Tag: Southeast Asia
Charting Indonesia’s Burgeoning Startup Ecology
Amid pungent wafts of spices and stifling tropical heat, a struggling middle class of bright minds and unnerving spirit is brining the regional limelight to Jakarta and the surrounding cities. Their version of the vision for Pax Javanicus demonstrates how Indonesia could enjoy modern enterprise and consumerism, just like anybody else. And just like anybody [...]
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 [...]
5 reasons why you should attend DEMO Asia in Singapore
A fast reminder about DEMO Asia conference: 29th February to 2nd March 2012 in The Matrix, Biopolis Singapore. This 12th January, the next DEMO Asia audition in Plug-in, will be flooded by overwhelming responses again. Why? Let’s see what makes you should attempt to get the limited slots. It is just as simple as one word, L-E-A-R-N.
JFDI-Innov8 2012, from idea to investment
JFDI.Asia, with SingTel Innov8, is organising JFDI-Innov8 2010 Bootcamp. It would be backed by various public sector agencies and a group of international business angels. The best of it is attendance of experienced mentors and role models. What is this event? JFDI-Innov8 2010 Bootcamp is an intensive 100-day accelerator program organized for netpreneurs, from January to April 2010. [...]
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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 [...]
DEMO Asia: Connecting the world of Startups
DEMO opens a door for Asia’s entrepreneurs to show and launch ideas into realities. As an emerging technology leader, it will hold DEMO Asia conference on February 2012, instead of this November. It strongly encourages and gives their participants more times to prepare new and better technologies for this breakthrough launch pad. Since 1991, DEMO has been transforming [...]
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 [...]
