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Singapore-based edtech accelerator EduSpaze has welcomed eight early-stage companies, including Kalpha, to its third cohort. The startups were chosen from 230 applicants across 31 countries.

Vietcetera Vietnam has featured Kalpha as one of the top 4 applications that allow individuals practise languages with other individuals.

Ông Soe Moe làm một phép so sánh giữa các start-up nội và ngoại trong ngành. Kalpha, một start-up trong lĩnh vực ed-tech của Singapore do ông đầu tư vào 2019 đã cho ra đời nền tảng livestream để phục vụ việc giảng dạy. 

Kalpha is listed as one of the players that is changing the edtech sector in Vietnam.

“Southeast Asia will be Kalpha’s key target market as people in developing countries are always hungry to learn. Having said that, we’re experiencing a very healthy growth in user traction in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, since our rollout in July 2020,” noted Co-founder Tri Nguyen.

Kalpha is proud to be the finalist of the ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Award 2020 – Best Newcomer.

Singapore’s Kalpha announced it has raised a six-figure US dollar amount in seed money in an extension round led by VC firm Nest Tech VN and Singapore angel investors in December 2020.

VIETNAM is drawing record numbers of Singapore businesses as companies continue to look for expansion opportunities despite Covid-19. But perhaps most intriguing is a decision by local startup Kalpha to launch its app in
Vietnam this year.

In this article, Jack Soh, co-founder of Kalpha, shares on the inspirations that led to the business and how the team is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yoshi Poon, the Head of Marketing at Kalpha, also shares his experience with startup culture and words of encouragement to fresh graduates. 

“We went to Vietnam in November last year looking to launch our product in February, but Covid-19 pushed everything back and we officially launched in July 2020,” says Kalpha co-founder Jack Soh.

For many people, the past year of travel restrictions has meant getting used to staying put. For SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business alumnus and entrepreneur Jaden Teo, however, the year of no travel meant learning how to grow his business and broaden his horizons, all while staying grounded.

初创公司Kalpha的联合创办人苏达明、团队成员王俊杰和潘汉栋在义安理工学院里的“起航”孵化器办公。

Ten startups from sectors such as events management, financial advisory, and medical devices, have already come on board on AGILE, including Kalpha.

Kalpha’s new office at Ngee Ann Polytechnic and UOB’s startup incubator was officially opened, with Transport Minister Ye Kung Ong at the unveiling.

Kalpha team enjoyed speaking to him about our growth and our expansion plans alongside our fellow startups at the new office!

Singapore-based peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platform Kalpha is expanding its operation to Vietnam this April, marking its first international foray, according to an announcement.

Singapore-based edutech startup Kalpha, which provides a P2P knowledge-sharing platform, will officially launch its application on April 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This also marks its first international expansion.

Startup công nghệ giáo dục (Edutech) chuyên cung cấp nền tảng chia sẻ kiến thức ngang hàng – P2P có trụ sở tại Singapore sẽ chính thức ra mắt ứng dụng vào tháng 4/2020 tại TP.HCM.

The ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards (Rice Bowl), organised by New Entrepreneurs Foundation, celebrates the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem. Kalpha was voted as Singapore’s People Choice in 2019.

The Kalpha team believes that everyone has something to share, and thus a lot of focus is placed on the quality of the sharing session, rather than the qualifications of the Sharer.

Startup công nghệ giáo dục (edutech) chuyên cung cấp nền tảng chia sẻ kiến thức ngang hàng – P2P có trụ sở tại Singapore sẽ chính thức ra mắt ứng dụng vào tháng 4/2020 tại TP.HCM. Sự kiện này cũng đánh dấu việc mở rộng ra thị trường quốc tế lần đầu tiên của Kalpha.

除了共享物品，本地市面上也有共享知识和经验的应用。苏达明（28岁）和张国祯（28岁）研发的Kalpha应用，为拥有某种经验或技能的人和想学习这方面知识的人进行配对，由前者为后者提供一对一分享或指导。

“Some of you may be budding entrepreneurs and decide to start your own IT venture like Jaden Teo and Jack Soh, who are both Ngee Ann alumni. Jaden and Jack co-founded Kalpha, an app that connects people so that they can share skills, experiences and knowledge with one another.”

Kalpha is a mobile app that connects people and encourages one-on-one meetups to learn and share skills, knowledge, and experiences. It was awarded the SG Founder’s Grant by ESG and secured a significant investment from venture capital, Nest Tech, to expand its business.

We bring you Kalpha, the app that connects Learners and Sharers through listings where people who want to acquire new skills can link up with people who can impart them.

Founded in 2018 by Soh and his college mate Jaden Teo (a graduate in Business Management from Singapore Management University), Kalpha is a mobile app that enables individuals to discover, connect and meet up to learn and share skills, experiences, and knowledge on a 1-to-1 basis. 

Four years of university, get a degree, get a job. For most graduates, this would be the tried-and-tested journey to building a career; but for Jaden Teo, this never did seem quite enough. 

Another Singapore based startup, Kalpha, has also been the recipient of substantial investment in 2019, receiving an unspecified six-figure sum from VC fund Nest Tech.

Targeted to those who are already out of school, Kalpha is an app available on both Android and iOS that connects people to meet up in real life and teach and learn by sharing experiences on a one-to-one basis.

Founded by NP Business Studies alumni Jaden and Jack, their advice to aspiring entrepreneurs is to believe in your idea and find the right time to pursue it before seizing every opportunity!

Singapore-based Kalpha, an edtech startup that focuses on sharing skills, experiences and knowledge, has received a “six-figure sum” in funding from Nest Tech, a VC fund focusing on seed-stage technology startups.

Singapore-based edtech startup Kalpha has raised a six-figure amount in a seed funding round from venture capital fund Nest Tech.

Founded by Jack Soh and Jaden Teo, Kalpha is a mobile app that enables individuals to discover, connect and meet up to learn and share skills, experiences, and knowledge on a 1-to-1 basis. 

The investment will be used to grow the business, expand the team, and for marketing.

Singapore edtech startup secures early funding for regional expansion.

Kalpha was incubated in NP’s The SandBox. The app allows individuals to share skills, experience and knowledge with one another.