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News & Insights
Velocity Ventures announce first close of USD20 million Travel and Hospitality Fund
Accelerating digitalisation of Hospitality & Travel businesses across Southeast Asia Singapore, 30 June 2021 – Velocity Ventures, a travel &...
Understanding the Southeast Asia Venture Capital Risk Premium
This publication is authored by the Investment Team at Velocity Ventures.Led by Investment Director Bennett Lee, CFA, CAIA and supported by team...
Fixing food waste problem means less hungry people and a great economy
by Sainul Abudheen K, e27.co In 2019, Singapore generated 744M kg of food waste, which is equivalent to 2 bowls of rice per person/day, or around...
Two local green companies among 25 in the world to win UN start-up competition
by Shabana Begum, The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Two local sustainability companies have beaten around 10,000...
Velocity Ventures launches sector-specific fund to help startups through COVID-19
Helping Travel & Hospitality businesses in Singapore and Southeast Asia digitalise and return to growth through the COVID-19 pandemic with...
Strategy Note (Nov 2020): Impact of current events on the Travel & Hospitality industry
wo potential Covid-19 vaccines. Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble. United States Presidential Election.
How will these events impact the Travel and Hospitality industry? Read about our market insights on these changes in our Strategy Report.
Events
Mentoring
Velocity Connect: July Edition
Calling all hospitality and travel start-up founders in Southeast Asia!
Our next Velocity Connect session will be back on 13 July, 1.30pm SGT. If you have any burning questions or would like to gather feedback on your pitch, we’re here to listen and help.
Apply now to speak to one of Velocity’s team members in a 20-min virtual mentoring session.
Past Events
Founders Unplugged: Tourego
In this episode, we speak to Tie Wee from Tourego, a revolutionary new mobile app that gets you your tourist refund in a paperless, efficient and secure manner. https://youtu.be/h8GcP6Z6Zpg
Founders Unplugged: Lumitics
In this episode, we speak to Rayner Loi from Lumitics, a food waste technology company that strives to empower commercial kitchens with big data analytics and business intelligence to reduce their food waste, cost, and environmental footprint....
International Travel in 2021 – What Does a Restart Look Like
Together with our expert panel of advisors made out of industry experts across the various verticals of travel and hospitality, join us as they unpack some of the expected impacts and potential changes to the industry with the advancement of the COVID-19 vaccine, and...
If you are the founder of a Hospitality & Travel startup in Southeast Asia, get in touch with us.
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