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Today sees two big announcements from JFDI.Asia alum shopspot: the launch of a new mobile shopping platform and the closing of its $779,000 seed funding round. The platform is offered first on the iPhone, bringing fashion brands, retailers, trendsetters and offers together in one place on their mobile phones. The funding comes from Singapore-based Jungle…

At Startup Weekends and pitches, some ideas keep coming around, like: social car/taxi sharing an emergency call button app on your phone for medical help / volunteers to aid old people something to schedule sports games with your friends. Despite competent execution they rarely go mainstream. Why? Here’s an example of a social sports scheduling…

Betty Lim is planning a documentary film about Singapore’s start-up ecosystem. She asked several entrepreneurs, including me, about our life choices. Her questions set me thinking about why some of us decide to become entrepreneurs and what it means for the people close to us. As start-ups and mentors join us for our next accelerator…

A big welcome to the eight start-up teams set to run the marathon of our bootcamp, which kicks off on 21 February! Each team has already won a prize: an immediate S$25,000 investment. Based on last year’s results, each also has a better-than-60% chance of winning S$600,000 or more at our next Demo Day, when…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0v38DAJS0 Get down and dirty with a robot-eye view of the world, thanks to the two new pet Roomba Robots that JFDI.Asia has adopted to roam our space and scavenge for trash at night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ15OqU4C3g JFDI.Asia’s new purpose built space is nearing completion: Sista Barista Sharon is ready with the coffee. Among her first guests is Singapore’s successful serial entrepreneur Hian Goh, who talks to Hugh Mason about the Series A crunch, raising money in Silicon Valley versus Singapore and start-up strategies for roll-out across Asia.

About kopi Stimulating beverage flavoured with the roasted fruit of the Coffea plant prepared using the Singapore Sock method. Served in a cup for consumption on the premises, with milk and sugar (by default) Syntax kopi [-o] [-c] [-gau] [-peng] [-packet] [-plastic] -o Without sugar -c with extra condensed milk -gau Increased sock iterations for…

About teh Beverage prepared by aqueous extraction at atmospheric pressure of aromatic components from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. Served in a cup for consumption on the premises, with milk and sugar (by default) Syntax teh [-o] [-c] [-halia] [tarik] [-peng] [-packet] [-plastic] -o Without sugar -c with extra condensed milk -halia With…

From recommendation engines to data-mining; education to gift cards, start-ups applying to our next bootcamp are exploring every aspect of life. With well over a hundred videos submitted so far, we sadly don’t space to post them all. So here’s a random selection of styles, places and people. For the avoidance of doubt, this is…

Wow … a huge number of teams responded to the call to join our next accelerator program! As we sift through the hundreds of applications from around the world it’s great, not just to read, but also to see and hear the people who are passionate about building businesses with us through the videos they…