Posts by: Sneha Menon

Viki’s engineers on the post-Crunchies life (or lack of it)

by Sneha Menon

Viki’s engineers on the post-Crunchies life (or lack of it)

We first featured crowdsourced video subtitling site Viki (Ed: formerly known as Viikii… we wonder where the i’s wentfour months ago and since then, it has raised US$4.3 million in funding, launched a new version of the site, and was the first Singaporean startup to scoop the Best International

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March Founders Drinks with Meng Wong

by Sneha Menon

Founders Drinks is back for its March edition.

This time, we have two interesting companies presenting:

Pandamian – The easiest way to publish a book online.

NewsAnchorMac - An RSS reader that actually reads the news to you.

Because we didn’t have time to put the pitches up to a vote…

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Sneak Peek of prizes for the Startup Launchpad winner

by Sneha Menon

Sneak Peek of prizes for the Startup Launchpad winner

Echelon 2011 Startup Launchpad will spotlight the 10 best startups from Asia. The judges will pick the best startup from this pool and we have a great suite of startup-friendly prizes in store for them.

These prizes include: Three months rent-free at Plug and Play Tech Centre in…

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Echelon 2011 Startup Launchpad: Deadline Extended to Mar 8

by Sneha Menon

Echelon 2011 Startup Launchpad is set to showcase the best startups from Asia. If you’re looking for a platform to showcase your startup to over 1000 technology enthusiasts, look no further.

Remember, this application isn’t only for pitching at the Launchpad. It will also qualify you to take part in…

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Southeast Asia’s first Ruby and Rails conference is set for April

by Sneha Menon

Southeast Asia’s first Ruby and Rails conference is set for April

Singapore Ruby Brigade, one of the active tech communities of Ruby and Rails developers, is putting together RedDotRubyConf — a conference to discuss and learn from Rubyists around the world.

The conference features stalwart speakers including Yukihiro Matsumoto, better known as Matz, who is the founder of…

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Meet Scott Rafer at our next Founders Drinks

by Sneha Menon

Meet Scott Rafer at our next Founders Drinks

We’re happy to announce that Founders Drinks in Singapore and Jakarta this month will have a special guest — Scott Rafer.

Rafer is the chief executive at Omniar, which focuses on mapping information to real world objects. Rafer’s core focus is on building profitable businesses that solve usability problems posed…

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Media Monitors acquires Singapore’s Brandtology, heats up crowded brand monitoring space

by Sneha Menon

Media Monitors acquires Singapore’s Brandtology, heats up crowded brand monitoring space

Media Monitors, a media intelligence group headquartered in Australia, announced today the acquisition of a majority stake in Singapore-based brand monitoring company, Brandtology, for an undisclosed sum.

Launched in 2008, Brandtology has 170 analysts in 15 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. Brandtology provides brand monitoring services to…

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Feb Founders Drinks Singapore: Vote for your favorite idea

by Sneha Menon

Founders Drinks for February will happen on the 23rd at Pigeonhole. This time, there will be two product pitches followed by feedback sessions.

We will put all the ideas received by 12 noon on Mon, 21 Feb up to a public vote here. We’ve two ideas up for vote now.…

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Singapore’s Stream Media raises SGD1mil in Series A round

by Sneha Menon

Singapore-based mobile payment startup Stream Media announced today an investment of SGD1 million (US$790,000) from three firms including Stream Global (unrelated), SingTel Innov8 and the National University of Singapore.

The funding round was led by Stream Global, which is one of the incubators under the Singapore…

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Founder Institute Singapore applications open

by Sneha Menon

Founder Institute, an international mentorship-driven program to hone the skills of startup founders, has opened up application in Singapore for the first semester of this year.

Started in March 2010, Founder Institute Singapore has graduated 26 founders and 23 companies so far.

This program consists of a four month long…

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