Author: Karamjit Singh
Week in Review: Breaking through an impregnable wall
This week probably ranks as among the best weeks of the year for DNA in terms of interesting stories – stories that show Malaysian tech startups making important breakthroughs, writes Karamjit Singh.
Cradle moves into the VC space
Cradle CEO Nazrin Hassan talks to DNA about the RM60-million early-stage fund his agency is establishing with MyEG.
TS Wong on MyEG’s RM60mil partnership with Cradle
MyEG is partnering Cradle to set up a RM60-million (US$19-million) seed fund; its founder TS Wong talks to DNA about what the fund intends to do, and why he is involved.
MOL’s Ganesh Kumar Bangah morphs into … property tycoon?
MOL Global's iconic founder and CEO Ganesh Kumar Bangah is building a property project in his home state of Johor, saying however that MOL will always be his 'core.'
Pioneering semiconductor player Globetronics still hungry
It was the hot startup of its era, but pioneering semiconductor player Globetronics, with an unbroken string of profitable quarters since its inception in 1991, doesn't look like slowing down yet. In fact, it is aiming to be a billion-ringgit revenue company by 2016.
Week in Review: We’ve a darn good thing going here
While there are weaknesses in our startup ecosystem, such weaknesses are not unique to Malaysia, but recent developments have given DNA founder Karamjit Singh hope that we will probably overcome these faster than anyone else.
Market size crunch for Malaysian startups?
Nobuaki Kitagawa, director of overseas investment at CyberAgent Ventures, says that as an early stage investor, it doesn't really look for revenue but rather market traction in terms of users and the potential of the startup -- which is one of the reasons it has not invested in any Malaysian startup yet.
Week in Review: Time to recognise Dash for what he is
Karamjit Singh shares what he thinks of a Malaysian who is seen as a real influencer in the global startup space.
GEW president on the role of public policy in entrepreneurship
Digital News Asia speaks to Jonathan Ortmans, president of Global Entrepreneurship Week and Senior Fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which is often described as the world’s leading body focused on entrepreneurship.
Prabhu Mobile launches MVNO via Enabling Asia
Nepali-based remittance player Prabhu Money Transfer has become Enabling Asia’s second Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with the launch of Prabhu Mobile services, targeted exclusively at its 200,000 monthly walk-in remittance customers in Malaysia.
