DisruptInvest To Gather 1000+ Entrepreneurs, Investors & Corporates To Drive Startup Investments & Acquisitions

Kuala Lumpur, 6 February 2024 – NEXEA and Digital News Asia proudly announce the annual DisruptInvest Summit on the 23rd of May 2024. This highly anticipated gathering is Malaysia's largest startup and corporate innovation event, aiming to invigorate the startup ecosystem, fostering connections and collaborations amongst angel investors, venture capital, funds, family offices, large corporates, and startup entrepreneurs.

DisruptInvest Summit key speakers are:

• Mr. Chua Kee Lock – CEO of Vertex Holdings (Tentative)
• Prashant Kumar – Founder of Entropia
• Dato' Sri Idris Jala – Chairman of PEMANDU Associates
• Georg Chmiel – Co-founder and Chair of Juwai-IQI Holdings
• Arsalaan (Oz) Ahmed – Founder & Executive Chairman of MMOB
• Ben Lim – Founder and CEO of NEXEA

These are some of the selected key topics for DisruptInvest Summit:

• The Angel Investors Hot Seat - Burning Questions That Entrepreneurs Need Answered
• Maintaining Malaysia’s #1 Position As The Leader in Islamic Fintech As A Startup Ecosystem - What Does It Take?
• Corporate Disruption - How Family-Owned Corporates & MNCs Prepare for Disruption

Ben Lim, CEO/Founder of NEXEA said, "The significance of the DisruptInvest summit is to drive the Startup Investors (including VCs, Angel Investors & Family Offices) and Corporate Innovation community to collaborate, invest, and acquire Startups in the long-term. This will benefit the Malaysian Startup ecosystem by driving a more vibrant Merger & Acquisitions and Exits market so that even more future tech giants and their stakeholders will acquire and invest in the Startups as well when more success stories happen"

There will also be invitations to special guests at DisruptInvest Summit, including:

• Paramjit Singh, Chief Investment Officer of MAVCAP
• Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, Senior Advisor of ZICO
• Shi Ying Lau, CEO & Managing Partner of Adaptive Capital Partners
• Sai Kit, Founding Managing Partner of Artem Ventures
• Peter Wee, President of Malaysian Business Angel Network

This summit builds on the success of previous years, setting a higher bar for collaborative growth, innovative thinking, and strategic partnerships. With a highly esteemed lineup of industry leaders and 1000+ attendees, the DisruptInvest Summit promises to be a milestone event in Malaysia's Startup Investment and corporate innovation journey.

"This DisruptInvest Summit has generated huge interest in the last few years because it is where successful and innovative founders, investors, and corporate leaders converge. It's an opportunity for all of us to learn, be inspired, and forge valuable connections that will be important in our respective entrepreneurial and corporate journeys. I look forward to learning, participating and building meaningful connections there". said Peter Wee, President of Malaysian Business Angel Network.

Find out more and get involved at https://www.disruptinvest.org/.

About NEXEA:

NEXEA is a Malaysian Venture Capital and Startup Accelerator firm specialising in supporting and funding technology companies that can potentially be the next technology giants.

NEXEA is known for its mentors, successful ex-entrepreneurs or C-levels who own or sell their businesses (IPO, M&A). The combination of experienced mentors, experts, and partners proves potent as the top companies out of 35+ startups invested by NEXEA have grown 3 to 16 times yearly. For more information, visit us at www.nexea.co.

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Soo Shee Chien
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