meed joins Accelerating Asia - and what that means for you

We have some news we have been sitting on for a little while, and we are very glad to finally share it.

meed has been selected for Cohort 13 of Accelerating Asia, one of Asia's most established VC-backed accelerator programmes. We are one of five startups chosen from a record 724 applications — an acceptance rate of under one percent.

We are also the only company in the cohort from Hong Kong. That one means a lot to us.

How we got here

When we built meed, we deliberately chose to keep things simple. One QR scan. Your loyalty card lives in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. No app to download. No account to create. No password to forget. Just a tap and you are in.

We believed that if the product was genuinely useful, people would find it. And they did. Merchants from 85 countries have signed up without us spending a penny on paid acquisition. Among the merchants who have moved to a paid plan, not one has left.

Those numbers are what caught Accelerating Asia's attention. They look for founders who are already in market, already generating real traction, and already solving a real problem. We fit that brief.

What Accelerating Asia is

For those who are not familiar with them, Accelerating Asia has spent eight years backing early-stage startups across South and Southeast Asia. They have invested in more than 100 companies operating across 16 markets. Their model is built around a 100-day intensive programme alongside an initial investment, and they are consistently ranked among the most active accelerators in the region.

Getting into their programme is genuinely hard. This cohort had 724 applicants from 20 countries evaluated across five rounds. Five of us made it through.

Onwards and upwards for meed!