Author: Praveen Kumar Senior Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific at ASG Technologies,

Organisations recognise that they cannot function without technology, particularly in the critical area of information management. So budgets are set and options are explored – an often lengthy process. Solutions are sought, compared, chosen and finally implemented. Time to relax and get on with running the business, right?  Wrong.

Despite having spent time and money on setting up the shiny new solution, enterprises have to face the fact that they cannot stand pat.  The information management landscape – and technological innovation at large – is constantly changing, and a set-it-and-forget-it approach to technology solutions is not going to help the business keep pace.

Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, 18 August 2021 – Sunway’s innovation arm, Sunway Innovation Labs (Sunway iLabs), has announced the top five startups from its one-month pre-accelerator phase of the 2021 Sunway iLabs Super Accelerator programme. 

The accelerator programme, kicked off together with Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners last month, was completed with 23 startups in a pitch competition to a panel of judges. The top five startups of this third cohort come from various industries, specifically Agrifoodtech, Fintech, Proptech and Travel & Hospitality Tech. They are:  

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Group photo of VSure.life and REVENUE at the company’s investment agreement signing event

(Names from L-R) Loo Tak Kheong (卢德强) - Chief Executive Officer of Revenue Harvest Sdn Bhd, Jason Wong – Chief Marketing Officer of VSure.life, Eddy Wong – Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of VSure.life, and Datuk Eddie Ng Chee Siong (黄志雄) – Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of REVENUE, Suffian Suboh – Business Investment Director of VSure.life, Lai Wei Keat (赖伟杰) – Executive Director of REVENUE and Managing Director of Revenue Safe Nets Sdn Bhd.

MALAYSIA, 18 AUGUST 2021 – Malaysia-based VSure.life (“VSure” or “Company”) is the country’s first insurtech company to have secured approval from Bank Negara Malaysia to introduce on-demand insurance and protection plans for the masses, serving as a compelling vision that will make digital insurance even more accessible and affordable for everyone and playing a role in contributing to elevate Malaysia’s digital agenda.