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Startups in Asia can soon get free payment processing from PayPal and Braintree

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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PayPal launches Startup Blueprint in eight APAC markets

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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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Week in Review: Leveraging public funds to raise private money

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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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1337 Ventures pivots from public to private funding

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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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Echelon 2014: A sneak peek at the Malaysian startup scene

1337 Ventures, Post Event

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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Early market validation is a must for startups

1337 Ventures, Alpha Startups

IF you’re building a product or have an idea for one, finding out if people would be willing to pay you money for it in the first place seems to be the logical first step. Makes sense, doesn’t it? And you’d think it would be obvious to any budding entrepreneur, for why waste time and

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Getting funding doesn’t mean an idea is workable

1337 Ventures, Alpha Startups

If YOU are building a product or have an idea for one, finding out if people will pay you money for it in the first place seems to be the logical first step. Makes sense doesn’t it? Why waste time and money creating something that no one actually wants? But as it turns out, the

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1337 to match-make startups with GLCs in new programme

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THOSE aspiring to become entrepreneurs are about to get a big boost with the launch of the Alpha Startups pre-accelerator programme put together by 1337 Ventures in partnership with national ICT custodian Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). Saying that he was frustrated and exasperated at the manner in which many first-time entrepreneurs “fall flat on their

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Digerati50: Out to shape the ecosystem

1337 Ventures, Post Event

ASK Bikesh Lakhmichand how he became an entrepreneur, and he’ll point to a stint selling friendship bracelets his sister made in school as a start of sorts; while thanks to his father, he had been coding since the tender age of six. But it was really only during college that this now 36-year-old had his entrepreneurial

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M-banking solution Tootpay wows ‘em at Echelon Malaysia

1337 Ventures, Post Event

MOBILE banking solutions provider Tootpay Sdn Bhd emerged the winner at the Echelon Malaysia Satellite pitching competition held earlier this week, and will represent the country at the main Echelon 2014 event in Singapore on June 10-11. The company’s solution involves an ‘overlay chip’ being placed into customers’ mobile phones, allowing them to make mobile

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Startups in Asia can soon get free payment processing from PayPal and Braintree

PayPal launches Startup Blueprint in eight APAC markets

Week in Review: Leveraging public funds to raise private money

1337 Ventures pivots from public to private funding

Echelon 2014: A sneak peek at the Malaysian startup scene

Early market validation is a must for startups

Getting funding doesn’t mean an idea is workable

1337 to match-make startups with GLCs in new programme

Digerati50: Out to shape the ecosystem

M-banking solution Tootpay wows ‘em at Echelon Malaysia

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