In the Malaysia leg of TOP100, startups will step into the spotlight and pitch to a panel of esteemed judges. With 3 minutes of pitching time and 5 minutes of Q&A, these startups have to impress the judges to make it to the TOP100.

Shortlisted startups will pitch at Regional Qualifiers across 14 cities and countries. Key investors and community leaders will then judge startups, and the Top 100 Startups will exhibit at the Marketplace at Echelon Asia Summit, and the Top 10 will pitch in front of international judges.

Venue

Maybank Innovation Centre
Etiqa Twins, Level 4, Tower 1,
11, Jalan Pinang, 50450 Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Agenda

1300 - 1305 Opening Remarks

1305 - 1310 Welcome Address by Innovation Partner

1310 - 1315 Welcome Address by Venue Partner

1315- 1335 Keynote "Future of the Internet & Leveling the playing field for Startups" Powered by Akamai

1335- 1345 Break

1345- 1505 TOP100 Startup Pitches (Part 1)

1505- 1515 Break

1515- 1635 TOP100 Startup Pitches (Part 2)

1635- 1640 Judges Deliberation

1640- 1645 Award Presentation and Closing Remarks

Speaker's Profile

Karthik Sathuragiri
Director, Marketing, Asia Pacific

The Internet has gone through rapid changes from a text-based documentation sharing interface to a platform where we consume most of our news and entertainment, where we transact and buy real and virtual goods as well as work and play. This presentation will cover the range of opportunities and challenges the evolution presents for startups and how startups can tune performance and security strategies to help them compete and disrupt large enterprises in this exciting era!

Judges

Koichi Saito - Founder & General, KK Fund

Vishal Harnal - Venture Partner, 500 Startups

Gavin Lee - Investment Manager, Wavemaker Partners

Johnathan Lee - Executive Director, Entrepreneur Development, MaGIC

Victor Chua - Investment Director, Gobi Partners

Juliana Jan - Chief Investment Officer, Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd