Cosmos Capital Management

24/02/2023

Singapore's GIC scaled back commitments to China-focused private equity and venture capital funds as uneasiness about geopolitical risks grown over the past few years.

SINGAPORE :Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC said it continues to scout for long-term investment opportunities in China, looking at a wide range of industries, adding that it maintains significant exposure to large markets such as China.The statement comes after the Financial Times reported earlie...

23/02/2023

Getting funded by venture capital firms is not as easy as showing up with a brilliant idea. In fact, there are five factors to consider before you speak to a VC associate.

Checklist:
✔️ Be prepared to share everything about your product or service when pitching
✔️ Be transparent about who you are working with
✔️ Does your product/service show a market fit?
✔️ Show up with your financial records
✔️ Understand the risks associated with the product, market and business

Are you a startup owner who is interested to go over the VC processes in detail?
Give us a ring.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.cosmoscap.co or click the link in bio.

22/02/2023

Start your morning like an .

TL;DR. Here's what entrepreneurs are listening in 2023:

- How Other Dad's Dad (family, parenting)
- Parents Making Profits (parenting with entrepreneurship)
- My First Million (startup stories)
- Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman (business functions and milestones)
- Darknet Diaries (cybersecurity)

The listening habits of Australian founders also reveal a focus of philosophy, relationships, cybercrime and how to be a good parent.

18/02/2023

"US stocks finished flat on Tuesday but S&P 500 futures dropped 0.4 per cent in Asia."

Investors had another day of inflation patrol as stickier-than-expected US data nudged stocks down and the dollar up, while a slowdown in Britain's price rise rate sent the pound tumbling.Asia on Wednesday was largely focused on the read-across for global interest rates of Tuesday's 6.

18/02/2023

Pandemics, increased competition, , and then company . For many streaming platforms like Disney, restructuring business approaches to match the challenging, evolving environment is inevitable.

Disney announces a sweeping restructuring plan, cutting 7,000 jobs as part of an effort to save $7.8 billion in costs and make its streaming business profitable.

15/02/2023

"The rollout of Google’s highly anticipated ChatGPT rival, Bard, turned into a $A140 billion fumble on Wednesday after the AI chatbot spat out inaccurate information in a company advertisement."

15/02/2023

"Origin Energy says Victorians will pay 21.2 per cent more on average, while Queensland customers will only receive increases of 5.8 per cent on average and 8.1 per cent in NSW."

Some Australians could be forced to find more than $400 extra a year in their household budgets.

13/02/2023

"The most dramatic allegations refer to what Hindenburg claims is a 'brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme' that has driven up the price of the listed Adani companies and inflated the net worth of its billionaire chairman."

As Gautam Adani drops down the world’s rich list, here’s what we know about Hindenburg Research’s accusations and what they mean for the Indian conglomerate

13/02/2023

Cosmos Best Reads for budding are out for Q1 of 2023! 🌟

We've compiled a mix of popular, classic and contemporary-ish 📚 that are worth reading for self-starters, leaders and business owners who yearn lifelong self-improvement.

Here's our list:
1. "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?" by Lou Gerstner
2. "Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant" by Robert Kiyosaki
3. "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
4. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey
5. "We Should All Be Millionaires" by Rachel Rodgers
6. "The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch
7. "Daring Greatly" by Brené Brown

Did we miss out on any must-reads? Let us know in the comment!

11/02/2023

Having trouble budgeting? Consider these 3 words: Spending, Savings, Investing.

10/02/2023

Elon Musk talks about X, an upcoming super-app mimicking China's fully-integrated social media app, Wechat. X is likely to include features like Twitter, focuses on long form video content, and on top of that, utilises to store in-app messages.

Elon Musk has dropped several hints regarding his plans to shake up the social media world. Here's everything we know about his plans.

09/02/2023

Financial literacy isn’t just about numbers! 📊
Stay smart and stay informed. 🧠