SINCE touching down in Singapore just a week ago, Markus Gnirck has spent most of his time talking to venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors. “The impression I’ve gotten is that there is high interest in fintech (financial services technology) startups, but few are currently deemed ‘investable’ by the investor community. “There is a lot […]
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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
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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Local start-up WaryBee is the developer of a personal panic button. Its product is a hardware-software solution that pairs a discreet panic button — embedded in personal accessories or jewellery — with a mobile app that blasts out SOS alerts when triggered. WaryBee received early funding from 1337 Accelerator, a joint initiative between Cyberjaya’s landownerCyberview
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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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People in Asia’s gaming industry don’t work together. It could be that because the industry is so small, everyone’s afraid of losing out to the competition. There simply isn’t enough of the pie for everyone to grab a bite. Doors remain closed even within the gaming startup communities. While competition is great, and keeps people
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At Echelon 2014, we had people coming over from different parts of the world. It was highly edifying to get to know them and the places they hail from. Seeing a large number of participants from our neighbour, Malaysia, piqued our interest to know how it is to be a startup in the country. We
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