1337 VENTURES is on the hunt for aspiring entrepreneurs to join the fourth intake of Alpha Startups, its pre-accelerator programme, which begins on Jan 5, 2015. Alpha Startups is a five-day intensive bootcamp where selected teams of entrepreneurs, developers and designers get to test and validate a scalable product or startup idea together with their […]
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Malaysia based 1337 Ventures has announced intakes for the fourth batch of its pre-accelerator programme, Alpha Startups, on the 5th of January, the company said in a statement. According to the company, “Selected teams from this batch stand a chance to receive RM10K ($ 2900) funds to help them get their MVP’s ( minimum viable product)
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Startup Asia is back in Jakarta, the bustling capital of Indonesia. Here’s our summary of all the experts and insights the packed audience enjoyed on day one of our conference. Andy Zain intros tech in Indonesia “Do you want to pet the tiger?” asked Andy Zain, the managing director of Mountain SEA Ventures, as he
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Startup Asia Jakarta’s country comparison panel discussion, which examines a few emerging markets in Southeast Asia, featured four knowledgeable stakeholders from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Patai Padungtin, founder of Thai construction business software Builk; Tuan Pham, Vietnamese founder and CEO of Topica Edtech Group; Bikesh Lakhmichand, founder of Malaysia’s 1337 Ventures; and Paul Rivera, founder
Location based services can potentially benefit more businesses through its innovative use to enhance current operations. Location-based services holds far greater potential than just benefitting individual brands. It can even be used to enhance the shopping experience within a mall. This is what Shaftsbury Square, comprising retail shops, offices and serviced apartments in Cyberjaya, has
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Every cent counts for startups. Which makes the PayPal Startup Blueprint welcome news for entrepreneurs. The payment giant announced this week that it will extend the program, which gives startups free payment processing, to eight markets in Asia-Pacific: Singapore Australia Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Taiwan The program waives processing fees for transactions up
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US payments giant PayPal and payment gateway Braintree have announced the launch of Startup Blueprint in eight markets in Asia Pacific: Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan. In a statement, PayPal said Startup Blueprint is the first global startup programme in the payments industry for high-tech startups. Braintree is a
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IT is always good to take two steps back from whatever we are usually caught up in and take a holistic view of everything that is going on. Hopefully, we will see some patterns that we could not when absorbed in the nitty-gritty of daily deadlines. But for those of you who are interested in
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EIGHTEEN months after launching a pre-seed fund, thanks to US$1.6 million (RM5 million) in funding from the Malaysian Government, Bikesh Lakhmichand has returned the unused portion of the money back to the Ministry of Finance. He is now running 1337 Ventures Sdn Bhd and the accompanying 1337 Accelerator as a privately-run initiative, having successfully raised
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1337 VENTURES, in partnership with the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), has announced its second Alpha Startups pre-accelerator programme in Malaysia, formed to help early stage startups get from raw idea to validated minimum viable product (MVP). Alpha Startups is a five-day intensive bootcamp where selected teams of entrepreneurs, developers and designers get to test and
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