KUCHING: Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), launched its accelerator programme, Digital Village Accelerator (DiVA) that aims to jumpstart technology startups in Sarawak.
The six-month accelerator programme is designed to provide grants, mentorship, and other benefits to innovative and scalable tech startups, with the goal of accelerating their growth and maturity, as well as securing potential investments at the end of the program.
The programme is a collaboration between SDEC and NEXEA in providing the necessary funding and resources to scale their businesses.
“DiVA is actively seeking tech startups with game-changing ideas and the potential for long-term success.
“The programme will provide the startups above with grants of up to RM150,000, potential investment from NEXEA for up to RM250,000, potential follow-on funding of up to RM1,000,000, and potential funding from startup ecosystem partners,” SDEC said in a statement issued on Thursday (April 13).
The statement further pointed out that the programme also offers startups the opportunity to work with industry experts who will provide guidance, support, and knowledge to help them grow and succeed, to access networks and partnerships that will help them gain traction in the market and scale their businesses.
DiVA has partnered with EduClaas to support the growth of the startups by ensuring that startups get the most out of the programme, by acquiring top-tier investor mentors such as James Graham, Alan Lim, Ryan Soo, and Dato Patrick Liew, who will share their professional knowledge and skills to help develop the business.
Furthermore, the program will offer support from highly experienced startup founders in a wide range of business functions such as management, growth marketing, sales, finance, fundraising, and many more featuring the names of the startup founders such as Divya (Easybook.com) Andrew Chee (RunningMen Catering), and Kyan Liew (ParkIt Malaysia).
DiVA has recently shortlisted their Top Five startups that will be joining the programme mid-April, namely, EB Tech, Migratesafe, The Learning Curve, Hexabyn Technologies and Entomal Biotech
Those interested to learn more about the Digital Village Accelerator programme are advised to visit: diva.sarawak.digital
