Venture Building

TechNode Global & beSUCCESS Forum: Hengqin Island – Gateway to Greater China for Entrepreneurs

Topics discussed at the forum included Chinese e-commerce market, social media marketing trends, and the Sands Innovation Challenge.

Seedstars’ Alisée de Tonnac on investing in global startups and emerging markets [Q&A]

We envision Seedstars to be at the forefront of driving entrepreneurship and investment in emerging markets. We aim to expand our footprint, invest in more startups, and empower more entrepreneurs through our educational programs.

True Digital Park’s Startup Booster Program aims to have 100 qualified startups come through its program [Q&A]

Currently there are around 1,000 Thai startups with the VC landscape in Thailand being dominated by corporate venture capitals (CVCs). Surprisingly during the height of the covid-19 pandemic three unicorn startups have emerged from Thailand being Bitkub, Ascend and Flash Express.

Thailand Accelerator project launched to assist Thai & Southeast Asia startups in raising capital, accelerating growth

Thailand Accelerator is still accepting applications from organizations interested in collaborating and supporting the initiative. You can reach them at [email protected]

Malaysia’s BEYOND4 aims to build more profitable startups with its accelerator programs

On Tuesday, 15 startups across nine verticals including manufacturing, SAAS, HealthTech, logisitcs, AgriTech, FoodTech, FinTech, EdTech and PropTech were chosen to pitch on the demo day.

Xpdite Capital Partners scouts opportunities in Southeast Asia with a focus on seed stage startups [Q&A]

In the interview, Lomnitz shared the challenges Xpdite faces when it invests in seed-stage startups and how they manage risks. He also shared his views on the startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia and gave several suggestions for the tech ecosystem to improve.

Ex-Grab Founding member raises Seed Round for leading D2C brand aggregator Tjufoo

Tjufoo announced on Wednesday that it has raised seed funding by TNB Aura, a Singapore-based thesis-led, high conviction venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asian companies that are primed for the future and ready to change the very face of their categories.

Indonesia startup studio alumni achieves over $22.7M funding

Startup Studio Indonesia (SSI), a government-initiated incubation program for early-stage startups, officially opened registration for the Batch 5 program in May. The intensive program, developed under the Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo), aims to assist and advance Indonesia’s early-stage digital startups to achieve product-market……

Slash launches the first of its kind venture builder map with over 400 VBs globally

With venture building on a consistent rise, Slash, a boutique venture and tech studio, is coming forward with a new social project - Venture Builder Map. This is the first attempt to create a global interactive directory of all the venture builders.

MRANTI’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Innovation Hub to benefit 1,250 biz owners this year

The 4IR-themed innovation center was one of the government's initiatives to guide entrepreneurs comprehensively from the prototype development process to product commercialization.