The good, the bad, and the ugly of Malaysia’s VC roadmap

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After all, you need to know where you’re going to move anywhere with purpose, and maps sure help with that. Malaysia Venture Capital Management (Mavcap) recently unveiled a roadmap it hopes will move the country’s startup scene into the future. It’s an ambitious plan and one Malaysia seems in need of, given the country’s complex smorgasbord of government agencies involved with startups. -- Peter  ---------------------------------------------------------------  THE BIG STORY [Malaysia unveils VC roadmap, but where is it going?]( State-owned Mavcap has proposed “interventions” to drive the country’s startup scene forward, but the execution is not entirely in the agency’s hands. --------------------------------------------------------------- TRENDING NEWS [Tesla trims over 10% of global workforce amid lower sales]( Tesla executives Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel also announced their departures from the company. 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