Techsauce is served up this week in Bangkok – Friday 28 and Saturday 29 this week is the Start it UP Conference at Centara Grand. The Thailand technology ecosystem is growing by leaps and bounds, in particular the eCommerce and fintech segments. You don’t want to miss this conference as it is generally the largest...
Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank has setup a tech fund of billion Thai Baht. K-Bank has named the new fund Beacon Venture Capital (BVC). Thanapong Na Ranong, formerly with working with InVent, a Venture Capital firm established by mobile operator AIS, will lead BVP and deploy funds both domestically and internationally. The capital was raised 100 percent from the...
Thailand wants your fintech startup, and in order to support this need, the Government is aiming to raise 30 billion baht (USD 1 Billion) from investors by 2020. National Innovation Agency (NIA) is working to sign an MOU with the Ministry of economy, Trade and Industry of Japan for startup collaboration. Another MOU in...
In just a few days, thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, and startup enthusiasts from around the world will descend on the greatest city in the world – Bangkok Thailand. Techsauce Summit is the countries largest, homegrown tech conference and is sure not to disappoint. TechSauce is run as a partnership between HUBBA and Thumbsup –...
The Thailand Future Fund may be launched in 2016 after the government finalises the issuing conditions. “The working group of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Finance Ministry has been working on the conditions that match the government’s demand to issue the fund worth Bt 100,000,000,000 since last year. Now we’re waiting for the final conditions, while the...
Initiated by the OECD in 2013 and endorsed by the G-20, the OECD’s “Action Plan to Address Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)” includes 15 key areas to encourage more transparency, better reporting and more cooperation between countries in which multinational companies operate. {read: money is ‘slipping away’ from high tax jurisdictions through transfer...
Intouch Holdings Public Company Limited (PCL), through its corporate venture capital arm InVent, has invested 23.84 million Thai Baht (US$674,000) in Bangkok-based golf course booking app startup Golfdigg, according to an official release today. “This platform will help both Thai and international golfers by providing a convenient and simple way to book golf time slots,...
Thailand is hoping that crowdfunding could provide an alternative for small companies struggling to fund growth as banks cut back on lending. Thai banks have tightened lending criteria as the economy falls short of government growth targets and the number of small- and medium-sized enterprises defaulting on loans rises. The Securities and...
Thailand’s first co-working space HUBBA has raised a round of financing from Ardent Capital and 500 Startups. Amarit Charoenphan who runs the co-working space with his brother Charlie, is one of the most well connected and most helpful people in the Thailand Startup ecosystem. SiamStartup team wish him good luck on his journey to...
Are you an internet entrepreneur in Thailand looking for a physical space in which to work while you launch your startup business? Maybe you’re a talented developer, coder, or graphic designer looking for somewhere to get serious work done and network with other freelancers and potential clients. In either case, a co-working space may...