Update 2: Two buses will be waiting at the main entrance from 6.45pm to 7.00pm. Feel free to hang around the waiting area if Echelon ends early. The buses will leave at 7.00pm sharp. So, try not to miss the ride. If you’re not coming from NUS, please meet us at Tawandang (map below) at about 7.30pm.
Here’s the program list:
7.30 to 9.00pm: Dinner and networking. Just chillax.
9.00 to 10.00pm: 4 start-up pitches + Q&A, 15 minutes each . (1) Fashion Style Japan by Narita-san, (2) Compath.me by Ando-san, (3) Moso by Murakoshi-san, and (4) Cacoo by Tabata-san.
10.00pm+ : Hang around and have beer if you want
Wait around the pointed area
Update: We added 20 more tickets. Location is finalized too! See below for more information.
As the date to e27’s Echelon draws closer, my mailbox gets flooded with meet up appointments. So I thought it would be great to hold a small event so everyone could have a chance to meet.
It is also a good chance to roll out our first networking session with tech folks in Singapore and around Asia. We’re calling it PennUp.
Details:
- Date: 17 June
- Time: From 7.30pm to 10.00pm+
- Fee: Free
- Venue: Tawandang Microbreweryat 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City
- Transport: We’ll arrange buses to bring you from Echelon to our event venue.
What to expect:
- Food and beer (self-paid)
- Casual and business networking
- Four start-up pitches from (1) Fashion Style Japan by Narita-san, (2) Compath.me by Ando-san, (3) Moso by Murakoshi-san and (4) Cacoo by Tabata-san. Thanks to Masaru Ikeda from Startup Dating for the arrangement.
Folks to expect (in alphabetical order):
Daniel Goh: Founder and editor at YoungUpStarts.com, a small business, entrepreneurship, and technology blog.
Derek Tan: APAC Director at Cooliris, a silicon valley-based start-up. Its latest product is LiveShare, a real-time photo sharing platform.
Eric Koh: Partner and CTO at JobsCentral. JobsCentral is Singapore’s largest jobs portal and was recently acquired by CareerBuilder.
Rumpelstiltskin (her nickname): A successful serial entrepreneur and start-up mentor at Singapore Management University. She prefers to keep a low profile.
Saumil Nanavati and Bernand Leong: CEO and CTO of Chalkboard, respectively. Chalkboard is a location-based ad platform.
Volker Heistermann: Venture capitalist at Yushan Ventures. He lived in Silicon Valley for 15 years and is now based in Taiwan as an investor.
Please register through eEvent below. For your convenience, we will arrange buses to bring everyone from Echelon to our event venue.
One More Thing…
Coincidentally, Masaru-san has also organized a casual meet up on June 18 evening at Hackerspace.sg.
Here are the details:
- Date: 18 June
- Time: From 7.00pm onwards
- Venue: 70A Bussorah Street, Singapore 199483.
Click here to register. We’ll be attending this event as well.
