After riding a high of low interest rates and market liquidity for the past decade, startups now find themselves in a different environment where securing equity investment is likely to become more challenging. So how can venture debt aid startups with this issue?

Paul Ong, Partner, InnoVen Capital SEA shares more on how venture debt works and its potential importance to the startup scene moving forward. 

After riding a high of low interest rates and market liquidity for the past decade, startups now find themselves in a different environment where securing equity investment is likely to become more challenging. So how can venture debt aid startups with this issue?
Paul Ong, Partner, InnoVen Capital SEA shares more on how venture debt works and its potential importance to the startup scene moving forward.

Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. 

Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. 
Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

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In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore&rsquo;s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.
In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station.

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Insightful discussions on the latest market events and the top companies to watch.

Get a head start on your workday with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6 am to 9 am. 

Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

Get a head start on your workday with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6 am to 9 am. 
Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek (6am-9am)

Why It Matters: Overcoming investors’ tightening purse strings with venture debt

Every successful business starts with a founder wearing many hats, but true growth requires outgrowing the reliance on just one person. Reginald Koh, founder of The Financial Coconut, shares his journey from a solo operator at his dining table to a strategic systems-builder.
He reveals his operational playbook for scaling a bootstrapped SME, from overcoming the media "personality trap" to systemizing creative quality and delegating daily control. 

Presented: Ryan Huang & Audrey Siek

Every successful business starts with a founder wearing many hats, but true growth requires outgrowing the reliance on just one person.&nbsp;Reginald Koh, founder of The Financial Coconut, shares his journey from a solo operator at his dining table to a strategic systems-builder. He reveals his operational playbook for scaling a bootstrapped SME, from overcoming the media "personality trap" to systemizing creative quality and delegating daily control.&nbsp;
Presented: Ryan Huang &amp; Audrey Siek

Mind Your Business: Outgrowing the Founder - How The Financial Coconut Scaled Beyond One Voice

The global balance of power is being rewritten not by weapons, but by energy. As oil shocks expose vulnerabilities across Europe and Asia, China appears to have quietly built a buffer through renewables, coal, and electrification, reducing its sensitivity to global supply disruptions. However, energy independence does not automatically translate into investor returns. Fierce domestic competition, government intervention, and structurally lower margins could cap upside even as China gains geopolitical strength. Aadil Ebrahim, Group Head of Equities, Klay explores how this shift is reshaping global markets, where the real winners are emerging, and how investors should position for the next decade of energy-driven competition.

The global balance of power is being rewritten not by weapons, but by energy. As oil shocks expose vulnerabilities across Europe and Asia, China appears to have quietly built a buffer through renewables, coal, and electrification, reducing its sensitivity to global supply disruptions.&nbsp;However, energy independence does not automatically translate into investor returns. Fierce domestic competition, government intervention, and structurally lower margins could cap upside even as China gains geopolitical strength.&nbsp;Aadil Ebrahim, Group Head of Equities, Klay explores how this shift is reshaping global markets, where the real winners are emerging, and how investors should position for the next decade of energy-driven competition.

Bigger Pic: Energy Wars and the China Trade

Bloom Energy’s stock has surged after expanding its partnership to supply power for AI data centers. As demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure grows, electricity has become a key bottleneck, and Bloom Energy’s fuel cell systems are emerging as a potential solution.

Join Dan Koh and Ryan Huang as they investigate what’s driving the rally, the significance of the large-scale deployment, and whether Bloom Energy could become a major beneficiary of the AI boom.

Bloom Energy&rsquo;s stock has surged after expanding its partnership to supply power for AI data centers. As demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure grows, electricity has become a key bottleneck, and Bloom Energy&rsquo;s fuel cell systems are emerging as a potential solution.
Join Dan Koh and Ryan Huang as they investigate what&rsquo;s driving the rally, the significance of the large-scale deployment, and whether Bloom Energy could become a major beneficiary of the AI boom.

Why It Matters: Overcoming investors’ tightening purse strings with venture debt

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