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1337 Ventures Launches New RM1.2 Million Fund for Malaysian Startups

1337 Ventures today announced a new RM1.2 million, 1337 Accelerator Fund I to invest into promising early-stage Malaysian startups. The new fund is open to seed-stage startups across any industry, from fintech, edtech to healthtech. It will be co-funded by seasoned angel investor and venture capitalist, Asgari Stephens and former COO of JobStreet.com, Suresh Thiru […]

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Malaysia Insurtech Opportunity Report 2021 Highlights

Fintech, Insurtech, Reports

In the Malaysia Fintech Opportunity Report: Insurtech Outlook 2021/2022, gain an extensive overview of the current InsurTech landscape, including incumbents, partners, and startups. Identify key verticals with untapped potential, and identify crowded and competitive verticals in the current InsurTech scene Identify key trends in the market raised by leading insurance players, in topics such as

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The Venture Capital landscape in Malaysia

1337 Ventures, Venture Capital

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash What is Venture Capital? Venture Capital (VC) is a form of private equity whereby investors will fund a company with high growth potential in exchange for a large percentage of the shares in the company. VC firms provide funds to startups or SMEs who would like to expand and

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VC firm creates a one-stop site to find resources on Malaysia’s startup ecosystem easily

Accelerator, Alpha Startups, In The Media

Built in-house, Muru-ku aims to be an independent and collaborative platform providing the latest information in Malaysia’s startup ecosystem. To do so, the platform compiles and consolidates a list of active Malaysian startups, VCs who can invest in them, along with grants, events, and mentors available. On top of that, Muru-ku has an analytics section

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Sabrina’s Virtual Internship Experience

1337 Ventures, Leet Team

Sabrina recently completed her 2-months internship with us as a Digital Content Creator Intern at 1337 Ventures. In this article, she shares her virtual internship experience working remotely. Throughout the summer, I had the amazing opportunity to be an intern at 1337 Ventures as a Digital Content Creator within the marketing department. I began my

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Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator names Top 10 startups from Cohort 38

1337 Ventures, Accelerator, Alpha Startups, In The Media

Since March 2020, 1337 Ventures has organized eight different digital accelerators under its Alpha Startups™ Digital Accelerator (ASDA), and has just announced their Top 10 teams out of 74 hopefuls for their Demo Day for Cohort 38. At the Demo Day on Oct 15th 1337 Ventures and Amanz Media will be looking for the most

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6 Soft Skills Every Entrepreneur Must Have

1337 Ventures, Leet Academy

In this time of distance and uncertainty, the necessity to genuinely connect with one another is of high importance. This has become a challenge for many businesses as they are mostly limited to digital interaction nowadays. Soft skills have therefore become more valuable especially in organizations that have shifted to remote setup. While brainpower holds

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Reasons Why Your Startup Should Join an Accelerator Programme

Accelerator, Alpha Startups, Leet Academy

You have a cool startup idea. Or an up and running business that is in need of advice, clarity, and direction. What’s next? If you are placed in such a situation, here are some reasons why you should join an accelerator programme. Experience Exponential Growth Many startup founders are clueless as to where to

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5 Strategies for Gaining Traction

Leet Academy, Marketing

Good marketing tells the world why they need your product and creates a need to acquire it. In a post-pandemic world, where most consumers buy online, it is crucial for your product to be visible in a highly saturated digital landscape. With almost 1 million SMEs in Malaysia, accounting for 98.5% of all businesses it

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Arus Oil, Cult Creative winners of Alpha Startup™ Digital Accelerator 2021

1337 Ventures, Accelerator, Alpha Startups, In The Media

Malaysia based 1337 Ventures has concluded its Alpha Startups™ Digital Accelerator (ASDA) 2021, Cohort 36 with a Demo Day live on Facebook two weeks ago, seeing 11 final pitches to an experienced group of judges/potential investors who picked Arus Oil and Cult Creative as winners. Judges composed of Bikesh Lakhmichand, founding partner of 1337 Ventures;

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1337 Ventures

1337 Ventures Launches New RM1.2 Million Fund for Malaysian Startups

Malaysia Insurtech Opportunity Report 2021 Highlights

The Venture Capital landscape in Malaysia

VC firm creates a one-stop site to find resources on Malaysia’s startup ecosystem easily

Sabrina’s Virtual Internship Experience

Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator names Top 10 startups from Cohort 38

6 Soft Skills Every Entrepreneur Must Have

Reasons Why Your Startup Should Join an Accelerator Programme

5 Strategies for Gaining Traction

Arus Oil, Cult Creative winners of Alpha Startup™ Digital Accelerator 2021

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