MaGIC will launch ASEAN Center of Entrepreneurship, a one-stop shop for startup services

On the Kickstart stage at Tech in Asia Singapore, MaGIC’s (Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre) director of accelerator program and investor relations Warren Leow reveals that it is working on another ASEAN-wide initiative in the form of the ASEAN Center of Entrepreneurship. This will be officially launched in November this year, and aims to be the one-stop platform for Southeast Asian startups to find services and make connections across the region.

As the Chair of ASEAN this year, Malaysia’s aim is to unite the region under the motto “Our People, Our Community, Our Vision.” MaGIC is the agency spearheading this movement for the tech community in particular. Its first salvo came in the form of a recently launched region-wide accelerator program, which will be accepting 50 startups – 30 Malaysian, 20 from the rest of Southeast Asia – in its first batch.

Here are some of the services the upcoming Center of Entrepreneurship will provide:

• Linkages to government agencies across ASEAN will be provided via MaGIC Central
• Visa facilitation services
• Legal consultancy and secretarial services
• A database of web and design development agencies
• Introductions to private companies where relevant, again across ASEAN

This is part of the coverage of Tech in Asia Singapore 2015, our event running on May 6 and 7.