| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.02.2022 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Haulmate | Haulmate allows anyone that's moving house to organise everything they need to do in hours and not days, we really focused on helping our customers do that.
We're essentially a connected ecosystem that allows anyone to move house to organi... |
| 09.02.2022 | PriyoShop is digitising supply chain for retailers in Bangladesh | Imagine PriyoShop could impact over 4.5 million people and their families who represent 30% of the gross domestic products of Bangladesh! That’s the promise with retailers who create $18.42 billion sales with $16.72 billion of inventory val... |
| 26.01.2022 | ChatGenie raises investment | Fast-growing Multi-Channel Commerce Platform development startup company, ChatGenie, reached another milestone by raising additional capital in its recent fundraising campaign as part of Accelerating Asia’s fifth cohort.
The funding it sec... |
| 11.12.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Sohopathi | - |
| 07.12.2021 | Casa Mia Coliving Closes US$400k round | Singapore-headquartered start-up Casa Mia Coliving has raised US$400,000 in pre-seed funding from angel investors in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Italy and Qatar. The funds will accelerate its room count in Singapore and its plans to laun... |
| 23.11.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: ChatGenie | - |
| 16.11.2021 | KaryaKarsa closes seed funding round | - |
| 15.11.2021 | Our Results in Numbers | - |
| 11.11.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Mayani | - |
| 09.11.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Dana Money | - |
| 02.11.2021 | Accelerating Asia Deploys First Investment From Fund ll & Launches Cohort 5 of High-Growth Startups | - |
| 28.10.2021 | Learning to Say No | - |
| 14.10.2021 | SWAP closes $1.25M in Seed Funding | SWAP, Bangladesh’s first re-commerce platform raises $1.25M in Seed Funding, led by Accelerating Asia with participation from ZA Capital Advisory, Bangladesh Angels and Southeast Asian angel investors.
Bangladesh being the 8th largest coun... |
| 07.10.2021 | TransTRACK.ID raises SGD 750k to make Indonesian roads safer | TransTRACK.ID, the Indonesian, next-generation fleet management platform, today announced an SGD 750k seed financing round. Led by Singapore-based, early-stage venture capital firm Cocoon Capital, the round was also joined by the Indonesian... |
| 30.09.2021 | Social Capital: The Most Important Currency | Good startup founders are obsessed with money.
They have to be.
Money is the oxygen that a business needs to stay alive. When the human body experiences extreme cold, blood rushes away from the extremities to the most crucial areas of the... |
| 21.09.2021 | Your Amplify FAQs Answered | - |
| 17.09.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Metaco | - |
| 13.09.2021 | 10 Mistakes Startups Make | I’ve seen a bunch and had some big ups and some big downs. I haven’t been the most successful, but I’ve enjoyed my career and perhaps gained a little wisdom along the way. Certainly I like to think that I’ve made enough mistakes to at least... |
| 09.09.2021 | Meet Alex, our EiR | Get to know Alex Miller our Entrepreneur in Residence. Originally from New York City, Alex got his start in NYC's Silicon Alley in 1999, before moving to Asia to work for renren.com, GetCraft.com and creadits.com. He’s worked as an Entrepre... |
| 07.09.2021 | Accelerators, Incubators, Venture Builders: What's the Difference? | The startup ecosystem is growing rapidly in Southeast Asia and so are the different players in it. While the big ticket later stage VCs remain the biggest investors, under the canopy at the early stage lie some important players as well - l... |
| 02.09.2021 | Accelerating Asia Launches US$20 Million Fund ll | - |
| 02.09.2021 | Accelerating Asia's unique approach to Seed investing | According to Cambridge Associates, 74% of historical returns from startup investing comes from the first institutional cheque, typically called the “Seed” stage investment. Investing at this stage is riskier as it often comes before real pr... |
| 16.08.2021 | The Deal on VC Portfolios: the bigger the better? | When starting out as a fund investor, you are faced with the age-old question of whether to adopt a concentrated or diversified portfolio strategy. Should you bet in a smaller number of startups with larger cheque sizes or in a larger numbe... |
| 16.08.2021 | Meet our Junior Program Manager: Winnie Toh | - |
| 16.08.2021 | Three Ways To Invest in Startups | - |
| 12.08.2021 | 5 Marketing Tools to Help Startups Fundraise | Raising capital and building a startup all at once when you’re an early founder with just a co-founding team and a million things to do.
Having the right tools and an actual system can help you manage the different workloads, priorities an... |
| 12.08.2021 | 5 Questions to Ask BEFORE Investing | It is that time of the year, we’re making the tough decisions about which startups we will invest in next and take to join our portfolio. We have screened thousands of startups and there are a few questions that we definitely ask founders t... |
| 11.08.2021 | Panalyt Raises $3M Round | Panalyt has successfully closed a US$3 million seed round, led by D4v and including the Chiba Dojo Fund and Headline Asia.
Due to the growth of Panalyt in Japan, and the huge potential of that market, as well as the strong interest level a... |
| 06.08.2021 | How we supercharge startups | Disclaimer
In making an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of startups and the terms of the investment including the merits and risks involved. Prospective investors should not construe this content as legal, ... |
| 04.08.2021 | Why We Invest in Healthtech | - |
| 28.07.2021 | Meet Pulkit, our Venture Associate | - |
| 26.07.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Bonton Connect | - |
| 22.07.2021 | Drive lah raises US$3.2M to transform shared mobility | - |
| 21.07.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: z-Waka | - |
| 21.07.2021 | What you need done to get $$$ in the bank from VCs | - |
| 08.07.2021 | Fundraising is like selling ketchup | - |
| 01.07.2021 | How To Hack Your Own Accelerator | - |
| 24.06.2021 | The Nitty Gritty of Pre vs Post Money | Accelerating Asia invests up to US$250k into eligible startups joining the flagship 100-day program for Pre-Series A startups. We invest using a post-money SAFE note. Applications are now closed for investment but you can join the waitlist ... |
| 18.06.2021 | Accelerating Asia Increases Startup Investment; Sees US$27M Raised From Its 36 High Growth Startups | - |
| 12.06.2021 | Meet our Portfolio: Waitrr | - |
| 11.06.2021 | Why can't my startup close investment? | Why can’t my startup close startup funding?
That is a question we get a lot from all the Founders we work with through our flagship program and Amplify, our digital pre-accelerator.
And from all startups we’ve worked with, quite a few, we... |
| 05.06.2021 | Meet our Portfolio: Independents | - |
| 01.06.2021 | Shuttle raises US$750k to transform mass-transport | - |
| 22.05.2021 | Meet our Portfolio: Amar Lab | - |
| 08.05.2021 | Meet our Portfolio: Drive lah | - |
| 30.04.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Amble | - |
| 28.04.2021 | Meet our Portfolio: Kopi Date | In 2021, Kopi Date (by &Closer) joined Cohort 4 of Accelerating Asia’s 100-day flagship program.
As part of our award-winning accelerator, Kopi Date (by &Closer) will receive access to resources, access, and tools to fast-track gro... |
| 13.04.2021 | Accelerating Asia Announces Its Largest Accelerator Cohort Of 11 High Potential Early-Stage Southeast and South Asian Startups | - |
| 08.04.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Arogga | - |
| 06.04.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Waitext | - |
| 06.04.2021 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: VikRee | - |
| 27.03.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Shuttle | - |
| 19.03.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Joni.ai | - |
| 19.03.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Priyoshop | - |
| 12.03.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: MyBrand | - |
| 10.03.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: TalentTribe | - |
| 08.03.2021 | Portfolio Spotlight: Romoni | It’s widely known that the majority of venture money still goes to startups that have no women on their founding team. According to PitchBook’s latest report, in the US, while there was a 13% increase in VC funding to startups overall, the ... |
| 24.02.2021 | Meet our Venture Partner: Chalinda | Where is your hometown?
Colombo, Sri Lanka!
Tell us about yourself and your past experience?
I received my primary and secondary education from Mahanama College Colombo 03. I went on to complete my Bachelors in Information Systems & ... |
| 18.02.2021 | Unlocking the potential of great partnerships between startups and corporates | Accelerating Asia is most well-known for our work with startups through our flagship accelerator and venture fund.
(By the way startup founders, if you’re reading this, join the waitlist for our next cohort here or become a part of our pre... |
| 06.02.2021 | Meet our Portfolio: KaryaKarsa | - |
| 03.02.2021 | Meet Gideon: our Venture Intern | Where is your hometown?
I’m Singaporean, born and raised.
Tell us about yourself?
Hi everyone, Gideon here. In the long term, I look forward to contributing to the SME and startup space in Singapore as an Enterprise Singapore Scholar aft... |
| 21.01.2021 | Meet William: our Program & Community Associate | William is our Program & Community Associate, you’ll catch him engaging with our Amplify startups on Slack, sharing resources and helping keep our programs running smoothly! Amplify live sessions officially start Feb 11, find out more.
... |
| 21.01.2021 | Meet our Venture Partner: Amar Bedi | Your background and experience
Where is your hometown?
Originally from Delhi, I have been living in Singapore for 5+ years now, consider both to be home.
What is one thing that people might be surprised to learn about you?
I am a certifie... |
| 31.12.2020 | Our Results in Numbers | - |
| 29.12.2020 | Do you have what it takes to make it through to Accelerating Asia? | Only 1.5% of startups who apply are accepted to join Accelerating Asia - do you have what it takes?
As we gear up for cohort 4 of Accelerating Asia, common questions we get asked are: How to get selected? What do you look for in a startup?... |
| 29.12.2020 | How we invest in startups | Accelerating Asia’s flagship 100-day award-winning startup accelerator is backed by our early-stage Venture Capital Fund regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Through our Fund, we invest in the high-growth, pre-Series A startups... |
| 26.12.2020 | Accelerating Asia injects additional funding into iFarmer | - |
| 20.12.2020 | Meet our Portfolio: Energy Lite | - |
| 19.12.2020 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: Jagofon | - |
| 19.12.2020 | Amplify Startup Spotlight: ParkingKoi | - |
| 28.11.2020 | Is your cap table derailing your startup's fundraising? | You’ve got your pitch down to an art, not to mention your professionally designed deck. Your metrics are growing nicely through organic growth. VCs are taking second and third meetings. But recently, after sending through your cap table int... |
| 24.11.2020 | Demo Day Cohort 3 | Accelerating Asia hosted virtual Demo Day for Cohort 3 startups from 4 countries and includes diverse verticals from healthtech to SaaS and transport.
Watch the replay of startup pitches above. And in case you missed the full event, on the... |
| 20.11.2020 | Meet our Portfolio: MyBrand | Indonesia F&B eCommerce platform MyBrand received investment from our early stage VC fund and were part of Accelerating Asia Cohort 3. Here we talked to Founder Louise Lautan about her experience with the 100-day flagship accelerator pr... |
| 13.11.2020 | Angel investors; the unsung heroes of a vibrant startup ecosystem? | As part of Angel360, we deep dive into the key focus areas and pain points for angel investors, from sourcing deals, negotiations and managing a portfolio. Here’s a look behind why we think angel investors are a vital part of the startup ec... |
| 12.11.2020 | Introducing Angel360: level up your investing | Here at Accelerating Asia, we've been working on something special....introducing Angel360, our new 6-week virtual program to level up your Angel Investing in partnership with angel networks from across the region including ANGIN, Angel Hub... |
| 05.11.2020 | How to value early stage startups | - |
| 15.10.2020 | Meet our Portfolio: AskDr | - |
| 14.10.2020 | Meet our Venture Partner: Swami Sekar | - |
| 09.10.2020 | Meet ProjectPro | - |
| 24.09.2020 | Meet our portfolio: Romoni | Romoni have just launched their latest offering, an eCommerce platform where people can purchase over 1000 beauty products from 50 different brands. Here we talk with CEO and Co-Founder Armin about why she started Romoni and what’s next.
C... |
| 08.09.2020 | Accelerating Asia To Inject Funding Into Its Third Cohort Of Early-Stage, High-Growth Startups | Accelerating Asia is an award-winning accelerator and venture fund, headquartered in Singapore. It invests in high-growth pre-Series A startups across the region.
The startups have already raised over S$2 million in funding ahead of the pr... |
| 02.09.2020 | Meet Christine Amour-Levar | Christine Amour-Levar is a member of Accelerating Asia’s Gender Advisory Committee. A French-Swiss-Filipina Philanthropist, Adventurer, Entrepreneur and Author. Christine is a passionate advocate of female empowerment and environmental cons... |
| 26.08.2020 | Impact: embedded into what we do | With 65% of our portfolio now directly addressing one of more of the Sustainable Development Goals, I wanted to share more about how we’re approaching social impact and our plans as we continue to develop our work in this space.
For those ... |
| 14.08.2020 | Understanding Investor Etiquette | It’s normal that as disruption continues to move across borders there arises new homegrown founders across emerging ecosystems like Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Vietnam, to name a few. We have seen the first wave of u... |
| 06.08.2020 | Meet our portfolio: Talent Tribe | Tell us a little bit about TalentTribe?
TalentTribe is a job search platform that helps millennials research different companies & careers. Get an inside look into different companies' culture, office, people and day-to-day work life. ... |
| 28.07.2020 | Startup Fundraising is Messy | Enrol in Amplify powered by Accelerating Asia, our 6-week virtual program to help you FUNDRAISE, pitch and gain traction. Enrolments close Monday 21 September.
Startup Fundraising is messy.
But that’s ok. Like a cheeseburger, messy is goo... |
| 15.07.2020 | Meet Priyoshop: supercharging SMEs through eCommerce | Founded by Asikul Alam Khan, Dipty Mandal and Raisul Kabir, Priyoshop is the #1 last-mile eCommerce platform in Bangladesh that takes SMEs online, enabling them to connect with consumers and brands without having high overheads.
What is Pr... |
| 09.07.2020 | How your cohort multiplies the value of your business | - |
| 02.07.2020 | We made it to 2! | Wow, can you believe it? Exactly 2 years ago, Accelerating Asia was officially launched.
(Ok enough of that. We promise to keep all our terrible startup jokes and memes in Slack).
But in all seriousness, Accelerating Asia is only as stron... |
| 24.06.2020 | Meet IZY.ai - a travel tech startup who just closed a Seed round! | What is IZY.ai all about?
IZY.ai provides a flexible mobile concierge platform for hotels that allows hotels to digitize all of their services and boost revenues from guest consumptions. With hotels facing the new normal right now, going d... |
| 21.05.2020 | Meet our first Myanmar Startup! RecyGlo | Okka and Yamin are the Co-Founders of our Portfolio company, RecyGlo. They are on a mission to become the leading waste management solution platform in Southeast Asia that produces zero waste and zero carbon. RecyGlo works with partners fro... |
| 04.05.2020 | Agri-fintech startup iFarmer secures $500,000 in seed funding | Bangladesh agri-fintech startups raises seed funding of US$500,000 from Accelerating Asia and unnamed angels from Singapore, Bangladesh and Indonesia. To support the launch of new products and increased growth, iFarmer is seeking an additio... |
| 30.04.2020 | Accelerating Asia doubles down on investment; startups to receive S$200,000 | Singapore – 29 April 2020 – Early-stage venture capital fund Accelerating Asia today announced it is changing how it invests, with startups eligible to receive up to S$200,000 investment from Accelerating Asia via a SAFE note for around 7-1... |
| 16.04.2020 | Meet BeamAndGo: empowering Overseas Filipinos | Our portfolio company, BeamAndGo were part of Accelerating Asia’s flagship program for cohort 1. Here we interview BeamandGo Co-Founder Jonathon Chua on the team behind the magic and the startups product offerings. We should also add, the A... |
| 02.04.2020 | Meet Nitex: revolutionising SME apparel production | What is NITEX?
NITEX is a one-stop shop for small to medium fashion brands across the EU and North America to have an end-to-end apparel outsourcing solution. We cost-effectively provide product design, manufacturing, quality assurance and... |
| 31.03.2020 | Meet our inaugural Gender Advisory Committee | - |
| 25.03.2020 | How to approach decision making in a time of uncertainty | 2020 has gone quickly from feast to famine in many industries: Airlines, F&B, and live events being especially hard hit. However, it’s not all bad with a number of industries experiencing increased growth as a result of the COVID-19 sit... |
| 18.03.2020 | Three reasons we chose Accelerating Asia | Australian/Spanish startup Numu joined the Accelerating Asia program and portfolio as part of the January 2020 cohort.
Founded by Carlos Lopez and Haseeb Zia Burki, Numu is an app that enables brands to reward customers who promote their b... |
| 09.03.2020 | Taking a portfolio approach to investing in female founders | Taking a portfolio approach to investing in female founders
Last week the International Finance Corporation (IFC) released a report and quite frankly, the results were quite shocking to me.
In short the IFC found that:
Acceleration exace... |
| 25.02.2020 | Meet our Mentor: Rupam Biswas | - |
