Tin Men Founders School: Building for Acquisition
Event Overview
Most startup exits in Southeast Asia happen through M&A.
Yet many founders only start thinking about acquisitions when an offer unexpectedly lands on their desk — often when it’s already too late to fix the things buyers care about.
This session explores how B2B tech founders can approach M&A as a path to liquidity and prepare early, with a Q&A discussion with Antonio Lopez Abello, founder of Turms Advisors, moderated by Murli Ravi, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Tin Men Capital.
This is event is suitable for B2B tech founders who want to:
Understand how to evaluate an acquisition offer when it appears
Prepare their company early for a potential M&A process
Avoid common issues that derail deals during diligence
Navigate the realities of the Southeast Asia exit landscape
To maintain a useful discussion, this session will be kept small and founder-focused. Priority access will be given to post-revenue B2B tech founders.
Who You'll Hear From
About Antonio Lopez Abello
Antonio is the founder of Turms Advisors, a Singapore-based boutique advisory firm focused on M&A, private equity and private credit transactions across Asia.
A career banker with more than 25 years of experience, Antonio has worked with companies across the technology sector and other growth industries, advising on capital raising and strategic transactions. Over the course of his career, he has helped structure and raise in excess of USD10bn in private financings, as well as advised on a large number of Asian & European transactions.
Prior to founding Turms Advisors, he held roles at Credit Suisse in Singapore, as well as Goldman Sachs and Paribas.
Antonio holds a Law degree from the University of Barcelona and an MBA from IESE Business School, and is a qualified lawyer and certified financial analyst.
👋 Hope to see you there!
About the Organisers
Tin Men Capital
Tin Men Capital is a Singapore-based venture capital firm exclusively backing B2B enterprise and frontier tech startups operating from Southeast Asia. Led by Murli Ravi (formerly Temasek Holdings and JAFCO) and Jeremy Tan (formerly Morgan Stanley and Puma Energy), the firm actively invests in Series A companies through check sizes of US$2 to 4 million. Today, its portfolio includes Hubble, Groundup.ai, GlobalTix, Overdrive, Ailytics and HugoHub.
The team also produces Unfair Advantage, a podcast exploring Southeast Asia’s B2B tech ecosystem through conversations with founders, investors, and enterprise leaders. Listen to Unfair Advantage on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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