500 Startups

“Today, when we work with a lot of people in Cambodia who are interested in pursuing that pathway, they are all doing side hustles, meaning they all have their full-time nine to five job, and only during the weekend they come and attend our programs.”

“But I would say that this year itself, what are some of the areas that we are particularly interested in? Future of work and jobs, right? Productivity, those are definitely areas of interest. Anything that has to do with food, agri, it's also something of inte…”

“We still rely on a common formula called the six T's. So when we talk about the six T's, we look at trend, traction, total addressable market, technology, team. And then lastly, for investments, we look at the terms as well. But this five Key T's right outside…”

“For the C accelerator program, that's one where they do get investment after the program itself. There is a fee, but that fee comes out of the investment amount. So you can pay it after you get the investment.”

“Every firm that has an ESG policy would have their own methods of tracking and really their own requirements because as of right now, there isn't a standardized policy globally.”

“Unfortunately, with all that's going on today, you do need to have that, you know, product market fit validation before you actually come and apply for either a program or funding. Unless, of course, you are someone who's done multiple exits, then that's a dif…”

“It's also a way for us to actually distinguish between startups who are really interested and committed to the program, Rather than really just joining programs after programs, and quite honestly, there's a lot of startups who do that in this part of the world…”

“In Singapore, for example, the market's really small. So for a lot of Singaporean startups, they are, they do have an ambition and, you know, even from a VC perspective, there is a need for them to expand overseas.”

“In fact, a lot of the unicorns that we have are the ones that we call slipper hits actually, so not the obvious winners. But a lot of the slipper-hit unicorns that we have are actually B to B businesses, SaaS businesses, right?”

“So we are the world's most active early-stage investor. We have invested in over 2400 companies in over 70 countries.”