ASEAN Startup Connect

ASEAN Startup Connect A regional platform that builds a trusted, human-centric ecosystem for startups and MSMEs across ASEAN and Japan.

ASC helps entrepreneurs bridge vision and reality through digital adoption, learning, and partnerships.

ASEAN Startup Connect Summit is BACK !!16 to 18 November · Phnom Penh, Cambodia83% of last year's delegates rated it bet...
07/10/2026

ASEAN Startup Connect Summit is BACK !!
16 to 18 November · Phnom Penh, Cambodia

83% of last year's delegates rated it better than other regional events they had been to.

This year, ASEAN and Japan meet in Phnom Penh to ask:
→ What's still blocking cross-border trade?
→ What can each market offer the others?
→ What should the region build next?

Day 1 opens inside 20e Sommet de la Francophonie Phnom Penh 2026 at Koh Pich. Across three days: delegation roundtables, hands-on workshops on AI, credibility and commercial fundamentals, and structured networking.

This isn't a summit where you sit and listen. Twelve markets work through what's actually blocking them, in a format built so people say what they really think. Because if it is not honest, it is not useful.

⚠️ Only 50 public places. Registration closes 31 October.
👉 Request your place: link in comment

Two days. Two clear directions. One summit built around what comes next for Malaysia’s startup ecosystem.Cradle LIVE! Su...
01/10/2026

Two days. Two clear directions.
One summit built around what comes next for Malaysia’s startup ecosystem.

Cradle LIVE! Summit 2026 is structured around two distinct conversations:

Day 1: The Springboard to ASEAN
For founders looking beyond Malaysia. Expect conversations around market intelligence, investment, startup growth and the pathways needed to scale across the region.

Day 2: The BIG Innovation Impact
Where corporates, startups and ecosystem leaders come together to explore corporate innovation, strategic partnerships, cross-border scaling and the policy environment shaping what happens next.

Whether you are building a startup, investing, innovating within a corporate, or shaping the ecosystem, there is a conversation here for you.

4 & 5 November 2026
The Arch Galeries, Kuala Lumpur
Two days. The full innovation picture.

Check out => https://live.cradle.com.my

21/09/2026

Your business is real, but can a foreign investor, client or donor actually verify it?

In four weeks, the ASC Credibility Programme gives ASEAN startups and MSMEs
- two independent credibility assessments,
- three coaching sessions with specialists and
- a prioritised action plan,
- plus a full year of premium platform access.

You leave with a credibility snapshot you can send to anyone, fully funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund, with no cost to you at any stage.

Places still open:
2 places: Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste
1 place left: Philippines, Lao PDR

Applications close 22 September, 5PM (UTC+7)

Apply: https://aseanstartupconnect.org/en/credibility-programme

Sharing something worth your Thursday if you can make it.One thing that came up again and again in yesterday's session: ...
16/09/2026

Sharing something worth your Thursday if you can make it.

One thing that came up again and again in yesterday's session: the barrier for most small businesses isn't the technology. It's the judgement to know what matters, and the ability to read the person across the table well enough to build something with them.

That's a trainable skill, and most of us were never taught it.

The Sensing Drill is a free 90-minute live session on reading people and rooms accurately, facilitated by Mr. G - Galeno Chua. It is the method behind the facilitation approach we used at the Summit. You practise in small groups, score yourself before and after, and leave knowing the one thing to work on next.

Thursday 17 September, 14:00 (UTC+7).
Free, on Zoom, small groups so places are limited.

Come with a real working relationship or decision in mind.

Register here: https://5spheresofempathy.com/events/the-sensing-drill

14/09/2026

Day - 1 "State of the ASEAN-Japan Digital Economy: Webinar"

Wonder what your neighbouring market's digital economy actually looks like from the inside?

Tomorrow, Tuesday 15 September, 15:00 (UTC+7).
Free, online, 90 minutes. Link in the comments.

Every investor, client and donor asks the same question. Almost no ASEAN founder can answer it with evidence.Not because...
09/09/2026

Every investor, client and donor asks the same question. Almost no ASEAN founder can answer it with evidence.

Not because the business is not real. Because nobody ever showed them how to prove it.

Four weeks. Two independent assessments. Coaching. A year of platform access. No cost to participants.

Applications close 22 September.

Link in comment.

Wonder what your neighbouring market's digital economy actually looks like from the inside?On 15 September, digital econ...
07/09/2026

Wonder what your neighbouring market's digital economy actually looks like from the inside?

On 15 September, digital economy representatives from across ASEAN and Japan give a five-minute read on their own ecosystem, then you ask the thing you have never had the chance to ask a policymaker.

Tuesday 15 September, 15:00 (UTC+7).
Exclusive, online, 90 minutes.

Register in the comments. Bring the question.

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