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Funding the Future

RAJA HAMZAH ABIDIN, RACHEL LAU & JO JO KONG

Partners, RHL Ventures

RHL Ventures plays an important role in connecting Malaysia’s generational wealth with the next breed of entrepreneurial talents through strategic funding and investments. Its managing partners, Rachel Lau and Raja Hamzah Abidin, bring together with them close to a decade of banking and finance experience. In the past, Lau worked as vice president at Heitman Investment Management in Hong Kong and Australia, while Hamzah was a principal investment analyst at Guoco Management Company based in Hong Kong.

“Hamzah and I have known each other since we were kids. It was his idea to start this venture together. To be honest, I was hesitant about coming back after years of working abroad, but after a lot of convincing on his end, I eventually agreed,” shared Lau.

After RHL Ventures was launched in 2016, the duo recruited their friend Jo Jo Kong to come onboard as a partner. “I had just returned to Kuala

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