Catcha Group

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Catcha Group
Company type Private Limited Company
IndustryMedia, Internet, Online Classifieds and E-Commerce
Founded2004
Founders Patrick Grove, Ken Tsurumaru and Luke Elliott
Headquarters
Malaysia and Singapore
Area served
 Asia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, India
Key people
Patrick Grove (Group CEO) and Luke Elliott
Total assets US$ 1 billion
Number of employees
1000+ (2013)
Website www.catchagroup.com

Catcha Group is an international Internet group founded by entrepreneur Patrick Grove. The group controls a number of publicly listed and private media, new media, online classifieds, and e-commerce businesses and is one of the largest investors in the digital sector in emerging markets, notably ASEAN. [1] Catcha Group and its related entities have completed over 50 investments either directly or indirectly, as sole, majority, or minority shareholders. [2]

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Since inception, Catcha Group has completed a number of transactions with a total of six IPOs in fourteen years, including the 2007 listing of iProperty Group on the Australian Securities Exchange, REV Asia Berhad (previously Catcha Media Berhad) on Bursa Malaysia in 2011, and the subsequent IPOs of iCar Asia in 2012, Ensogo (previously iBuy Group) in 2013, and Frontier Digital Ventures in 2016; all three on the Australian Securities Exchange. In February 2021, the group listed a blank check company, Catcha Investment Corp, on the NYSE. [3] The company raised $300m in gross proceeds in their initial public offering to target technology businesses in Southeast Asia and Australia. [4]

Portfolio

Some of the notable companies started or invested in by Catcha Group include:

Investment strategy

Focusing on investments within the online sector, Catcha Group’s investment strategy involves looking at ideas that have worked in more mature markets and looking at how they can be brought to emerging markets, particularly Southeast Asia. [18] [19]

Two further pillars of the Group's investment strategy include the use of mergers & acquisitions as a driver of growth and the public markets as a vehicle for this. [20]

References

  1. ↑ Ho, Victoria (2013-03-25). "Malaysian Investment Firm Catcha Sets Aside $150M For Asean Startups". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
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  3. ↑ Yong, Yimie (2022-08-03). "Catcha Investment Corp 2.0 withdraws $250M IPO". TechNode Global. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  4. ↑ "Catcha Investment Corp Announces Closing of $300,000,000 Initial Public Offering". www.businesswire.com. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  5. ↑ Catcha Group secures US$100m investment in portfolio company iProperty.com, "Yahoo News, July 31, 2014
  6. ↑ "Rupert Murdoch's REA Group completes acquisition of Malaysia's iProperty". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  8. ↑ "iCar Asia to acquire Carmudi Indonesia for US$3mil". Digital News Asia. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  9. ↑ "Catcha Group to Launch New Internet TV Platform in Southeast Asia - Business Insider". Business Insider. 2015-03-11. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  10. ↑ Davies, Jamie (2020-06-29). "Tencent acquires the 'Netflix of Asia'". Telecoms.com. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  11. ↑ "Frontier Digital Ventures launched; acquires 30% stake in Zameen.com". e27. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  12. ↑ Saeedi, Tariq Ahmed (17 December 2020). "FDV included in S&P/ASX AII Technology Index - AIM Group" . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  13. ↑ "Catcha media berhad forms rev Asia as one of Malaysias largest digital media groups". www.digitalmarket.asia. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  14. ↑ "Media Prima buys Rev Asia for $24M to create Malaysia's largest digital media platform". TechCrunch. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  15. ↑ "Instahome Launch, as featured in the Press 📰". www.instahome.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  16. ↑ "Catcha Group nabs Boozebud stake, next shout an IPO". Australian Financial Review. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  17. ↑ "Catcha Investment Corp Announces Pricing of Upsized $275 Million Initial Public Offering". www.businesswire.com. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  18. ↑ "Catcha Group's Patrick Grove: reinventing Asia online". BRW. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  19. ↑ "3 Things Catcha Group CEO Patrick Grove looks out for when investing". e27. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  20. ↑ "Catcha Group's Patrick Grove: reinventing Asia online". BRW. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
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