Startup Fundraising Tips for Entrepreneurs in Malaysia - Aaron Sarma (ScaleUp Malaysia)

In this episode of the iSearch podcast, Benjamin Lim (iSearch) spoke with Aaron Sarma (ScaleUp Malaysia) on fundraising tips for Malaysian entrepreneurs and startups.

The areas of discussion include:

- Key areas investors look into before deciding to invest

- Traction needed before raising funds

- Bootstrapping vs. raising funds

- The fundraising process in Scale Up Malaysia

- Equity taken by Scale Up Malaysia

- Criteria for a startup to apply for accelerator funding

- What happens if a startup’s revenue is low but has a lot of users

- Why the success rate for startups in Malaysia is low

- Current opportunities to look into

- Does age matter in entrepreneurship

- Aaron’s outlook for fundraising in 2023

Check out ScaleUp Malaysia here:

https://www.scaleup.my/

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