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Metaversum Lands Red Herring Award
Metaversum, maker of 3D online world Twinity, has been awarded a Red Herring 100 Europe award.
Walden International puts S$2million into Brandtology
Online intelligence service provider Brandtology today announced that it has received a capital injection of S$2 million from venture capital fim Walden International.
SUPERMODELME.tv To Hit A Computer Screen Near You
Singapore-based Refinery Media announces the launch of SUPERMODELME.tv, where ten models from across Asia will slug it out to be Asia's next hottest face.
News: Of Blue Skies, Ideas and Exploits
BlueSky Festival 2009; Incubator for Disruptive Enterprise and Start-ups (Ideas) Fund; Exploit Technologies Portfolio Companies Come Good
Four Singapore Startups Enter Global Business Plan Competition by DFJ and Cisco
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Cisco has announced four local startups - TheMobileGamer, Phokki, E-Thermity and Zimplistic - as the Singapore entrants to their recently announced global business plan competition.
Mobile Alliance Announced At CommunicAsia 2009
A number of Singapore's mobile software companies, including various Singapore startups, announced at CommunicAsia 2009 the formation of Mobile Alliance, the country's first mobile software association.
SPRING Announces New Entrepreneurship Training Scheme for PMETs
SPRING Singapore announces an entrepreneurship training scheme to equip professionals and executives who aspire to be entrepreneurs with relevant skills to start and run a business.
isocket Announces Series A
New Silicon Valley startup and advertising platform isocket announces the closing of a US$2 million early stage funding round from a group of investors led by Tim Draper at Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Charlene Li’s Altimeter Group Announces New Partners
Internet pioneer Deborah Schultz, and former Forrester Research analysts R "Ray" Wang and Jeremiah Owyang joins Charlene Li at Altimeter Group.
New SealCOS™ Web Certification Helps Consumers Identify Official Sites
The SealCOS™ mark helps identify correct, official websites for brands and organizations, making it simple for consumers to discern tem from inauthentic sites.
NRF Seeking Incubators To Nurture High Tech Startups
The National Research Foundation (NRF) recently announced its Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) to attract both local and foreign technology incubator investors to set up in Singapore and spur the growth of early-stage, high-tech startups here.
Here’s A Pitch on 140 Characters Or Less
Never mind an elevator pitch, what about a micro-pitch on Twitter with 140 characters or less?
Singapore Startups Kick Ass Overseas, Gets Ignored At Home As Usual
Last week, Singapore's startup scene witnessed an amazing success streak.
SmartLoans.sg Gets Smarter, Makes Money
Singapore startup SmartLoans.sg, which caters to the Singapore property market, has made some massive changes to its online mortgage comparison service.
Angels Den Sets Up In Singapore
Angels Den, Europe's largest angel network with more than 3000 angels, has expanded to Singapore.
2C2P In Prestigious Red Herring Global 1000 Award List
Singapore-based payment solutions provider 2C2P was declared one of the winners of the Red Herring Global 100 Award last Friday, out of 1,200 companies from North America, Europe, and Asia.
Founder Institute Launches In Singapore; Entrepreneurs Spoilt For Choice?
Founder's Institute, a seed-stage mentoring and incubator program, officially announces a Spring 2010 semester for Singapore.
BT, SPRING And IE Announces New Magazine for SMEs
A new magazine that focuses on the needs of Singapore's small and medium-sized businesses, The SME Magazine, will be hitting the streets.
Founder Institute Singapore Extends Deadline; Adds New Mentors
Founder Institute has extended its application deadline for its program in Singapore to 7 March 2010 and has also added four new mentors to guide startup founders.
JamiQ Gets New CEO; Plans For Future Growth
Many startup founders find it very difficult to hand over the reins of their company into more seasoned hands, but Singapore-based startup JamiQ has done it not just once, but twice, in a year.
This Week in Asia Episode 35: Saumil Nanavati from Chlkboard
What’s the story behind Chlkboard and what followed after the launch of the first beta in 21 days? This Week in Asia has the story, in conjunction with Echelon 2010.
This Week in Asia Episode 30: Jeffrey Paine from Founder Institute
ThisWeekInAsia speaks to Jeffrey Paine, from Founder Institute and also a managing partner at Battle Ventures, regarding the opening of Founder Institute and how the course has been ongoing in Singapore for the past few weeks.
This Week in Asia Episode 33: Ian McKee from Vocanic
Ian McKee from Vocanic shares their story, and how it has deployed word of mouth marketing, social media and technology to help brands in spreading their word out to a market out there.
This Week in Asia Episode 36: Daniel Raffel from Yahoo
TWIA asks Daniel Raffel, the senior product manager in Yahoo, how he has taken lessons as a professional cook (he worked as four-star chef in Thomas Keller’s NYC restaurant) and applied them to product management in Yahoo.
Chlkboard Opens APIs; Extends Ads To Other Mobile Services
Singapore-based mobile location-based marketing solutions provider Chlkboard last week opened its API to developers, allowing them to push contextual location-relevant ads into their own mobile services.
This Week In Asia Episode 52: Asia Coming Of Age?
For Episode 52, TWIA has Akky Akimoto, the founder of Asiajin.com is here with them as a special guest. Topics include Apple iPhone 4, Apple vs Google/Admob, Gree, Zynga, Google TV, etc.
This Week in Asia Episode 56: Attack of The Groupon Clones
This Week In Asia discusses the emergence of Groupon clones in Asia, Microsoft’s dropping of Kin, Froyo on Huawei's Chinese Android phones, Mixi making a minor Linkedin, Amazon’s acquisition of Woot and differences between e-commerce in Southeast Asia & East Asia.
This Week in Asia Episode 57: Robert & Matthew from myGengo
This Week in Asia gets co-founders Robert Laing and Matthew Romaine of myGengo, a Japanese start-up which deliver value for users to order cheap and high quality translations on the web, into their virtual studioto talk about the company and the challenges in fund-raising and setting up in Japan.
This Week in Asia Episode 61: This is Social Media!
The TWIA crew is back to discuss the interesting stories that dominate the Asian mobile, web and technology landscape this week.
This Week in Asia Episode 63: The End of Friendster
The This Week In Asia crew is back this week with a laser focus on acquisitions that are spreading across Asia.