Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI) is the first and top accelerator in Southeast Asia, accepting only 3.7% of applicants. It has helped launch over 900 startups globally, raising $3.2 billion total. JFDI has accelerated 40 startups over 6 years in Singapore, providing $25k investments, and its alumni have raised $9 million total and are now valued at $36.1 million. JFDI also hosts frequent networking events and programs across Asia to support entrepreneurs.
Start up village by arise robyjobs economy riseArise Roby
‘To achieve success you need to start first and to become a big name you need to set up a Startup first.’ A pure and perfect example for the same is the Startup village in Kalamasserry, the potential of this startup can be measured by the extent that the biggest names in tech like Microsoft, Facebook and Google have visited the Startup village in Kalamasserry recently.
Sasin Entrepreneurship December Sundowner
Topic: Do you believe you have the POWER to lead in CrowdEconomy!
Speaker: Hong Sin Kwek
Date: December 17, 2014
Time: 18:00-20:00
Place: Room 502, 5th floor, Sasin
Start up village by arise robyjobs economy riseArise Roby
‘To achieve success you need to start first and to become a big name you need to set up a Startup first.’ A pure and perfect example for the same is the Startup village in Kalamasserry, the potential of this startup can be measured by the extent that the biggest names in tech like Microsoft, Facebook and Google have visited the Startup village in Kalamasserry recently.
Sasin Entrepreneurship December Sundowner
Topic: Do you believe you have the POWER to lead in CrowdEconomy!
Speaker: Hong Sin Kwek
Date: December 17, 2014
Time: 18:00-20:00
Place: Room 502, 5th floor, Sasin
iMET is set to be a global community to develop, promote and encourage innovation, Mentorship, Entrepreneurship and Talent building with Practitioner’s or Doer’s perspective.
iMET activities thus enables an ecosystem of, for and by the professionals to participate, educate, incubate, collaborate and co-exist to make each other successful.
Chandigarh chapter was our first BOOT CAMP on Transforming an Idea into an Enterprise.
Taiwan Startup Stadium (TSS) is a hub that coaches Taiwan startups to go global and rock the world through intensive programs, strong leadership, and a broad network of global partners.
Overview of SparkLabs, Asia's leading accelerator. Based in Seoul, South Korea.
SparkLabs is a startup accelerator founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs in South Korea. The focus will be on startup companies from the Internet, online gaming, mobile, ecommerce, digital media sectors and healthcare. The mentorship-driven program will be three months in length and provides funding, office space, a structure program and access to a top-tier network of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and executives.
JFDI: how to get into a top acceleratorElena Arens
This presentation explains what business accelerators are and why they make difference for early-stage companies. It also tells how to apply and what are the screening and selection criteria
JFDI.asia’s co-founder Meng Wong is a serial entrepreneur and established business angel. He tells the story of how the pre-seed accelerator phenomenon has evolved, what seem to be the vital ingredients and how JFDI.asia fills a gap among complementary early-stage schemes in Asia.
Global Startup Platform_Business Model Report_2012Vasily Ryzhonkov
This report contains information about Business Model of Global Startup Platform. There are several components covered:
1. Project Description
2. Marketing
3. Distribution
4. Costs
5. Sales
6. Partners
7. Revenue Models
8. Future Research
This report is the first version of the Report. We plann to update it as Market Research Report on the monthly basis.
Addressing the needs of rural youth is gathering attention with international development agencies, donors and private companies supporting new initiatives by governmental and non-governmental organizations in many parts of the world and in Africa in particular. Issues surrounding rural youths such as limited access to educational services, dependency on mainly unpaid labour in family farms and working in the informal sector as well as the considerable impact of migration on their livelihoods - especially affecting young women- have been widely recognized as significant. There is overall agreement that if youth issues are not addressed high rates of youth unemployment and under-employment will persist and overall development in African countries could be negatively affected.
In this context and in line with its 2011 – 2015 Strategic Framework, The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with PROCASUR Africa, organized an eight day learning route on Innovative ideas and approaches to integrate Rural Youth in Agriculture. The progress in Kenya between the 11th to the 18th of August 2014.
The aim of this Learning Route was to contribute to lesson-sharing and learning at country and regional level in order to build technical capacities within IFAD´s operations and partners in the ESA region on innovative strategies and approaches to engage rural youth in agriculture, increase employment and reduce poverty.
One of the host case studies of this learning route was the Kenya Youth-to-Youth Fund - Entrepreneurship development organization which aims to provide youth led organizations with both funding and capacity building, thereby enabling them to move from being passive recipients and become active participants in the promotion and creation of youth employment.
iMET is set to be a global community to develop, promote and encourage innovation, Mentorship, Entrepreneurship and Talent building with Practitioner’s or Doer’s perspective.
iMET activities thus enables an ecosystem of, for and by the professionals to participate, educate, incubate, collaborate and co-exist to make each other successful.
Chandigarh chapter was our first BOOT CAMP on Transforming an Idea into an Enterprise.
Taiwan Startup Stadium (TSS) is a hub that coaches Taiwan startups to go global and rock the world through intensive programs, strong leadership, and a broad network of global partners.
Overview of SparkLabs, Asia's leading accelerator. Based in Seoul, South Korea.
SparkLabs is a startup accelerator founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs in South Korea. The focus will be on startup companies from the Internet, online gaming, mobile, ecommerce, digital media sectors and healthcare. The mentorship-driven program will be three months in length and provides funding, office space, a structure program and access to a top-tier network of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and executives.
JFDI: how to get into a top acceleratorElena Arens
This presentation explains what business accelerators are and why they make difference for early-stage companies. It also tells how to apply and what are the screening and selection criteria
JFDI.asia’s co-founder Meng Wong is a serial entrepreneur and established business angel. He tells the story of how the pre-seed accelerator phenomenon has evolved, what seem to be the vital ingredients and how JFDI.asia fills a gap among complementary early-stage schemes in Asia.
Global Startup Platform_Business Model Report_2012Vasily Ryzhonkov
This report contains information about Business Model of Global Startup Platform. There are several components covered:
1. Project Description
2. Marketing
3. Distribution
4. Costs
5. Sales
6. Partners
7. Revenue Models
8. Future Research
This report is the first version of the Report. We plann to update it as Market Research Report on the monthly basis.
Addressing the needs of rural youth is gathering attention with international development agencies, donors and private companies supporting new initiatives by governmental and non-governmental organizations in many parts of the world and in Africa in particular. Issues surrounding rural youths such as limited access to educational services, dependency on mainly unpaid labour in family farms and working in the informal sector as well as the considerable impact of migration on their livelihoods - especially affecting young women- have been widely recognized as significant. There is overall agreement that if youth issues are not addressed high rates of youth unemployment and under-employment will persist and overall development in African countries could be negatively affected.
In this context and in line with its 2011 – 2015 Strategic Framework, The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with PROCASUR Africa, organized an eight day learning route on Innovative ideas and approaches to integrate Rural Youth in Agriculture. The progress in Kenya between the 11th to the 18th of August 2014.
The aim of this Learning Route was to contribute to lesson-sharing and learning at country and regional level in order to build technical capacities within IFAD´s operations and partners in the ESA region on innovative strategies and approaches to engage rural youth in agriculture, increase employment and reduce poverty.
One of the host case studies of this learning route was the Kenya Youth-to-Youth Fund - Entrepreneurship development organization which aims to provide youth led organizations with both funding and capacity building, thereby enabling them to move from being passive recipients and become active participants in the promotion and creation of youth employment.
This document lays the foundation for the aforementioned campaign and its objectives to map the startup ecosystem in Jordan as well as build an active communication channel between Jordanian entrepreneurs and people & organizations that can help.
No matter where you call home, you can be a relevant force in the global startup ecosystem. Come to learn about global competitions, accelerators, and Angel networks from the people who run them.
2. About JFDI
#1 in Southeast Asia, JFDI is Asia’s gateway to a global
community
➢ JFDI was the first accelerator in the whole of Southeast
Asia.
➢ JFDI was recruited by TechStars as first regional member
of its Global Accelerator Network: 50 elite accelerators in
63 cities worldwide. JFDI shares insights gained creating
908 new startups across 6 continents.
➢ Worldwide, accelerators like JFDI have raised over
S$3.2b funding and created $10b value in hundreds of
businesses, like Airbnb, Dropbox, Sendgrid, and Heroku.
Since JFDI’s accelerator launch in 2012:
➢ 1075 startup teams from 58 countries have applied for
acceleration.
➢ 40 (3.7%) of applicants were accepted.
➢ They received S$25k pre-seed investment for 5-10%
equity.
➢ 63% of accelerated teams raised follow-on funding
averaging S$600,000.
➢ The first two years of JFDI’s accelerator operations
yielded 21 active startups, raising in aggregate SGD9m
(USD7.2m) in seed funding and now valued at
SGD36.1m (USD29.1m)
In 3 years, JFDI has secured widespread media coverage
because of its regional impact. In Singapore, its alumni
already represent approximately 10% of all ICT startups
funded at seed level.
3. JFDI in the media
JFDI.Asia has been featured in top business and tech
media, globally, regionally and in Singapore:
Wall Street Journal
Singapore Aims to Become Southeast Asia's Silicon
Valley
http://bit.ly/JFDI_WSJ
Economist
All together now: What entrepreneurial ecosystems
need to flourish
http://bit.ly/JFDI_Economist
New York Times
In Singapore, Building Businesses for the Next Billion
http://bit.ly/JFDI_NYT
The Straits Times
Heart of Singapore’s start-up ecosystem
http://bit.ly/JFDI_ST16JUL2014
TechCrunch
JFDI Accelerator Raises $2.1M To Help Singapore
Become Southeast Asia’s Startup Hub
http://bit.ly/JFDI_TC17MAR2014
4.
5. JFDI: bringing people together across the
region
JFDI has hosted over 140 weekly open house
networking events since 2011, each bringing together
between 30-200 people. Speakers have included Yves
Pigneur, the inventor of the Business Model Canvas
and Amazon Global CTO Werner Voegels.
JFDI has hosted over 30 startup events ranging from
startup weekends to sponsored hackathons across
APAC in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia,
India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines.
6. About JFDI: The Top Team
Meng Wong
➢ Co-founder and CIO, JFDI.Asia
➢ Founded two successful Internet dot-coms
(pobox.com and karmasphere.com, VC-backed)
➢ Led the SPF opensource standard
➢ Active Business Angel
➢ Deputy Chair, Business Angels Network South
East Asia
➢ Computer Science at UPenn
➢ Entrepreneur-in-residence / guest lecturer at NUS,
INSEAD
Hugh Mason
➢ Co-founder and CEO JFDI.Asia
➢ Former award winning factual TV producer in UK:
BBC, Discovery, National Geographic
➢ Founded successful independent factual
production company (Narrateo Limited) which
made over 150 hours of programming in long-form
series and one-off feature shows for international
distribution.
➢ Adjunct at NYU Tisch Asia, guest lecturer at
INSEAD, SUTD, MIT, SMU
7. Testimonials from local investors
Lim Kuo-Yi, Partner, Monk’s Hill Ventures:
“I can’t say enough that JFDI is pivotal to the scene
here. I think they have done a lot of good.”
Chow Yen-Lu, Entrepreneur and Business
Angel:
“What’s impressive is what they were able to
accomplish in 100 days … With this Demo Day and
other events like it, Singapore has clearly become
the hub in the region for early stage investment.”
Amit Anand, Founder and Managing Partner of
Jungle Ventures:
“JFDI has done well in toning some of these start-
ups from where they were before to where they
should be.”
Paul Santos, Partner, Wavemaker Labs:
“Hats off to JFDI for trying something like this. JFDI
now have a ton of learning and the next batch of
incubatees will benefit from that experience.”
8. Testimonials from JFDI teams
“One of the top accelerator programs in this region.
Never before have I seen so many entrepreneurs,
mentors and investors come through one place
over such a short period” – team UserScout, 2013
“it couldn’t have been better … the exposure we
got, interacting with the other teams, with people
from all over the world, it has really helped us,
personally and professionally” – team Scrollback,
2013
“Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey and it is
very encouraging to sprint with other great teams
who are facing similar challenges” – team Klinify,
2013
“Highly recommend. If you want to build tech-
startup in Asia for Asia, then Go JFDI.Asia” – team
ShopSpot, 2012
“Don't wait to join JFDI - just do it” – team
TradeGecko, 2012
“It's a fantastic process throughout, especially the
community aspect… With JFDI we had an entire
community of mentors advisors and entrepreneurs
helping us with this journey” – team Glints, 2014