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ECHO, formerly Ketchup and WeHantar, wins 1337 Ventures’ Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator Cohort 43

A startup striving to make Malaysian employees mentally healthier was among the top two winners at 1337 Ventures’ Alpha Startups™ Digital Accelerator (ASDA) Cohort 43. The founder, Banu Chandran, launched ECHO, which stands for Everyone Can Help Out, after experiencing burnout. “I realised others might be experiencing a similar situation, given that the pandemic has […]

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1337 Ventures’ ECF Accelerator For SMEs Seeks To Strengthen Equity Crowdfunding In Malaysia

The funding options for Malaysian SMEs and growth-stage businesses have now evolved beyond bank loans, grants, schemes, angel investors and venture capitalists. Equity Crowdfunding (ECF) is slowly gaining popularity as a new and viable way for local businesses to raise funds.  This is evident in Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Annual Report 2021 which mentioned that

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iKEY and Langwords winners of Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator Cohort 41

The finalists of the Alpha Startups™ Digital Accelerator Cohort 41 couldn’t be more diverse.  From early childhood education to building inspection through AI-driven processing, ten promising Malaysian startups showcased their ideas at the Demo Day which unfolded after an intensive 5-weeks of acceleration.  The three judges, Suresh Thiru, former CEO of SEEK Asia, YM Dato’

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Innovation Ideas that you can work with KWSP, Bank Islam and RoyalPharma in the Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator

With the Movement Control Order (MCO) further extended for another 2 weeks, we invite startups out there to attend our online alpha startups programme to work with our partners around these innovation ideas suggested by them. During these unprecedented times for this holy occasion for Muslims all around the world, 1337 Ventures, together with Amanz Network have

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1337 Ventures Kicks Off Our First Bilingual Accelerator!

With Movement Control Order (MCO) further extended for another 2 weeks, we invite startups out there to attend our online alpha startups programme to help find solutions to our partners’ problem statements.  During these unprecedented times for this holy occasion for Muslims all around the world, 1337 Ventures, together with Amanz Network have partnered together with Bank Islam

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