Cradle Interview at Cradle Investment Fund, Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur

Posted on August 29, 2007 
Filed Under Fund, Life, Web 2.0

Cradle Investment Programme, Mavcap

There aren’t many people blog about getting a fund in Malaysia. It’s hard though to pass the board decision. Some of them already covered about Cradle and MDeC. It’s a nice and interesting blog entries for those who wants to ventured in this Web 2.0 thingy. There’s a pros and cons you should consider.

Read;

Personal experience?

It was a breeze 24/8/07 Friday. I nearly lost somewhere in the middle of Golden Triangle of Kuala Lumpur. Parked my car at the basement. Asked a security guard on the location.

Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd,

Suite 4.8.1, Level 4,

PNB Darby Park,

10 Jalan Binjai,

50450 Kuala Lumpur.

Cradle has just moved-in to PNB Darby Park. Previously Cradle was located at Level 5, Bangunan Bank Industri, 1016, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur.

Ok, move on.

Took the lift to 4th floor and looked for Cradle’s office. Suprised, it’s a kind of high-tech and nice interior decoration. Probably because of the new office building. You can smell the aroma of new furniture and paintings. Some of the chairs were still with the plastic cover.

Waited for a few minutes with my backpack carrying my IBM Thinkpad.

Instructed to get inside a meeting room and waited for a Cradle panel to come.

It’s more like a teh-tarik session. Very informal and relax with 2 Cradle personnel.

Just introduced myself and they introduced themselves. Talk about life, work, family, technology etc. In general just a brief and fun talk.

Then proceed to the idea session, talk about how’s the fund to be released, what’s lacking in the form and a quick overview of how’s this idea going to get through the fund board.

Pretty hard, though. Especially my idea is in the 50-50 side, in the border line. Chances of getting the fund is very slim.

But I’m happy though, at least getting through an interview session experience. Who knows someday I will be having another experience with venture capital?

: )

Comments

8 Responses to “Cradle Interview at Cradle Investment Fund, Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur”

  1. khailee on August 29th, 2007 2:54 pm

    yay! great to meet another person passionate about web2.0 etc.. :) ))))))

    all the best in your ventures!

  2. Hisamudin on August 29th, 2007 2:57 pm

    Thanks Khailee.

  3. John Tan on August 29th, 2007 4:14 pm

    Hey Hisamudin! Good going. Don’t give up man!

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  5. Zahasman on September 5th, 2007 3:34 pm

    Thanks for sharing some insights on how dealing with Cradle actually works like.. we need to hear more of things like this :)

    All the best with your venture ;)

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