Impact Hub Singapore becomes Google for Entrepreneurs’ first tech hub partner in Southeast Asia

Singapore, 10 July 2017 – Singapore’s
largest coworking and entrepreneur-building community, Impact Hub, announced its partnership with
Google for Entrepreneurs today, becoming the company’s first tech hub partner
in Southeast Asia. Impact Hub Singapore members can now take advantage of
Google for Entrepreneurs’ global network and resources, spanning dozens of
coworking spaces and community programs across 135 countries.

Impact Hub
Singapore is home to a vibrant entrepreneurial community with a strong track
record in supporting companies as they build and scale their businesses. Member
startups have raised more than $180 million USD ($250 million SGD) since Impact
Hub Singapore opened it’s doors. Impact Hub Singapore comprises more than 650
entrepreneurs, professionals and freelancers, and has partnerships with 50
corporate, university and government-linked organisations. The five year-old
Impact Hub is home to Singapore’s largest community of creatives,
entrepreneurs, and technologists. Impact Hub Singapore takes a holistic
approach to encouraging startups by providing everything from co-working space
to resources and tools early stage businesses need to grow.

At the
launch, Grace Sai, CEO and Co-Founder,
Impact Hub Singapore, said, “We are proud to be the first Google for
Entrepreneurs tech hub partner in Southeast Asia, and we are looking forward to
being the go-to place for entrepreneurs, not only for local Singaporean
companies, but also for startups from around the world that wish to build and
scale their business in Singapore and Southeast Asia.”

Impact Hub
Singapore’s range of services for startups include mentoring programmes,
incubation, networking events, fundraising workshops, consultancy with experts,
marketing support, and access to a global network of more than 100 Impact Hubs
on five continents with over 20,000 Hubbers.

Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product Management, Google, who leads
Google for Entrepreneurs globally, added,
“We’re thrilled to expand our Google for Entrepreneurs Partner Network to
Impact Hub Singapore. Grace and her team are indispensable members of the
Singapore startup community, and Impact Hub is an innovation leader not only
for Singapore, but across greater Southeast Asia. Google for Entrepreneurs is
all about providing the best of Google’s resources to our global partner
network. We can’t wait to collaborate with Impact Hub Singapore’s members.”

As members
of the Google for Entrepreneurs network, Impact Hub Singapore and the greater
Singapore startup community will have access to new resources including
training and mentorship opportunities and access to Google programs and
products including:

●
Google for Entrepreneurs global programs: Hubbers can now apply to the incredible
programs Google runs for entrepreneurs, including Google for Entrepreneurs Exchange, a series of week-long,
vertically-specific global immersion programs aimed at helping startups gain
access into new markets and insights, and Google Demo Day an event
that brings together a diverse group of startups from around the world to showcase
their technology and meet top investors and mentors in Silicon Valley.

●
A global network: Hubbers will join 50 other
organizations with a global footprint in more than 135 countries, including six
Campuses, which are Google-owned and operated spaces for entrepreneurs. Impact
Hub members are now connected to the Google for Entrepreneurs Passport program,
which allows members to access more than 20 Google partner spaces the world
over, from Seoul to San Francisco.

●
Google resources: Relevant startups will be eligible
for Google product offers and have access to local and international mentorship
from Google advisors.

In addition to all of these great
offerings from Google for Entrepreneurs, Impact Hub Singapore, inspired by
Google’s Campus’, will also start providing more opportunities for
collaboration:

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30 new coworking seats: From
August onwards, Impact Hub Singapore will open 30 free coworking seats per day
in the coworking area be even more inclusive and welcoming to the tech-curious
as well as to current and aspiring entrepreneurs.

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