IDA arm launches programme to train potential VC managers

Singapore

ASIA'S first programme to train people in venture-capital management has been launched, marking the first of many talent-development initiatives to be rolled out in Singapore this year, which will go towards boosting the startup ecosystem.

The programme founded by Infocomm Investments, the investment arm of the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore, has selected seven "entrepreneurial youths" for its inaugural intake, from a pool of 190 applicants.

The seven - all Singapore-based, final-year students or fresh graduates - will be on the iMAT (Infocomm Investments Management Associate Track) programme; they joined Infocomm In…