ScaleUp Malaysia and Proficeo in partnership with Penjana Kapital and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), announced the selection of the first 2 cohorts of 24 Founders for the 100Soonicorns program designed to groom the next Unicorns of Malaysia.
To participate, invited startups need to have raised at least US$1 million from a Venture Capital firm or institutional investor; or have generated US$2 million in revenue over the last 12 months.
The participants will be engaging with global unicorn founders, venture capitalists, and experts from areas that are particularly challenging for founders like talent acquisition and management, and will also explore new areas like Artificial Intelligence. All these conversations and discussions offer a unique learning platform between successful Founders and experts.
Cohort 3 is now open for applications. Those interested can find more information and the application form here.
The participating Founders of the first 2 cohorts are:
1 Amanda Chin, CEO, Ablr Malaysia
2 Sharma Lachu, CEO & Founder, Accendo Technologies Sdn Bhd
3 Ramachandran Muniandy, CEO & Co-Founder, Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd 4 Giden Lim, CEO & Co-Founder, BLOOMTHIS Flora Sdn Bhd
5 Benjamin Croc, CEO, Briohr Sdn Bhd
6 Ang Xing Xian, CEO, CapBay
7 Sharala Devi Balakrishnan, CEO, Center of Applied Data Science (CADS) 8 Kuna Kathigesan, Group CEO, Commerce DotAsia Ventures Sdn Bhd
9 Lee William, MD, Easybook (M) Sdn Bhd
10 Clarence Leong, CEO & Founder, EasyParcel Sdn Bhd
11 Suthan Mookaiah, CEO, GASSTN Sdn Bhd
12 Muhamad Nasir Habizar, CEO & Founder, Govicle Sdn Bhd
13 Effon Khoo, CEO & Founder, Kakitangan.com
14 Nadira Yusof, CEO & Founder, Kiddocare Sdn Bhd
15 Tunku Danny Nasaifuddin Mudzaffar, CEO & Founder, Microleap PLT 16 Azran Osman Rani, CEO, Naluri Hidup Sdn BHd
17 Swee Wai Hoow, CEO, Newswav Sdn Bhd
18 Keong Chun Chieh, CEO, Ominent Sdn Bhd
19 Dr. Kev Lim, CEO, Qmed Asia (QueueMed Healthtech Sdn Bhd)
20 Melvin Chee, CEO, RPG Commerce Sdn Bhd
21 Parthiven Shanmugan, CEO, TixCarte Sdn Bhd
22 Kendrick Tan, COO & Co-Founder, Virtualtech Frontier Sdn Bhd
23 Ooi Boon Sheng, CEO, Web Bytes Sdn Bhd
24 Low Ziwei, Director & Co-Founder, Zcova Sdn Bhd