When JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told the banks’ shareholders that Silicon Valley “[wants] to eat our lunch” – alluding to how tech startups are slowly taking away business from them – he’s not alone in that belief. Banks are feeling the heat from startups, which are working on various alternatives to traditional banking. Some […]
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Fintech seems to be a hot topic in 2015. Maybank, one of Malaysia’s leading banks, wants a piece of it. Maybank has joined the bandwagon through a partnership with 1337 Ventures, a recognized Malaysian technology accelerator, in search of the best fintech ideas in region. Early stage startups can apply to join roadshows in Manila,
Maybank partners 1337 Ventures to find Southeast Asia’s best fintech startups Read More »
IT was just in late January that our Singapore editor Gabey Goh wrote an article about how the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) felt that corporations were the missing link in the accelerator model. According to Dr Alex Lin, the head of IDA venture capital arm Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd, startups flounder not because
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Malaysia-based 1337 Ventures has struck a partnership with Maybank to find top FinTech startup talent from around the region. Applications are now open until May 29. The initiative will start with a roadshow spanning four cities in April and culminate in a three-day idea validation bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur in June, with the potential for further engagement
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Maybank is teaming up with 1337 Ventures to go on a regional tour looking for promising fintech startup ideas. Startups are invited to apply to Ignite programmes in Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur this April 2015 where they will be exposed to opportunities in South East Asia and Maybank. Malaysia’s largest financial services group
Maybank teams up with 1337 Accelerator to scour for Southeast Asia’s best fintech ideas Read More »
IN a clear sign that more corporates are seeing value in the innovation that can come out from startups, one of the largest banks in South-East Asia, Maybank Bhd, is sponsoring a four-country roadshow dubbed ‘Ignite.’ From the roadshow, 20 startups will be chosen and flown into Kuala Lumpur (KL) with all expenses paid, to
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IT IS a category of startups that began getting attention in the United States and Europe as early as 2008, with well-known outfit TaskRabbit getting the lion’s share of the spotlight. Since then, there has been an explosion in the number of services marketplace startups, offering users everything from house cleaners and laundry services to
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1337 Ventures (1337 is pronounced ‘leet’, in case you were wondering) might be known to most of us for having their own idea validation programme known as Alpha Startups, whose function is to help local Malaysian startup companies achieve their goals and business expansion objectives. They help startups by providing them with the resources, funding, and tech
M’sian-Based 1337 Ventures Takes Alpha Startups To Singapore, And You Can Join In Read More »
1337 Ventures (1337 is pronounced ‘leet’, in case you were wondering) might be known to most of us for having their own idea validation programme known as Alpha Startups, whose function is to help local Malaysian startup companies achieve their goals and business expansion objectives. They help startups by providing them with the resources, funding, and tech
M’sian-Based 1337 Ventures Takes Alpha Startups To Singapore, And You Can Join In Read More »
Malaysian startup CLOSETStyles yesterday announced the launch of its “pre-loved” fashion marketplace in its home market. “Pre-loved”, according to the startup, refers to used clothes in good or new-like condition. The three-month-old startup recently won at 1337 Ventures’ five-day Alpha Startups pre-accelerator programme in Kuala Lumpur, where it received MYR 10,000 (US$2,700).
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