industry media internet online classifieds and e commerce founded 2004 founders patrick grove ken tsurumaru and luke elliott key people patrick grove group ceo and luke elliott total assets usd 1 billion number of employees 1000 2013 website http 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 60 investments either directly or indirectly as sole majority or minority shareholders . 2 since inception catcha group has completed a number of landmark transactions with a total of five ipos in nine 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 . investors in catcha group companies include news corporation rea group star media group malaysia intel capital carsales.com limited australian foundation investment company blackrock goldman sachs credit suisse fidelity funds management and sky plc. contents 1 portfolio 2 investment strategy 3 references 4 external links portfolio edit the company s portfolio of investments include iproperty group owner and operator of asia s no. 1 network of property websites 3 in singapore malaysia macau hong kong indonesia with investments in india and the philippines . the company was listed on the australian securities exchange in september 2007 4 and added to the s & p asx 300 as one of the top 300 listed stocks on the australian securities exchange in march 2014 . 5 it crossed the myr1 billion milestone in market capitalisation in october 2013 . 6 with rea group s us 100 million investment in july 2014 iproperty became the most highly valued publicly traded internet company in asean . 7 in february 2016 iproperty was acquired by rea group in a transaction valuing iproperty at us 534 million . 8 catcha group remains a shareholder of the business and retains seats on the company s board of directors . rev asia berhad previously catcha media berhad 9 a publicly listed new media group with operations online and in magazine publishing . key shareholders besides catcha group include datuk justin leong and star publications malaysia berhad . 10 the company was listed on the malaysian stock exchange in july 2011 . following the completion of the merger between certain catcha media berhad catcha media subsidiaries and says sdn bhd on 8 october 2013 a new company rev asia holdings sdn bhd rev asia was formed . 11 ensogo limited an ecommerce group built through the acquisition of daily deal websites across southeast asia . the company was listed on the australian securities exchange on 20 december 2013 . icar asia limited asean s largest network of online automotive sites . 12 among its brands are one2car.com autospinn.com and thaicar.com in thailand mobil123.com in indonesia and carlist.my livelifedrive.com 13 and malaysian evo magazine and its spin offs in malaysia . the company was listed on the australian securities exchange on 11 september 2012 . 14 in march 2013 australia s leading online cars classifieds carsales.com limited acquired a seat in the company 15 further increasing it s stake in march 2014 . 16 the s & p dow jones indices announced in icar s inclusion to the all ordinaries index on 21 march 2014 . 17 iflix southeast asia s leading internet tv service . the company launched in march 2015 18 and is now available in malaysia philippines thailand and indonesia . in april 2015 iflix announced the completion of a 30 million round of funding led by catcha group and philippine long distance telephone company pldt . 19 in march 2016 it was announced that iflix had attracted a 45 million investment from european pay tv giant sky plc. 20 frontier digital ventures leading operator of online classified businesses with a focus in frontier markets . founded in may 2014 21 and headquartered in kuala lumpur the company s primary expertise is in automotive portals property portals and general classified websites . the company has a portfolio of companies operating in 18 countries across frontier markets globally 22 the company listed on the australian securities exchange on 26 august 2016 . investment strategy edit group ceo patrick grove has described catcha group as being akin to a venture equity firm rather than a traditional investment group . he describes it thus not only do we start companies we also invest in them and we drive them ... we call it venture equity . 23 focusing on investments within the online sector catcha group s strategy is to look at what works in the west and bring it to the east . 24 in an interview with e27.co catcha group s group ceo patrick grove has said we like to bet on ideas where the concept is already proven . our only risk is execution risk we don t like to bet on idea risk . 25 part of catcha group s investment strategy is to grow the group and it s business through acquisition . speaking in an interview with brw patrick grove was quoted as saying in an industry that moves so fast the way to get market share fast is to acquire rather than start from scratch . 26 targeting opportunities in emerging markets catcha group is especially bullish on southeast asia . 27 references edit 1 malaysian investment firm catcha sets aside 150m for asean startups catcha group secures us 100m investment in portfolio company iproperty.com yahoo news july 31 2014 2 catcha group secures us 100m investment in portfolio company iproperty.com yahoo news july 31 2014 3 online property firm ipga debuts on asx iproperty shares jump 13 % as ipp added to asx 300 property portal watch 4 iproperty market cap crosses rm1bil mark group secures us 100m investment in portfolio company iproperty.com yahoo news july 31 2014 rupert murdoch s rea group completes acquisition of malaysia s iproperty . channel newsasia . retrieved 2016 04 28 . 5 change of name from catcha media berhad to rev asia berhad 6 star publications to acquire 4.99 % stake in catcha media 7 catcha media completes subsidiaries merger with says ; forms rev asia catcha group secures us 100m investment in portfolio company iproperty.com business insider july 31 2014 8 icar asia buys malaysian automotive website 9 positive asx start for icar asia 10 carsales.com drives into asia 11 carsales moves to 22.9 % of icar asia 12 catcha group to launch new internet tv platform in southeast asia business insider . business insider . 2015 03 11 . retrieved 2016 04 28 . tech in asia connecting asia s startup ecosystem . www.techinasia.com . retrieved 2016 04 28 . ramachandran shalini 2016 03 09 . sky invests 45 million in southeast asian streaming service iflix . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 04 28 . frontier digital ventures launched ; acquires 30 % stake in zameen.com . e27 . retrieved 2016 04 29 . 13 rea veteran builds stakes in far flung online classifieds empire 14 head to head catcha group s patrick grove 15 catcha group s patrick grove reinventing asia online 16 we invest only in proven concepts patrick grove ceo catcha group 17 catcha group s patrick grove reinventing asia online 18 se asia is ripe for australian technology investment external links edit catcha group website catcha group youtube catcha group facebook page catcha group twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title catcha group & oldid 740442989 categories media companies of malaysiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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