{"id":5449,"date":"2024-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2024-11-06T14:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T06:04:12","slug":"daily-markup-1112-500-global-interviews-190-private-companies-to-uncover-the-investment-and-ipo-readiness-of-malaysian-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5449","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #1112: 500 Global interviews 190+ private companies to uncover the investment- and IPO-readiness of Malaysian companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfVLDBv-Nzuo684paWJlOwPhKzvQ20yeBJUHcR-MfWB3zrmpgOD2R2CS1ddOS-73eWviYqGRR8kKw-A0KGvagw7PWkfYdmDhXnppmwI2YU2ez8czKQVw8-qYNlhf_aqugFLwAIhhbWJMnBjrjLqOecTrTI?key=nniZkkNbXTK7oP5Qe5vKt6Jt\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@withsua?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Sua Truong<\/a> on<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/people-walking-on-street-near-high-rise-buildings-during-daytime-TVt9WMTbfEQ?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\"> Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Malaysia on the Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With growing interest from investors, both domestic and foreign, in Malaysia\u2019s ecosystem,\u00a0 one question keeps coming up in our conversations with them: are there enough private companies in Malaysia to invest in?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We interviewed 198 companies to understand their investment appetite (total investment amount sought) and their overall IPO readiness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here are some of our insights:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>66% of companies interviewed have received institutional investment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>34 out of 198 companies are profitable, have over RM5 million annual revenue, and more than 20% annual revenue growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>F&amp;B, Semiconductors, and Technology Equipment are the top 3 sectors with the highest average post-IPO returns (within 6 months); 15 companies interviewed are in these sectors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The pool of investment-ready companies is deeper than anticipated, but the work doesn&#8217;t stop there. 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