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HASAN.VC marked a major milestone in its mission to empower values-driven entrepreneurship with what it claims to be its largest-ever Halal Startup Showcase, celebrating the graduation of Cohort 003 from its flagship five-week accelerator programme. The event brought together nearly 50 startups representing 12 countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, the […]

Rethinking Venture Capital: HASAN.VC’s Bold Departure from Silicon Valley Norms The Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) model, long celebrated for birthing global unicorns, may not be the best fit for every region — especially Southeast Asia. That’s the view of HASAN.VC, a values-driven VC firm that’s challenging conventional investment strategies and rewriting the rules for

HASAN.VC has announced the launch of its inaugural Venture Studio in Kota Bharu, set to commence on 1 July 2025. The initiative is designed to co-build AI-native startups in collaboration with carefully selected early-stage founders. The programme adopts a distinctive “zero-to-one” methodology, in which participants will work closely with the HASAN.VC team to ideate and

Kota Bharu, Malaysia, 3 June 2025 – HASAN.VC has announced the launch of its first-ever Venture Studio in Kota Bharu, set to begin on 1 July 2025, to co-build AI-native startups with selected early-stage founders. The program offers a unique “zero-to-one” approach, where participants work alongside the HASAN.VC team to ideate and validate during an intensive

Early-stage venture capital firm HASAN.VC has announced the launch of its inaugural Venture Studio in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, set to commence on 1 July 2025. The program is designed to co-build AI-native startups from the ground up in collaboration with selected early-stage founders. The Venture Studio offers a distinctive “zero-to-one” approach, where participants will work

HASAN.VC has announced the launch of its first Venture Studio in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, set to begin on 1 July, to co-build AI-native startups with selected early-stage founders. The program offers a unique “zero-to-one” approach, where participants work alongside the HASAN.VC team to ideate and validate during an intensive 15-day on-site sprint. The most promising

HASAN Venture Capital has integrated AI across its investment processes to boost efficiency while maintaining its ethical investment principles. At the helm of this vision is Umar Munshi, Managing Partner at HASAN VC, who believes that AI is a technological advantage and a moral imperative in the evolving venture capital space. The firm’s approach to

Ethis Group, through its Halal VC fund HASAN.VC, has been actively investing in ethical and halal tech startups. As part of its commitment to fostering innovation, the firm participated in AsiaStartupExpo, where it provided guidance to shortlisted AI startups. By supporting early-stage companies, Ethis aims to drive ethical investment and create impact-driven businesses. Ethis Group, founded

Selular.id – HASAN.VC hosted the highly anticipated Startup Showcase Demo Day at The Glass Box, Colony The MET Corporate Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 22, 2025. HASAN.VC, part of the Ethis Global Group, is a community-driven venture capital fund. The Startup Showcase Demo Day event featured 26 promising startups from the second batch

Kuala Lumpur, February 2025 – HASAN.VC proudly hosted its highly anticipated Startup Showcase Demo Day at The Glass Box, Colony The MET Corporate Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 22, 2025. The Startup Showcase served as a platform for 26 promising startups from the second cohort of HASAN.VC’s 7-week online Accelerator program. These startups,