sarah yen
specialties
capital raising, m&a, governance
about sarah
Sarah has previously worked at a top tier national law firm in NZ, during which time she was seconded to an in-house legal team of a major bank. Prior to that, she was an intern at major international law firms in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Sarah works primarily on corporate transactions, including capital raising and m&a. She also advises on corporate governance. Her previous experience in banking and financial services law has given her a strong commercial background and understanding of company law.
Her recent work includes:
- acting on series A and B capital raising transactions for various Singapore companies, including assisting with drafting of deal documents
- carrying out due diligence for investments by global VC funds into Singapore e-commerce entities
- acting as virtual company secretary for a NZ tech company, including advising on governance matters, attending the company’s board meetings, and preparing board documentation
latest from the blogs
Kindrik Partners advises Illuminate Financial on bluesheets series A investment
Kindrik Partners advised VC firm Illuminate Financial on its investment in Singapore-based AI-driven data processing and automation company bluesheets. Illuminate led the US$6.5 million series A round. Other returning investors included Insignia Ventures Partners, Antler Elevate, and 1982 Ventures. Illuminate invests in B2B fintech and enterprise software companies that build solutions for the financial services industry. Backed by global financial institutions such as Citi, JP Morgan, Barclays, Jefferies, Singapore Exchange Group, and BNY Mellon, Illuminate uses its extensive network and industry knowledge to help their portfolio companies achieve their full potential in addition to providing capital. bluesheets offers AI-driven data…
Betterdata seed round
We’re happy to have advised Singapore-based synthetic data company Betterdata on an oversubscribed seed round of $1.65 million, led by Investible. The company was founded in 2021 by Dr. Uzair Javaid and Kevin Yee and allows clients to share data faster and more securely in compliance with stricter data privacy regulations being introduced around the world. Betterdata uses generative AI to convert real data into synthetic data that looks, feels, and behaves like real datasets. These synthetic datasets retain the structure and correlations of the original data while eliminating the privacy and security concerns that come with holding and sharing…
