Echelon’s TOP100 2024 Boasts A More Mature Program In Its 10th Edition As First 26 Startups Are Revealed

SINGAPORE, 6 March 2024 - Echelon, the premier tech and startup conference in Southeast Asia organized by e27, has announced the first 26 shortlisted participants in its TOP100 Program for 2024. Launched in 2012, the TOP100 is a curated growth program for startups across the region to gain visibility, mentorship, and funding opportunities. From cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, this year’s participants span beyond Southeast Asia, with startups from India, Bangladesh, and Taiwan emerging. “We are proud to see applicants and candidates emerge from beyond our traditional Southeast Asian borders. This goes to show the impact we have made on startups across Asia”, said Mohan Belani, CEO and Co-Founder of e27. “We have a pool of very impressive applicants, and the 26 shortlisted startups are poised to revolutionize their respective fields. This makes us very excited to see what the rest of the program will bring.”

The first 26 shortlisted participants include startups from Laos, the Philippines, and Malaysia along with Singaporean applicants. The list includes names such as Careera (Singapore), Fina Fintech (Laos), Edge Tutor (the Philippines), dentall Co. Ltd. (Taiwan), The Mango Jelly (India), PriyoShop (Bangladesh), Talent Hero Ventures (Singapore), among others.

These startups will participate in the TOP100 program in March, where they will have the privilege of exclusive access to events, mentorship, workshops, and 800+ investors on the e27 PRO Connect platform. They will also be active participants at Echelon X through their exhibition booths and will have a chance to showcase their ideas on the Pitch Stage during the milestone 10th event in Singapore on 15-16 May 2024.

Over the years, the program has witnessed the participation and showcasing of various notable players in today’s startup ecosystem such as 99.co, Edukasyon.ph, FOMO Pay, Lalamove, Gojek, Carousell, and Carro. Priyoshop, a participant in 2023, has since gone on to raise US$ 5 million in funding. Priyoshop is now, joining the stage in 2024 too, to get another boost to their growth.

In its 10th year, the program has evolved to match the dynamic landscape, focusing on providing a multitude of opportunities curated to meet the needs of more mature startups. This includes workshops and mentoring aimed at fostering business resilience and sustainable growth. "The TOP100 Program gives us an opportunity to support and collaborate with the up-and-coming startups across the region. This year, we have a very promising initial group of startups, and we eagerly anticipate revealing more startups to you soon”, added Belani.

Manila Symph AI 30 x 30

Symph, a dynamic software development consulting firm in the Philippines had their #SymphAI30x30 Media Party held in BGC last May 23, 2023. Just a few days earlier, on May 18, 2023, another press conference took place at The Company Cebu. And now, it was Manila's turn to host this remarkable event. 

Symph is dedicated to empowering individuals and fostering understanding of AI's role within society. The event served as a crucial step toward achieving these goals. Symph extends its heartfelt thanks to the media representatives who actively supported the event, aiding in educating the public about the impact of AI on the community and addressing potential challenges. 

Our Chief Operating Officer, Jarrhey dela Peña stated during the event, "We have this theme, Build Openly with AI. We share our AI apps as work-in-progress. More importantly, we invite the community to try the apps and we listen to their feedback. Together, we are building the future we want to create." 

During the press conference, Symph showcased the AI apps developed by its talented team based in Manila. Edson Carreon, our full-stack developer, introduced Grognak, an AI Caveman app that simplifies complex topics for better understanding. This app holds great potential for museums and tech or science-related events, making learning a fun and effortless experience for kids.

Ragan Lamoc, our full-stack developer, demonstrated Fitplanr. It is an AI-powered personal trainer app that generates custom gym programs. By seamlessly integrating with gyms and fitness amenities, Fitplanr empowers both gym-goers and beginners to kickstart their workouts with confidence.

In addition, Jarrhey dela Peña showcased Prompeteer which was developed by Michael Suarez, our AI and Fullstack engineer based in Cebu. Jarrhey personally uses the app daily, which empowers users to create AI-powered chatbots without coding. After Jarrhey demoed the app, media participants were able to create their own AI apps within minutes. Prompeteer offers businesses an opportunity to showcase their brand persona through an AI app, helping customers make informed purchase decisions through engaging conversations. 

Symph is excited to captivate audiences with its upcoming AI events and initiatives. The company is dedicated to reshaping the AI landscape, constantly exploring new horizons and pushing the boundaries of technological advancements. With their unwavering commitment to #BuildOpenlyWithAI, Symph invites everyone to join them on this exciting journey. Get ready to be inspired and amazed!

About Symph

Symph is a software development consulting firm in the Philippines where they build web and mobile apps for clients such as 500 startups, government agencies, and even the World Bank. With their current AI app initiatives, their team is dedicated to making AI accessible and enjoyable for everyone, pushing the limits of technology, and creating a smarter, more connected future.

Our team of developers, designers, project managers, marketers, product owners, and QA pros are committed to crafting AI apps that are not just functional, but also fun for everyone.

We want to inspire and empower people to embrace and reap the benefits of Artificial Intelligence. Want to see the cool AI apps we've built so far? Check out https://www.symph.ai/ 

Keep an eye out for more of our AI apps we will continue to build!

Know more about Symph here: https://www.symph.co/

Rimini Street Formally Launches Rimini ONE™, an End-to-End Outsourcing Solution for Enterprise Applications, Databases and Technology Software

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software, and a Salesforce and AWS partner, today announced the formal launch of Rimini ONE™, its outsourcing service program designed to offer a comprehensive set of unified, integrated services to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise applications, databases and technology software.

“We developed Rimini ONE in response to clients requesting a fully outsourced solution for their enterprise software with the proven, industry-leading service commitments and guarantees, global capability of more than 800 staff engineers, and comprehensive offering only available from Rimini Street,” said Dave Rowe, chief product officer and EVP, global transformation at Rimini Street. “By unifying our unique support, product and service solutions into one comprehensive program that is easy to transition to, we are helping our clients simplify the complexity of managing mission-critical enterprise software, extend its life and value, and enable clients to accelerate the delivery of new innovations to drive competitive advantage and growth.”

End-to-End Outsourcing Solution from ONE Trusted Partner

With Rimini ONE, clients can fully outsource the support and management of their entire enterprise software stack to Rimini Street. Rimini ONE shifts full responsibility for the operation, support, security and integration of a client’s enterprise software to Rimini Street and frees up clients to focus more of their budget and resources on higher-value projects that deliver new innovations and accelerate business value.

Rimini ONE brings together Rimini Street’s expanded, full suite of support, products and services for SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards and other enterprise applications, proprietary and open-source databases and technology software such as middleware, integration, security, data warehouse/lakes, AI, reporting and analytics. 

“Today’s IT environment is at an inflection point in terms of complexity, becoming ever more

costly and resource-intensive to manage and support,” said Dion Hinchcliffe, vice president and

principal analyst at Constellation Research. “Organizations are finding that to survive, evolve,

and prosper, they require faster, better access to more integrated, complete enterprise IT

services at a scale that enables them to move rapidly.”

 Rimini ONE’s end-to-end, unified and integrated solutions immediately available include:

• Rimini Support™: Award-winning, mission-critical support for Oracle, SAP, proprietary and open-source databases and technology software — delivered 24/7/365 with a guaranteed 10-minute response time SLA for critical cases 

• Rimini Manage™: Managed services for application and database software delivered by highly skilled engineers, featuring unlimited service ticket requests and industry-leading SLAs that can resolve IT staffing/skill shortages and provide smoother system operations at predictable, fixed and optimized cost 

• Rimini Protect™: Innovative managed security solutions for applications, databases and technology infrastructure designed to proactively block unidentified threats and protect against newly identified threats faster than other security options – usually within minutes - without any required code changes to the software being protected 

• Rimini Connect™: Managed interoperability solutions for browsers, operating systems and email systems that can enable continued utilization of and integration with existing software and infrastructure without the need for expensive system and software upgrades and migrations 

• Rimini Watch™: Observability solutions that include monitoring and system health check solutions designed to monitor the performance and execution of thousands of processes 24/7/365 and identify potential issues before they happen, avoiding the possibility of system downtime and impact 

• Rimini Consult™: Professional services available for clients’ enterprise software customization, configuration, implementation, integration, interoperability, migration, staff augmentation and other project needs 

About Rimini Street, Inc. 

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software and a Salesforce and AWS partner. The Company has operations globally and offers a comprehensive family of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database, and technology software, and enables clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources for innovation. To date, over 5,000 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted enterprise software solutions provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI) 

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Rimini Street Launches Rimini Watch™ to Help Organizations Ensure High Performance and Business Continuity for their Enterprise Software

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce partner, announced the launch of Rimini Watch™.

Rimini Watch is a new suite of observability solutions that enable organizations operating Oracle and SAP applications and databases across all industries and geographies to benefit from innovative monitoring, health check and change management solutions. Rimini Watch eliminates the time, resource and cost challenges usually associated with continuous monitoring of critical Oracle and SAP operating processes and managing changes that can impact application and database performance and business continuity.

For years, Rimini Street has provided proven and proactive observability solutions for its clients’ enterprise software applications and databases. Three initial solutions are now being brought together and made available in the new Rimini Watch suite of observability solutions. The Rimini Watch launch follows the recent launches of the Rimini Connect™ suite of interoperability solutions and the Rimini Protect™ suite of security solutions.

Proactive, Expert Solutions for Managing Critical Enterprise Software

The new solutions are designed to continuously monitor the performance and execution of thousands of processes and identify potential issues before they happen, delivering Oracle and SAP users the predictability and confidence that their critical business applications and databases will maintain full operability.

Organizations face the challenge of managing and ensuring the continuous operation and performance of a growing number of complex software applications and databases. This effort demands a heavy financial and resource investment for already stretched IT budgets.

Rimini Watch addresses these challenges, combining observability products, managed services and professional services into a unified solution. Observability products are supported by expert engineering resources, offered on a subscription basis, and currently include:

• Rimini Watch™ for Applications – Provides improved and proactive monitoring across development, test and production environments, notifying and alerting administrators of potential issues, and is available for SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel and E-Business Suite applications

• Rimini Watch™ for Database – Provides improved and proactive monitoring of both database and infrastructure platforms, notifying and alerting administrators of potential issues, and is available for Oracle and SQL Server databases

• Rimini Watch™ for Change Management – Provides improved management, efficiency, security, and quality when executing SAP change and transport processes, providing transparency and audit trails for compliance requirements

In addition, Rimini Watch offers integrated managed services for each of the observability products, delivered by expert engineers focused on continuous monitoring, proactive problem-solving, accelerated business process troubleshooting and resolution 24/7/365.

Health check and assessment services are also offered by Rimini Street to help clients ensure their applications and databases are properly configured and continue to operate smoothly at peak performance.

Rimini Watch Ensures Business Continuity with a Breadth of Benefits

Rimini Watch solutions provide leading and innovative business-critical benefits including:

• Reduced downtime, ensures critical business applications stay up and running

• Better root cause analysis, ensures reduced operating expenses associated with problem resolution, enables agility and frees up IT resources

• Enhanced performance management, ensures clients are able to track performance of applications and take prompt action to resolve challenges when they arise

• Faster time to resolution, ensures smoother system operation, better operational efficiency and cost savings on incident management

• Documented change management, ensures changes will be managed and documented throughout the software maintenance lifecycle phases

Rimini Street is recognized for its unmatched service level agreements, with expert support provided by a team of more than 800 engineers around the world – each averaging 20 years of experience, 24/7/365 availability, and an average response time of two minutes for serious issues.

“Rimini Street supports the proactive health, wellness and smooth operation of our clients’ systems by providing solutions that enable real-time, around-the-clock monitoring of thousands of processes and data points and advanced software change management,” said Dave Rowe, Rimini Street’s EVP, chief product officer and global transformation. “Rimini Watch delivers predictability and confidence to our clients running some of the biggest and most complex Oracle and SAP enterprise software infrastructures in the world, enabling them to focus on and support their internal IT resources and capabilities on other priority needs for their business. We’re proud to lead the way in delivering innovative and comprehensive observability solutions.”

Learn more about Rimini Watch and explore the Rimini Street portfolio of ultra-responsive support and managed services for SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce applications, in addition to Rimini Street solutions for security, integration and professional services.

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner. The Company offers premium, ultra-responsive and integrated application management and support services that enable enterprise software licensees to save significant costs, free up resources for innovation and achieve better business outcomes. To date, over 4,900 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted application enterprise software products and services provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI)

Six-Month Trial of Four-Day Workweek in 2022 Produced Favorable Results for Rimini Street Workforce, Granting Extension of the Program through 2023

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce partner, today announced Rimini Street’s extension of its four-day workweek program, named “Fabulous Fridays!,” through 2023 after reviewing favorable results during its six-month trial phase in the second half of 2022. 

Rimini Street Listens, Measures, and Acts to Create a Better Workplace for All 

The bold decision to launch “Fabulous Fridays!” in July of 2022 was an acknowledgement by the senior executive team of the fatigue and stress accumulated over the past two years by all global citizens who had been challenged with navigating the devastating global pandemic and economic uncertainty, and its ongoing impact on the workforce.  

The program was set to last during the summer months of July and August, allowing colleagues of Rimini Street to enjoy the benefits of a three-day weekend for relaxation, refocus, and realignment in their personal and professional lives. With the announcement of “Fabulous Fridays!,” Rimini Street launched its employee listening platform called, “Make it Better!,” where colleagues were encouraged to submit suggestions for how to improve and “make better” operations, processes, and executions within the Company. The “Make it Better!” committee received numerous feedback on “Fabulous Fridays!” and how it transformed employees’ personal and professional lives for the better, allowing for greater focus during the work week. 

After reviewing the impact of the four-day workweek across the “4C’s” of Rimini Street – Company, Clients, Colleagues, and Community – and satisfied that it had not negatively impacted the quality and speed in which the Company served its external and internal clients, nor the viability of meeting its long-term business goals, the executive team decided to extend the program until the end of the year, and now to the end of 2023. 

“At Rimini Street, we deeply respect the values that make the Company not just a place of employment, but a home to our 1,800 and growing members of the Rimini Family. And our open-door policy allows us to continue to listen, learn, and evolve Rimini Street, remaining a top workplace and employer that is globally recognized and appreciated by our colleagues and the industry,” said Seth Ravin, CEO of Rimini Street. 

Designing a Four-Day Workweek Rooted in Sustainability and Stability 

As a Company recognized for its unmatched quality of premium-level enterprise software support and services, which includes 24/7/365 availability of its 800 engineers around the globe, and an average response time of two minutes for priority cases, it was essential to Rimini Street that its business model remained intact during the design of “Fabulous Fridays!.” 

Colleagues in client-facing teams were empowered to swap “Fabulous Fridays!” for “Marvelous Mondays!,” or “Terrific Thursdays!,” allowing Rimini Street to continue operating effectively, while achieving greater employee satisfaction ratings. 

“Our global service delivery team of hundreds strong across 17 countries are enthused with our four-day workweek model. We continue to confidently provide an average 4.9 client satisfaction rating, where 5.0 is considered excellent, and solving some of the most complex cases to keep our thousands of clients running optimally, all while enjoying a greater work-life balance,” said Craig Mackereth, senior vice president of Global Support Delivery at Rimini Street.  

Learn more about Rimini Street’s award-winning culture and career opportunities by visiting www.riministreet.com/careers. 

About Rimini Street, Inc. 

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner. The Company offers premium, ultra-responsive and integrated application management and support services that enable enterprise software licensees to save significant costs, free up resources for innovation and achieve better business outcomes. To date, over 4,900 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted application enterprise software products and services provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI)