As part of the Khazanah Nasional Entrepreneurship Outreach (KNEO) programme, early stage venture capital firm 1337 Ventures announced last week their decision to accelerate and invest into 10 local startups. The 10 startups selected by 1337 Ventures were part of a group of 30 finalists filtered down from a pool of nearly a thousand applicants in the KNEO programme. […]
Malaysia-based venture capital firm 1337 Ventures announced a new investment into 10 local startups through the Khazanah Nasional Entrepreneurship Outreach (KNEO) programme. Each team will receive an investment of MYR20,000 (US$5,100) along with the options of US$15,000 of AWS Credits, US$20,000 of Google Cloud and Firebase credits, and US$120,000 of Microsoft Azure credits. They will also receive
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TECHNOLOGY accelerator 1337 Ventures has selected 10 startups to undergo an intense 12-week acceleration process to bring their products ready-to-market as part of the Khazanah Nasional Entrepreneurship Outreach (KNEO) programme. KNEO is the national sovereign fund’s initiative to unearth entrepreneurial talent among Malaysians and aims to equip them with vital training and industry knowledge through
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IN THE latest boost to national efforts to inculcate a strong sense risk taking, of self-confidence and self-reliance, second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghani launched the Khazanah Nasional Entrepreneurship Outreach (KNEO) programme at the closing of the Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2017 yesterday. KNEO is an initiative by Khazanah Nasional Bhd (Khazanah), the national sovereign fund,
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Malaysia’s technology accelerator and early stage investor 1337 Ventures has brought its pre-accelerator program Alpha Startups to Vietnam as part of its ongoing expansion in Southeast Asia, news website Deal Street Asia reported on Wednesday. According to the initial plans, three local startups will be recruited through the program to receive financial and technical support from
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Malaysia-based accelerator and early-stage investor 1337 Ventures has announced its entry into the Vietnam market with the launch of Alpha Startups Vietnam 2016. It is part of a strategic partnership between co-working space Dreamplex and the Mekong Business Initiative. Through this arrangement, Dreamplex aims to ramp up expansion into an accelerator model via its new division
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Alpha Startups Indonesia, unit of Malaysia’s 1337 Ventures, a Southeast Asian accelerator and early-stage investor, has announced selection of three startups, which will undergo its three-month accelerator program. This marks Malaysia-headquartered 1337 Ventures’ official entry into its fourth Southeast Asian market, in Indonesia. The firm has invested pre-seed money in 23 startups in Malaysia and has expanded its pre-seed
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THE picture of an entrepreneur standing bravely by himself, beating the odds to create a business and make a difference: That’s not the real world, according to entrepreneurs themselves. It’s not a one-man (or one-woman) show, it’s a team effort, said panellists at a discussion organised by the Malaysia Youth Entrepreneur Challenge Camp at the
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Malaysia-based Cradle Fund, a not-for-profit early-stage ecosystem influencer and agency under the country’s Ministry of Finance, has announced the addition of six co-equity investment partners.
After it signed on a long-time market cohort of sorts – VLT Labs – as partner of sorts for its accelerator and growth space, Cradle has stepped its game by signing on six new co-investment partners. These new collaborators bring to the table a combined value of RM26 million in funds.
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