
Izwan Zakaria
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Specialties
Startups, contracts, regulatory compliance
About Izwan zakaria
Izwan Zakaria is the founder and managing partner of Izwan & Partners, a technology and startup focused law firm.
Izwan has over a decade of legal experience in corporate and commercial laws. He has direct experience in acting for online and digital businesses like equity crowdfunding, peer to peer lending, ecommerce, and robo advisory platforms and other disruptive technologies.
His involvement in the technology sector also extends to advising fintech clients on compliance matters relating to regulatory developments in the industry as set out by the Central Bank and the Securities Commission.
Izwan has experience in venture capital fundraising having acted for startups and investors across sectors such as technology, media, e-commerce, fintech, fashion and agritech.
Izwan is a member of the Fintech Association of Malaysia and active in the Malaysian startup ecosystem, where he regularly mentors early stage entrepreneurs and speaks at events on compliance and fundraising matters. He is currently a mentor and adviser at Founders Institute (a pre-seed start-up accelerator with a presence in over 180 cities worldwide).
Work experience (highlights)
Regulatory compliance
- Advised a leading technology accelerator 1337 Ventures in their licensing application to be registered as an equity crowfunding platform in Malaysia
- Advised a Singapore based crowdfunding platform Fundnel Pte Ltd on their licensing application to be registered as an equity crowdfunding platform in Malaysia
- Advised Wahed Inc, a robot advisory firm based in United States to be licensed as a robo advisory platform in Malaysia
- Advised an e-commerce platform 11street on their online terms of use and seller agreement
Fundraising
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Advised a sovereign wealth fund venture fund FirstFloor Capital on their series A USD2 mil lead investments in SupplyCart
- Advised a government funding agency Cradle Fund on their seed and commercialisation funding grants to investee companies
- Advised an equity crowdfunding platform Crowdplus.Asia on their legal due diligence exercises on crowdfunding campaigns hosted on its platform
- Acted for a private equity fund manager Widuri Capital Management on their fund formation and licensing requirements by the Securities Commission
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Izwan & Partners joins Fintech Booster as a legal partner
We are pleased to announce that Izwan & Partners is now a legal partner at Fintech Booster programme.

Izwan & Partners advises agritech startup Fefifo on its RM3.09 mil seed fundraising round
We’re pleased to have advised Singapore-based agritech startup Fefifo on its recent RM3.09 mil pre-seed fundraising round Kelveen Soh, co founder and CEO of Fefifo says: “Izwan has been, and