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MyRepublic secures S$70m funding from Makara Innovation Fund; plans to launch mobile services next year

By James Lu - on 22 Nov 2017, 5:08pm

MyRepublic secures S$70m funding from Makara Innovation Fund; plans to launch mobile services next year

Tan Shau En (Executive Director, IP ValueLabs), Ali Ijaz Ahmad (Co-Founder, CEO, Makara Capital) Malcolm Rodrigues (Group CEO, MyRepublic) Kelvin Tan (Director of Investments, Makara Capital)

At a joint press conference today, it was announced that Makara Innovation Fund (MIF) has invested S$70 million in Singapore ISP MyRepublic. 

MyRepublic CEO, Malcolm Rodrigues said, the funding will “supercharge” the development of MyRepublic’s Cloud proprietary cloud platform platforms, and will also accelerate its plans to launch mobile services in all four of the countries it is currently in - Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand - as early as next year.

“We’re testing the platform right now and we’ll look to be launching soon” said Mr. Rodrigues.

MyRepublic is also hoping to expand into other countries in Asia including Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Sri Lanka within the next five years.

Mr. Kelvin Tan, Director of Investments at Makara Capital, commented: “MIF is proud to announce its partnership with MyRepublic, which demonstrates the Fund’s enterprise-aligned investment strategy in action.  MyRepublic's unique lean operating model positions it at the vanguard of the telecommunications sector’s digital transformation in one of the most exciting growth regions of the world. The Fund’s investment capital aims to enable the company’s growth ambitions, with a focus on IP management and monetization, scaling and expansion.”

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