Social Enterprise
Tech community bands together to help refugees
Techfugees looks to expand its reach beyond Europe into South-East Asia in a bid to broaden its mission by utilising technology to create innovative solutions to help displaced refugees.
New ECF platform Ata Plus launches, in for the long haul
An equity crowdfunding platform that brings good companies to investors who wish to support those doing things right – that’s what Ata Plus hopes to be known as.
Unicef funding available for startups that help children
Unicef is inviting technology startups with the potential to improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children to apply for funding from its recently launched global Innovation Fund.
Goodtizens acquires social enterprise startup Start Now for US$380K
Singapore-based social enterprise and ‘civic technology’ startup Start Now Pte Ltd announced it has been acquired by Goodtizens Technologies Pte Ltd, a spinoff company by The GoodWater Company Pte Ltd.
Mavcap makes RM2.95mil investment in SimplyGiving.com
The Malaysian Government’s venture capital arm Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd (Mavcap) has invested RM2.95 million (US$690,000 at current rates) in social crowdfunding platform SimplyGiving.com.
Malaysian not-for-profits to get a Google leg up
Google Malaysia has launched a programme that it says will enable not-for-profit organisations in the country to go further in their mission to serve their respective causes by leveraging some of its most well known tools for free or for a highly discounted rate.
MaGIC hits Year One with CEO Yeoh hitting her stride
A more confident Cheryl Yeoh looks forward to the next 12 months at MaGIC, with the smooth execution of the MaGIC Accelerator Programme a big target.
Malaysia unveils social enterprise blueprint
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has launched the Malaysian Social Enterprise Blueprint 2015-2018, a three-year strategic roadmap for developing a social enterprise ecosystem.
VADS and VMware to jointly deliver DaaS and enterprise social solutions
Integrated managed ICT/ BPO service provider VADS Bhd and US cloud and virtualisation giant VMware Inc have agreed to extend their collaboration to provide managed Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) and enterprise social networking services.
Businesses know social is critical, but still struggling: Hootsuite
The majority of organisations surveyed in a Hootsuite Social Business Benchmark believe social media is critical to staying competitive and engaging audiences, yet admitted they face challenges in deriving value from the data they mine from social and aligning departments.
