Headquartered in Singapore with offices in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam, Mercatus Capital undertakes an active incubation programme to groom the top management to adopt a global outlook and to prepare companies to become major players in the global market place. Its portfolio covers a wide spectrum including: brand management through social media monitoring, material sciences for lightweight body armour, lifestyle and beauty, and non destructive testing for large installations like nuclear power plants. It is particularly interested in the healthcare sector. The Vietnam Business Forum interviewed Mr Ravindran Govindan, Mercatus Capital Chairman & Founder, to learn further about its business activities.
Is Mercatus Capital a fund management company?
Mercatus Capital is rather different than the traditional fund management company, we believe in accelerating business ventures and driving them towards achieving their true potential. Hence we have evolved to become Asia's premier Angel Investor and Incubator. Our strategy is to provide early stage support to promising entrepreneurs with ideas and technology that are disruptive and paradigm shifting. Beyond providing the seed funding, Mercatus undertakes an active incubation programme to groom the top management to adopt a global outlook and to prepare the companies to become major players in the global market place. Mercatus taps the collective business acumen of High Net worth Individuals who provide the capital for companies and who also take an active role in mentoring companies.
What sort of mentoring and incubation support do you provide?
My fellow investors and I take an active interest in working with the companies, especially in opening doors and helping them get access to new markets. Over the past 30 years I have been personally involved with over 100 companies and taken several companies to IPO in Australia and Singapore. We put to good use the cumulative business experience and network of contacts of my fellow investors and I to help our companies: raise additional capital; meet with major customers; and negotiate large contracts, including setting up Joint Ventures or Mergers and Acquisitions. We help the management of our portfolio companies to think globally.
Mercatus leverages on its global connections to open doors and provide active customer engagements for the companies. We are headquartered in Singapore and we have offices in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam. We help the companies in the areas of financial management, corporate governance, and PR & Communications.
Through the active investment and incubation program, Mercatus ensures that the companies are well financed; develop 'Go To Market" strategies that address a global audience; and have a clear exit path for investors and founders.
What sort of companies do you fund and incubate?
In only 5 years, the portfolio has grown to more than 35 companies who are at various stages of development, some of whom have grown to a valuation in excess of US$150 million.
But we have a particular interest in healthcare.
The Mercatus Healthcare Group brings together the collective power of several healthcare companies under one umbrella to deliver a comprehensive suite of solutions that is transforming the delivery and management of healthcare across Asia. Our solutions leverage the latest technologies to address 3 fundamental issues: How to use technology in innovative ways to provide better access to quality healthcare; How to deliver developed world healthcare solutions to developing countries at a fraction of the cost, and; How to enable healthcare providers to improve their productivity, reduce costs and increase profitability.
Attune Technologiesrevolutionizes healthcare management in Asia. Its cloud-based Healthcare Information System (HIS) enables rapid and cost effective adoption by hospitals, diagnostic centres, labs & insurance companies. The systems enable the Ministry of Health to gather Medical Intelligence for proactive and preventive Healthcare and Disease Management. It ensures Modular, fully integrated and highly scalable HIS; NO capital expenditure with monthly rental; Huge increase in productivity and dramatic reduction in management cost.
Pellucid Networks' cloud-based technology ensures secure and rapid transmission of high fidelity medical images anytime, anywhere.
A diagnostic centre in Vietnam can send images to radiologists in Singapore or London at very low cost and get a turn-around report within 2 hours. The platform can be used to provide a Nationwide Tele Radiology Network which enables Radiologists to report from their desk on studies taken anywhere in the country.
Pellucid Networks’ RadLIVE platform ensures Cost Effective Tele-Radiology PACS and RIS PACS on the cloud; No capital expenditure with monthly rental; Continuous IT refresh with SaaS (Software As a Service) Model.
We would like the Vietnamese people to benefit from the technology driven applications developed by Mercatus Healthcare and have access to quality healthcare with low capital outlay. We look forward to exploring partners in the healthcare industry.
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