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Have you heard of JFDI.Asia? It is likely the first startup accelerator in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The program was established in 2010 by Hugh MASON & Meng Weng Wong. It's interesting to note that almost 15 years later, most of the mentors are still involved in the startup ecosystem. Hereunder are some examples: - Akshay Garg, Co-founder & CEO at Kredivo - Darius Mahtani Cheung, Founder & CEO at 99.co - Dmitry Levit, General Partner at Cento Ventures - Edgar Hardless, CEO at Singtel Innov8 - Fannie Soubiele, Head of Venture Capital Business Development, SEA, at Google Cloud - Hian Goh, General Partner at Openspace Ventures - Jayesh Parekh, General Partner at Good Startup - Jeffrey Paine, General Partner at Golden Gate Ventures - John Tan, Founder & CEO at Doyobi - Joyce Huang, Partnership Manager Asia at Lufthansa Innovation Hub - Kuo-Yi Lim, General Partner at Monk's Hill Ventures - Michael Blakey, General Partner at Cocoon Capital - Michael Smith Jr., ASEAN Startup & Digital Native Sales Leader at Microsoft - B. Paul Santos, General Partner at Wavemaker - Roshni Mahtani Cheung, Founder & CEO at The Parentinc - Vinnie Lauria, General Partner at Golden Gate Ventures - Will Klippgen 威廉, General Partner at Cocoon Capital
Florian Cornu has a much better haircut now
When I was in the public sector the first startup talk I gave on government grants was at JFDI. Must have been 2014. I remember their Friday night open house.
Look what those Friday Night open-houses did! :)
JFDI, Hugh, Meng, and those coffee turned furniture asssmbly sessions still live in our hearts.
Hugh MASON Meng Weng Wong Arnaud Bonzom- time for a reunion party? The old JFDI office is now the current 99.co office!
Chiah Li Ong Hugh MASON
Very fond memories of JFDI.Asia :-) Hugh and Meng were always so welcoming. A fabulous community :-)
Yes indeed! I do miss that energy. Everyone was just driving things forward in one community
JFDI was formative in my growth journey. Forever grateful how they took a bet on 3 20-year olds to build a company
CTO, Tech Management Advisor, Web Platform Specialist & founder JSConf.Asia
6moMore like twelve years ;)