Tag: VC
Russia, the new hotspot on the global IT scene
Foreign startups, especially European ones, are flocking into Russia to meet potential investors and clients, as the ex-Soviet state emerges as the new hotspot on the global IT scene. Among them is British startup mScriber, reports East-West Digital News, the English-language source on Russian IT. The Company runs mobile applications for securing and sharing data stored [...]
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 [...]
TechVenture 2011: 5,000 new tech startups registered in Singapore every year
5,000 new tech start-ups were registered in Singapore every year since 2006. 5000′s a huge number, and it shows that the tech-startups industry is blossoming in Singapore. The information was revealed in-front of more than 500 delegates from 23 countries by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in a speech at TechVenture 2011 which happening [...]
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[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, [...]
Silicon Valley comes to Malaysia: A call to Malaysian technopreneurs
Big names of Silicon Valley such as Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube, Shawn Fanning of Napster and Konstantin Guericke, founder of LinkedIn, to name a few, are set to come to Kuala Lumpur for the Silicon Valley Comes to Malaysia Symposium (SVC2M). The companies represented are valued over US$40 billion – making this event a must for all [...]
TechStars’ startup CrowdTwist raises $6M, connecting loyalty program with social network
TechStars NYC startup, CrowdTwist has just raised US$6 million in series-A funding for its platform that presents users with a number of ways to earn points across all social channels. CrowdTwist previously raised $750,000 in seed round of funding. CrowdTwist is a New York-based startup founded in 2009, working on a loyalty platform which helps companies find [...]
Menlo Ventures: Moving fast with $20m early-stage fund
“We weren’t doing seed investments before and this is a really big deal that we are moving this fast,” - Shervin Pishevar, Managing Director of Menlo Ventures Are you still looking for an investment to seed your early-stage fund? How badly do you need it? Menlo Ventures has just announced a $20 million Menlo Talent Fund, [...]
VendHQ Banks Funding Round
Fast growing point-of-sale software provider VendHQ has secured a funding round led by German based venture fund Point Nine Capital. The “low seven figure” sum will set the cash register ringing as Auckland based Vend prepares to engage more developers and open shop in San Francisco. The company sprang from the Southgate Labs stable which [...]
Bloomspot: $40 Million to prove on new Local Offers model
“Bloomspot connects the best customers to exceptional local offers..” Featuring only the highest caliber restaurants, spas, boutiques, and other experiential merchants on its site, Bloomspot is looking to deliver only highly sought-after experiences to high-quality clientele, in a way to increase the breadth of the merchant’s local profile while introducing it to a new and [...]
East Ventures Alpha: 100-day Startups Accelerator Program
Singapore-born East Ventures, a venture capital firm with base in Singapore and Indonesia has just announced a 100-day start-up accelerator program with the aim to get good potential technopreneurs fly off the ground. The East Ventures Alpha program will kick-off in September and end in December 2011. The program will be held at East Ventures [...]
Startup: Hearsay Social raised $18 million in funding
San Francisco-based Hearsay Social, a corporate social media management platform has just raised $18 million in Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates. Hearsay Social is developed with the idea of creating and utilizing social media as brand engagement, as well as keeping corporations and employees out of trouble on the internet. The [...]
