We appointed the Venture CEO, a venture leadership hire, to build and back the next companies.
Rainmaking Innovation (SG) Pte. Ltd. — Rainmaking co-creates ventures with global corporations from Copenhagen across forty markets. For its Singapore operation we appointed a Venture CEO to lead a corporate-backed build.
The market for this leadership
Live MitchelLake intelligence across Professional Services and Asia.
Adjacent signals across Professional Services
Geographic Expansion · Americas
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) →PwC is relocating its Los Angeles office from Downtown L.A. to Century City, signing a 15-year lease for 150,000 sq ft (36,000 sq ft expansion from current 114,000 sq ft) valued at ~$200M. Move occurs in 2028 and positions firm for growth and improved client/employee accessibility.
Geographic Expansion · EMEA
Deloitte Asia-Pacific →Deloitte analysts highlight Asia-Pacific as expected to drive global retail sales over next five years despite Middle East conflict headwinds affecting consumer confidence
Partnership · Americas
Andersen Consulting →Andersen Consulting signed Collaboration Agreement with Nuvolar, a Spanish technology consultancy specializing in cloud-based software development and Salesforce implementations
Capital Raising · Asia
주빅 (JUVIC) →Microneedle drug-delivery firm JUVIC was selected for the 2026 Scale-up TIPS specialised track, backed by TIPS operator T Investment. The project totals 4 billion KRW, including a 3 billion KRW government grant, to fund non-clinical development and sterile mass-production scale-up.
Capital Raising · Asia
Blue Whale →Battery startup Blue Whale raised a $4m seed round backed by Wavemaker and ADB Ventures. It is building a network of batteries across Singapore to free up grid capacity.
Capital Raising · Asia
The Pant Project →Indian menswear D2C brand The Pant Project raised ₹109 Cr (about $11.5 Mn) in a Series B led by Mirae Asset Venture Investments, plus venture debt from Alteria Capital, to expand its offline store network from 25 to 150 over two to three years and broaden its menswear portfolio.
“The Pant Project started as a digital-first brand. That foundation gave us the data, the product knowledge and the brand equity to now go deep offline”