Startup Digest - Emerging Economies - Growing is Emerging - March 30th

Emerging Economies March 30, 2018 There has been a lot of news at play in the Emerging Economies. As the year is touching its 1st quarter, the startup scene in the emerging economies have also been showing what they are about: aspiring and growing.  This week in Emerging Economies Digest we have captured a cross spectrum of nations, opportunities, ecosystems and conversation from a VC. It starts with the African fast pace growth and ends with a VR category study on India! Enjoy your Digest and share if you think we have done a good job.  Cheers. Startup Digest Emerging Economies is curated by: Rajesh Johnny - New Economies Emerging. Contact Rajesh Johnny at rajesh.johnny@startupdigestmail.com Anurag Maloo - Regional Manager (India, South & Central Asia) Contact Anurag Maloo at anurag.maloo@startupdigestmail.com Apply to the New Techstars Accelerator Being Run in Partnership With Stanley Black and Decker Applications are now open for Techstars' new accelerator being run in partnership with global, industry leader Stanley Black and Decker. Based in Hartford, CT, this program is designed to empower startups focused on innovative solutions. Companies focused on additive manufacturing, 3D printing, and associated software solutions ranging from workflow management, AI, big data, VR, blockchain, and more are encouraged to apply. Apply today! Deadline: April 8, 2018. Ghana Is 2018 World'S Fastest Growing Economy- World Bank Yinka Adegoke - Quartz Africa The list is led by Ghana (8.3%), which we should point out is boosted by oil & gas expansion, Ethiopia (8.2%), Côte d'Ivoire (7.2%), Djibouti (7%), Senegal (6.9%) and Tanzania (6.8%). Africa has six of the world's ten fastest growing economies this year, according to the World Bank. Malaysia urges tech startups to give it a second look Star Media Group Berhad WHEN it comes to tech startup hubs in South-East Asia, entrepreneurs sometimes look past Malaysia to the lure of Singapore's vibrant financial centre or Indonesia's attractiveness as the region's largest economy. Meet the Investor: Steven Grin, Lateral Capital TOM JACKSON Co-founder @DisruptAfrica - Disrupt Africa Steven Grin has been angel investing in Africa since 2013, and now he is significantly scaling up his interests through his VC firm Lateral Capital. Filipino fintech startup expanding in Southeast Asia James A. Loyola - Philippine News "Like the Philippines, small business owners in these countries face the same perils with regard to mobility due to inaccessible and expensive financing options."  Why my startup scene is better than yours: Tanzania TOM JACKSON Co-founder @DisruptAfrica - Bizcommunity.com Which African tech startup ecosystem is the best, either for launching a business or making investments? Magnitt, the start-up for Mena start-ups, secures $1m in funding Alice Haine - The National Founder Philip Bahoshy says the investment data platform will expand into emerging markets Why Virtual Reality Is Still Not Mainstream in India Despite Tech Progress RICHA BHATIA - Analytics India Magazine India has close to 70 startups in the VR space but only a handful of companies have raised seed capital from venture funds. According to report from Bangalore based industry watcher Growth Enabler, even the top 15 AR/VR startups have collectively raised under $3 million in funding. However, the market outlook is expected to turn around in the next few years.  Manage Subscription Submit Event View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2018 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Digest - Startup Reading List - Your Weekly Reads - March 25th

Startup Reading List March 25, 2018 This wee we focus on the startup experience, the team, raising funds and how VCs that fund get measured. All important reads this week. Enjoy them and your weekend. Startup Digest Startup Reading List is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher Contact Zubin Chagpar at zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com Apply to the New Techstars Accelerator Being Run in Partnership With Stanley Black and Decker Applications are now open for Techstars' new accelerator being run in partnership with global, industry leader Stanley Black and Decker. Based in Hartford, CT, this program is designed to empower startups focused on innovative solutions. Companies focused on additive manufacturing, 3D printing, and associated software solutions ranging from workflow management, AI, big data, VR, blockchain, and more are encouraged to apply. Apply today! Deadline: April 8, 2018. The Struggle Damien Lane "So failure is hard, it feels hard. Or maybe failure's the wrong word, because it may not be failure, it's the lack of immediate success, The Struggle." What Puts the A in an A Team? Martin Leuw "Have lived the challenge and the pain first hand. In particular, where it relates to the compelling issue(s) their business addresses and have shown how they tackle obstacles. This requires deep sector knowledge." How VCs Get Measured Rob Go "TVPI is short for Total Value to Paid In capital multiple. Essentially, it's the total value of the fund's holdings (realized and unrealized) divided by the capital that has been called by the fund (or paid in by the LPs). One can think of this somewhat like a multiple, although it's a little bit different since it also is inclusive of the effect of fees, recycling, etc." The YC Seed Deck Template Aaron Harris "The key point to remember here is that founders should strive for clarity and concision. This is not the right place to write a treatise on your market or world philosophy. The simple truth is that there isn't very much meaningful detail to explore for most seed stage companies. When founders pretend that there is, their stories get muddled, and the investors get lost." Manage Subscription Submit Event View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2018 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Digest - Emerging Economies - Emerging in Asia and some more! - March 25th

Emerging Economies March 25, 2018 This week in Emerging Economies Digest have some focus to Asia! Starting with Pakistan's aspirations to Malaysia's strategies to Chinese market dynamics to Thailand's conference...We also have a snippet to the Seedstars Summit and an Edtech category renewed by emerging economies! Enjoy your Digest and share if you think we have done a good job.  Cheers. Startup Digest Emerging Economies is curated by: Rajesh Johnny - New Economies Emerging. Contact Rajesh Johnny at rajesh.johnny@startupdigestmail.com Anurag Maloo - Regional Manager (India, South & Central Asia) Contact Anurag Maloo at anurag.maloo@startupdigestmail.com Apply to the New Techstars Accelerator Being Run in Partnership With Stanley Black and Decker Applications are now open for Techstars' new accelerator being run in partnership with global, industry leader Stanley Black and Decker. Based in Hartford, CT, this program is designed to empower startups focused on innovative solutions. Companies focused on additive manufacturing, 3D printing, and associated software solutions ranging from workflow management, AI, big data, VR, blockchain, and more are encouraged to apply. Apply today! Deadline: April 8, 2018. Pitching Pakistan's startup potential The Express Tribune "I see a lot of great things happening in the next 10 years," said PlanX Program Manager Mughees Tahir. "The focus of entrepreneurship is already shifting to hardcore technology, with new startups jumping in the domains of e-commerce, artificial intelligence and machine learning – the market growth will be huge." EdTech is having a renaissance, powered by the emerging world Mike Butcher - TechCrunch So-called 'EdTech' has seen many false dawns over the years. After being lauded as the teaching platforms of the future, most MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course platforms) have not quite lived up to the superlatives made for them, and the sector has had trouble coming up with more innovative ideas for a while.But that appears to be changing if a new wave of startups is any indication. Seedstars Global Summit 2018 - The largest emerging markets startup competition WAMDA For its fifth anniversary, the global summit will be gathering over 65 handpicked startups coming from Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Spanning a wide variety of verticals, from fintech to edtech, med/biotech, agritech, insuretech, cleantech and nanotechnology, the summit will take place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland to compete for different prizes and the title of Seedstars Global Winner. Winners will receive up to $1M in equity investment, $500K of which will be awarded to the Seedstars Global Winner only.  Malaysia to lure tech start-ups with tax, visa incentives The Malaysian Insight MALAYSIA is hoping to draw the interest of foreign technology entrepreneurs away from its neighbours with a slew of tax and visa incentives, Bloomberg reported.Yasmin Mahmood, chief executive officer of Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC), said policymakers were serious about encouraging tech startups to set up shop to build up a sector that has created more than 170,000 new jobs and contributed 18.2% of gross domestic product in 2017. Why Chinese companies are embracing a slower culture China Economic Review If you have been tracking the developments in China tech, it's hard to ignore this trend: the life cycle of emerging industries—an initial boom followed by the multiplication of competitors and finally market consolidation—is dramatically shortened while startups are forced to move faster in a bid to stay ahead. Apart from startups, other parties involved, investors and regulators, for instance, are also forced to keep up with the shift. "SingularityU Thailand Summit 2018" Bringing the World Leading Edge to Southeast Asia for the First Time Business Insider An important step in changing the landscape of the region's innovation scene as Singularity University takes world-renowned leaders to Bangkok to examine the opportunities exponential technologies are offering to industries, global economies, and our everyday lives. Manage Subscription Submit Event View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2018 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Digest - Startup Reading List - Your Weekly Reads - March 19th

Startup Reading List March 19, 2018 Enjoy! Startup Digest Startup Reading List is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher Contact Zubin Chagpar at zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com Meet Us in Your City! Techstars Hits the Road Techstars is searching for the best startups in the world. We’re hitting the road to visit startup communities and meet your team. Join us to meet Techstars alumni, managing directors, program managers, mentors, and community leaders to learn more about entrepreneurship. This is your chance to connect with the Techstars team and learn about the exciting new programs we are kicking off in 2018. Develop Your Hiring System Like a Product to Eliminate Bias and Boost Retention Dan Pupius "When creating a hiring system from scratch, you're actually building two products at the same time: 1) the process itself and 2) the resulting team." Big Deals Aaron Harris "In analyzing what went wrong with this and other Big Deals I've seen fail, a few things become apparent as to why they did not work. Fundamentally, there is a mismatch between large companies and small startups that reduce the likelihood of Big Deals to nearly zero." Pitching Your Early Stage Startup Patrick McKenzie "Yours will not be the first pitch they'll see today, or the last. Reviewers at top accelerators and early-stage VC firms see hundreds of pitches every day, generally only for about two minutes each. Your objective is to pack as much positive signal into those two minutes as possible and ensure the reviewer retains one core idea to communicate to someone who asks about you." How Secret Escapes Uses Digital Agencies to Power Up Their International Expansion Oliver Birch "Finding the right partners is imperative; we knew we wanted to find real channel expertise; often this comes from understanding their client base and reading their case studies but we also realised it was important to talk to founders and senior team in depth during the pitch process." Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2018 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Digest - Emerging Economies - March 18th

Emerging Economies March 18, 2018 There has been a lot of news at play in the Emerging Economies. As the year is picking momentum, the startup scene in the emerging economies have also been showing what they are about: large numbers, resilient and full of spirit. The ecosystems showing more maturity with more players coming in.  This week in Emerging Economies Digest we have captured individual, but similar activities by Visa and Master to engage startups from emerging economies, activations that are large in multiple countries to change the world of entrepreneurship, and a focused activity to engage more women in Bahrain. It starts with the global views of Poland Ecosystem and ends with evolved ways in which Armenia looks at startups! We were also hosted by Techstars Dubai by MD Vijay and Director Ramzy; exchange included an inclusivity workshop, startup access to Techstars programs globally and a whole hearted #GiveFirst living. Enjoy your Digest and share if you think we have done a good job.  Cheers. Startup Digest Emerging Economies is curated by: Rajesh Johnny - New Economies Emerging. Contact Rajesh Johnny at rajesh.johnny@startupdigestmail.com Anurag Maloo - Regional Manager (India, South & Central Asia) Contact Anurag Maloo at anurag.maloo@startupdigestmail.com Meet Us in Your City! Techstars Hits the Road Techstars is searching for the best startups in the world. We’re hitting the road to visit startup communities and meet your team. Join us to meet Techstars alumni, managing directors, program managers, mentors, and community leaders to learn more about entrepreneurship. This is your chance to connect with the Techstars team and learn about the exciting new programs we are kicking off in 2018. Startups in Poland Tackle Global Issues Euronews How are Poland's innovative startups and entrepreneurs competing in the global market? Ghana To Host 100 Global Speakers For the Largest Tech Summit in Africa Christine Souffrant - Global Startup Ecosystem - MENAFN In an effort to accelerate startups from emerging markets, the Global Startup Ecosystem will be hosting major summits in developing countries across the globe. Haiti was the first country to host the largest annual gathering of innovators addressing humanitys grandest challenges with over 100 global speakers in 2017. Ghana will join the global initiative with top companies, celebrities and government officials on July 18-20, 2018.  The Varkey Foundation, UAE launches inaugural 'Next Billion' EdTech prize to recognize leading ed-tech startups ZAVYA "Over a billion young people – a number growing every day - are being denied what should be the birthright of every single child in the 21st century, no matter where they live: a good education that allows them to make the most of their natural talents. Over 40 ed-tech start ups given "money can't buy" opportunity to meet education ministers, leading VCs, academics from the world's best universities and leading foundations at GESF 2018 Jakarta gets its first Alibaba Cloud data center for local startups Tech Wire Asia ALIBABA Cloud, the largest cloud computing company in China on Thursday opened the doors to its first data center in Jakarta, catering mainly to local startups as its parent company looks to outpace its international rivals in Asia's emerging economies. Mastercard Collaborates With Vconnect To Empower Nigerian Startups Justus Adejumoh - Independent Newspapers Limited Mastercard has partnered with Vconnect to empower Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as part of a shared commitment to drive financial inclusion and literacy in Africa. The University of Bahrain is empowering 3,000 female programers through this SUPER cool program Startup MGZN The University of Bahrain has launched a new program called 'Forsati for her' aimed at enhancing the skills of 3,000 female programmers. The program is launched in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Microsoft, Think Smart and Tamkeen. Visa launches Everywhere Initiative in Africa, here's how you can get involved Daniel Mpala - Venture Burn In a bid to foster regional payments innovation and fintech entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa, global payments company Visa today announced the launch of the Everywhere Initiative on the continent at the DHL Ecommerce Money Africa conference in Cape Town.Visa's Everywhere Initiative is an innovation programme designed to encourage the emergence of "the next big thing" in digital payments globally.The initiative has since its inception in 2015 awarded over $1-million and mentorship to 36 winners selected from over 130 finalists in over 40 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Armenia: Getting Many Things Right Claudia Patricolo - Emerging Europe "There is a country between Iran and Russia, between the Middle East and Europe, which according to the World Bank offers excellent conditions to start a business; a country which according to the Crime Index for Country 2018, is one of the safest in the world, and where people are European in their behaviour and Oriental in their hospitality. This is Armenia." Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2018 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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