Thailand Startup Ecosystem Flourishes Amid Political Instability
With a population size of 68 million, Thailand has seen its fair share of political unrest in recent years. Under the leadership of a military junta, the nation has experienced many an ousting of people in power with the most recent being that of Yingluck Shinawatra, the 28th and first female Prime Minster of Thailand. […]
Julien de Salaberry: “Every piece of the healthcare value chain is impacted by the IoT” [ HealthTech ]
Having begun his career in healthcare in 1997, Julien de Salaberry founded The Propell Group (Propell), a venture investor and advisory firm based in Singapore and focused on seed investment in healhtech startups, in 2012. Propell’s portfolio includes 14 Healthtech startups to date. He’s one of the co-writers of the book iDisrupted (published in November […]
Nxtp Labs, Latin America's leading private accelerator
“Nxtp Labs shows the strength of the tech ecosystem in Latin America“. It is the busiest private accelerating program in the region, and probably the most prestigious one to be accelerated in. Founded in 2011, it settled first at Buenos Aires. It now has offices in most of Latin America’s tech hubs: Chile, Brazil, Colombia, […]
A glance at startup acquisitions in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia as the next growth area for tech startups The Southeast Asian (SEA) area is and has always been an interesting area of growth with its wide diverse range of countries and markets. As startups, we are always looking for our next exit. One interesting quantifiable area of exits is startup acquisitions in Southeast […]
A journey into the Singapore startup ecosystem with Florian Cornu
For the Coursera MOOC I’m following on « Beyond Silicon Valley », I had to interview a local entrepreneur to better understand the concept of a startup ecosystem. Living and working in Singapore for two years now, I chose to interview Florian Cornu, whose experience started with corporate innovation finance industry beforehand in London for AXA. He then came to […]
Startup Books #3: Startup Rising, the Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Middle-East, by Christophe Schroeder
So far, Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle-East is one of the top startup books we have read, and that we recommend. In a dense, 200+ pages, author Christopher M Schroeder not only gives a kaleidoscopic view of an exciting region, he also shares his own journey, started with “a first mentorship experience […]
How South-East Asia startups fare on the global stage?
Some people often compare South-East Asia to Europe, in the way it’s an easy regional shortcut which embraces in reality countries with very different languages, cultures, habits and levels of development. And, just as in Europe, startup ecosystems wonder first what’s the strength of the local regional ecosystem, and then how it fares at a […]
The Philippines startup ecosystem: the tipping point of the "island frontier"
This first day of Geeks on a Beach 2 provided a lot of insights on the state of the Philippines startup ecosystem. Several panels addressed the topic of the country itself, and its position in the broader ASEAN region. Overall, speakers and discussions in the audience agree that it’s the right place and the right […]
BRICS series #2: B2B-Center, a successful B2B marketplace from Russia
To celebrate the 6th BRICS Summit, we’re continuing our showcase of top startups from each country with Russia’s B2B-Center, an online procurement services marketplace. But first, a few words on Russia as a market and as a startup scene. Russia’s digital landscape & startup scene: local players rule Being the biggest country and population in Europe, […]
Lebanon startups: $400m for the tech scene
[et_pb_section admin_label= »section »][et_pb_row admin_label= »row »][et_pb_column type= »4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label= »Text »] Lebanon startups are amazing when you know the country is a tiny piece of land lost in a quite noisy neighborhood, with Israel and Syria, to name a few, regularly hitting the headlines for war-related topics. Lebanon has an older history of being a pivot between the West and the […]
