Tech news from Malaysia in June 2024 covered, for instance: Malaysia’s opportunities and challenges in the global semiconductor manufacturing space; Penang state’s ongoing achievements in electronics and semicon manufacturing; China’s Bytedance’s multi-million dollar investments in Malaysia; and more.
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MYStartup – Single Window to Malaysia’s Startup Ecosystem
- Malaysia: Telekom Malaysia and Nxera, regional data centre arm of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo, partner for cutting-edge data centre facility in Johor / full item
- Malaysia: Taiwan’s Elite Material Co to commence construction of $190M facility in Penang, producing substrates for circuit boards and semiconductors / full item
- Micron chipmaker is considering Malaysia for production of AI-focused high-bandwidth memory chips, alongside test production lines in the US / full item
- Malaysia: Tech in Asia Conference is set for July 24-25, running in Kuala Lumpur and backed by MYStartup / full item
- One ASEAN Startup Award Kuala Lumpur Pre-event is set for June 25th, featuring 10 pitching startups / full item
- Malaysia: MYStartup and WTF Accelerator applications for Pre-accelerator Cohort 4 are open, closing June 23 for September intake, and seeking Malaysian tech startups and ideas / full item
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues first edition of ‘Practical Guide on Venture Capital and Private Equity in Malaysia’, a guide to the policy landscape / full item
- Malaysia: US-based MKS Instruments to build wafer fabrication and equipment production in Penang, with construction set for 2025 / full item
KPMG Venture Pulse Q1 2024 – Asia findings
- Malaysia: Deemples Technologies raised $2M with golfing platform, allowing users to plan games, find partners and build communities / full item
- Malaysia: China’s ByteDance to expand footprint in Malaysia with $2.13 billion AI tech hub, and $317 million data center spend / full item
- Malaysia: MYStartup Pre-Accelerator opens applications for its 4th cohort, seeking pre-seed and early-stage tech startups from a range of sectors / full item
- A brief look at Malaysia’s opportunities, and challenges, in the semiconductor industry / full item
- Malaysia: An intro to 5 startups that presented at MyStartup Pre-Accelerator Cohort 3 Demo Day, working on AI-backed health-tech, education technology and more / full item
SEMICON Taiwan Conference & Expo / September
- Google is to invest $2BN in Selangor, Malaysia, building out its first data centre and Google Cloud region in the country / full item
- Malaysia unveils $5.3 billion National Semiconductor Strategy, a 3-phase plan to strengthen the country’s position in semiconductor related technologies and supply chains / full item
- ‘Silicon Malaysia Map’ from Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Ass’n, an at-a-glance outline of the nation’s key industry participants / full item
- Malaysia: MYStartup NXT Penang is set for June 21st featuring conference, info sessions, discussions and local tech and startup ecosystem intro / full item
- Malaysia: Digital Penang 2024 Hardtech Incubator launches, aiming to make Penang a hub for deep-tech firms / full item
- China Railway Rolling Stock Corp partners France’s OPmobility for JV on hydrogen systems for use in ‘smart trams’ in Malaysia, and rail applications in China / full item
Malaysia: Tech in Asia Conference – July 24-25 in Kuala Lumpur
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