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May 22, 2012

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[Breaking News] SingTel acquires HungryGoWhere for S$12 million dollars, merges service with inSing.com

by Joanna Yeo

[Breaking News] SingTel acquires HungryGoWhere for S$12 million dollars, merges service with inSing.com

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel)  announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of GTW Holdings Private Limited (GTW), the owners of HungryGoWhere, Singapore’s most popular food website, for S$12 million.

Restaurant review portal, HungryGoWhere.com is the leading online food portal in Singapore, with additional presence in Hong Kong,…

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May 21, 2012

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mig33 business development VP, Chris Chandler, ventures to social networking/gaming startup

by Joash Wee

Chris Chandler, former VP of Business Development at mig33. Photo: Facebook

Chris Chandler, VP of Business Development at mig33, is now working on his social networking/gaming startup.

We have just received news that Chris Chandler, who used to handle business development for mig33, has ventured out to work on a startup of his own. According…

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May 21, 2012

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Ex-PBworks community evangelist, Kristine Lauria, shares customer engagement tips

by Bianca Zen

Kristine Lauria (Creator & Head Blogger at Urban Hikers)

Kristine is a community builder, digital media dynamo and world explorer. She began her career promoting truth and reconciliation at the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation in NYC and took her messaging digital after moving to San Francisco in 2006.

Last year, Kristine left PBwiki.com to backpack across Asia…

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May 20, 2012

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Seed Forum Singapore: Matchmaking Born Global companies with investors

by Joanna Yeo

Seed Forum Singapore: Matchmaking Born Global companies with investors

Seed Forum International Foundation will be hosting a by-invitation only Seed Forum Singapore event on 7 June 2012.

As with most conferences, Seed Forum will be packed with company presentations, company pitches, keynotes and a networking lunch.

Attendees of the event include individual investors, investment companies and other key…

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May 20, 2012

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Golden Gate Ventures founding partner, Vincent Lauria, shares his opinion on Asian startups

by Bianca Zen

Vincent Lauria (Co-founder of Lefora and Founding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures)

Vincent Lauria spent more than half a decade  in Silicon Valley building two different startups, Meetro.com, a location-based chat service which was dissolved with many lessons learned in 2007; and Lefora.com, a hosted forum service which grew to over 100,000+ communities and was acquired in 2010.

Spending…

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May 19, 2012

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Upcoming UNWIRED 2012 Conference will explore opportunities in mobile

by Jacky Yap

Unwired 2012 Photo: Unwired

With the mobile industry exploding and more opportunities unveiling itself in this industry, companies are no longer undermining the mobile phone.

Singapore’s independent wireless and mobile conference, UNWIRED 2012 conference, have thus emerged to explore the various opportunities and challenges in the mobile…

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May 19, 2012

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Ex-Director of Cookpad, Yongfook, builds Tinytrunk to help SEA independent fashion brands go online

by Bianca Zen

Jon Yongfook (Founder at Tinytrunk)

Yongfook is a serial web entrepreneur. He was previously a Director of Glamour Sales, a high-end commerce  flash site with operations in Japan and China, which was funded up to Series-C. He was a consultant for Dentsu, Avenue A and Razorfish, and sold his first Internet company, Nibbledish, a food recipe…

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May 18, 2012

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Ex-Google conversion specialist Vinoaj Vijeyakummar joins email backup solution Dropmyemail, handles user acquisition

by Jacky Yap

Ex-Google conversion specialist Vinoaj Vijeyakummar joins email backup solution Dropmyemail, handles user acquisition

Dropmyemail, claimed to be one of the fastest growing website, hires Google Southeast Asia’s senior conversion specialist, Vinoaj Vijeyakummar as the Head of Product Development to possibly tackle user acquisition.

Taking a deeper look at Dropmyemail’s CEO John Fearon’s background, John has a strong background in Search…

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May 18, 2012

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Friday Hacks: The Mathematics of Luxury

by Guest

Friday Hacks: The Mathematics of Luxury

Mathematical models were the hot discussion at this Friday Hacks.

This post is a first hand account from NUS Hackers on their weekly Friday Hacks, an IDA supported event to promote student developers throughout the tech startup community.

On the 16th of March, Dr. Shaun Martin,…

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May 18, 2012

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Valleys of the East – Innovative startups in Asia

by Guest

Photo: Google Images

The VC landscape varies significantly across the different ‘Valleys of the East”, the Silicon Valley type areas that have started to develop across Asia.  Shaped by their respective economy, culture, business climate, market dynamics and opportunities, the startups also tend to have a different focus. Let’s explore how…

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