolah™.But, first, the usual ICYMIs:You’re reading a paid version of The Malaysianist, a newsletter on money and power by writer and journalist Emmanuel Samarathisa.I run monthly and annual subsc…

Malaysia to boost venture capital with tax incentives

Second finance minister Amir Hamzah Azizan says the country’s venture capital ecosystem remains modest, with just US$429 million in funding in 2024.