About Tham Keng Yew

A graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelors in Computer Engineering, Keng Yew made an exit from a PhD program to join a Silicon Valley startup (eXS Inc). Kengyew has 5 years working experience with multiple Silicon Valley startups, developing high-tech telecommunications products. Working with eXS, Kengyew has experienced first-hand, starting a company with nothing but an idea, through seed-funding, to commercial deployment with a solid product. In mid 2008 Kengyew returned to Malaysia to start up Socialwalk. The idea behind Socialwalk is to transform conferences & business events into lasting communities. Use the Socialwalk platform to facilitate networking and B2B business matching among guests and attendees. Socialwalk also provides an easy to use web-based interface (SAAS) to do online registration and ticketing. Socialwalk was awarded a RM150K pre-seed grant by MDEC to develop and launch this software. Their current client list includes events by TEDxKuala Lumpur, TiE Asia Pacific Conference 09, Barcamp, Bursa Malaysia, and more
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Startup Ecosystem Done Right.

In 2 weeks time, we will be celebrating one of the biggest web tech events to reach the shores of KL. The sea.openwebasia.com conference will draw to Kuala Lumpur startups, investors, developers, evangelists and a whole lot more from all over the world. So i was thinking right. What have we done so far? What [...]

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11th June – Team/Bursa Malaysia Seminar

The recent changes introduced by the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia to make the Malaysian Exchange, Bursa Malaysia, a more vibrant and active market for listings and fund raising has provided technology and growth companies with an excellent opportunity to list in Malaysia. The changes are wide-ranging and equivalent to the top markets around the [...]

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TEDxKualaLumpur – June 3rd, PNP Gardens

Update: The 3rd TEDxKL will be happening on 20th of August 2011. Details are as our site at www.tedxkl.com Update: The second TEDxKL will be on 27 March. visit www.tedxkl.com for details. TEDxKualaLumpur is closed for registration. Notification via email for the 1st 100. TEDxKualaLumpur has confirmed its venue at Plug and Play on the [...]

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TeAM 6th AGM in Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club

Next Tuesday, 28th of April, Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia will be holding their TeAM 6th AGM in Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club, Mont Kiara. TeAM has been formed by a group of Malaysian Technopreneurs to further the interests of Technopreneurs and to assist in the development of the Digital Economy in Malaysia. Bob Chua of Pulse [...]

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Ureka Weekend!

  100 people. 2.5 Days (Friday Evening – Sunday Evening). Business/product/prototype created. In the words of the organizers, “UrekaWeekend is an intense event bringing brilliant minds together to create companies, projects and great communities! Participants come from diverse profiles and skill sets such as entrepreneurs, geeks, technical developers, artistic and creative designers, marketing experts, project [...]

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