Hacking the Grant System talk by Dinesh Nair (@alphaque) & Chris Leong from Cradle. * "Grants* are funds disbursed by one party (Grant Makers), often a Government Department, Corporation, Foundation or Trust, to a r http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recipientecipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual. In order to receive a grant, some form of "Grant Writing" often referred to as either a proposal or an application is usually required."
A special session about the grant system in Malaysia & using it for profit as proposed by @alphaque and @spoonfork as a result from this tweet http://twitter.com/alphaque/status/19631513589 followed by this http://twitter.com/spoonfork/status/19631698456 and other subsequent tweets after that.
Dinesh Nair a.k.a @alphaque from alpahque.com, will be speaking on just the general difference between grants, funding, pre-seed, mezzanine and others.
Chris Leong from Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd , will be speaking on pre-seed funding (up to RM200K) for early stage projects. Perfect for individuals who may want to commercialize their business ideas and requiring initial funding.
/Cradle Investment Programme (CIP) is a fund provider managed by Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd, under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance (MOF). CIP funds groups of innovative individuals and researchers with technology-oriented ideas and transforms their raw ideas (pre-seed funding level) into commercially viable ventures. More details on CIP //available //here http://cradle.com.my/cms/home.jsp./
This event is Free and open to members of the public. Please fill the sign up form http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG1qLWtvbEkyd2cweDNwbU85OEFYcWc6MQ if you are interested to attend.
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