To be eligible to be a SEA Founder, you’ll have to be a founder of a tech startup. Your company should currently be in Series A / B (we welcome pre-Series A on a case by case basis) and you should be located in Southeast Asia..
We’re not going to lie. There are many great programs out there, but our network of burgeoning startup founders — who are generous with their ideas, and are unafraid to go above and beyond to support each other — are the friends you always wanted to have.
Our tight-knit community, made up of the best tech founders in the region, is something that you currently can’t find anywhere else. Our members are quick to offer each other solutions, contacts, or a second (or third) opinion in the realm of both professional and personal challenges.
If you’re looking to surround yourself with people who understand your deepest pains as a founder and are committed to supporting and learning alongside you, you’ve come to the right place.
Be a part of our community by filling our application form here!
There are no parameters or limits to what you can ask or learn in this group. Due to the organisation’s lean structure, members get to exercise ownership over the kind of content we cover and who they get to learn from.
The speakers at our Masterclass sessions are founders themselves and are usually in a stage not too far off from where our members currently are in. This is to ensure high levels of relevance and reliability so that members are able to extract as much value, take home these applicable content and plug it in to their own businesses.
At SEA Founders, we conduct periodic 1:1 check-ins with our members to understand what they want to get out of the community. We take all that data, synthesize it and churn it into a program that would benefit the larger collective.
In order for a community like ours to thrive, we remain nimble enough to pivot and are constantly making adjustments to improve our program. Consistently providing high value to our members is our number one priority.
Our membership cycles are in accordance to our fiscal year. Membership fees are billed every January and are valid till 31st December of the same fiscal year.
As a SEA Founder member, you are expected to participate in all SEA Founder events — this includes our quarterly Masterclasses (held in SG, KL, BKK and JKT) as well as your monthly local form group meetings.
If you are unable to make it for any of the events, do inform the community managers or your forum group leader beforehand.
We understand that sometimes important things like fundraising may get in the way, and you might be packed with back-to-back investor-meetings. However, repeated absences without valid reasons may result in the termination of your membership.
Our quarterly Masterclasses are usually held during the first weekend of February, May, August and November. Dates are subject to change if they coincide with any public holidays.
Masterclasses are held at Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore — the exact sequence of locations are pre-planned for the year.
Yes, you may. Our membership stipulates that attendance is mandatory for all Masterclasses. Failure to attend Masterclasses may result in the termination of your membership. Local forum groups are available by opt-in basis.
The local forum groups may comprise of anywhere between 4 to 8 members. We intentionally keep our groups small so as to ensure deep and qualitative discussions.
Our forum groups meet monthly or bi-monthly. The frequency is decided unanimously among the group members. Best practices include locking down recurring forum group meeting dates in advance. Forum group members are required to attend at least 90% of all meetings.
No. As a SEA Founder member, you are required to attend all Masterclasses. Joining a local forum group is a opt-in option.
Our forum groups are are built on honesty, trust and confidentiality. We ensure that there are no competing businesses or co-founders of the same company in the same forum group.
If your HQ/business is moving to another country, you may inform any of our SEA Founders staff to assist you in transitioning to another local forum group. Any other scenarios will be reviewed by our staff on a case-by-case basis.
The Founders’ Coaching Pause is a 3-day program designed for top Series A and later stage founders in Southeast Asia to pause, reflect and prepare themselves to scale their team and company. It aims to scale the leader so they can scale the organization.
If you feel like you’ve hit a glass ceiling and are looking to go on to the next big step, our program will equip you with frameworks that you can plug into your own team and ultimately drive growth both as a founder and for your business.
Our sessions are built around meaningful connections with other founders and the coaches themselves — you can look forward to exchanging ideas with fellow entrepreneurs who are also going through the same growing pains as you are. Connecting with other founders who are on the brink of scaling and hungry for growth will make room for some really insightful conversations.
The FCP program has been running since 2015 and is held in Bali twice a year — during the last week of April and October.
To be eligible for FCP, you’ll need to be:
Sign up for the next FCP here!
The cost of the retreat is SGD 2,950. Early bird discounts are available for sign-ups that are made 4-6 months in advance. Scholarships are also available on a case-by-case basis.
A 30% deposit is required upon confirmation and your slot will be released if full payment is not made by the due date stated on the invoice.
You may make payment via credit card on our valued member’s platform, Fave. Otherwise, we also accept payments via bank transfer.
We are always on the lookout for speakers (i.e. ex-founders, you’ve scaled a business, exitted, currently a founder of a tech startup in Series C or onwards etc.) Subject Matter Experts (i.e. possess at least 5 years of experience in a single role/expertise), or would like to partner with us to give back to the tech ecosystem, do get in touch with us at help@seafounders.org for more information!
You may reach out to us at help@seafounders.org.
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