Exclusive from e27: TechCrunch CTO Nik Cubrilovic in Singapore. 50 slots only. RSVP now!
Yes you heard it right! The CTO of TechCrunch, Nik Cubrilovic, is in Singapore and e27 is organizing a meetup with startups, developers and all you web technology enthusiasts. Nik is in Singapore working with the Fusion Garage team on the Crunchpad and it keen on meeting local startups and entrepreneurs.
Meetup Details:
Agenda: All things startups, founders, Silicon Valley, Asia, web trends, VCs, and other TechCrunch-related stuff.
Date: 18th August 2009
Time: 6.30pm to 9.30pm (or when beer runs out)
Location: Garag3, NUS (map here)
RSVP: Invite-only and First 50 people to RSVP/ comment on this post
Food/ Drinks: Burgers, drinks and beer will be sold for cheap.
e27′s *History* with TechCrunch
There’s always a backstory somewhere, though memories get murky over time or due to drinks then. ;) It started from the Techcrunch (TC) house @ Atherton, California back in 2005 (home of Nik Cubrilovic and Mike Arrington). The e27 guys (with original founder Noah Kagan) would attend and go on to hold parties or tech conferences with TC as host or in tow. When some of us came back to Singapore in 2006, we kept the links fresh and 3 years on, we are glad to close the loop and host them right here in Singapore.
Back in 2006, our sister organization, entrepreneur27.org, in Silicon Valley and Noah Kagan used to hold parties and technology meetups where startups startup entrepreneurs and investors would mingle and have tech talks over wine and BBQs. 3 years down the road, we’re organizing the first one ever in Asia, right in own backyard in the Garag3.
The Growth of the Web Startup Scene in Singapore, and beyond
The web technology and startups scene in Singapore has been steadily growing, since e27.sg started back in 2006. Apart from the excellent top down initiatives from the government we have seen pockets of innovation and communities sprouting over the years and contributing into growing the ecosystem and making it better for everyone. While it may look like it was a smooth process, in reality, the entire process was painstakingly built by the community, and didn’t just happen overnight.
In the early days, there were relatively unknown startups like Newscorp funded-wego.com, TenCube (identified by Red Herring as one of the 100 hottest tech startups in Asia and Tyler Projects (who’s Facebook game Battle Stations makes over USD$50k a month) who needed platforms to showcase themselves. Theses startups were hungry for talent, networks and the opportunites to showcase the innovation that they were building. The need was filled by blogs like e27.sg, sgentrepreneurs.com and youngupstarts.com (and not to mention a slew of other startups and web technology sites) who gave a voice to the community. They allowed startups to get noticed and for their ideas to be heard. Events like the unConference, GeekCamp and the TechGoondu meetup sessions filled the need for entrepreneurs to meet up with developers and investors, where they could look for developers to hire and meet angel investors/VCs for their next round of funding.
While all this was happening, brilliant minds were brewing the next round of startups from our tiny ecosystem. Through this boom, startups like GoThere.sg, TheMobileGamer, FAME, Orsiso and Fusion Garage emerged. Furthermore, we have our very own Jonathan Teo who’s a VC at Benchmark Capital. Though not all of these startups entirely benefited from community efforts and did well due to the community, it would be interesting to think if they would still be kicking today, if the growth over the last 2 – 3 years had not taken place.
e27 and TechCrunch
And now that we have TechCrunch taking a keen interest in Singapore and Asia and not forgetting that the Crunchpad is somewhat made in Singapore, we can clearly witness that Singapore is a hotspot for startups and innovation and the next 2 – 3 years is going to be more exciting than any one of us could have ever imagined.
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