Vickers Capital Group

Vickers Capital Group is a venture investor associated with Vickers Venture Partners, a Singapore fund. It aims to earn financial returns while also putting money into companies that create wide social benefit. Its founders are named as Dr Finian Tan and Dr Elkhalil Binebine.

What Vickers Capital Group offers

• Venture funding: money for start-ups across several funds.
• Board involvement: its directors sit on the boards of some portfolio companies.
• Network introductions: founders praise its help with investors and business partners.
• Long-term backing: a patient approach to exits, without arbitrary deadlines.

Clients

Start-ups in areas such as biotechnology, biodegradable plastics, geothermal energy and financial technology. Founders quoted on the site say the firm helped them raise later rounds and build credibility with customers and regulators.

Key facts

• Based in: Singapore
• Backed by co-investors: Temasek Holdings is named as a co-lead on one funding round
• Long-running relationships: one payments company reports funding from three Vickers funds since 2009