Tag: Malaysia
Telltales and Lessons Building Up Around “Starting Up” and Malaysia
When Facebook acquired Malaysian startup Octazen, the limelight shifted temporarily to Malaysian startup talents. As reported in February 2010, the move was “purely a talent acquisition,” with both founders of Octazen now employees of Facebook. It came to no surprises as the Company previously develops solutions allowing social network users to import contacts from other [...]
MudahAlih.my: Malaysia’s mobile phone and gadget marketplace is now launched
MudahAlih.my, Malaysia’s first marketplace that only offers mobile phones and gadgets has recently launched on 15th December 2011. Though competing with several big competitors such as Mudah.my and Lelong.my, MudahAlih.my has become an instant hit with over 12,000 fans over Facebook and recorded 7,000 fans within a week after it was pre-launched. With numerous of gadgets being introduced [...]
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Square.my and Social Commerce, now everyone can sell online! [startup]
This article is also available in Bahasa Malaysia Square.my is the new surprise, waiting for the right time to hit the Malaysia market. It could change the way how you look at e-commerce and help thousands of home entrepreneurs or even SMEs in the country and elsewhere, and then you can laugh at Google for the investment. [...]
iBilik received second round of funding from Singapore’s Crystal Horse
iBilik, an accommodation rental platform and one of the fastest growing startups in Malaysia has received an undisclosed amount of second round funding from Singapore’s Crystal Horse. According to its founder, Ng Say Joe, the investment will be used for marketing expenses and expansion. At the moment, iBilik has already stepped foot in Indonesia and Singapore. Besides [...]
Maaduu: One successful year of the Free Video-on-Demand online TV Channel
Maaduu is the first and only free and legal video-on-demand online TV channel in Malaysia that runs primetime K-dramas and live performances of K-pop artists, 48 hours after its release in Korea from Korea’s KBS and MBC respectively. It plays high-quality videos complete with English subtitles. Its library stocks over 2,000 hours of Korean goodies in full-length [...]
Malaysia’s Online Fashion Entrepreneurs’ Weekend (MOFEW) 2011: Taking fashion to a new level
After a successful event last year, Malaysia’s Online Fashion Entrepreneurs’ Weekend (MOFEW) is back with a bang for the 2nd year. The event is to be held from 11th to 13th November 2011 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (MVEC) and organized by A&O Brandbuilding Consultants. It is supported by Amber Chia Academy (official modeling and makeup academy), FlyFM [...]
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[SVC2M] Will Malaysia be the Silicon Valley of Southeast Asia? – Part 1
The entrepreneurial energy and spirit of young Malaysian has never been greater and felt since Silicon Valley came down to Malaysia the last couple of weeks ago, and a simple thank-you isn’t enough for the two icons who, with collaborative effort, brought down great entrepreneurs from the valley straight to Kuala Lumpur, heart of Malaysia [...]
2nd NEF-Awani ICT Awards 2011 is calling for nomination
NEF-Awani ICT Awards is back and was recently launched on 31st October 2011 at InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, organized by Astro Awani television channel and Malaysian Association of Bumiputera ICT Industry and Entrepreneurs (NEF), and launched. This year, the Awards have opened more categories which are: Best Software Best Animation/Games Best New Media Application/Content Most Innovative Company Best [...]
WOWLOUD, Asia’s 1st Cloud Music Service is finally LAUNCHED!
WOWLOUD, the much-anticipated Malaysian-born Asia’s first cloud music service has finally launched on 13th October at a fashionable event at Publika, Solaris Dutamas. “It is undoubtedly obvious that internet has changed the way people consume music and this is an exciting step for us being at the forefront of delivering that change with the launch [...]
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SVC2M: SocialShout! tapping into social commerce exchange [startup]
SocialShout! is a social commerce marketplace with a twist, where users will be able to earn points based on their activity across all social channels and can then redeem those points for discounts, deals & offers from partner merchants. With SocialShout!, users earn a couple of points based on their activity on social networks. The amount [...]
[Invitation Updates] Silicon Valley Comes to Malaysia: The excitement is here!
Received your invitation? Congratulations! You are among few others who made it to Silicon Valley Comes to Malaysia (SVC2M) event which will be held on 20-21 October 2011 in Kuala Lumpur. So what’s next? Here are some facts about SVC2M 2011 event: At SVC2M, entrepreneurs get a chance to attend a money-cant-buy event here in Malaysia, [...]
