True creates Digital Park to support startups
Telecom giant True Corp, innovation-driven business, has formulated the “Four I’s” strategy to help technology startups facilitate future leadership.
NIA unveils ‘Steam 4 Innovator’ Program to build up young-gen innovators
NIA has unveiled ‘Steam 4 Innovator’ program to incubate prospect students with potentiality to be innovators. The program aims to provide learning processes through which youths will learn to incorporate innovative ideas into their future projects or businesses.
Startups celebrate! Science Ministry joins SME Bank to give 1% loans
It’s not just SMEs who get access to low-interest loans from state banks. This assistance has now been extended to startups as the SME Development Bank hooks up with the Ministry of Science and Technology on an exciting new program.
Startup Thailand 2018 reaffirms Bangkok as SEA Hub of Startups
National Innovation Agency Executive Director Dr Pun-Arj Chaiyarat says the recent Startup Thailand 2018: Endless Opportunities expo reconfirmed Bangkok as the greatest place among Southeast Asia countries to build up a tech-driven firm.
What’s next path for Thai Startups?
Over the past three years, both the government and private sector have helped the growth of startups in response to the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy. In response, we have gathered viewpoints of experts about the future of startups in Thailand.
True Incube launches “Startup Grand Pix”
True Incube introduces “True Incube Incubation & ScaleUp Program Batch 5 – “Startup Grand Prix” providing a potential total investment of up to 4.5 million baht and 1 million in media grants.
EGAT looks to new technologies to prepare for the digital age
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is restructuring its organisation to boost its competitiveness amid a fierce battle with sizeable independent power producers (IPPs).
Google holds ‘Demo Day Asia’ to bring together leading Asia-Pacific startups
Demo Day Asia is Google’s first foray into organizing events in the Asia-Pacific region. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai announced the event at the start of last year after seeing many interesting ideas from startups in this region.
Go-Jek plans to heat up the SEA battlefield
By early May, the Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek had successfully raised 1.2 billion baht in the latest funding round to finance its expansion across Southeast Asia. The company is now poised to make its move to targeted countries.
“True” plays vital role to help complete startup ecosystem
One factor driving the success of startups is the existence of an adequate ecosystem. Pushing the creation of such a structure to help facilitate startups is not the work of one person, but the result of every sector working in cooperation.
The Role of the SEC in the Digital Age
The evolution of finance has caused changes in the development of technology and the desire to raise funds for the new entrepreneurial generation of startups. This has brought about initial coin offerings, or ICOs, a new way of raising capital, which combines crowdfunding and cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.
What’s next for startups in Thailand?
Mid-May 2018 featured a massive event for the Startup crowd, the can’t-miss Startup Thailand 2018.
This is the third consecutive year for Startup Thailand. The format of this event is different each year with the aim of supporting startups to grow and furthering government policy.