Albern Murty (front row, middle), Digi's Chief Executive Officer and Praveen Rajan (front row, third right), Digi's Head of Postpaid & Digital Services with Malaysia's up-and-coming startups at the launch of Digi Accelerate
Today, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) introduced Digi Accelerate. Digi Accelerate is a programme tool by Digi to offer Malaysians the opportunity to power-up their startup businesses through a four month bootcamp alongaside startups from Thailand and Myanmar, selected winners will get a one-on-one mentoring with qualified, successful startup entrepreneurs from the region, and an opportunity to pitch their vision to global and regional venture capitalists, and potential commercialisation opportunities with Digi and Telenor Group.
Praveen Rajan and Albern Murty doing the QnA session
Digi's Chief Executive Officer, Albern Murty said, “Malaysia has a lot of entrepreneurial talent and energy which is encouraging for a country aspiring to become a digital nation. Startups are key to our digital future. Given the right conditions for growth, they can become some of the largest, most successful companies of our time and this means big business as they contribute to innovation, new tech, job creation, economic growth and continuously change the way we live.”
“Even with their limited resources, the fast and agile nature of startups edge out large, resourceful corporates in driving innovation and disruption across major industries. The current wave of digital disruption is already evolving the way Malaysians use technology and smart devices, and this uptrend will continue rapidly, fuelled largely by startups. While we aim to energize the startup scene, this is also a big opportunity for us to learn the way of digital from our startups, especially at a time when we are digitising our business to drive our ambition to be our customers' favourite partner in digital life.”
“With Digi Accelerate, our focus is to expose startups to methods of entrepreneurship, with structured coaching and mentoring so that on graduation day our founders have the knowledge and tools to keep improving and evolving, which is needed in today's constantly changing market. We look forward to seeing the digital disrupt they will create, and market globally.” Albern concluded.
Praveen Rajan, Digi's Head of Postpaid & Digital Services, Albern Murty, Digi's Chief Executive Officer and Eugene Teh, Digi's Chief Corporate Affairs Officer during the launch of Digi Accelerate
Anyone who has an idea, a team and most importanly, the passion to startup their business can submit their business proposals to Digi until 17 April 2016. A selection of top 12 teams will be announced on 22 April and advance to Pitch Day on April 28. The final selected two startups will win up to RM100000 in seed funding each, and atten Digi Accelerate's four-month intensive bootcamp from may to August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Below are the list of catergories eligible for the entry:-
- Financial Services
- Internet of Things
- Fitness and Wellness
- Education
- Music, Video and Gaming
- Healthcare
- Communications
- Productivity and Cloud Services
- Security
- Travel
- Logistics
- E-Commerce
To apply and learn more about Digi Accelerate, visit www.digi.com.my/accelerate.
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