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In the third of their illuminating interviews with successful female entrepreneurs, hosts Graham Brown and Hugh Mason are joined by Hazel Savage, Founder of Musiio, an AI startup company that targets the music industry. In a light-hearted discussion they explore the similarities between setting up a rock band and a startup, Hazel’s experiences of working…

In the second of their three conversations with successful female entrepreneurs, hosts Graham Brown and Hugh Mason are joined by Karen Teoh, co-founder and COO of Kommerce. They discuss how Kommerce is using Blockchain technology to empower entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest nations and how the birth of Karen’s daughter inspired her to make a…

In this episode, the first of three interviews with successful female entrepreneurs, hosts Graham Brown and Hugh Mason are joined by Margaret Manning OBE—a UK Entrepreneur of the Year and a partner in Ernst and Young Digital ASEAN. Margaret shares her experiences running a digital services company in the early days of the internet and…

In this, the first episode of the JFDI podcast, hosts Graham Brown and Hugh Mason talk about the growing importance of entrepreneurship in Asia. This includes the growing acceptance of entrepreneurs in Asia and how the entrepreneurial spirit is increasingly become part of many young people’s identity. They also discuss how adversity often creates better…

TOKYO & SINGAPORE—IP Bridge, Inc and JFDI Pte Ltd today announced their agreement to launch a new program for Japanese Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The ManGO Factory Go Global Program aims to help SMEs across all industry sectors that have “buried intellectual property (IP)” to exploit it internationally through joint ventures, partnerships, licensing or…

It was great to see 80+ registrations and 70+ attendees for our inaugural Smart Aging Asia meet up last night. Together with our partner IMAPAC, JFDI is launching Asia’s first collaborative innovation network for Smart Aging. It will provide a platform where operators, developers and investors of the senior living industry can co-venture to shape novel smart…

Instant Edge announced today that it had closed a USD1.1m seed funding round led by Dubai-based investment firm VEGA. The funding will allow Instant Age to build its software development activities in Singapore around Business Process (BPM), Project Portfolio (PPM) and IT Services Management (ITSM) and to grow sales & marketing in Europe.

TL;DR: In the 6 years since JFDI started, the global startup ecosystem has evolved and accelerators including JFDI must evolve with it. Meng Wong has won a fellowship at Harvard Law School to spin out a new startup called Legalese from JFDI. Back in Singapore, JFDI has completed its last bootcamp and is now exploring…

Fynd, Singapore’s leading on-demand mobile device repair platform, has raised SGD520,000 in pre-Series A funding in a round led by Far East Ventures and supported by industry veteran Koh Boon Hwee. Far East Ventures is the venture capital arm of Far East Organization, Singapore’s largest private property developer. The funding will enable the company to…

TribeHired announced today that it has successfully acquired and integrated HUBBA Hired’s recruiting business for an undisclosed fee. TribeHired started in 2012 at the JFDI accelerator program. It received funding later that year and has since expanded into Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Singapore, and Bangkok. HUBBA Hired was part of a successful 3 month accelerator program within HUBBA. Today…