STARTUPBOOTCAMP FinTech, an accelerator focused on financial innovation and part of the global award-winning Startupbootcamp accelerator, has announced a Pitch Day in Kuala Lumpur. Focused purely on fintech (financial services technology) startups in the region, the one-day event is open to innovative early stage startups in the fintech industry, looking for recognition and exposure. Ten startups […]
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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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The Games in Asia team had a blast at the Games in Asia Vietnam meetup recently, and now we’re ready to bring that same experience to Malaysia. Together with the l337 Accelerator, we have invited Desmond Lee from Appxplore and P’ng Yi Wei from Kurechii to speak about their journeys as game developers in Malaysia.
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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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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ONE of the biggest tech trends that will dominate information and communication technology (ICT) in the coming year, in both the consumer and enterprise space, is the Internet of Things, two industry experts said yesterday (Jan 22). Speaking at the first DNA-TeAM Disrupt forum for the year, with the theme What’s hot (or not) in 2014?,
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WE are kicking off our DNA-TeAM Disrupt series in 2014 with a look at What’s hot (or not) in 2014? with a look at what is hot in both the consumer and enterprise space, both from a technology and customer angle, and what technologies may falter. Disrupt is a monthly panel discussion and networking event
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eam Owe$ome, which won the leg of AngelHack in early June with its debt collection app, went to Silicon Valley to compete in the international edition, placing third among the 35 global startups it went up against. In this, the first of a two-part article, Owe$ome ‘creative head and idea founder’ Joann Soon talks about
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1337 Ventures, VLT and Startup Mamak are bringing AngelHack, touted to be the world’s biggest hackathon competition, to Malaysia. The two-day competition will kick off on June 8 at the 1337 Accelerator in MSC Malaysia’s Knowledge Workers Development Centre in Cyberjaya, the organising trio said. AngelHack organises hackathon competitions for web developers and entrepreneurs. At
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