We have already seen the first wave of unicorns built by founders returning home. These founders were able to effectively self-fund and more importantly communicate and build relationships with stakeholders outside their domestic ecosystems. Establishing a shared etiquette and communication with your investors is one of the easiest multiplier to unlock and attract the best stakeholders, for the next wave of rockstar founders.
Read MoreBangladesh agri-fintech startup iFarmer raises seed funding of US$500,000 from Accelerating Asia and unnamed angels from Singapore, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Read MoreEarly-stage venture capital fund Accelerating Asia today announced it is changing how it invests, with startups eligible to receive up to S$200,000 investment from Accelerating Asia via a SAFE note.
Read MoreThe Accelerating Asia team is excited to announce our first Gender Advisory Committee. Made up of people with experience across corporates, non-government, startups, investment and not-for-profit, the Committee will provide strategic advice to the Accelerating Asia team on how we can take our gender investing initiatives to our activities to the next level next level.
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Meet Jennifer Villalobos, Accelerating Asia Mentor and Investor. Why did she decide to become an angel investor? To pay it forward and create a legitimate portfolio for the future.
Read MoreThe world’s most prominent startup ecosystem, Silicon Valley, has chosen SAFEs to be the de facto document to use for early-stage startup investment as they are more streamlined, cheaper to execute, and easier to due diligence than other options. At Accelerating Asia we agree and also use SAFEs for our own startup investments and we also facilitate other investments in our portfolio companies through SAFEs.
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There’s a fundamental shift happening globally across all industries. Social impact is not just a ‘nice to have’ anymore, it’s expected. As a venture fund and startup accelerator, we’ve experienced a shift in the conversations that we’re having with our partners and investors. Impact is no longer considered only a philanthropic endeavour but something that adds real value to the commercial deals and partnerships that we are part of and that we facilitate with our startups.
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Earlier this week, Y Combinator Founder Sam Altman lost a US$100k bet about the 2015 bubble. He might have lost on some things but he was right about 2/3 - the growth of mid-stage companies and the YC batch. Entrepreneur in Residence, Nesh Sooriyan explores what this means in the SEA context & how investors can gain from investing in early-stage companies.
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Accelerating Asia, a startup accelerator and early stage venture capital fund headquartered in Singapore, has formally unveiled its second cohort. The ten startups that comprise Accelerating Asia’s second cohort hail from six countries including Australia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Singapore. They have already raised over S$2 million in funding ahead of the programme, employ close to 200 people and have an average monthly recurring revenue of over S$40,000.
Read MoreIn case you missed it, Accelerating Asia has opened applications for our Gender Advisory Group. Why have we decided to appoint a Gender Advisory Group? Well, for our first year of operations, we think we’ve done pretty well in promoting a safe, inclusive and diverse ecosystem, as well as initiatives that drive this forward.
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It seems like every week a new accelerator program is opening, yet if you ask around just as many seem to be closing their doors. Considering all of this and contemplating our career moves after muru-D, Amra Naidoo (who ran Operations and Marketing for muru-D) and I realized that there is a “third way” to operate a startup accelerator, and together we decided that we’re going to run with it…
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