2. About JFDI
#1 in Southeast Asia, JFDI is Asia’s gateway to a global
community
➢ JFDI was the first accelerator in the whole of Southeast
Asia.
➢ JFDI was recruited by TechStars as first regional member
of its Global Accelerator Network: 50 elite accelerators in
63 cities worldwide. JFDI shares insights gained creating
908 new startups across 6 continents.
➢ Worldwide, accelerators like JFDI have raised over
S$3.2b funding and created $10b value in hundreds of
businesses, like Airbnb, Dropbox, Sendgrid, and Heroku.
Since JFDI’s accelerator launch in 2012:
➢ 1075 startup teams from 58 countries have applied for
acceleration.
➢ 40 (3.7%) of applicants were accepted.
➢ They received S$25k pre-seed investment for 5-10%
equity.
➢ 63% of accelerated teams raised follow-on funding
averaging S$600,000.
➢ The first two years of JFDI’s accelerator operations
yielded 21 active startups, raising in aggregate SGD9m
(USD7.2m) in seed funding and now valued at
SGD36.1m (USD29.1m)
In 3 years, JFDI has secured widespread media coverage
because of its regional impact. In Singapore, its alumni
already represent approximately 10% of all ICT startups
funded at seed level.
3. JFDI in the media
JFDI.Asia has been featured in top business and tech
media, globally, regionally and in Singapore:
Wall Street Journal
Singapore Aims to Become Southeast Asia's Silicon
Valley
http://bit.ly/JFDI_WSJ
Economist
All together now: What entrepreneurial ecosystems
need to flourish
http://bit.ly/JFDI_Economist
New York Times
In Singapore, Building Businesses for the Next Billion
http://bit.ly/JFDI_NYT
The Straits Times
Heart of Singapore’s start-up ecosystem
http://bit.ly/JFDI_ST16JUL2014
TechCrunch
JFDI Accelerator Raises $2.1M To Help Singapore
Become Southeast Asia’s Startup Hub
http://bit.ly/JFDI_TC17MAR2014
4.
5. JFDI: bringing people together across the
region
JFDI has hosted over 140 weekly open house
networking events since 2011, each bringing together
between 30-200 people. Speakers have included Yves
Pigneur, the inventor of the Business Model Canvas
and Amazon Global CTO Werner Voegels.
JFDI has hosted over 30 startup events ranging from
startup weekends to sponsored hackathons across
APAC in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia,
India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines.
6. About JFDI: The Top Team
Meng Wong
➢ Co-founder and CIO, JFDI.Asia
➢ Founded two successful Internet dot-coms
(pobox.com and karmasphere.com, VC-backed)
➢ Led the SPF opensource standard
➢ Active Business Angel
➢ Deputy Chair, Business Angels Network South
East Asia
➢ Computer Science at UPenn
➢ Entrepreneur-in-residence / guest lecturer at NUS,
INSEAD
Hugh Mason
➢ Co-founder and CEO JFDI.Asia
➢ Former award winning factual TV producer in UK:
BBC, Discovery, National Geographic
➢ Founded successful independent factual
production company (Narrateo Limited) which
made over 150 hours of programming in long-form
series and one-off feature shows for international
distribution.
➢ Adjunct at NYU Tisch Asia, guest lecturer at
INSEAD, SUTD, MIT, SMU
7. Testimonials from local investors
Lim Kuo-Yi, Partner, Monk’s Hill Ventures:
“I can’t say enough that JFDI is pivotal to the scene
here. I think they have done a lot of good.”
Chow Yen-Lu, Entrepreneur and Business
Angel:
“What’s impressive is what they were able to
accomplish in 100 days … With this Demo Day and
other events like it, Singapore has clearly become
the hub in the region for early stage investment.”
Amit Anand, Founder and Managing Partner of
Jungle Ventures:
“JFDI has done well in toning some of these start-
ups from where they were before to where they
should be.”
Paul Santos, Partner, Wavemaker Labs:
“Hats off to JFDI for trying something like this. JFDI
now have a ton of learning and the next batch of
incubatees will benefit from that experience.”
8. Testimonials from JFDI teams
“One of the top accelerator programs in this region.
Never before have I seen so many entrepreneurs,
mentors and investors come through one place
over such a short period” – team UserScout, 2013
“it couldn’t have been better … the exposure we
got, interacting with the other teams, with people
from all over the world, it has really helped us,
personally and professionally” – team Scrollback,
2013
“Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey and it is
very encouraging to sprint with other great teams
who are facing similar challenges” – team Klinify,
2013
“Highly recommend. If you want to build tech-
startup in Asia for Asia, then Go JFDI.Asia” – team
ShopSpot, 2012
“Don't wait to join JFDI - just do it” – team
TradeGecko, 2012
“It's a fantastic process throughout, especially the
community aspect… With JFDI we had an entire
community of mentors advisors and entrepreneurs
helping us with this journey” – team Glints, 2014
