Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

VEON Ltd. provides telecommunications and digital services. The Company offers fixed-line telecommunication, broadband, voice, wireless Internet and connectivity, and other related services. VEON serves customers worldwide.

<ul>
<li>VEON’s JazzCash in Pakistan and China’s Binance are exploring blockchain integration for remittances, merchant settlement, and stablecoin payment rails, with implementation contingent on regulatory approval.</li>
<li>VEON’s Banglalink received Bangladesh Bank approval to operate as a payment service provider, enabling instant person-to-person transfers, remittance services, utility payments, merchant transactions, and salary disbursements.</li>
<li>VEON can transfer its learnings from Pakistan to Bangladesh to create a new large fintech business that can be on par with the size of the Group’s Pakistan fintech business.</li>
</ul>


VEON’s JazzCash in Pakistan and China’s Binance are exploring blockchain integration for remittances, merchant settlement, and stablecoin payment rails, with implementation contingent on regulatory approval.
VEON’s Banglalink received Bangladesh Bank approval to operate as a payment service provider, enabling instant person-to-person transfers, remittance services, utility payments, merchant transactions, and salary disbursements.
VEON can transfer its learnings from Pakistan to Bangladesh to create a new large fintech business that can be on par with the size of the Group’s Pakistan fintech business.


VEON (VEON US): Two New Fintech Developments Signal Significant Digital Growth Ahead

European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

Alphawave IP Group plc provides next generation wired connectivity technology, enabling data to travel faster, more reliably and using less power. The Company serves customers in digital infrastructure markets worldwide.

<ul>
<li>Scheme sanctioned, settlement imminent: Alphawave’s acquisition by Qualcomm has cleared all regulatory and legal hurdles. With court approval now secured, shares will delist on 19 December.</li>
<li>Spread fully closed: At a 17 Dec close of 184.6p and FX-implied offer value of ~185.07p, the deal trades at a negligible +0.26% gross spread, eliminating upside for new entrants.</li>
<li>Attractive return for early entrants: Arbitrageurs positioned around 177–179p captured ~3–4% gross return, annualizing to ~8%. Clean execution, founder alignment, and low regulatory friction supported a high-certainty event-driven trade.</li>
</ul>


Scheme sanctioned, settlement imminent: Alphawave’s acquisition by Qualcomm has cleared all regulatory and legal hurdles. With court approval now secured, shares will delist on 19 December.
Spread fully closed: At a 17 Dec close of 184.6p and FX-implied offer value of ~185.07p, the deal trades at a negligible +0.26% gross spread, eliminating upside for new entrants.
Attractive return for early entrants: Arbitrageurs positioned around 177–179p captured ~3–4% gross return, annualizing to ~8%. Clean execution, founder alignment, and low regulatory friction supported a high-certainty event-driven trade.


Qualcomm - Alphawave: Closing the Loop on a Clean Trade

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

SK Holdings Co., Ltd. is a holdings company that is engaged in various industries including energy, chemicals, information technology, semiconductors, marketing, and services businesses in South Korea and internationally.

<ul>
<li>Three main reasons why SK Inc is our high conviction in 2026 include mandatory cancellation of treasury shares, deep discount to NAV, and the end of divorce for Chairman Chey. </li>
<li>SK Inc has 17.98 million shares in treasury, representing 24.8% of outstanding shares. Among the stocks included in KOSPI200, this is one of the highest percentage of treasury shares.</li>
<li>Our NAV valuation analysis suggests NAV of 28 trillion won or NAV per share of 386,469 won. This represents a 46% upside to its current price.</li>
</ul>


Three main reasons why SK Inc is our high conviction in 2026 include mandatory cancellation of treasury shares, deep discount to NAV, and the end of divorce for Chairman Chey. 
SK Inc has 17.98 million shares in treasury, representing 24.8% of outstanding shares. Among the stocks included in KOSPI200, this is one of the highest percentage of treasury shares.
Our NAV valuation analysis suggests NAV of 28 trillion won or NAV per share of 386,469 won. This represents a 46% upside to its current price.


India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

Equity Capital Markets

Meesho Limited operates as an online retailer. The Company retails apparels, jewelries, personal care, home and kitchen, footwear, bags, kids essentials, and electronics items at lower prices for resellers and consumers. Meesho serves customers in India.

<ul>
<li>Meesho has positioned itself as a value-shopping platform catering to rural consumers and small sellers. It charges the seller only for fulfillment and advertising while bringing value deals for consumers</li>
<li>We believe Meesho has a right to win in the value-shopping category ahead of Flipkart/Amazon with its focus on pricing vs quality/convenience. However, it may not attract high-spending aspirational consumers</li>
<li>IPO valuation at $5.6bn(5x FY25 sales) is relatively cheap vs listed e-commerce peers (6-13x). Closest peer Flipkart was most recently valued at $35bn (14x FY25 revenues).</li>
</ul>


Meesho has positioned itself as a value-shopping platform catering to rural consumers and small sellers. It charges the seller only for fulfillment and advertising while bringing value deals for consumers
We believe Meesho has a right to win in the value-shopping category ahead of Flipkart/Amazon with its focus on pricing vs quality/convenience. However, it may not attract high-spending aspirational consumers
IPO valuation at $5.6bn(5x FY25 sales) is relatively cheap vs listed e-commerce peers (6-13x). Closest peer Flipkart was most recently valued at $35bn (14x FY25 revenues).


Meesho - Potential Play on Value E-Commerce

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia, Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Evolve Capital Research

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

iWOW Technology Ltd provides global wireless technologies and equipment. The Company designs, manufactures, and distributes wireless connectivity product lines including GSM/GPRS modems and GSM/GPRS modules to the machine-to machine market. iWOW Technology serves customers worldwide.

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iwow-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36147:1" rel="noopener">IWOW Technology Ltd (IWOW SP)</a> is a one-stop end-to-end wireless IoT technology provider specialising in offering vertically integrated solutions and a telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider.</li>
<li>IWOW uses open and proprietary wireless communication technologies to create customized Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for consumers which connect devices and sensors to cloud application servers for a variety of applications.</li>
<li>The firm reported its 1H26 results on 10th Nov 2025. In this note, we provide an update on its 1H26 earnings.</li>
</ul>



IWOW Technology Ltd (IWOW SP) is a one-stop end-to-end wireless IoT technology provider specialising in offering vertically integrated solutions and a telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider.
IWOW uses open and proprietary wireless communication technologies to create customized Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for consumers which connect devices and sensors to cloud application servers for a variety of applications.
The firm reported its 1H26 results on 10th Nov 2025. In this note, we provide an update on its 1H26 earnings.


IWOW Technology - 1H26 Earnings Update - Limited Near-Term Catalysts, but Net Cash Still a Positive

Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT)
Digital Highway

VEON (VEON US): Two New Fintech Developments Signal Significant Digital Growth Ahead

Two new fintech developments, a new partnership with Binance and payments license approval in Bangladesh, support our forecast for a major...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Qualcomm - Alphawave: Closing the Loop on a Clean Trade

With the scheme sanctioned and effectiveness imminent, Alphawave offers no spread at 184.6p vs. FX-implied value of ~185.1p. Arbitrage is done —...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

2026 High Conviction Idea: SK Inc

SK Inc. has selected Doosan Corp. as the preferred bidder for the sale of its 70.6% stake in SK Siltron. With the entire company valued at around 5...

Douglas Kim

Meesho - Potential Play on Value E-Commerce

Meesho has had a stellar listing and is witnessing follow-on buying, up 100% from IPO price. It now trades at 8x FY26 sales with street estimating...

Himanshu Dugar

IWOW Technology - 1H26 Earnings Update - Limited Near-Term Catalysts, but Net Cash Still a Positive

iWOW Technology reported its 1H26 results on 10th Nov 2025. In this note, we provide an update on its 1H26 earnings as well as share some of our...

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd