- Main intent would be to develop Malaysia’s homegrown unicorns, coach these to pitch
- Global tech leaders, venture capitalists and investors with final pitching session
PIKOM’s Venture Investment Chapter (VIC) recently declared that 20 curated Malaysian tech scale-up businesses will be presenting their pitch in this September at the World Congress on Innovation plus Technology 2022 (WCIT 2022) Malaysia, in hopes of becoming the next Malaysian tech unicorns.
SEADragon, organized by Pikom (The National Tech Organization of Malaysia), is a venture investment system designed for tech online companies and scaleups that are looking for investments, growth, plus global market expansion. This is done via curated deal flows where promising tech companies get shortlisted, coached and equipped to be showcased in order to VCs and traders globally.
Pikom Chairman Dr Sean Seah who also Chairs the particular VIC explains, “Since April this year, over the few dozen startups and scaleups happen to be selected to pitch at the SEADragon system, securing for places to present their companies to the world via WCIT 2022. SEADragon also offers mentoring sessions in August including coaching on the securitization methodology where finalists will go through the process on how to wow traders at the final pitching session during WCIT 2022 Malaysia which takes place from thirteen th to 15 th September 2022 in Penang. We are going to have global technology leaders, venture capitalists and investors in the final pitching session with these fine companies. ”
MDEC as the strategic partner of SEADragon believes that the digital economy ecosystem, composed of a strong digital infrastructure, robust policy, and regulatory frameworks, skilled and experienced digital talent, and strategic collaborations, create Malaysia a viable area for global unicorns to land and expand regionally.
CS Chin, CEO associated with SEATECH Ventures Corp, and a former Pikom chairman highlighted, “We will be having the last leg of the harrassing session on ten August 2022, intended for 4 weeks prior to WCIT 2022. Then, the particular mentoring sessions will begin. Our main intent here is to develop Malaysia’s homegrown unicorns, coach them to presentation to local and global investors and develop global market access for them. ”
SEATECH Ventures, GreenPro Capitol, MDEC and a number of local startup plus scaleup ecosystem companions are working with Pikom in this initiative.
Pikom provides scheduled three more SEADragon Pitching periods in July and August. Interested high-growth tech companies which are keen to participate in the SEADragon pitching series can get more details at https://www.pikom.org.my/seadragon/ .
Generally, companies that would like to participate must be Malaysian-owned entity, non-listed entity or not portion of a listed entity that is mixed up in tech sector.
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