Private real estate equity investment firm Aurum Gravis is preparing to launch its Natura Collection, comprising of 10 semi-detached homes.
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Aurum Gravis: From strategy games to property crowdfunding and a $100 mil target equity investment
In the past, friendships were forged on the sports field. For Choong Zhen Mao, executive director of Equatorial Marine Fuel, and Kieran Wee, director and founding partner of Aurum Gravis, it began with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a multi-player war strategy game.
Wee often hosted game nights at his home, cooking dinner for the group. “I love to cook,” he says. “So I used to invite everyone over before we played.” In the game, Wee served as a general to Choong’s faction leader; in real life, he was a director at ZACD Group and later at Firmus Capital.
More than two years ago, the two friends bumped into each other at a Japanese restaurant. Wee was meeting a client to discuss a real estate investment in Japan. After the client left, the pair caught up — and that conversation would later reshape their careers.