# Mohd Iskandar Shafi’i

> Mohd Iskandar Shafi’i is the CEO and co-founder of Growth Charger, a Kuala Lumpur venture platform working with startups and institutional partners. His documented work includes customer-validation workshops, accelerator mentoring, university commercialisation partnerships and organising Startup World Cup Malaysia. His public speaking draws on his own experience founding three startups, including one that closed and one that was sold.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Growth Charger
- **Organizations:** Growth Charger, GC Management Ventures Sdn. Bhd.
- **Known for:** Co-founded Growth Charger, founded in 2020., His May 2025 presentation reported three startups founded, including one sold., Helped organise Startup World Cup Malaysia through Growth Charger.

## Career timeline

- **Before May 2025; individual dates unverified** — His MMU presentation described over ten years in IT and three startups founded, including one closed and one sold.
- **2020** — Growth Charger was founded; Iskandar is publicly identified as a co-founder.
- **2024** — As a Growth Charger director, promoted customer engagement and product-market fit for MYStartup Pre-Accelerator Cohort 3.
- **2024-09** — Scheduled as customer-mapping mentor and pitching-clinic judge for Cyberview Living Lab Accelerator Cohort 19.
- **2024-10** — Signed a UniSZA memorandum of understanding as director of GC Management Ventures.
- **2024-11** — Led a market-validation workshop at Multimedia University’s Cyberjaya campus.
- **2025-05** — Spoke at MMU Melaka’s I3 Entrepreneur Series and represented Growth Charger in the Taylor’s Innovation Accelerator announcement.
- **2025-07** — Spoke as Growth Charger co-founder and director at the Startup World Cup Malaysia Kuala Lumpur final.
- **2026-02** — Identified as CEO and co-founder in SDEC’s Startup Innovation Showcase announcement.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Growth Charger, founded in 2020.
- His May 2025 presentation reported three startups founded, including one sold.
- Helped organise Startup World Cup Malaysia through Growth Charger.
- Represented Growth Charger in university commercialisation partnerships and accelerator programmes.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — At the Startup Innovation Showcase in Kuching, described Growth Charger’s ambition to support international scaling while keeping startups anchored in Sarawak.
- **2026-07** — Appeared on Proust My Startup; the podcast catalogue lists the episode on 29 July 2026, and the host shared personal details from the conversation.

## Links

- Website: https://growthcharger.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iskandarshafii/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26