The Team
Jonathan Lim, CFA was Fund Manager of more than S$240M in assets with more than 10 years of experience across Public and Private Equity, both as trader and fund manager. At Phillip Capital, he listed 3 ETFs in SGX across 2017 to 2019 and successfully fundraised more than S$140m of which he was the designated fund manager.
Prior to Mustard Tree Capital, he was the Country Manager for Funderbeam, a cross-regional private equity exchange licensed in SG, Europe and UK, fundraising and trading close to 100 private companies on the exchange.
He was awarded the MAS (FSDF) scholarship and Capital Group Most Outstanding Student Award for his Masters of Science in Wealth Management in 2016, as well as the recipient of the AI Talent Development Grant and MITB Partial Scholarship for his Masters in IT for Business (AI Track) in 2021. He was appointed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2018 and Professional Risk Manager (PRM) since 2019. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Engineering in the field of AI and Quantum Computing with Singapore Management University.
Teck Hiong is Director for Strategy, Business Development and responsible for strategy, process and overseeing General management of the the portfolio companies CashChanger and HawkerMatic.
He was Corporate Development of mainboard SGX listed mm2asia, and CEO of a subsidiary mm2View.
Prior, he was Executive Director at Purer Skin, a made in Singapore skincare brand. Teck Hiong successfully raised the seed round for Purer Skin at a $2.4M valuation, and spearheaded the sales and channel growth to 755 retail outlets and 2 e-commerce partners for the brand. TH was instrumental in product development of sourcing for Contract Manufacturers for Purer Skin, and supplier of the materials – bottles, jars, boxes, artwork stickers, and operationally managed the production and installation of the A&P for Purer Skin.
Before that, he was Vice President of Business Development at Progeniq, a leader in the High Performance Computing Industry, and fundraised and presided over sales of US$3 million.
Teck Hiong holds a minor in Technopreneurship from the Wharton Business School in the University of Pennsylvania, and an Honours Degree in Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
Colin Lim is a seasoned financial executive with 20+ years experience (including CFO & VP Finance positions), covering mainstream, start-up and public accounting businesses. Experienced in small start up companies to large public corporations, strategic M&A activities, fundraising, restructuring and managing significant revenue growth.
His track Record includes 3 Successful IPO Listings, 2 Pre-IPOs, 4 NASDAQ & 2 SGX Accepted Listing Applications and 3 Billion-dollar transactions.
• 1998: Completed 1st SGX IPO in Oil & Gas with fund-raising in Singapore, Australia and Europe through DBS bank;
• 2000 – 2014: New York Listed companies with cross-border M&A expansion and fund-raising roles in Asia and Greater China;
• 2015 – 2019: Successful listing of 1 on NYSE and TASE working closely with banks and private investors; spearhead new IPO for Energy and Experiential Technology for Entertainment and Events sector in NYSE with fund-raising through private equities and investors.
• 2020 – 2021: Set-up Family Offices with AUM US$300Million and raising private equities of S$250Million for Next-Gen Technology and Venture Capitals. Increased Business Valuations of US$200Million during unprecedented times to reach US$1.7Billion asset value of combined Listed Energy group.
Accumulated over 15 years of technical experience in US GAAP, IFRS, HKFRS, SFRS and China GAAP; and Sarbane & Oxley, Enterprise Risk management and Stock Exchange compliance.
Supports executive management and global M&A teams to achieve fund-raising and business goals in US, Greater China, South America, UK and ASEAN territories.
MBA holder and ACCA member, Chartered Accountant of London (CA), Certified Public Accountant of New York (CPA), Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Internal Security Auditor (CISO).
Possess over 24 years working experience in Investments, Accounting & Finance with Big 4 Auditing firm (KPMG) and Public-Listed Commercial MNCs (Mid-Continental Equipment (SGX); Goodyear (NYSE), CISCO Security (Temasek-linked), Nielsen (NYSE), Kenon (NYSE), Pico (US); Summit Conglomerate (DSE).
Timothy Chen, CPA Aust, is an accomplished business development professional who has successfully led strategy, sales, and regional expansion initiatives across a portfolio of companies.
At Keppel, he developed industry-specific go-to-market plans for their e-commerce subsidiary and continue to show success at FCM where he successfully brought in >$11 million of new businesses across Asia market.
Starting his career as a tax professional at Ernst and Young, Timothy later transitioned into strategy roles at Keppel, ultimately serving as the Head of Operations for UrbanFox Malaysia. In this position, he spearheaded the company’s efforts as a regional e-commerce enabler, providing comprehensive B2B omnichannel solutions. In subsequent business development roles, consistently surpassed sales targets for Australian listed companies with 15.41% and 93.8% over target at SEEK Limited and FCM (FCTG) respectively. Timothy’s entrepreneurial spirit and commercial acumen are evident from his tenure as the Head of Commercial at GO Team & Career Pathfinder where he led the strategic acquisition of commercial partners and developed new markets, showcasing his ability to drive business growth.
Timothy’s academic achievements include being awarded a CPA Australia Scholarship in 2016 and being recognized as the Valedictorian for his Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Since 2019, he has held the designation of Certified Public Accountant, Australia (CPA Aust), further highlighting his commitment to professional excellence.
