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IDA arm launches programme to train potential VC managers

Published Wed, Jan 6, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    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.

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