View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Key Insights. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton).

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2012

“We find attendees and sponsors demanding a fresh conference experience and more productive ways to network,” says Rob Findlay, founder of Next Bank Asia. ” “ Beepmo was designed to help professionals expand their network and discover business opportunities around them,” says Simon Lower, co-founder of Beepmo.

Asia 199

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

This payment solution was beta-tested by merchants such as Russian-themed restaurant and caviar bar Buyan in Singapore since June last year, and is now launched worldwide, with the company targeting Southeast Asia, South Africa and South America as key target markets. Mobile Payment Now A Reality For Singapore Small Business Owners.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2013

Interested to know which are the most interesting startups in Singapore in recent time? Panelists include: Camille Schu, Co-founder, Luxola. Yiping Goh, Co-founder, AllDeals Asia. John Fearon, Founder, DropMySite. Hugh Mason, CEO, JFDI.Asia. What does it take to succeed in new ventures? This is a paid event.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2013

After a competition which saw participation by over 200 students from various institutions of higher learning in Singapore, two teams of students from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) clinched championship titles in two categories of this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup local finals. Petersburg, Russia, from 8 – 11 July, 2013.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

11-Suggested by my partner’s husband. In the early 2000s, my co-publisher and I were writing a book on how to break into freelance writing by breaking the rules. but then my partner’s husband piped up, The Renegade Writer. 15-Inspiration from a bus card in Singapore. Thanks to David Batchelor, DialMyCalls ! #11-Suggested

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2012

“Vinnie was amongst the most popular and valued mentors on the bootcamp we operated earlier this year,” says Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO at JFDI.Asia. “*Limpeh gar lu gong…” (* Let me tell you…). “Jeff and Paul also both have great reputations for sharing their know-how.

Asia 162

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Weve had people from Australia and Singapore. Find road-trip partners on Zimride. TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Weve hosted some interesting tech entrepreneurs.

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San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2018

Eighteen months later, I’m keynoting at conferences and serving clients in London, Sydney, Singapore, Los Angeles, Lisbon, Vancouver, and 50 other cities,” says Logan Young, the co-founder of BlitzMetrics, a Facebook dashboard and advertising company. “I didn’t even know who Mark Zuckerberg was back in October 2015.

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Technical Review Technology Louisville Los Angeles 115

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In a country where a car essentially denoted status and is a symbol of wealth (and it doesn’t even have to be a luxury model), renting a car could easily be seen as a failure of sorts, at least in materialistic Singapore. mobile application online marketplace Singapore' Including locals and overseas visitors, Drive.SG

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Despite the country’s modest size, the tiny island of Singapore seems to be producing game development firms at a prodigious rate. It took the team of 20 some 14 months to develop both games, said Don Sim, the co-founder and CEO of Daylight Studios. billion to US$22 billion. billion to US$22 billion. .”

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Singapore-based early-stage technology seed fund Golden Gate Ventures has announced investments into cloud-based inventory and sales management SaaS solutions provider TradeGecko , online grocer RedMart and mobile payment provider Coda Payments. This marks Golden Gate Ventures first investments since its founding in February this year.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2015

Twitter last week announced that it has opened its office in Singapore, officially designating it as its headquarters for the Asia Pacific region. Co-founder Jack Dorsey will replace Costolo on an interim basis.

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Singapore Asia Design Japan 100

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. SXSW and Edelman have partnered to launch a special report of the Trust Barometer?—?Edelman’s as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2015

The global 2015 BattleHack , organized by leading global payments providers PayPal and Braintree , will be coming to Singapore as part of a worldwide global hackathon competition that will see developers across the globe tasked with creating applications that solve specific challenges. Visit https://2015.battlehack.org/singapore

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

JFDI Asia sure knows how to throw a Demo Day: it turned local nightspot TAB Singapore into part startup launchpad and part investor pitch conference for the Demo Day. In any case, the founders all felt that the time spent had been worth it. Here are the 11 startups that presented at the Demo Day: 1. Only time will tell.

Singapore 145

Singapore Asia Startup B2C 145

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 31, 2019

People Matters TechHR , Asia’s Largest HR & Work Technology conference is back for the second time in Singapore. To take place on 19-21 February 2020 at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, the event will host over 3,000 attendees from over 40 countries, as well as featuring over 200 tech partners, more than 60 startups and 50 investors.

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Singapore Asia Curation Cofounder 173

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The latest funding round led by Active Venture Partners , a European venture capital company with a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, is expected to help the online ticket trading platform drive its international growth. In the News Active Venture Partners events Ticketbis' million, making it a total of $12.7

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2014

The startup scenes in Southeast Asia – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, among others – have been thriving, attracting scores of students and young graduates who want to be part of their local startup movement. And many of these startups, some flush with cash and others eyeing international expansion, are hiring.

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Malaysia Matching Asia Thailand 186

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2012

And that’s the gap in the system the founders of Singapore startup PlayMoolah.com set out to plug. “We founded PlayMoolah to inspire a new generation of young people to develop a healthy perspective towards money,” co-founder Audrey Tan explains.

Singapore 170

Singapore Cofounder Matching Finance 170

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

by Jason Humphries, co-founder of Good Pharma Dermatology. What are the secret ingredients needed to take your company beyond Singapore’s shores? Venturing overseas is challenging and there have been recent calls for the government to further support trade associations to help local SMEs in Singapore expand in this region.

Singapore 100

Singapore Global Marketing Cofounder 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2013

Held on 4 – 5 June 2013 at Singapore Expo MAX Atria, the event will see the likes of top investor Dave McClure, the founding partner at 500 Startups, as well as Sahil Lavingia, founder at Gumroad , speaking at the event.”We’ve TradeHero (Singapore). Young Upstarts is a media partner of Echelon 2013.

Asia 133

Asia Taiwan Thailand Singapore 133

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

“We take a very board view of what make a difference can mean, because we believe ‘doing good’ should go mainstream and sustainability should be an integral part of every business,” explains Rachel Chan, Convenor of the MaD Venture Fellows Programme and Founder and Chief Catalyst of InnoFoco. Building Silicon Valley in Asia.

Silicon Valley 157

Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence Asia Singapore 157

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. Apps Asia Entrepreneur e-commerce Japan News Singapore Southeast Asia'

Asia 120

Asia Mobile Singapore Taiwan 120

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. This is a topic we care a lot about, given HOF Capital’s long-term strategy for partnering with universities and my forthcoming book on “ hacking the university ”. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

As the co-founder and president of Highland Capital Management, James Dondero made sure that the company he built will include charitable giving as one of its missions right from the very beginning. This is the time when he and co-founder Mark Okada decided to relocate the firm from Los Angeles to Dallas.

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Los Angeles Dallas Cofounder Singapore 124

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

My partner Ross Kimbarovsky and I wanted to help people from around the world access creative talent and help creative from around the world find new talent. In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. My father has been a mover in Singapore for the past 35 years and I grew up helping him move his customers.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dick Kramlich is an old school businessman who has been active in venture capital since 1969 with Arthur Rock and Co. He has co-founded the venture firm NEA, investing in many successful companies including Juniper Networks, ImmuneX, Macromedia, and Dallas Semiconductor. It is somewhat modeled to Singapore.

Israel 87

Israel China IP Singapore 87

Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

CEO and Founder of Likeable Local, Dave Kerpen is the father of 2 beautiful girls, husband to an amazing business partner, and friend to many. He has also keynoted at dozens of conferences across the globe including Singapore, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco and Mexico City. Corporate Partners . Show Links.

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San Francisco Charlotte Mexico Social Media 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This year, Techventure has also taken on two new partner events - TechInnovation 2012 and Failcon Singapore. “The start-up sector in Singapore is laying the foundation for a sophisticated high-tech SME industry that can compete on the world stage and power the next stage of economic growth for Singapore.”

Singapore 174

Singapore Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Private Equity 174

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

My co founder Jonathan Hill realised how important good food was due to his father passing away from eating poorly. My partners and I founded Reel Paper with the goal of adding the positive experience of social responsibility to the simple e-comm purchase of a household staple: toilet paper. Photo Credit: Michelle Sievwright.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Technical Review South Korea United States 147

YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2011

Previously known as UnConference Singapore (in 2007-2009), Echelon has been primarily responsible, over the past few years, for unearthing some of Singapore’s and the region’s most promising technology startup companies. Venue: University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore. Event Details.

Singapore 160

Singapore Asia Angel Investor Cofounder 160

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The Startup Arena competition, part of Penn Olson ‘s two-day Startups in Asia Singapore conference, saw nineteen startups from all over Asia battle it out, with Singapore-based social collaborative learning platform Teamie emerging victorious. Mockups (Singapore). Flocations (Singapore). Teamie (Singapore).

Asia 164

Asia Taiwan Singapore Malaysia 164

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

If your company isn’t giving employees a cause — if the organization exists solely to create revenue, in other words — they won’t be partners. Organizations are populated by project-centered self-leaders who partner with one another when needed. I’m a fervent believer in the power of, well, believing in something.

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