Backing the Bold

This guide examines venture capital in Southeast Asia as an industry, a line of business, and a profession. Its thirteen chapters were built for students in the Insignia Ventures Academy, Asia's first experiential venture capital accelerator, and they approach the subject from the viewpoint of Insignia Ventures and the founders in its portfolio.

The material grew out of a teaching program, so the text has never been finished in the usual sense. Each new cohort of organizers, mentors, and participants has contributed to it, turning it into an ongoing collection of lessons, proven practices, and working models. This first printed edition records where that work stood at the time of publication.

Readers with any level of experience or reason for picking it up can use the book to understand the investment process, how portfolios are managed, and what the work of a venture capital professional involves, all within the context of the region's technology markets.