Author: Karamjit Singh
#MyDigitalWorkforce movement, catalyst for talent to get on the K shaped economic recovery
Take advantage of many govt incentives to take various digital skills courses
LinkedIn describes hiring demand as “very high” in Malaysia vs Indon and Phil
‘No-brainer’ to invest in Malaysia, says Singapore’s Quest Ventures
Commits US$1mil from its AsiaFund 2 that had first close of US$30mil
‘The best people we imagine working with’ says James Tan on Scaleup Malaysia
Australians Darren Cooper, Robert Sultan appointed to Netccentric Ltd Board
Appointments represent emphasis on investor relations and corporate governance
Ganesh Kumar Bangah drives Netccentric business model into platform-centric one
Dropee raises US$1.3mil extended seed round to help wholesale businesses digitise
Strong position to help businesses go digital, Singapore expansion by end 2020
Averages 8k to 10k monthly purchase orders from over 12k retailers on platform
Digerati50: Aaron Sarma shines brightest
Successful exit now followed with active role in Malaysia’s startup ecosystem
Credits MDEC & Cradle Fund for critical support during entrepreneurial journey
The bold, the brave, the inspiring…meet the 2020/2021 batch of Digerati50
Highest number of female entrepreneurs in current Digerati50 edition
Malaysia’s Digital Economy will be built on back of its tech entrepreneurs
Puzzle over Rafiza Ghazali’s appointment at Cradle
Chairman Yvonne Chia, declines to give reasons for choice of an outsider
New CEO’s background shows no clear interest in tech, disruption, startups
Who? What! Why?
All eyes on execution of Mosti’s startup focused US$23mil relief facility
Cradle’s US$6.1mil grant eagerly awaited & deep tech programs from MaGIC
Ecosystem players urge for focus on Recovery phase as well, offer to assist
In boost to Malaysia’s ECF & P2P markets, MTDC allocates US$2.8mil co-investment fund
To co-invest US$2.3mil with pitchIN and US$460k with MicroLEAP
First govt agency to co-invest with an ECF platform in those that meet criteria
Aerodyne realising commercial benefit from its MCO work in Malaysia
3-days straight coding to build version 1 of GIS based platform
VertikalitiOps being commercialised in India, USA & Indonesia
