In Conversation With Ori Cohen, Founder of Fotegrafik

You might have read our feature on visual search solution provider, Fotegrafik Labs. This time, we managed to interview Ori Cohen, the founder of the company, to find out more about the origins of the company, and what prompted them to change direction to then set up Fotegrafik Labs. Read more

Attracting Angels And Cross-Border Investment Across Asia

The recent Singapore Budget 2010 announcement of a new tax incentive for angel investors is only one of the efforts in Singapore in attracting more angel investment in Singapore. The Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia (BANSEA) recently organised the inaugural Asian Business Angel Forum (ABAF) held last week over 2 days here in Singapore. The primary aim of ABAF was to talk about cross-border angel investment and to help exchange ideas and discuss the possibility of an Asian Business Angel Network (ABAN). Read more

Local Wikipedia for Social Change and Entrepreneurship

Concern.sg is a community-edited encyclopedia dedicated at the social change organisations and non-profits. While primarily focused on Singapore-based organisations, there is also global coverage in terms of Singapore-linked initiatives.

There are many topics listed there, but the few that might interest you are: Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Social Finance.

Founder Institute Singapore Adds More Mentors

Founder Institute Singapore has already accepted over 30 applicants but will still be accepting applications for just one more day! Final application deadline has now been set to March 14th. So apply now if you haven’t. On another note, the big news is the whole new expanded list of mentors that have been added to the Singapore/Asia Pacific programme. We can’t wait to meet these guys! Read more

SGE And supperclub Gets You In Bed With The Right Investor

I’m looking forward to this Wednesday because we at SGEntrepreneurs have teamed up with supperclub Singapore to get entrepreneurs like you In Bed With The Right Investor! Read more

Bernard is SCS IT Young Professional of the Year

Here’s a big hearty congratulations to my fellow co-founder, Bernard, for attaining a Singapore Computer Society IT Leader Award. He was just announced as the IT Young Professional of the Year! Read more

The Unexpected Customer – RI Adopts WizFolio, Software For Academics

Sometimes a product you have built may have unexpected usages. For patent search and management software company, WizPatent, their third product, WizFolio, was developed with scientists and academics in mind. However, one of their latest clients turned out to be a high school – Raffles Institution. Read more

PatSnap Negotiating Series A Funding, To Pitch At ABAF

3 year old PatSnap just secured is in the process of negotiating Series A funding. No word yet on the funding quantum and which firm(s) are involved. Their aim is to grow into a multi-million company within the next 3-5 years.

Update: PatSnap is also one of the three local startups chosen to pitch at the upcoming Asian Business Angel Forum.

Interview with Richard Kivel of MIT Enterprise Forum and Rhapsody Biologics

Having served as the CEO of a few biotechnology and life science companies, Richard Kivel is a seasoned business executive who also serves as a Board member in several life science companies in the US, Europe and Asia. Not only is he involved in business, but Richard also spends his time with entrepreneurial organisations like the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. As Chairman of the Global Board of Directors of the MIT Enterprise Forum, Richard will be speaking at the Singapore chapter event tonight. We managed to get him to take out some time out of his busy schedule to give us a short interview. Read more

Top 10 Finalists Of The Ultimate Start-Up Space

The quest by over 200 participants for The Ultimate Start-Up Space has reached a midpoint high with 10 finalists having been chosen. The next few weeks will have the finalists attend courses, go on radio interviews and polish up their 10-page business plans to vie for the top prize.

Each team had to submit a 60-second video to participate in the competition, and some teams submitted several. We present you the 10 finalists and some of their video submissions, in no order of merit. Read more

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