Antler announced today that it has appointed Frank Kang as associate partner and country head for Malaysia as part of its commitment to invest in early-stage startups and to support exceptional founders in Southeast Asia.

Antler recently signed up for Khazanah Nasional Bhd’s Future Malaysia Programme.

The programme is part of the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund’s Dana Impak initiative to support local entrepreneurs, startups, venture capital and corporate venture programmes through collaboration with domestic and international partners.

Kang brings with him a total of 17 years of experience as an entrepreneur in various industries.

The decade-long resident in Malaysia had earlier acquired the local e-commerce platform everyday.com.my that was later rebranded to LivingSocial Malaysia and expanded it from a team of seven to more than 160 employees.