<article>Amid hopes of an active 2017 for venture capital firms in the region, Malaysia&#8217;s<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/cradle-get-six-more-co-investment-firms-to-put-in-3-26-mn-together-in-tech-startups-59853/" target="_blank"> TinkBig Venture</a> has cautioned that the next 12 months could see several  startups doing <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/uber-rival-ola-said-to-be-seeking-funds-at-40-lower-valuation-59245/" target="_blank">down-round</a>s with valuations going down by about 40 per cent.</article>

Amid hopes of an active 2017 for venture capital firms in the region, Malaysia&#8217;s<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/cradle-get-six-more-co-investment-firms-to-put-in-3-26-mn-together-in-tech-startups-59853/" target="_blank"> TinkBig Venture</a> has cautioned that the next 12 months could see several  startups doing <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/uber-rival-ola-said-to-be-seeking-funds-at-40-lower-valuation-59245/" target="_blank">down-round</a>s with valuations going down by about 40 per cent.
TinkBig, a comparatively new venture capital firm that has invested about $2.4 million in eight companies, mostly consumer focused, is of the opinion  that as many as 30 per cent startups could down shutters in the coming year.
&#8220;The companies that VCs have invested, had a high valuation but they could not have an aggressive growth and are not making enough money. They(startups) are still having a burn rate and losing money and they cannot raise another round. But, no one would come in at that valuation,&#8221; serial entrepreneur and TinkBig&#8217;s founding partner Andrew Tan in an interaction with <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/about-us/" target="_blank">DEALSTREETASIA</a>.
In fact, this also provides an opportunity for venture capital firms who is keen to get in at such a time and turn around the companies.
&#8220;Now, what they (startups) need is someone who comes in to bridge that gap of 6-8 months for them to sustain, but I am not going to come at that valuation, and that is why I say there are going to be down-rounds and I would love to get in at this time and turn around these companies,&#8221; said Tan.
He explained that during the initial 3-4 years, the <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/topica-founder-institutes-thai-version-sees-startups-get-funding-high-growth-60540/" target="_blank">startups</a> are very excited and the investors were giving swell valuations but most funds have a life span of 4-5 years and next year is a time when most of them would be looking to exit.
TinkBig calls itself a venture capital firm that provides smart capital to startups and tends to invest around internet and mobile startup that focus on consumer sector, and as Tan calls &#8220;Online to Offline&#8221;&#8211; businesses that employ technology to solve offline consumer issues.
Among the portfolio companies that the firm has invested in are BurgieLaw, <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/54151-54151/" target="_blank">Refash</a>, Sportsplay and GOtixs. The investment ticket size for the firm is ranges between $250,000 upto $3 million an it looks at a stake ranging 7.5 per cent to 15 per cent.
The firm has a fund size of $10 million with $4 million invested from Tan&#8217;s own pocket while the rest is from its General Partners.
With a focus on Southeast Asia, the firm has a strong foothold in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. It has now also started to look at Vietnam where it is currently exploring opportunities.
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Amid hopes of an active 2017 for venture capital firms in the region, Malaysia's TinkBig Venture has cautioned of a down-round next year with valuations going down by about 40 per cent for startups who cannot change their track in the coming few months.

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