
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:
“They're much more proactive. They are a little bit more entrepreneurial, and more empathetic towards the sellers.” - Marcus Yeung, Co-founder Match.Asia
"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
Resources and Case Studies
Garlic Equity Capital is a part of the global Search Fund community.
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.
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
Other resources about Search Funds: