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IPO Pathway · 6 min read · Cheong Chia Chou

What an 18-month listing actually looks like

Most founders think IPO preparation takes six months. Then they wonder why it takes three years. The honest shape of the 18-month listing journey, and what eats time when you're not looking.

Listing Pathway · 5 min read · Amanda Ooi

Bursa ACE or Nasdaq? How we pick, for an Asian growth company

Every Asian growth founder asks the same question in the first ten minutes: where should we list? The answer almost never is what they came in expecting. The three-lens framework we use.

operator-led engagement · 6 min read · Cynthia Ng

The investment screening conversation: five things we look at first

Before we recommend anything, we diagnose. Five questions we work through in the first 30 minutes with any founder, and what each one tells us about listing readiness.

IPO Pathway · 7 min read

What founders should know about Nasdaq listing standards in 2026

The bar has quietly moved. Round-lot shareholder thresholds, free-float requirements, and minimum price tests now matter more than they did three years ago, and the gap between "Asian growth story" and "U.S. listing-ready" is wider than most pre-IPO decks admit.

Capital Structure · 5 min read

How structured capital differs from traditional VC for pre-IPO companies

Pre-IPO companies don't always need another priced equity round. Redeemable preference shares, convertible bridges, and structured-yield programs often deliver the same runway without diluting the founders or jamming up the cap table before listing day.

Post-IPO Governance · 8 min read

The post-IPO governance playbook: lessons from a regional listing

Listing day is a milestone, not the finish line. The first 24 months as a public company, including board cadence, audit-committee discipline, IR strategy, and the way you handle your first quarterly comment from the SEC or local regulator, quietly determines whether your re-rating happens at all.

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This month at Robinhood.

Four sessions ahead: a strategic briefing on AI, cybersecurity and growth at TRX on 26 May; a Mandarin sharing session, Unicorn · Designing a Valuable Company, on 4 June at Q Sentral; an exclusive networking session, A Smarter Way to Diversify Your Income, on 6 June at Level 58 TRX; followed by the IPO Journey · NASDAQ Global Listing briefing on 18 June in Kuala Lumpur.

May the AI Power You: A strategic briefing on AI, cybersecurity and growth, 26 May 2026, Level 58 Exchange 106 TRX Kuala Lumpur
Free · By registrationStrategic briefing

May the AI Power You · 愿 AI 赋能于你

A strategic briefing on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and growth, featuring SecuriX on AI-driven cyber threats, Red Hot Media on AI & content monetisation, Wellthy on AI in everyday health management, and ASCEND AI on why most SMEs get AI wrong.

Date26 May · Tuesday
Time2:00 – 6:00 PM
VenueLevel 58, Exchange 106, TRX KL
ForFounders · Business leaders · Tech & finance decision-makers

Free registration via The Robinhood Club app. Speakers: SecuriX Technology · Red Hot Media · Wellthy Healthcare · ASCEND AI.

Unicorn: Designing a Valuable Company, 4 June 2026, Q Sentral Kuala Lumpur
Paid · By registrationMandarin-led sharing

Unicorn · Designing a Valuable Company · 独角兽:设计值钱公司

Why do some profitable businesses leave their owners more anxious, not less? Because what really decides a company's future is not profit, but value. A 2.5-hour session on the underlying logic of company value: how a business moves from making money to being worth money, how to break through the commercial ceiling and build a company the capital market understands, and the key thinking behind 10x valuation growth.

Date4 June · Thursday
Time2:00 – 4:30 PM
VenueQ Sentral, Kuala Lumpur
FeeRM 50 / person

For entrepreneurs, founders, brand owners & management. Limited seats. Register here.

A Smarter Way to Diversify Your Income, 6 June 2026, Level 58 Exchange 106 TRX Kuala Lumpur
Limited seats · By registrationExclusive networking

A Smarter Way to Diversify Your Income

Smart strategies. Multiple opportunities. An exclusive networking session for entrepreneurs and business leaders, exploring proven approaches to build multiple income streams for long-term stability, and meet others doing the same.

Date6 June · Saturday
Time11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
VenueLevel 58, Exchange 106 @ TRX
ForEntrepreneurs · Business leaders

Limited seats. Register here.

IPO Journey · NASDAQ Global Listing, 18 June 2026, Kuala Lumpur
Paid · By registrationMandarin-led briefing

IPO Journey · NASDAQ Global Listing

For Southeast Asian founders seriously weighing a US listing, a 2-hour Mandarin briefing walking through the complete path from where you stand today to ringing the bell on Wall Street: structure, compliance, valuation, timing. SE Asian companies have done it. Many simply started preparing three years earlier.

Date18 June · Thursday
Time2:00 – 4:00 PM
VenueKuala Lumpur
FeeRM 100 / person

Seats limited. Register here.

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