Finian Tan

Singapore has a problem with failure — we are just not making enough of them, reckons Dr Finian Tan.

(Oct 10): The Singaporean venture capital firm led by Finian Tan, who made his name investing early in Chinese search giant Baidu, has completed its largest fundraising yet to bankroll global deals.

SINGAPORE (Feb 10): Baidu Inc. is often referred to as China's Google with a market value of more than US$60 billion ($85.3 billion). But in 2000, it was an upstart struggling to get any attention from investors—except from a guy named Finian Tan.Ta

Finian Tan, chairman of Vickers Venture Partners and an early backer of internet giant Baidu, likes big ideas. Sitting in his Sentosa Cove penthouse, he rattles off a list of start-ups he and his partners have screened recently, though they have yet to ma

SINGAPORE (July 21): Venture capital (VC) firm Vickers Venture Partners says it has achieved the first close of its Vickers Venture Fund V L.P at $86 million out of its target fund size of $340 million, with a cap of $540 million.