Get Your Start With 1337 Ventures’ Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator
Welcome back to an all-new Head’s Up. If you are an aspiring founder or if you’re in the midst of tapping into the entrepreneur within you, then today’s issue is the right read for you.
1337 Ventures is back again to support early-staged startups through their Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator (ASDA), a 100% online accelerator conducted virtually.
Still doubting if this could be the right fit for you? In today’s issue, we are also sharing all the reasons you should join ASDA and how you can stand to benefit from a range of offerings.
For more information on ASDA, click here
Till our next issue, stay safe and stay healthy.
How often do you find yourself wanting to materialise an idea or a potential innovation that has been at the back of your head for too long? Taking the first step is hard. Even accomplished founders have found themselves struggling to take the leap.
The thought of losing all your money due to a miscalculated step or the fear of not being able to take the business far enough often gets in our way from taking the right first step.
Recognising the struggles many faces, 1337 Ventures, a Malaysia early staged Venture Capital firm and its education arm, Leet Academy has organised the Alpha Startups, a Pre-Accelerator programme looking to help early-staged startups find the right Product-Market Fit.
Under Alpha Startups, the Alpha Startups Digital Accelerator (ASDA) is a 100% online accelerator conducted virtually that is addressing the gaps on how founders can get their startup from “idea” to “minimal viable product” and “market validation” stage.
“We saw that gap and we seek to be the bridge between your alpha idea and its critical acceleration curve. Alpha Startup is an intensive bootcamp where selected teams of entrepreneurs, developers and designers get to test and validate a scalable product idea together with their peers,” 1337 Ventures says.
The programme will also prove to be a good test bed for founders and their ideas before they can go on to seek support and raise funds.
Being the oldest and first technology accelerator, the Alpha Startups Pre-Accelerator programme has been run since 2012 and is the firm’s 38th Cohort.
Past alumni that have graduated from Alpha Startups include Eatcaketoday, Maideasy, Microleap. Kapitani, Blueduck, SparkFit, Cult Creative, Arus Oil, and more.
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In collaboration with Digital Penang, there will be additional perks for startups from Penang or looking to either expand or relocate to the state. The programme is also looking to help startups in mapping their business model on Lean Canvas, find product-market fit and refine their pitches.
Additionally, all participants will get to enjoy digital credits worth up to RM20,000 from AWS, Airtable, as well as training and job portals.
The top 2 teams get RM50,000 in funding.
ASDA is a 10-day commitment spread over 5 weeks and demands the same time resource of physical accelerator requiring your commitment from 9.30 am to 5.30 om for 2 days per week.
It consists of Live Webinars, small group tutorials with mentors and self-paced learning sessions. Participants are also encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible.
All Alpha Startups that successfully complete the pre-accelerator programme will gain priority admission into funding programmes run by 1337 Ventures.
“As we’re a venture capital firm, apart from having an interest in investing in early stage startups, we have a wide network where we can connect you to other VCs and recognised funding organisation throughout the country.
“Upon completing this accelerator programme, you will be a validated startup with strong pitch decks consisting of viable product proposition, refined marketing plan and practical development roadmap,” 1337 Ventures says.
ASDA is the 3rd cohort the venture capital firm is running a digital accelerator. The programme is free to join, however, startups must commit their time to participate in all the classes and mentoring session.
All startup stages are welcomed to participate, while teams are preferred, individuals with ideas are also welcomed.
The new cohort begins on Sep 13 with demo day set to tentatively take place on Oct 15, 2021
Register by 11th Sep for this NEW INTAKE 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/1337_asda
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