ASEAN Startup Connect

30 days to the ASEAN Startup Connect Summit 2026. 16–18 November. One month out. Founders, investors and governments from across ASEAN and Japan, together in Phnom Penh. Request your place: https://aseanstartupconnect.org/en/summit #ASEANStartupConnect #ASC2026 #JAIF #JapanASEANIntegrationFund

[MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME] Scaling across ASEAN? You don’t have to figure it out alone. The final ASC Mentorship intro session before the Summit is open. Bring one business challenge, and we’ll match you with a senior mentor who works through it with you. 🗓 Thu 29 Oct, 18:30–20:30 (GMT+7) ⏳ Apply by …

Happy Pchum Ben from all of us at ASEAN Startup Connect. To our participants, delegates and friends across Cambodia: we wish you a peaceful and meaningful holiday with your families. Pchum Ben is a time to honour those who came before us and the generations whose work made today possible. It is a …

And if you want to meet those people in person, November is where it happens! Growth That Does Not Stop at the Border. Three days with founders, investors and policymakers from eleven ASEAN markets and Japan. Find out what is blocking cross-border trade, who has already solved it, and what to buil…

Innovate. Connect. Collaborate. That is what João Bosco Liberty Nahak took home to Timor-Leste after three days at the ASC Summit 2025 in Phnom Penh. What stayed with him most was innovation, learned from the facilitators, presenters and founders around him. Then he took the next step and joined ou…

[VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY] ASEAN STARTUP CONNECT SUMMIT IS BACK! 🤩 We are opening volunteer applications for the ASEAN Startup Connect Summit 2026. 16 to 18 November, Phnom Penh. Three days, twelve markets, delegations from across ASEAN and Japan in one room, and a small team making sure it runs. Wh…

ASEAN Startup Connect Summit is BACK !! 16 to 18 November · Phnom Penh, Cambodia 83% of last year's delegates rated it better than other regional events they had been to. This year, ASEAN and Japan meet in Phnom Penh to ask: → What's still blocking cross-border trade? → What can each market offer …

Two days. Two clear directions. One summit built around what comes next for Malaysia’s startup ecosystem. Cradle LIVE! Summit 2026 is structured around two distinct conversations: Day 1: The Springboard to ASEAN For founders looking beyond Malaysia. Expect conversations around market intelligence…

Your business is real, but can a foreign investor, client or donor actually verify it? In four weeks, the ASC Credibility Programme gives ASEAN startups and MSMEs - two independent credibility assessments, - three coaching sessions with specialists and - a prioritised action plan, - plus a ful…

Sharing something worth your Thursday if you can make it. One thing that came up again and again in yesterday's session: the barrier for most small businesses isn't the technology. It's the judgement to know what matters, and the ability to read the person across the table well enough to build some…

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Thank you to the six representatives who joined us yesterday and spoke plainly about where their digital economies actually stand: Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Lao PDR, Viet Nam and Myanmar. What made it valuable was the honesty. Read more: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mr-g-galeno-chua-7692b…

Happening in one hour. Join us live. Representatives from across ASEAN and Japan on where their digital economies actually stand. Join us now on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/events/stateoftheasean-japandigitaleco7498241353873747968

Day - 1 "State of the ASEAN-Japan Digital Economy: Webinar" Wonder what your neighbouring market's digital economy actually looks like from the inside? Tomorrow, Tuesday 15 September, 15:00 (UTC+7). Free, online, 90 minutes. Register here: https://aseanstartupconnect.org/en/events/asean-japan-d…

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