Garlic Equity Capital featured in The Business Times
(Published 25 Jan 2025)
Goh Aik Chuan, Managing Partner of Garlic Equity Capital and seasoned business builder, shares his vision:
​​"In Goh’s case, he intends to 'get his hands dirty' from Day One by being directly involved in the business’ day-to-day operations and steering it in the long run."
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Quotes from our investors and partners:
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“They're much more proactive. They are a little bit more entrepreneurial, and more empathetic towards the sellers.” - Marcus Yeung, Co-founder Match.Asia
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"For these owners, it’s their legacy – they care about the business so much and want it to be in safe hands." - Scott Lee, CEO Rental Hygiene Services
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Resources and Case Studies
Garlic Equity Capital is a part of the global Search Fund community.
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Search Funds, conceived in 1984 at Stanford Graduate School of Business, through which investors and mentors support an entrepreneur’s efforts to locate, acquire, manage, and grow a Small Medium Enterprise (SME). To date, search funds have acquired over 400 companies globally.
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There are extensive content about Search Funds published by thought leaders and academics, while we have also personally published about operating and acquiring SMEs.
A selection of our published case studies and thought leadership:
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"Forget startups as MBAs snap up SMEs in Singapore" - Tech in Asia (28 Jan 2025) | Featuring Goh Aik Chuan, Tycen Bungaard and Scott Lee
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"MBA grads raise ‘search funds’ to buy SMEs in Singapore" - The Business Times (24 Jan 2025) | Featuring Goh Aik Chuan, Tycen Bungaard and Scott Lee
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"New investors eye SEA startups seeking lifeline, but there’s a catch" - Tech in Asia (23 Apr 2024) | Featuring Goh Aik Chuan
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"Meet the millennials moving into the corner office – by buying SMEs" - The Business Times (25 Oct 2022) | Featuring Scott Lee
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"Demystifying Search Funds" - Network Capital (Dec 2021) | Featuring Niel Wyma
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"Podcast: Briscoe Protective: Alexander Schuil (29 Feb 2024) | Featuring Alexander Schuil
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"The Outsider: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success" - Talks at Google (23 Oct 2015) | Featuring William Thorndike
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"Les Amis group of restaurants gets in shape for the next lap" - The Straits Time (15 Aug 2022) | Featuring Tycen Bundgaard
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"Tech Talk - Does E-Learning Have A Future?" - CNA938 (10 Mar 2022) | Featuring Goh Aik Chuan
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"Insights on the relevance of digital classrooms" - Capital 95.8FM (13 Aug 2021) | Featuring Goh Aik Chuan
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