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W3 Infocomm Group Pte Ltd is an investment holding company. Shareholders of W3 and its investee companies include Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd [via its 100% held Greendot Capital Pte Ltd], SingTel Group, Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd, Gemplus-EDB Smart Labs Pte Ltd and PrimePartners Group, a US$300 million venture capital fund. Former Singapore Technologies Group COO, Tay Siew Choon, is W3's founding chairman and honorary chairman. W3's portfolio include 6 early and mid-stage companies, and 2 recent pre-IPO and pre-Trade Sale investments. They are Airgateway Pte Ltd (which SingTel has 24% stake), mPayment Pte Ltd (which Singapore Technologies Electronics has 31% stake), V3 Telectech Pte Ltd (which Smartlabs has 21%), Peach Blossom Media Pte Ltd, E.Mation Technologies Pte Ltd, ERG Media Holdings Pte Ltd, AVI-Tech Electronics (S) Pte Ltd, and an innvoative bio-medical drug discovery company.
With some of its portfolio companies now actively in the process of M&A and IPO, W3's investment focus has shifted from what was primarily early stage investment in infocomm and media companies to late stage and pre-IPO investments.
W3 already has sterling track record in originating and investing in start-up companies and bringing in subsequent round funding from large reputed strategic investors such as SingTel Group, Singapore Technologies Electronics, PrimePartners Group, Smartlabs etc, government grants, and enterprise and government project co-funding.
Now, W3 bring added strength to its late stage and pre-IPO investments through its M&A deal origination capability and strong deal network and capital markets network.
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