ASN Founder Catalyst Bootcamp
Join us for the ASN Founder Catalyst Program, designed to help you hone skill set required to acquire funding for your business.
In today’s dynamic landscape, adaptability and lifelong learning are key to staying resilient. Fundraising is a vital, lifelong skill highlights its relevance beyond the non-profit sector or startups—it’s equally valuable for corporate leaders, educators, and change-makers across industries. Effective fundraising enables individuals to clearly communicate their vision, align their objectives with stakeholder interests, and navigate evolving challenges to advance their mission.
Securing financial support for your business is a cornerstone of driving innovation, sustaining impactful projects, and catalyzing positive change in society. By ensuring a steady cash flow, you transform ideas into reality, align resources with strategic goals, and unlock opportunities for growth and development. Achieving this, however, goes beyond mastering financial skills alone.
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of the various funding options available to businesses, equipping you with fundraising techniques and strategies. You’ll hone essential skills such as strategic thinking, persuasive communication, and relationship building—critical competencies for success in both professional and personal endeavors.
This bootcamp is a hybrid one where there is a self paced learning segment before the in-person workshop.
The day starts with a hackathon and live mentoring and a feedback session by serial entrepreneurs and/or investor.
We will also help you develop an actionable roadmap so that you will be able to grow your business and cashflow. Beyond the workshops, you will get to directly plug into a supportive network of more than 1,000 experienced entrepreneurs, investors and mentors throughout Southeast Asia, ready to provide mentorship and guidance to help you navigate the intricacies of startup life as well as invest in your business. Join us at one of the external events monthly to help you network, make like-minded friends and quickly grow as a founder on your startup journey.
The day also ends with panel of seasoned entrepreneurs sharing their journey and networking drinks with other aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs - get plugged in and your burning questions answered right away!
You also receive 1 hour of face to face coaching time with Elise Tan.
Our mentors and judges
Joe Low
Joe Low is a dedicated investment strategist and mentor with a strong focus on nurturing startups. With extensive experience in guiding early-stage companies, he leverages his expertise to help entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of launching and scaling their businesses. As a passionate supporter of innovation, he actively engages in mentorship roles, providing invaluable insights and strategies to aspiring founders. His commitment to fostering a collaborative environment encourages creativity and growth, empowering startups to thrive in competitive markets.
Zhiying Chua
Zhiying is currently leading investor relations at GSR Ventures, a global VC firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled consumer platforms, healthcare technology and fintech in the US and China. Prior to GSR, she previously spent four years at Neuron Mobility, holding various roles including Head of Corporate Development, Chief of Staff, and Head of Finance. Earlier, she was an investor at SeedPlus, a seed-stage VC firm and started her career in corporate and investment banking at OCBC and Credit Suisse.
Adrian Thoo
Adrian Thoo is a seasoned strategist and visionary leader with a proven track record in guiding startups to success. As a Business Strategy Director at Blazing Conversions and Senior Advisor at Beltap Capital, Adrian brings a wealth of experience across diverse industries, including luxury fashion, education, media, finance, consulting, and technology.
Author of the Amazon #1 "Smart Business Startup Founder's Guidebook," Adrian's expertise lies in crafting effective business strategies, mentoring startups, and fostering entrepreneurial growth. With a deep understanding of the startup ecosystem, he works closely with Venture Capital firms to create accelerator and mentorship programs that empower entrepreneurs to achieve their full potential.
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Partners
We thank e27 and mentors for their kind support.
What happens after this Founder Program
Continue to join us for our venture building program. We understand that entrepreneurship demands more than just business savvy—it requires strong leadership and communication skills. That's why our second course includes advanced topics and workshops focused on enhancing your leadership abilities and communication prowess.
If you're ready to embark on this transformative journey or have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to marketing@asiastartupnetwork.com. Let's unlock your full potential together. Visit www.asiastartupnetwork.com/accelerate for more details.
About Asia Startup Network
ASN didn’t start as an educational institute or training centre. ASN is a living, thriving startup ecosystem. Their founders have spent more than one decade coaching and supporting entrepreneurs and created one of the largest communities of > 3,000 startup founders, operators, investors and partners in Southeast Asia to collaborate and support each other’s growth. Since 2020, ASN has been organising 100s of startup workshops, events and programs to help entrepreneurs leapfrog their growth and raise funding. Join ASN for the knowledge, but stay because of the network. These are the reasons why taking a course at ASN and quickly plugging into the community would move the needle more than you expect.
ASN is founded by Elise Tan and Andrew Tan. Elise has experience designing programs and personally coaching hundreds of founders at incubators and accelerators for over 10 years. She assisted more than 40 companies in raising more than US$1 million each. Andrew has more than 10 years of leadership experience founding his own social enterprise, building start ups and managing scale ups, as well as running ground up initiatives and communities, Andrew has a proven track record of driving growth and success and this will be transferred directly to this accelerator and its startups.
ASN began firstly with Mentor For Hope in 2020, an impactful mentoring initiative initially supported by the Temasek Foundation under the OSCAR grant. The initiative facilitated 525 mentoring hours for 300 founders adversely affected by the COVID crisis, connecting them with invaluable insights from 250 investors, partners, and experts.
In 2021, Elise and Andrew organised Makan For Hope Festival (with zero budget), a series of 30 virtual roundtables featuring VC managing partners and founders from notable startups like PropertyGuru, Shopback, and Carousell. The festival drew participation from 500 attendees, raising $123,000 in charity donations.
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