Tech in Asia Tour arrives in Kuala Lumpur, the heart of Malaysia’s exciting startup scene

It’s been an exciting year for Malaysia so far, as predicted. Investment money is flowing into the country, and local players are doing their darndest to build up the ecosystem with a slew of startup-focused events and initiatives.

To keep the momentum going, Tech in Asia Tour will be coming to Kuala Lumpur to find top-of-the-class startups. A line-up of these promising companies will be pitching to a panel of investors who were specially hand-picked by us. The winner will receive free flights and accommodation, conference passes, and an exhibition booth for two members at Tech in Asia Singapore 2015.

The date is 24 March. The location – the newly opened Impact Hub KL. We will see you there.

Registration

Location

IMPACT HUB KL
D7 Sentul East Design Centre
Jalan Sentul
Kuala Lumpur, W. PERSEKUTUAN 51000
Malaysia

Agenda

6:30pm-7:00pm: Registration
7:00pm-7:05pm: Welcome by Tech in Asia
7:05pm-8:15pm: Pitches by 5 companies (5 mins pitch, 5 mins Q&A)
8:15pm-8:30pm: Peek into judges’ backstage discussion
8:30pm-8:45pm: Announcement and closing
8:45pm-9:30pm: Networking

Judges

Nazrin Hassan, CEO of Cradle Fund

Hassan is an early-stage technology funding specialist and policy evangelist for early-stage innovation ecosystems in Malaysia since 2001. Previous working experience include being a technology entrepreneur, an investment banker, the executive head of an industry organization, and trained as a lawyer. Passionate about growing technology entrepreneurship in Malaysia, Hassan enjoys working closely with entrepreneurs.

Alexander Jarvis, founder of 50Folds

Alexander Jarvis is the founder of 50Folds, an early-stage venture builder and venture capitalist. Prior to this, he was a partner at Jungle Ventures, responsible for SEA investments. A serial entrepreneur, he has helped build three billion-dollar companies in Asia: Groupon, Delivery Hero, and Lazada, and a number of companies that have failed or you will hear about soon.

He was formerly an investment banker at Lazard in London where he specialized in financial institutions M&A. In his spare time, he is an active mentor and blogger.

Michael Lints, venture partner at Golden Gate Ventures

Michael Lints is Venture Partner at Golden Gate Ventures. Michael studied Management and Control of information science. After his graduation, he worked briefly as a consultant and project manager at one of the largest insurance companies in the Netherlands, after which he started his own IT business, an IT System Maintenance Company. In 2007, Lints founded his own venture fund focused on Dutch SME’s before joining Golden Gate Ventures as a venture partner.

Lints has had various positions on a societal and administrative level as a result of which he has been able to build an extensive international network. Lints is a former vice chairman of the Economic Development Board Rotterdam and studied Financial Analysis for Business Valuation at Harvard Business School.

Kuo-Yi Lim, managing director of Monk’s Hill Ventures

Kuo-Yi Lim was the CEO of Infocomm Investments, a US$200M venture fund based in Singapore investing in technology startups globally. Prior to Infocomm, Lim has been a founder, early employee, mentor and angel investor of early-stage technology startups spanning the US and Asia. He was a senior sales executive at Encentuate (acquired by IBM) and Reputation Technologies (acquired by Security Sources), and co-founder of SportsHook, a sports-focused SaaS platform. Lim graduated from MIT with B.S., M.S., and PhD degrees in electrical engineering.