Now that our E27 Garage Launch is formalized, the real work begins for us here at E27… I remember an event I attended earlier this year when I was with Darius, Tencube’s Founder-CEO and we did a one-two “interrogation” of an unsuspecting Israeli VC. Darius: What makes Israeli entrepreneurs so successful with their startups? Me: Read the full article…

As sensationalistic as blog titles can get, the direction of E27 is also taking a rather bold, if wholly radical and kickass path from tomorrow onwards! We are hitting closer to the eye of the storm or more aptly, the CORE & NUCLEUS of this startup ecosystem. From tomorrow onwards, we are no longer one-trick Read the full article…

Just want to give a shoutout to Jason Vu who runs the best blog I have seen so far on the Vietnam Web 2.0 scene. I am guilty of hyperbole here of course since there’s only two English-based blogs i have found. If you are wondering on whether Vietnam has a Youtube clone, a Secondlife Read the full article…

Update: here’s a catch, you have to be a Singtel customer and use either Nokia or Sony Ericsson phones. The mystery local telco has come out of the curtains. With Singtel on board, Velvet Puffin (VP) has really acquired wings on their 2-month old service. In the words of co-founder Chandrasekar, who emailed us this scoop: Read the full article…

Ever used sticky notes to stick reminders and notes all over your desktop? Sharedcopy.com allows you to do the same to webpages. You got to save the command to activate sharedcopy into your bookmark (they have one command for private notes and one for public notes) and all you have to do is to open Read the full article…

Hungrygowhere.com is a search engine specializing in cusines in Singapore that allows users to search online for food outlets according to their cravings and settings. By customizing the search accordingly to credit card promotions, locations, food places, types of cuisines, prices, and the type of settings (romantic, family dinner etc.), the search returns recommended food Read the full article…

I had the chance to meet the founders Chandrasekar and Sam at the Geekout event a month ago. It was our first face-to-face meeting after my review of their beta launch on March 5th. We had a great and amiable chat about the need for open conversation between a web company and its user community, Read the full article…

One of the latest global partnerships by “The Global VC Firm”/ DFJ in Vietnam, DFJ VinaCapital L.P. (DFJV), held an event yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City. Titled “Change the World”, the event celebrated Vietnamese entrepreneurship and marked the launch of local fund mgmt giant Vinacapital’s latest technology fund of US$50 million. (Disclosure: I currently Read the full article…

Nexus concluded in a rousing finale yesterday with Tiger beer booze for all attendees and bouts of merry-making by the Nexus team fueled by 1988 champagne. It was a worthy collegial climax to the event run by our fellow young college grads and undergrads from the local scene! I am still trying to guess the Read the full article…

The event, “HotSpots with European Business Angels” was held last Friday, March 2 at the NUS Business School. A delegation of about 20 European angels had arrived in Singapore at the invitation of the Singapore Economic Development Board and NUS Enterprise. At the invitation of Prof Wong Poh Kam (Director of NUS Enterpreneurship Centre), I Read the full article…