Ming Jern Soo is a Managing Director (Investments) at Heliconia Capital.
At Heliconia, he has been involved with about 20 private and public portfolio companies in the Technology, Industrials, Consumer and Healthcare sectors in Singapore.
He joined Heliconia Capital in 2013 from EDBI, the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, where he focused on venture capital and private equity investments in technology companies.
Prior to that, from 2002 to 2008, he held various roles at the Singapore Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), including technology management, project management, system engineering, strategic master planning, and investment management at DSTA’s venture investment company Cap Vista.
Ming Jern Soo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Highest honors) from the University of California Berkeley, a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Masters degree in Financial Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
Derrick Wu is an Investment Principal at Heliconia Capital Management, having joined the firm in 2023.
Prior to Heliconia, Derrick Wu was an entrepreneur in the F&B and service industries, founding and scaling businesses through to their successful exits.
Before his entrepreneurial journey, Derrick Wu spent nearly a decade in investment banking. He specialized in M&A at Macquarie Group and Rippledot Capital, where he executed transactions in Southeast Asia across various sectors.
Derrick Wu holds a Master of Management Science from Imperial College London and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Liverpool.
Kevin Tan is a Senior Investment Principal at Heliconia Capital Management.
Kevin Tan joined Heliconia Capital Management from Partners Group, where he was an Assistant Vice President responsible for co-investments in leveraged buyouts across Asia. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Duxton Asset Management where he was responsible for growth capital investments and exits in Vietnam. He was also an Investment Manager at EDBI where he was responsible for investments across various sectors in Singapore. Before entering the private equity industry, Kevin Tan was an Assistant Head at the Economic Development Board where he was responsible for promoting foreign direct investments in the healthcare industry in Singapore.
Kevin Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences and Chemistry from Cornell University and is a CFA Charterholder. He has completed the LEAD Advanced Management Program at ESSEC Business School.
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