Life Sciences Capital Fund : Malaysia Case Study
The Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund (MLSCF) is a venture capital fund based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. MLSCF has succeeded in transferring biotechnologies from more-developed to less developed countries. The specific technologies of interest t...
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Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20144204/life-sciences-capital-fund-lscf-malaysia-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20102 |
Summary: | The Malaysian Life Sciences Capital
Fund (MLSCF) is a venture capital fund based in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. MLSCF has succeeded in transferring
biotechnologies from more-developed to less developed
countries. The specific technologies of interest to the fund
have the potential to significantly improve farm
productivity. Two organizations, one public and the other
private, co-manage MLSCF. They are the Malaysian Technology
Development Corporation (MTDC), a government organization,
and Burrill and Company, a San Francisco-based merchant
bank. The fund manages $150 million in committed capital.
The concept underlying the fund is to pursue science
without borders through a process of open innovation. Open
innovation greatly reduces the transaction costs of
technology transfer. |
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