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Meet our first Myanmar Startup! RecyGlo

Okka and Yamin are the Co-Founders of our Portfolio company, RecyGlo. They are on a mission to become the leading waste management solution platform in Southeast Asia that produces zero waste and zero carbon. RecyGlo works with partners from across the world including PwC, the World Bank, the US Embassy and Cardno. Here they talk about their experience with us as the first Myanmar company joining our flagship accelerator!

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Meet BeamAndGo: empowering Overseas Filipinos

Our portfolio company, BeamAndGo were part of Accelerating Asia’s flagship program for cohort 1. Here we interview BeamandGo Co-Founder Jonathon Chua on the team behind the magic and the startups product offerings. 3 We should also add, the Accelerating Asia team are big fans of Jon’s regular investor updates and Dad jokes.

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How to win a pitch competition

As we go through the regional Roadshow for Accelerating Asia, promoting the program, I thought it would be useful to provide a few tips on pitching.  

At each of our Roadshow events we have a pitch competition, with the winner gaining automatic entry to the second round of the application process.  Since our program typically receives well over 200 applications this can mean the startup gets a pass to leap past at least 150 other applications!

The pitch format is really basic:  A 1-minute pitch with no slides. Here’s some tips on how to ace your pitch.

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