Cradle
Cradle-GGV funding pact to also help plug entrepreneur brain drain
The one-to-one funding partnership announced last month by Malaysia’s Cradle Fund and Singapore-headquartered Golden Gate Ventures aims to not only bridge the funding gap in the local ecosystem, but also arrest the ‘entrepreneurial brain drain,' says Cradle chief Nazrin Hassan.
Cradle and Golden Gate in 1:1 matching fund pact
Cradle, a non-profit under Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance, has joined forces with Singapore-based seed fund provider Golden Gate Ventures to co-invest in Malaysian early-stage technology companies.
Taking merchandising from brick-and-mortar to the digital age
Threes & Tees is a digital merchandising platform that takes care of all a brand’s merchandising needs, from e-commerce, payment and procurement to fulfilment and even design. A. Asohan speaks to its founder Ija Mohan.
Portal for internships with Asian startups launched
A group of Malaysian ecosystem players has rolled out Launchpad, an ‘internship aggregator’ that aims to provide students and fresh graduates with access to information on the best internships offered by the startup sector in Asia.
Short red skirts, sexy long legs … and startups
Malaysia has produced some of South-East Asia’s most successful dotcom and ICT companies, and has much to offer the smart investor, but is somehow not on investors’ radars, writes Dr V. Sivapalan.
SecQ.me cuts prices for Watch Over Me personal safety app
SecQ.me Sdn Bhd has cut the price of its Watch Over Me personal safety app from RM80 a year to RM36 for the full service, for those who download it before Jan 31, 2014.
Week in Review: Sexy sells, even in a tech portal
The fact that the week’s most-read story was about a ‘naughty’ blog and not one about the serious issues affecting the tech ecosystem has DNA founder Karamjit Singh bemused.
Malaysian angel network ties up with European counterpart
The Malaysian Business Angels Network (MBAN) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) to support the development of angel investors in both economies.
iMoney raises US$2m in Series A funding from international investors
Financial comparison startup iMoney Group announced it has raised US$2 million in a Series A funding round led by Jungle Ventures, with other investors being Econa AG, Rebright Partners, IMJ Fenox, Fenox Venture Capital, 500 Startups, Vogel Ventures and angel investor Lim Der Shing.
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.
