Dentons Rodyk
A pre-eminent firm in the Singapore start-up and venture capital market, Dentons Rodyk is vastly experienced when assisting tech and fintech start-ups across the spectrum of financing transactions, from seed-stage to advanced stages including series E and F, trade sales, MBOs, IPOs and SPACs. One of those leading the practice is corporate specialist S Sivanesan, who acts for a broad range of clients including founders, start-ups, fund managers and venture capital funds. Co-head Sunil Rai is well regarded for outbound and inbound India-related transactions, having been involved in a number of significant deals involving high-growth emerging companies and unicorns in the region. Ray Chiang, promoted to partner in January 2023, is also a key contact for venture-backed deals with an Indian nexus, while fintech and blockchain expert Li Chuan Hsu is active at all stages of fund-raising, from start-up to pre- and post-IPO.
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‘The team is very professional and deliver quality work.’
Key clients
- OT Management LLC
- NextBillion.ai
- Shinhan Venture Investment
- UNOAsia
- University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
- Maven Capital Partners
- Validus Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd.
- Wavemaker Impact
- 35 Venture B.V.
- Investible Early-Stage Fund 2, LP
Work highlights
- Advised and acted for market-leading peer-to-peer lending platform Validus Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd. in its Series C-1 funding round.
- Advised and acted for spatial data and and mapping platform, NextBillion.ai (and its founders), in its US$21million Series B funding round led by Mirae Asset Venture Investments.
- Advised Shinhan Venture Investment in conducting due diligence on Speedoc which was raising a $28 million pre-Series B equity round.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
S Sivanesan, Sunil Rai