Are you ready to join the largest international conference in Europe focused on connecting startup ecosystems in Asia and Berlin? If yes, we have some great news! The AsiaBerlin Summit 2021 is taking place from 4 to 10 October, on-site in Berlin (the startup hub......
Entrepreneur turned Investor Bernard Moon is a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group, a network of accelerators and venture capital funds that has invested in over 280 companies across six continents since 2013. Here are his views on the Asian and Berlin startup ecosystems and......
Featuring AI experts and scale-ups, this event explores how India and Germany can be partners in the global AI landscape. Register here. The past few years have shown us multiple cases of applying AI to real-time cases through remarkable innovations. One has to struggle to......
AI will add USD 13 trillion to the world economy by 2030 according to McKinsey’s recent reports. Asia will play a key role when it comes to building solutions that are built to scale. Let’s see where Europe stands and how the two continents can......
As a reaction to the pandemic, Asian societies have handled the transition from offline to online teaching smoothly at schools. This opens the discussion for the impact of tech on schooling, the availability of technology to students, the role of governments, and how parents are......
Large corporates are looking to innovate from the inside out with accelerators, incubators, and other startup programs. Corporates are trying to tie in new developments that startups can ideate and test at a much quicker pace than a vast, cumbersome enterprise with 1000s of employees......
Why do we need more women-led venture capital funds and why do we need to invest in more women-led companies? This is not a gender issue but rather a business decision. Here are edited excerpts from the panel “Impact Investment Focus – From Gender –......
What is driving investments into Climate Tech; what are investors looking for and what does the road ahead look like? Here are edited excerpts from the panel “ Shifting Targets – Investing in Times of Climate Change” at AsiaBerlin Summit 2020. “The venture capital industry......
AsiaBerlin Ambassador and independent Growth Strategist Tina Nayak demystifies what it takes to expand in India; the myths about the diverse market and how to crack the monetization game in the country. Here is a look at her first-hand experience of building go-to-market strategies for......
Here is a look at some aspects of startup-corporate collaboration and how it’s changing the dynamics not just in Europe, but across the globe including Asia. With rapid digitalization, companies are struggling to keep up the pace and remain innovative. One of the solutions has......
Lubomila Jordanova, CEO of Plan A on the relevance of sustainability entrepreneurs ecosystem; setting up Greentech Alliance community with members from over a hundred countries ; and the urgency to act on Climate Change. One thing that resonates with Lubomila Jordanova when it comes to......
Here is how we merged the perspectives of entrepreneurs, investors, academics, corporates, governments to connect startup ecosystems in Asia and Berlin at AsiaBerlin Summit 2020 (21- 27 September). The year 2020 was a time of many firsts for us and our AsiaBerlin community. We consolidated......
What does it take to be a startup founder? Why choose Berlin to startup? How to build a diverse team in your startup? Naren Shaam, CEO, and Founder of OMIO GmbH, answers it all and shares the three ingredients that made him a successful entrepreneur.......
Here is what three of our honorary AsiaBerlin Ambassadors have to share about being announced as Board members for The Asia-Pacific Berlin Forum (APFB). The APFB is the Berlin platform for committed members and partners from the political, business, science, and cultural sectors to promote communication and......
Athena’s goal in everyday life is simple yet impactful – to help. “I am always happy to meet people who are doing the uncomfortable work of challenging the status quo,” she says. Our honorary AsiaBerlin Ambassador Athena Lam works to support impact-driven companies, female-led companies,......
The question that drives Nav is: How to bring technology and principles of good design to create solutions for the human-social systems that are in harmony with the natural order? Our honorary #AsiaBerlin Ambassador Nav Qirti and his team at Ideactio led the process to......
We announced the new #AsiaBerlin logo and color scheme in June 2020. The new logo was a further step to consolidate all Asia-related startup initiatives by the Berlin Senate into a collective platform – AsiaBerlin – Connecting Startup Ecosystems with an umbrella brand. More details......
Diversity has many facets and research shows that more diverse teams produce better business results. So what should one keep in mind when hiring? How do we make business processes and team more diverse? At our AsiaBerlin event “ Driving diversity and bottom line”, we......
This article is authored by Ying (Stefani ) Lu, a speaker at AsiaBerlin Summit 2020. Stefani participated in a panel on “Intersectional talks: Internationalisation and Expansion done right”. She also conducted a masterclass on “Seeing investment in China post-CoVid 19.” (Opinions expressed by the author......
Our honorary AsiaBerlin Ambassador Miguel Encarnacion has been deeply involved in connecting the investor community between Asia and Berlin. His efforts have resulted in Asia-based investors and startups to meet, exchange ideas, and even initiate partnerships with their German and European counterparts. Prior to being......