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The Global FinTech Hackcelerator 2017, powered by KPMG Digital Village, is looking for the most exciting and innovative start-ups from all over the world who can address problems faced by the financial industry. We have 100 problem statements across three focus areas: Customer-Facing, Financial Inclusion, and RegTech, and a General category. The top 20 start-ups shortlisted for the Global FinTech Hackcelerator will have the opportunity to: Work with real client owners to contextualise their solution to client and industry needs Enter and/or expand into Singapore and the Asia-Pacific regional markets Receive guidance and support from industry experts, subject-matter experts and regulatory bodies Build and nurture lasting relationships with a community of passionate professionals and game changers Receive a cash stipend of up to S$20,000 Applications for the Global FinTech Hackcelerator are now open and will close on 15 July 2017. To find out more about the programme and view the problem statements, please visit our official website at http://www.fintechfestival.sg/hackcelerator/

Congratulations to BizSpark Startup Bluzelle for being awarded “Technology Pioneer” status by World Economic Forum. Bluzelle offers a complete and fully integrated stack of blockchain applications, middleware and data services. With customers that range from SMEs to global enterprises, Bluzelle is able to design, develop and deploy the best solution for your business. To find out about Bluzelle and their Blockchain solutions, please visit their website at http://bluzelle.com/ Find out more about this exciting development at e27 : https://e27.co/singapore-blockchain-startup-bluzelle-becomes-world-economic-forum-endorsed-technology-pioneer-20170614/

BASH Chope! Microsoft Innovation Huddle returns to LaunchPad where we dived into building smart apps with Artificial Intelligence at your fingertips by exploring the various features of the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit. As always, the community responded enthusiastically to the event with over 110 sign-ups and a turnout of over 60 participants comprising of startups, students, developers, and industry professionals. At the end of the session, the audience connected with Alyssa to find out more about integrating Artificial Intelligence into applications in real life scenarios. Special thanks to Alyssa for taking time off from her busy schedule to present in our event. A big thank you to all event attendees and we are looking forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming events. You can review the presentation slides at: Building Smart Apps Check out our Spiffy Facebook Events to find out our upcoming activities in LaunchPad. Special thanks to BASH and TAG.PASS for being our supporting event partners! Check out the latest news and events from BASH via Twitter @BASH_SGInnovate

Echelon Asia Summit 2017 is a digital insights, connections, talent and funding platform and power-packed two day conference this June 28-29 at Singapore EXPO. Exclusive for our community members: get 30% off all Delegate, Startup, Investor and Corporate passes now! OFFER EXTENDED! Register before June 26 at https://e27.co/echelon/asia/

Congratulations to the graduating class for the inaugural edition of Startup Autobahn Singapore Accelerator Program in collaboration with Plug and Play and NUS Enterprise. Here’s a quick look at our BizSpark Startups that have graduated from the accelerator program: Surge (Artificial Intelligence): Surge leverages voice and email data to automatically enter, clean and complete information into your CRM. Fixir (Logistics & Transportation): Fixir is the friend every driver needs. Whether your car breaks downs, needs a polish or is due for a wheel change, we’re here for you. Using Fixir is really simple, you just need to select the service you need and our reliable service providers will come to you in no time! Rendezvous (Enterprise Solution): Automated minutes taker for meetings using various speech-to-text software and creating a transcript from speech.

Whether you are an entrepreneur, techie, designer, creative, corporate professional, freelancer, student or in the midst of a career change – join The Impact Hub Singapore, one of Singapore’s premier co-working community with mentorship, incubation, workshops, events, networking and corporate innovation labs. Sign-up for your complimentary week of access to a collaborative co-working community HERE using the promo code MHUBVIP For startups, enjoy discounted rates on memberships at The Impact Hub Singapore. To find out more, visit http://singapore.impacthub.net/startup-success

After a two-month break, BASH CHOPE! Microsoft Startup Days returned to BASH with a special presentation by Mr. Shaun Djie, co-founder for Digix Global, where he shared his startup journey and how Microsoft’s technologies are helping his startup to build an asset tokenization platform on the Ethereum Blockchain, marrying the functionality and transactional utility of crypto coins with real world physical assets on the Blockchain and unlocking the store of value of physical assets to use them as a medium of exchange over the internet easily and efficiently. This event is one of our most well-received community activity in LaunchPad, attracting over 140 sign-ups and a turnout of over 100 attendees comprising of a mixture of startup, students, developers and industry professionals. The audience was highly interested in the potential of Blockchain, how distributed ledger technology is applied for digital assets, the ways in which they are utilizing Microsoft Azure Platform to build and grow their platform. Special thanks to Mr. Shaun Djie for taking time off from his busy schedule to share his entrepreneurial journey with us. A big thank you to all event attendees and we are looking forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming events. Recap the presentation HERE and follow Digix Global in the following channels for the latest news and updates: ...

Congratulations to BizSpark Startup Gnowbe for raising US$1.7 million in seed funding to grow their learning platform. Gnowbe leverages bite-sized, social learning (chats and messaging) and gamification to encourage active engagement and inspire behavior change. It is designed for the modern learner who needs relevant, new content when they want it, when they need it - right in their pockets. To find out about Gnowbe and their platform, please visit their website at https://www.gnowbe.com/ Find out more about this exciting development at the following sites: ...

Congratulations to BizSpark Startup Attores for collaborating with Ngee Ann Polytechnic to be the first educational institution in Singapore to distribute academic certificates on their blockchain platform. Attores is a Smart Contracts as a Service platform. They make it easy for you to write, submit and execute Smart Contracts on the blockchain by providing the APIs and Smart Contract templates for your Blockchain Apps which includes Digital Certificates and Digital Signatures. To find out about Attores and their Smart Contracts platform, please visit their website at http://www.attores.com/ Read more about this exciting collaboration in the following news coverage: ...