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Abby Ho
Investor (Fintech)
MVP (M Venture Partners)
Abby has over 11 years of Financial Services experience in various capacities, including venture capital, investment banking and leveraged finance. Abby has led the fund's early stage investments in Fintech & Insurtech across Southeast Asia and India. She is also an advocate for equitable investments and is an advisor to angel networks which focus on impactful startups led by women in her private capacity.
In her role, she builds the fund's pipeline of startups that fit the firm's focus on financial empowerment and establishes stakeholder partnerships and VC connections for future portfolio fundraising.
Abby began her career in Investment Banking, Cross Border and Leverage Finance across multiple ASEAN banks. During this time, she advised 20+ large to mid-sized conglomerates and $800 million in M&A and capital raising transactions across Southeast Asia, with a speciality in due diligence for debt financing, private equity buyouts, syndicated and structured dual-currency loans.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce with a major in Finance from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Speaking At
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12:15–1:45pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 4Open
Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation
Connecting the Capital Stack: Financing Climate Innovation from First Risk to Scale
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Abby HoInvestor (Fintech)MVP (M Venture Partners)
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Andy SanManaging DirectorCCX Green Finance International Limited
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Huib-Jan de RuitjerCo-Chief Investment Officer, Member of the Management BoardFMO
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Jonathan HannamManaging DirectorTaronga Group
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Marie CheongFounding Partner100x100
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Mervyn TangInvestment Director, Global Equities & Head of Sustainability, APACSchroders
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Mervin TeoPartnerFullerton Fund Management
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Nikita AsthanaGlobal Head, Sustainability FinanceOlam Agri
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Priya BellinoHead of Sustainability Solutions Group APACSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Sophia NgExecutive DirectorEnterprise Singapore
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Davina HoDirector (Interim), Investor PracticeAIGCCModerator
About this session
The ClimateTech financing conversation has moved beyond simply identifying where capital is underinvested. The challenge now is capital coordination, across asset classes, investment stages, and between public and private capital.
ClimateTech companies typically require more capital, longer commercialisation timelines, and longer paths to exit. Yet grants, venture equity, growth capital, credit, project finance and infrastructure capital operate with different mandates, risk appetites and time horizons, often with limited coordination between them.
This fragmentation creates challenges on both sides: founders face financing gaps as they move from innovation to scale, while investors may be asked to take risks or accept timelines that do not fit their mandates.
The roundtable will examine where these disconnects occur and how stronger capital coordination and public-private coordination can create better conditions for both ClimateTech companies seeking to scale and investors seeking sustainable risk-adjusted returns.
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