Silicon Valley has shown us that startup communities thrive on being connected and collaborative. Our communities make our products and businesses better and more likely to grow in value or exit through ideas, resources and 1 + 1 = 3 joint ventures. When we started Pollenizer three and a half years ago, we decided to just start. There was no capital or vision beyond $500 each from Mick Liubinskas and I plus the thought that it was too hard to get early momentum for startups in Australia. So we started.
Today we are a part of an exciting Australian web community that is connected with other networks across the world. This helps us to suggest and explore opportunities to the startups in our community and has seen some big outcomes including major investments from Europe and Asia as well as the opportunity to work with other startups coming into Australia. This time, like never before, we can contemplate growing global businesses, but the missing link for many is the community. I doubt that many Australian entrepreneurs or investors could name an exciting Asian startup (Tencent doeesn’t count) or investor.
So, today we are contemplating a new Hive in Singapore. As with Sydney and India, we will just start. We will start working with co-founding entrepreneurs and start pitching to investors. We think we can help bridge a few communities to help new web businesses be better, more connected and globally focused.
A new home for Pollenizer?
We are frequently in Singapore and we are actively seeking meetings with the following Singapore based people:
- Entrepreneurs: if you have an idea that you would like to test and launch fast.
- Investors: if you are an active angel investor and would like to understand how Pollenizer can expand and de-risk your early stage portfolio.
- Web business builders: if you have experience working with startups as an engineer, marketer, product manager or designer and you want to join the Pollenizer Singapore pod.
Like all our businesses, we will push like crazy to make this happen but will happily kill it if no traction emerges.
We’d love to meet you if you can help us make this happen. Send an email to info@pollenizer.com
Our next trip is 25-27 July.
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