Quest MasteryAsia will screen selected companies based on the Security Commission’s compliance and disclosure requirements, prior to funnelling the ECF prospects to Ata Plus
(L to R) Leong Kwok Heng See Kok Chong (both from Quest MasteryAsia) and Elain Lockman and Kyri Andreou (Co-founders of Ata Plus)
Quest MasteryAsia, a coaching and mentoring organisation with its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, has announced a partnership with Malaysian equity crowd-funding (ECF) platform Ata Plus to nurture the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
As per the agreement, Quest MasteryAsia will screen selected companies based on the Security Commission’s compliance and disclosure requirements, prior to funnelling the ECF prospects to Ata Plus.
On the other hand, Ata Plus will potentially access quality deal flow/prospects from Quest MasteryAsia.
“Through their programmes over the years, Quest has built a strong community and following, amongst them, are avid investors. The community members are continuously looking for new avenues to diversify their investments. ECF can offer investment opportunities in a variety of sectors and investment values,” Ata Plus Co-founder and Director Elain Lockman told e27.
The partnership between Ata Plus and Quest MasteryAsia aims to tackle the wider fintech industry up to secondary fundraising through potentially an unlisted market, which will improve the liquidity for SMEs.
Besides that, Ata Plus is actively developing content that is integral to educate and build awareness in the nascent industry, which is comprised by both entrepreneurs and investors.
Along with Quest MasteryAsia, Ata Plus will continue to enhance the ecosystem through programmes, workshops and seminars as one of the tools to educate the public, be it potential ECF investors or entrepreneurs, about compliance and risk management relevant to the ECF scene.
“A key component of Quest MasteryAsia’s services is education in investing and entrepreneurship. Currently, a few of their ongoing programmes that Ata Plus may provide value-added content are QUEST Entrepreneurs Mastery Convention, QUEST Entrepreneurs Mastery Workshop, and QUEST Entrepreneurs Mastery Networking,” Lockman added.
With offices in five different locations in APAC, including Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Melbourne, Quest MasteryAsia is a diversified multinational involved in key growth sectors, namely education, coaching and mentoring, organisation strategic development and consultation, property as well as investment.
Launched in March 2016, Ata Plus is a blockchain-enhanced online ECF platform, matching businesses seeking growth and funding with investors interested in building sustainable world-class companies. Thus far, Ata Plus has listed eight companies on its platform, and has successfully raised a total of RM4.5 million (US$1.16 million).
Ata Plus is currently working on a Crowdfund of Funds and is also planning to launch Closed Secondary Exchange sometime this year.
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