Head's Up: News & Events

Welcome back to an all-new Head’s Up! It’s been a busy week for us here with some exciting news to share very soon! While we are gearing up for a new phase of growth and in preparation of bringing you guys new and exciting content, we would like to thank each and every one of you for continuing to support us.

With some new changes underway, Head’s Up will continue to bring you events, news and features from the ecosystem to look out for. In the meantime, here are some news and events to stay updated with.

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Events

Sunway iLabs is currently looking for passionate individuals who are willing to join and launch an early-stage startup alongside the founder. Individuals must be able to commit to participating in their entire LaunchX Startup Incubator Programme.

Kindly check out https://lnkd.in/gMqhhAeE or scan the QR code if you are interested.

Deadline: 31 March 2022

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A brand new edition of MRANTI Global Accelerator Programme: Thematic Edition is back. The programme is here to accelerate your growth to scale and commercialise and be investment-ready for tech adoption by the industry. Application opens 1st April 2022.

Register your interest at: mranti.my/gap

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Whether you're just launching your startup or have a successful business model, Design Thinking is useful in all stages of development.

Design thinking is human-centred creativity with purpose, where the problem-solvers dive into the core of the problem and solve it with the user/customer in mind.

Explore a user-centric approach today https://lnkd.in/gxKPuWDe

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News

Advisonomics Partners MMA In Effort To Democratise Financial Advice

Financial planning firm, Advisonomics has partnered with the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) to assist medical professionals in increasing and improving their financial awareness and literacy.

The new venture is a multi-faceted initiative that will offer free financial literacy training to the medical professionals in appreciation of their service and dedication throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while also providing them invaluable help in planning their financial future. 

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EMLAB and REKA To Develop Connectivity Technology For Autonomous Vehicles

ELMLAB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with REKA to form a coalition to lead the development of connectivity technology for autonomous vehicles.

Through this partnership, ELMLAB will accelerate the development of self-driving technology in the market integrating the technology into self-driving systems and various other functionalities.

ELMLAB and REKA will be working together to realise smarter and safer driving in Malaysia through collaborative research and development.

For further reading, click here

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Medtronic: Healthtech Startups Consider Covid-19 As An Enabler Of Ideas

The Medtronic-Economist Impact Whitepaper unveiled at the Medtronic Open Innovation Conference (MAIC 2022) revealed that up to 55% of respondents cited Covid-19 as an enabler of innovative ideas, rather than a detractor.

A reflection of this innovation boom, Medtronic saw overwhelming applications from 323 start-ups and business enterprises from 46 countries across Asia Pacific and beyond vying for a potential collaboration with Medtronic valued up to US$200,000.

Five start-ups were crowned winners of the Medtronic APAC Innovation Challenge at the conference. More details about the winners can be found here. The survey saw a combination of factors encompassing, better government support (38%), greater collaboration with private sector (37%), increased funding availability (36%) and cross-learning platforms between organisations (35%) as the drivers of innovation acceleration.

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MAG Forms Regional Partnership With hoolah To Provide Seamless Payment Options To Travelers

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, has formed a regional partnership with hoolah, Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform, to provide a seamless and convenient payment option for travellers.

Through this collaboration, travellers in Malaysia, Singapore and soon Hong Kong, can now book their getaway with MAG’s main airline, Malaysia Airlines online and pay for their flights via hoolah’s flexible three-month, interest-free payment option. This means that travellers can fly to their destination and enjoy their vacation before paying for the ticket in full, while spreading the cost over three monthly interest-free instalments.

This partnership comes at an opportune time as Malaysia recently announced the reopening of its borders on 1 April 2022, following a two-year closure brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Berjaya Corporation Appoints Vivienne Cheng and Syed Ali As Joint GCEOs

Following Jalil Rasheed’s announcement on his departure, Berjaya Corporation Berhad (BCorp) has appointed Vivienne Cheng Chi Fan and Syed Ali Shahul Hameed as joint Group Chief Executive Officers (CEO(s)) of the Company.

The appointments are effective 1 April 2022.  Syed Ali has also been appointed as an Executive Director of BCorp.

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