Podcast: California Technology Council - The Impact of Internet Regulation on Investment Part 2
Fifth Era was recently interviewed regarding the 2016 Report - The Impact of Internet Regulation on Investment.
This is part 2 of the podcast
Press: Collision 2016 - Le Merle on Digital Economy Investing
Podcast: California Technology Council - The Impact of Internet Regulation on Investment Part 1
Fifth Era was recently interviewed regarding the 2016 Report - The Impact of Internet Regulation on Investment.
This is part 1 of that podcast
Press: VCCircle Interviews Matthew Le Merle on Angel Investing in India
Best time for angel investors in India, says Keiretsu Cap's Matthew Le Merle
Keiretsu Capital, the co-investment fund of global angel network Keiretsu Forum, raised around $6.5 million for its first angel investor fund in 2015. It is now planning to start a seed fund in India. During his recent visit to India, Matthew Le Merle, a managing partner at the fund, said it was contemplating an India focussed fund in 2017.
The US based cross border network's Chennai chapter, its first in India, has invested a little over $1 million in early stage startups, finishing its first year with around a dozen deals.
In this interview with VCCircle, Le Merle, whose firm, Fifth Era, advises countries and companies on growing the digital economy, outlines the investment goals for Keiretsu Capital's funds and the opportunities for angel investors in India.
Press: VCCircle Announces Keiretsu Capital to Launch India Fund in 2017
Keiretsu Forum, one of the world’s leading angel networks with 46 chapters across three continents, is planning to start a venture fund in India.
Press: CNBC Squawk Box on Innovation and Regulation in ASEAN
Press: WSJ on how ASEAN Internet Tax Policy impacts Innovation
“It is ironic that at a time when the location of the future Asean innovation hub is up for grabs, any city competing to be the Asean center might simultaneously scare away the regional headquarters of exactly the companies they will soon want to attract,” says Matthew C. Le Merle, managing partner at Fifth Era, a Silicon Valley-based investment firm specializing in the emerging-market technology sector.
Press: WSJ on Indonesian Internet Regulation
“If the government needs to introduce or consider a regulation, the most important lens to view that regulation through is the impact that it may have on the digital entrepreneurs and the investors,” said Matthew C. Le Merle, managing partner at Fifth Era, a Silicon Valley-based consulting firm specializing in emerging-market tech investing. “Most regulators are moving too fast to introduce regulations without having considered the impact on the people that are driving the digital economy [at] grass-root levels, and that is a mistake.”