Drawn by strong investor and partner networks in Singapore, easy access to markets in the region and the prospect of a “three-month rollercoaster ride”, 12 new tech startup teams from seven countries joined the JFDI Accelerate programme in March this year - armed with raw business ideas that they hoped to build and scale globally. The programme is backed by Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd (IIPL), the investment arm of IDA. After a gruelling 100 days, with ideas scrubbed and business models polished, the startups went on to wow some 150 local and global investors active in Singapore with their value propositions on Demo Day, which took place on 7 July 2014.