Announcement of Leave a Nest Malaysia Becomes the Southeast Asia Headquarters of Leave a Nest Group
CYBERJAYA 14th OCTOBER 2024 – Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. proudly announces its appointment as the Southeast Asia Headquarters for Leave a Nest Group. This new structure marks a significant step for Leave a Nest Group to strengthen further collaboration and expansion into Southeast Asia. Leave a Nest Malaysia undertook this new responsibility with its mission for this year, “Leading Co-Creation in Southeast Asia from Malaysia”.
Founded on 14th October 2013 at Kuala Lumpur, as one of the 3rd overseas subsidiaries in Leave a Nest Group, Leave a Nest Malaysia in its early days has been focusing on education similarly to how it started in Japan. The company has begun local activities from education workshops for school students to nurture curiosity and passion in science and technology. In 2015, they launched the TECH PLANTER in Malaysia, a unique platform to support researchers and deep-tech startups who aim to implement science and technology in society. They have expanded the connections with local university research institutions and deep-tech venture companies.
First local members at office in KL in early days, 2018.
In 2016, Leave a Nest Malaysia achieved a significant milestone by hiring its first local members, expanding the platforms of Science Education, Human Development, Research Development and Startup in Malaysia. In 2018, they started the “Career Discovery Forum in Malaysia” which is a platform for graduates and job seekers to engage with industries, and in 2019, initiated the “Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference” which aims to create collaborative research projects across research fields and industries. Then to effectively strengthen its aspiration towards localisation, one of the first local members, Mr. Abdul Hakim Sahidi was appointed to be the youngest and first local Managing Director ever among overseas subsidiaries in 2019.（Ref. https://lne.st/2019/05/14/lvnsmy_hakim_md/）
YB Ahmad Fahmi Bin Mohamed Fadzil, Minister of Communication joined MOU Ceremony with Cyberview in May 2023.
However, during the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, the number of local members was reduced to two for a time, and the company was almost forced to withdraw from the market. Even in such a situation, the Managing Director Hakim made a bold move in May 2022 and relocated the office from Kuala Lumpur to Cyberjaya, a special economic zone. On May 16, 2023, they signed an MOU with Cyberview, a development company in the Cyberjaya area, which led to the acceleration of members recruitment activities as well.
（Ref. https://global.lne.st/news/my/2023/05/18/cyberview_mou/）
Group picture at SCIENCE CASTLE in ASIA, October 2023.
Deep Tech Venture of the Year in January 2024
Thanks to the further activities of the local members, Leave a Nest Malaysia have recently concluded MOU with a total of 14 institutions in Malaysia including 8 universities, 5 institutions in Indonesia including 3 universities, and 1 institution in Vietnam.
［MOU with local universities］
Since 2023, they have held the “SCIENCE CASTLE ASIA” as an Asian conference for middle and high school student researchers, which has grown to become one of the largest-scale conferences in Asia by attracting over 1,000 student researchers from nine countries including Japan and Southeast Asia. “TECH PLANTER in Malaysia” celebrated its 10th year in 2024, with a total of 363 teams from 27 universities participating till now. In addition, they hold the “TECH PLANTER Asia Final” in Cyberjaya, in which finalists of TECH PLANTER from six Southeast Asian countries get together. They also initiated the “Deep Tech Venture of the Year” award ceremony in Cyberjaya to celebrate the contribution of deep-tech startups in Southeast Asia where among the previous winners are Aerodyne Group and Robopreneurs from Malaysia.
Both Japan and Malaysia companies joined Center of Garage Malaysia, January 2024.
Leave a Nest Malaysia have also increased the efforts to bridge Japan and the Southeast Asian region. In June 2023, they signed an MOU with MRANTI (Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology & Innovation), a government agency, and support for Malaysian startups entering in Japan through the Global Market Fit Program, a project commissioned by MRANTI for 2 years in a row. Last October 2023, they established COGMY (Center of Garage Malaysia) in the Cyberjaya region as the Group's first overseas incubation base. The LVNS FOREST PROJECT, which started in Japan and the Philippines, was also launched in Malaysia in August 2024.
(Ref. https://global.lne.st/news/my/2023/10/18/cogmy-launching/)
(Ref. https://lne.st/2024/08/30/lvnsforestinmy_starts/)
Japanese founder directors and Malaysian members discussed in Founders Session in August 2024.
Now in 2024 October, the total number of local directors and members has increased to 18. In August 2024, they held a Founders' Mindset Session where the founding members in Japan and all directors and employees in Malaysia gathered to discuss the future of the Leave a Nset Group. As a result, we are convinced that Leave a Nest Malaysia will take the initiative and lead Southeast Asia, and have decided to update our organizational structure to appoint a headquarters of Southeast Asia. As the headquarter in Southeast Asia, Leave a Nest Malaysia with this year mission of “Leading Co-Creation in Southeast Asia from Malaysia”will oversee the group activities in the six countries (Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam) and lead co-creation with various partners, thereby contributing to the achievement of the Group's overall vision of “Advancing Science and Technology for Global Happiness”.
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Hakim received plaque for appointment of Southeast Asia Headquarters
Abdul Hakim Bin Sahidi
Managing Director
Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
“When we become Southeast Asia HQ, we want to attract more Global & Japanese startups to come here and expand their activities in Southeast Asia. We want to provide more support not only in Malaysia but Southeast Asia as a whole and create more meaningful collaboration across Southeast Asia.”
Maru discussing at Founders' Mindset Session (middle in the photo).
Dr. Yukihiro Maru
Founder and Group CEO
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
“The most important part of becoming Southeast Asia Headquarters is the mindset of team members. In August, we brought the Leave a Nest Group founders and directors from Japan to Malaysia to discuss with local members. It was a precious opportunity for each other to share and nurture the founders' mindset. We strongly believe that our Malaysian members can strengthen the foundation of the Leave a Nest ecosystem in Southeast Asia.”
［Achievement history after 2022］
For further inquiries, please contact:
Nur Ahmad Zaim Hussin
Director, Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
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