A Start-Up’s Journey: The choice between crowdfunding and angel investing 💰

1️⃣ Crowdfunding Challenges: While crowdfunding offers early success, startups may face hurdles in securing subsequent venture capital. On average, crowdfunded startups are 38.9% less likely to receive follow-on venture capitalists (VC) investments.

2️⃣ Corporate VCs Favour Crowdfunding: Corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) seem to prefer crowdfunded startups over angel-invested ones. Their focus on product viability makes crowdfunded ventures an attractive investment, offering a different interpretation than independent VCs.

For a deeper dive into the dynamics of startup financing, check out the full article by Professor Hahn Jungpil via the link: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/features/startup-investing-hahnjungpil/

Congratulations to Team Absinthe for clinching top spots in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Jakarta and Hue City Regionals! 🥇👏  The team showcased strategic brilliance, solving 11 out of 13 problems in Jakarta. Their efficiency was evident, employing a unique "who solves it, writes it" approach. Well done to Nyamdavaa Amar, Bui Hong Duc and Rama Aryasuta Pangestu for their outstanding teamwork!

Curious to know more? Dive into the full article here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/2023-icpc/

Meet the brilliant minds of NUS Computing PhD students who have been honoured with the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship! 🌟 Join us in celebrating Xue Fuzhao, Zhang Yifan, Ye Jiayuan and Chen Yu for their exceptional work in areas such as Machine Learning, Machine Perception, Privacy and Security. Their research is making waves, and we can't wait to see the impact they'll have with the support of Google's PhD Fellowship programme.

Read more: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/2023-google-phd-fellowship/

Cheers to Prof. Atreyi Kankanhalli, winner of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Sandra Slaughter Service Award 🏆. A testament to her leadership and longstanding service!

Meet Pranjal Dutta, our SoC Research Fellow, who secures the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) India Doctoral Dissertation Award for his work in Complexity Theory! Congratulations on this achievement in Computer Science research. 👏

Congratulations to NUS Computing Provost’s Chair Professor Teo Hock Hai and Associate Professor Tan Chuan Hoo for receiving the Information Management Research Award from the Chinese Economic Society! 🎉

Read more: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/2024-information-management-award/

Welcome back, fellow students! Looking for a new place to check out? Explore the Computing Gallery and witness the Evolution of Computing in Singapore.

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