article thumbnail

[Review] Startup Guide For The Technopreneur

YoungUpstarts

Written by David Shelters , managing director of Bangkok, Thailand-based investment banking and financial advisory firm Karon Business Consulting, the book should be an eye-opener for aspiring and new technology entrepreneurs and can help you navigate the dangerous waters known as venture capital.

article thumbnail

Announcing our investment in Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform

Version One Ventures

seed round , alongside Third Kind Venture Capital, SPEILLLP , Sancus Ventures, 500 Global, and Balaji Srinivasan. This is significant as a large number of people in countries like Mexico and Thailand own a blockchain wallet, but no brokerage account. We are excited to announce our investment in Dinari’s $7.5m

Stock 78
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups.

Asia 171
article thumbnail

Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

I Love Business Plan Competitions I had a breakfast with a friend who has founded a few companies in Thailand and started the New Ventures Program at one of their universities. I finally understood how valuable these contests can be for students in cities or countries without a venture capital or entrepreneurial infrastructure.

article thumbnail

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday.

Steve Blank

These components were the heart of the electronic warfare equipment I have worked on; including fighters in Thailand and on B-52 bombers. And since there was no Venture Capital in the 1950′s/’60′s where was the money coming from? After 20 years, the story started coming home for me.

article thumbnail

How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The venture capital landscape in Asia is varied and complex, as most of the active firms on the continent are concentrated in just a few areas. Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms. Where are all of the VCs in Asia?

Asia 132
article thumbnail

Philadelphia University Commencement Speech – May 15th 2011

Steve Blank

My first week on the base… our shop chief announced: “We’re looking for some volunteers to go to Thailand.” Two weeks later I was lugging heavy boxes across the runway under the broiling Thailand sun. Eighteen months after arriving in Thailand, I was managing a group of 15 electronics technicians. You get to make your own luck.