Announced in February, StartupEast, an Israel-Asian accelerator, and the National University of Singapore (NUS), will team up to create a new programme for Israeli startups.

The programme will be divided between Israel and Asia, allowing Israeli entrepreneurs the chance to meet clients, partners and investors from Singapore and to receive mentoring and launch product pilots.

StartupEast’s mission is to create and nurture a large community from which joint successful Israeli-pan-Asian startups are to be established.

The programme will be hosted at Block71, NUS’s open-space hub in the centre of Singapore. The companies that are able to succeed in Asia will be able to take advantage of StartupEast’s collaboration with the Synergy China Fund, giving them a foot-in in China.