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Taking a portfolio approach to investing in female founders
Amra is Co-Founder of Accelerating Asia and General Partner at Accelerating Asia Ventures. Amra has been involved in 80 investments with startups and SMEs. She is the Southeast Asia Lead for Shaper Impact Capital and Outgoing Curator for Global Shapers Singapore and host of the Doing Good Podcast
Meet our Mentor: Rupam Biswas
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What's next in hotel tech?
Gerry Mangentang is the Co-Founder of IZY.ai, a hotel tech startup that provides a flexible mobile concierge platform for hotels that aims to help hotels increase their revenues from guest consumptions. IZY mobile concierge platform enables hotels to offer their in-house services to guests, such as Room Service, Amenities, Spa and Activities as well as enabling hotels to collaborate with external partners and offer more products or services. To date, IZY.ai has onboarded more than 75 hotels in Indonesia with commitments from 8 top hotel chains in Indonesia with properties spread out in Bali, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and other regions.
IZY.ai joined the Accelerating Asia portfolio in January 2020. If you’re interested in investing alongside us or connecting with IZY.ai, please reach out to us via email.
How data science is changing education
Hazel Wei is the Co-Founder of Joni.AI, an AI-powered adaptive assessment platform that personalises education and helps students to make sense of their learning data. Joni.AI received S$100,000 investment from Accelerating Asia and joined the portfolio in January 2020.
If you’re interested in investing alongside us or connecting with Joni.ai, please reach out to us via email.
How to build a successful early-stage startup portfolio
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Craig Bristol Dixon is Co-Founder of Accelerating Asia and General Partner Accelerating Asia Ventures. He has been involved in 100+ investment rounds in startups as either a founder, institutional investor or Angel investor.
What's the deal with SAFE notes? Craig explains
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Craig Bristol Dixon is Co-Founder of Accelerating Asia and General Partner Accelerating Asia Ventures. He has been involved in 50+ investment rounds in startups as either a founder, institutional investor or Angel investor.
The bet Sam Altman lost and why Southeast Asia will drive future alpha
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Nesh Sooriyan is Entrepreneur in Residence at Accelerating Asia, an early-stage venture capital fund and award winning accelerator. Connect with Nesh on LinkedIn
What I learnt from incorporating in Singapore
About the Author
Wasim Uz Zaman is a Co-Founder of Loop Freight, a technology-enabled logistics company in Bangladesh. Loop Freight is one of the ten startups from Accelerating Asia Cohort 1. During the Accelerating Asia program, Loop added 1000 trucks to their system, moved 3200 tonnes of goods and on-boarded 3 AAA-rated shippers.
Why a high-growth Bangladeshi startup chose Singapore?
About the Author
Fahim Salam is a Co-Founder of Loop Freight, a technology-enabled logistics company in Bangladesh. Loop Freight is one of the ten startups from Accelerating Asia Cohort 1. During the Accelerating Asia program, Loop added 1000 trucks to their system, moved 3200 tonnes of goods and on-boarded 3 AAA-rated shippers.
A framework for the Edtech revolution in Asia
Nesh is an Entrepreneur in Residence with Accelerating Asia. He is the former Product Manager at gaming unicorn Virtual Gaming World and previously founded Swiss-based commodities trading app Bamboo Core AG which provides real-time proof of solvency for traders. Nesh has participated in 53 pre-series A deals, raised +$10M and completed three prior trade sale exits over a 5-year horizon. His ecosystem experience includes being a chapter Director of Founder Institute and Manager of Learning and Programs for Spacecubed. Founder Institute included the recruitment and support of 32 early-stage founders.
Founder Decision Making At Scale - MinMax Regret
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