Silicon Valley
New fund to build US$50m bridge between Silicon Valley, SEA
Malaysians hope to benefit from impending Series A crunch in US
To acquire stakes in promising US startups, match them in Malaysia
Owe$ome at the Valley, and lessons therein
Team Owe$ome, which won the leg of AngelHack in early June with its debt collection app, went to Silicon Valley to compete in the international edition, placing third among the 35 global startups it went up against. In this, the second of a two-part article, Owe$ome ‘creative head and idea founder’ Joann Soon talks about her experience in the Valley.
Malaysia’s QuickSchools building momentum in the US
The wind is certainly in the sails of QuickSchools, Inc, probably the only Malaysian startup that has relocated to the United States because that’s where it is seeing the most traction for its online school management system.
Unseen gap in ecosystem, and techies in their cocoons
There are two things missing in the Malaysian startup ecosystem -- sufficient English language proficiency and an emotional support system for entrepreneurs, writes DNA founder Karamjit Singh.
Disrupt on tech startups: It’s about people, people
In all the talks and discussion on technology entrepreneurship and how to nurture startup ecosystems, a critical part that is often neglected is the human element, argued the panellists at a DNA-TeAM Disrupt session.
WebCampKL founder Wu Han joins Disrupt
As the leader of the pack at the increasingly popular WebCampKL community of hackers and geeks, the ebullient Ngeow Wu Han needs little introduction within the startup scene in Kuala Lumpur. He joins DNA-TeAM’s Sept 19 Disrupt session as a panellist, alongside David E. Weekly.
Disrupt #11: Hacker lessons from the Valley
Describing himself as “a nerd who loves people, likes giving people hugs on sight, a trouble-maker with run-ins with Stanford Network Security – among others,” David E. Weekly is heading to Kuala Lumpur this week and will be a panellist on the 11th DNA-TeAM Disrupt.
‘Owe$ome’ Malaysian team at AngelHack looking for sponsorship
Owe$ome, the team of Malaysian developers which won the local leg of AngelHack, touted to be the world’s biggest hackathon, is seeking sponsorship and support from individuals and organisations as they prep to compete against the world’s best in Silicon Valley.
A festering pain, and MDeC goes to the Valley
In Part 2 of an interview with MDeC’s Badlisham Ghazali, the focus is on the International Advisory Panel being held in the Silicon Valley and the need for MSC companies to be based in high-rent cyber centres.
