Facebook Accelerator Singapore showcases 14 startups selected for season 2
Facebook, along with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), has announced the names of the 14 startups attending the second edition of its accelerator programme in Singapore.
The 6-month programme aims to support innovative, data-driven startups across the Asia Pacific region.
The 14 startups are:
Lucep: A sales and marketing tool that connects leads from FB ads directly with their sales agents
Outside Voice: A platform that allows market researchers to consumers via video chatbots to reduce research time.
Privyr: A CRM (customer relationship management) built for sales professionals who operate their businesses from the phone.
Trabble: A SaaS platform for businesses in the travel and hospitality sector to automate guest engagement on their channels
UIB: Created the UnificationEngine® Conversational IoT platform to create frictionless onboarding and communications between people and devices.
Aris: The first and largest social commerce on Facebook Live
Assemblr: A platform to create, discover, share augmented reality experiences
AVANA: Social commerce enabler that helps businesses convert social media from promotional to transactional
Ecomobi: A social selling platform that enables brands to sell products directly to users via social seller community and AI chatbot
Halosis : A social commerce platform that integrates AI chatbot and personalized solutions to help social media sellers convert chat into sales.
Infofed: The leading eSports company in Thailand with both offline and online platforms
Qiscus: A conversational platform that helps businesses embrace the power of conversations to deliver excellent customer experience.
Social Light: Places WiFi in low-income communities and monetizes by collecting plastics and exchanging free WiFi subsidized by brands
TravelFlan: B2B2C full-suite AI Digital Solution provider utilizing AI, Big Data and Machine Learning into travel and lifestyle sectors
1337 Ventures launches digital accelerator in Malaysia
Malaysia-based 1337 Ventures has announced the launch of its fully online accelerator programme.
Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator is an initiative to help up-and-coming startups, together with those who are unsure about financial or job stability, and would like to dabble in entrepreneurship. This programme will help equip participants with the skills needed to run their business.
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“Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator will take you through ideation, validation, marketing, and prototyping; leaving you with a working prototype, pitch deck ready for fundraising, and more than US$10,000 worth of support systems. The top-3 teams will also be funded up to RM 20,000 per team (US$4,600), together with a 6-month mentorship, go-to-market partners, and further funding to take their idea to the next level,” says Bikesh Lakhmichand, CEO of 1337 Ventures.
The 10-day programme (spaced over five weeks) will provide participants with Design Thinking and Lean Startup methodologies that will allow them to create a startup quickly to scale and remain resilient even in unprecedented times like COVID-19 outbreak.
At the end of the programme, the Top 10 teams will be able to pitch their idea in Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator’s first online Demo Day.
Applications close on April 3, and the programme will commence on April 6.
Greg Meehan steps in as Supahands Chief Revenue Officer
Supahands, a Machine Learning and AI startup headquartered in Malaysia, has announced the appointment of Greg Meehan as its new Chief Revenue Officer.
In this role, Meehan will be responsible for taking Supahands’s growth forward and driving its revenue strategies.
Meehan joined Supahands in 2016 as Head of Sales and worked in ensuring client satisfaction and retention, talent acquisition and driving business development teams.
“Greg has played a significant role here at Supahands by driving strategic decision-making to determine Supahands’s best business direction at a specific point in time. This has helped accelerate our growth over the years by adapting to market demands,” said CEO Mark Koh.
Revolut joins hands with GovTech to make verification process easier for users
Revolut has announced a partnership with GovTech to reduce the need of providing verification documents for its users in Singapore while signing up for an account with the fintech firm.
The feature, to be launched during early April of 2020, will also allow customers to sign up on the platform using their SingPass details.
“Our goal is to provide users with a single financial-management platform. It is important for us to ensure that our customers can use Revolut cards for daily transactions with peace of mind. Our partnership with GovTech introduces the verification feature with a seamless process that will build greater security within the ecosystem,” said Eddie Lee, APAC Regional Director of Operations at Revolut.
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Since Revolut’s entry into Singapore, the app has introduced several features like metal visa card, apple pay integration and has recently offered new remittance routes to countries like India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
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Image Credit: Alex Haney, 1337 Ventures, Supahands, Revolut
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