The Joo Joo Delay And A Summary Of The Legal Wrangle With TechCrunch

The latest news is that Fusion Garage’s Joo Joo has revamped its interface, and that though pre-ordered Joo Joos were supposed to be shipped by end Feb, a manufacturing delay means the device will only be shipped in two weeks time on 25th March. Read more

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

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

Founder Institute Singapore Extends Deadline To 7 Mar

Due to “multiple qualified applicant requests”, the deadlines for 3 chapters of Founder Institute have been extended. For Founder Institute Singapore, the new deadline is 7th March. If you haven’t seen the slides and videos, get a taste of the kind of mentorship you’ll be having here.

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.

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

iCell Enters E-Reader Market With KeyReader

New to the e-reader market is newly released KeyReader from wireless hotspot provider (and one of the three Wireless@SG providers) iCell. Competing with Kindle, Nook and the Sony Reader might seem to be a tough thing to do, but KeyReader is focusing on local content. Read more

Last 2 Days To Apply For Founder Institute Singapore

Just two days left to apply for the first ever run of Founder Institute Singapore. Last I spoke with Jeffrey Paine of Battle Ventures two days ago, the Singapore partner for The Founder Institute, 15 companies have already been chosen (under the Early Application cycle). But, there’s still room for more. Check out some of the newly appointed mentors and also get a taste of the kind of mentorship you’ll be having.

A More Inclusive Smartloans – Will It Be Enough?

Nearly a year into its launch, Smartloans (previously featured here) has just announced a slew of newly added features to their website. These new features come at a critical time especially since the Singapore government has just announced a new housing loan limit to be applied for all housing loans granted by financial institutions. Home buyers will now only be allowed to borrow a maximum of 80% – down from the current 90%. Since Smartloans earns its revenue by taking a percentage cut of the deals closed by a referral from them, this new ruling does not bode well. Read more

New Mentors For Founder Institute Singapore

If you were excited about the news of Founder Institute coming to Singapore, this update on the mentors for the Singapore programme should excite you even more.

In order for participants to receive world-class support, the people behind Founder Institute Singapore has recruited and continues to recruit Mentors from overseas to augment the team in Singapore! Read more

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