65 Equity Partners

Karan Saraf

Karan is a Senior Investment Principal at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

Karan joined 65 Equity Partners from CPP Investments in Hong Kong, with sector focus in technology, services, manufacturing, consumer, financials, and healthcare. Having completed close to 25 private and public investments with a key focus on cross-border transactions, Karan has 20 years of financial services experience having started his career at Credit Suisse in New York before spending several years in the private equity team at KKR.

Karan led 65 Equity Partners’ investments in Tuya, TD Connex and AvePoint. He is also currently or has previously been engaged at the boards of TD Connex, Novo Tellus, Tower Capital Asia, Acko Insurance, Virtusa, Atria Convergence Technologies, Dalmia Cement, amongst others.

Karan holds a Bachelor of Science from Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Timothy Wee

Tim is a Senior Investment Principal at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

He joined 65 Equity Partners from J.P. Morgan where he was the Head of Equity Capital Markets for Southeast Asia. His coverage included both public and private fundraising across a range of sectors including TMT, Healthcare, Consumer, and Digital Infrastructure. Timothy has successfully raised c.US$50b for global issuers via more than 100 transactions within Asia Pacific, including over US$20bn via Initial Public Offerings and capital market exits for buyside clients.

Timothy has over 17 years of experience working in corporate finance, equity and equity-linked fund raisings across the U.S., Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with Merit) and a Master of Commerce (Hons) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney).

Yee Hian Teo

Yee Hian is the Finance Director of 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

Prior to joining 65 Equity Partners, she spent over 7 years with GIC in the Singapore and London offices providing finance support in various capacities to the Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate Investment Groups. Before GIC, she was an Audit Manager with EY Singapore. Her portfolio of clients included large multinational corporations and local listed companies.

Yee Hian holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree, Major in Law (Summa Cum Laude) from Singapore Management University. She is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA).

Adrienne Teh

Adrienne is Head of Portfolio and Risk Management at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

She joined 65 Equity Partners from Temasek where she has been since 2015. She was part of the Consumer team, focusing on investments in Consumer Products and Services globally. Adrienne had primary responsibility for leading the transformation and value creation of Olam International Holdings into a food ingredients company.

She is also a Board member of Boardroom, Shopback, Carsome and a Director on the Board of Heliconia Capital Management. Adrienne was previously Limited Partner Advisory Committee and Board observer of various consumer and consumer tech related funds and companies.

Prior to that, Adrienne was at CIMB Group for over 9 years covering the M&A, divestment, restructuring and expansion activities of the group.

Adrienne has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.