Building on the momentum of SuperCharger's 2017 demo day at HKEX, we began our expansion into ASEAN, with Malaysia as the first country of entry. SuperCharger recently closed the Malaysia application and will officially announce the 10 FinTech companies joining the cohort at the Kuala Lumpur Launch Day on September 26th. For now, we would like to share with you our story in Malaysia thus far. A. Why Malaysia There is significant headroom for growth across FinTech sub-categori

During RiseConf in Hong Kong in July, we interviewed a number of thought leaders in FinTech, among whom Mr. Shameek Kundu, Chief Data Officer, Standard Chartered Bank. Read his insights below: Q: What are the roles of humans in an age of technological change, where technology is nearly universally-present? A: Ultimately, technology is here to serve humans - how can we do things more simply, more intuitively, and provide greater convenience. I believe technology can only work

The trend has been confirmed — Asia is the leading region in the world, as measured by FinTech investment. Globally VC-backed FinTech funding (down 13% to $12.7BN) and deals (down 1% to 836) are on the downturn. Asia is the only part of the world where FinTech investment is increasing. Last year, the top 10 Asia-based FinTech deals were worth in aggregate around $4BN. 2016 Asia mega-round deals ($50MN+) were dominated by Chinese firms. Ant Financial raised $4.5BN in private p

Ever wonder how accelerators evaluate and select startups for their programs? In this blog, we outline exactly how SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator evaluates our applications. If you are thinking about applying to future SuperCharger programs, make sure to look over and understand our 5 Evaluation Pillars listed below: Team, Product, Market, Traction, and Gut Feeling. Pillar 1: Team We look holistically at teams — are team members complementary? Do they build off each other’s

Founder of SuperCharger Janos Barberis is a Millennial in FinTech. He is recognized as a top-35 global FinTech leader by Institutional Investor Magazine. He sits on the FinTech advisory boards of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) and the Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) and has founded three ventures to date: SuperCharger (Accelerator), FinTech Book (Publication) and FinTech HK (Research). Today, I sat him down in between a day full of meetings to ask some questions to ki

[Originally posted on Entersoft Security’s blog — check it out here!] Entersoft is one of the eight companies in the SuperCharger 2.0 cohort. It is an application security provider based in Australia that integrates offensive assessment, proactive monitoring and managed security to provide cost-effective and reliable solutions. Celine, working on their business development team, reviewed the first week of SuperCharger 2.0 and we share it here. Supercharger, what a great way t

SuperCharger 2.0 has officially begun! On January 9, SuperCharger welcomed its new cohort — Bambu, Clare.ai, Entersoft, FinChat, Foris, KYC Chain, Squirro, and XNotes Alliance — to launch its second accelerator programme. The cohort will be collaborating with and learning from leading FinTech professionals over the next three months in Cyberport FinTech Smart Space, the largest FinTech space in Asia spanning 35,000 square feet. The Launch Day attracted over 200 people from th