How JFDI build our community

JFDI.Asia - Asia’s #1 Business Accelerator
JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

UEN 201000777K
Blk 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent #05-16, Singapore 139951
Using Events To Build Your Community
Fannie Kue, General Manager, JFDI.Asia T +65 9876 8989 | fannie@jfdi.asia

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

UEN 201000777K
About Me
Ø  Masters in Technopreneurship and Innovation Program in NTU
Ø  Associate at Expara, Expara IDM Ventures
Ø  Un-successfully applied for YES! Startup grant
Ø  Started fashion startup in 2011
Ø  Successfully applied for i.JAM grant with another tech startup
Ø  Community Manager at JFDI.Asia
Ø  General Manager at JFDI.Asia

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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JFDI’s co-founders
Meng Wong
Ø  Co-founder and Chairman, JFDI.Asia
Ø  Founded two successful Internet dot-coms (pobox.com and
karmasphere.com, VC-backed)
Ø  Active Business Angel
Ø  Deputy Chair, Business Angels Network South East Asia
Ø  Entrepreneur-in-residence / guest lecturer at NUS, INSEAD

Hugh Mason
Ø  Co-founder and CEO, JFDI.Asia
Ø  Former award winning factual TV producer in UK: BBC, Discovery,
National Geographic
Ø  Founded successful independent factual production company
Ø  Adjunct Professor at NYU Tisch Asia, guest lecturer at INSEAD,
SUTD, MIT, SMU
Ø  Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS, Institute for Engineering
Leadership

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About JFDI
Ø  #1 accelerator in the whole of Southeast Asia.
Ø  Recruited by TechStars as 1st regional member of its Global
Accelerator Networl (GAN).

Since JFDI’s accelerator launch in 2012:
Ø  1075 startup teams from 58 countries have applied for
acceleration.
Ø  40 (3.7%) of applicants were accepted.
Ø  They received S$25k pre-seed investment for 5–20% equity.
Ø  63% of accelerated teams raise follow-on funding averaging
S$600,000.

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.

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Building Communities
Startups
Mentors
Investors
Alumni
Partnerships
Open House
Internal Events
External Events
Demo Day
Evangelization
Participation

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Open House
Why?
It’s all about the communities!
What?
Casual. Just mingle. Nobody dresses up. Cheese.

Who?
Random collection of geeks, entrepreneurs, investors and creatives:
Ø Local/Foreign entrepreneurs
Ø Wantrepreneurs
Ø Mentors
Ø Investors
Ø Corporates
Ø Local/Foreign students
How?
Ø Short open mic session
Ø Themed parties
When?
Ø Every Friday
Ø 6pm-8pm
Ø www.jfdi.asia/openhouse

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

UEN 201000777K
Internal Events
What?
Media events, workshops, mentor dinners, investors show & tell .

Examples
Ø  Media Event: A Discussion On Entrepreneurship in Singapore
Ø  Bi-weekly mentors’ dinner
Ø  Investors’ show & tell every batch

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

UEN 201000777K
External Events
Paid
Sponsorships, venue rental.
Unpaid
Partnerships.

Examples
Ø  Monthly TiE events
Ø  Monthly meet-up for Social Psychology
Ø  BOOST: Bitcoin Singapore
Ø  Swissnex: Business Model Generation workshop
Ø  Facebook Hackathon
Ø  Google Business Group Workshop
Ø  Chicago Booth School of Business
Ø  Business Sweden
Ø  Channel News Asia’s Start.Up Competition
Ø  IDA’s Data in the City Hackathon

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Demo Day
Why?
Ø  Investors, mentors

What?
JFDI teams pitch to investors.

Who?
Investors, journalists, mentors.

How?
6 minutes pitch by JFDI teams
When?
Day 100th of each accelerator program

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Evangelization
Why?
Ø  Startups, investors, partnerships
Examples
Ø  Startup Village in Russia
Ø  Startup Asia
Ø  Kuwait Startup
Ø  Next Bank Asia
Ø  Taiwanese delegates visit
Ø  Norwegians’ Trade Minister visit
Ø  Germany’s Ministry of Education visit
Ø  Nanyang Technopreneurship Center visit
Ø  NUS MBA visit
Ø  Seoul NUST visit
Ø  EDHEC visit
Ø  INSEAD visit

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Participation
Why?
Ø  Startups, alumni, partnerships
Examples
Ø  beLAUCH
Ø  Startup Nations Asia Meet-up at DCamp
Ø  MIT Entrepreneurship
Ø  Global Accelerator Network Meeting in London
Ø  Global Accelerator Meeting in Israel
Ø  Startup Conference in Taiwan
Ø  Finpro Investor Networking Event
Ø  UP New Year Party
Ø  CoFoundersLab Matchup
Ø  TechVenture

JFDI.Asia Pte. Ltd.

UEN 201000777K
JFDI Discovery
www.jfdi.asia/discovery
Fannie Kue, General Manager, JFDI.Asia T +65 9876 8989 | fannie@jfdi.asia

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