Aspiration
BUILD TO CROSS BORDERS
With aspirations as the seeds of our vision, determination transforms them into reality, especially when building ventures transcending borders. Overcoming challenges demands grit, perseverance, and adaptability, whether facing geographical barriers or resource constraints. By fostering a growth mindset and embracing learning from failure, we can turn limitations into growth opportunities. Building ventures that transcend borders requires resilience, risk-taking, and teamwork. Digital Penang invites you to aim for greatness, break limits, and create world-changing ventures together.
Here to Help : Our Work
Nurturing new startups and supporting tech founders in different stages of growth through our venture development programs and community engagement on Facebook
Developing a differentiated ecosystem through special programs to grow hardtech, deeptech and creative tech companies offering high impact solutions and products in the B2B and B2C markets
Creating and enabling market development and market access opportunities within the domestic and international markets for our startups
Ensuring capital access to our startups through grants, loans, angel investment, venture capitals, alternative financing i.e ECF, IEOs etc and direct investment engagement for high performing startups
We create opportunities for founders to go beyond their limits
Tech Ecosystem In A Glance
Ecosystem Activities in 2023
27 Grassroot and activation events and activities
11 Fundraising and investor engagement activities
10 venture development and market access programs and activities
6 IHLs, 12 VCs and more than 20 Corporates are the engagement we did for our startups
Did You Know ...
Penang is the place that gave birth to many digital tech startups that are giants in the industry today such as Jobstreet (now SEEK) and Piktochart.
It is also currently home to Soonicorns – Easyparcel, Easybook and Xilnex as well as big companies like Oppstar Technologies and Vitrox Technologies.
CREST and CEDEC is also based here in Penang for Deeptech companies.
A Leading Startup Hub in Southeast Asia by 2030
