Bangalore: A new forum, India Singapore (Asia Pacific) Technopreneurs Association (INSTAR), was launched in Bangalore on September 18 with the aim of fostering cross- border business alliances between India, Singapore and China and helping in funding of companies.

The forum, seeking to build a "powerful tri-marketing axis" between the three countries, would open offices in Singapore and China, apart from the one existing in Bangalore, INSTAR president Mathew John told reporters on September 18.

John, a Singapore-based technopreneur and managing director of Equinox Venture Partners, said INSTAR would help in funding of companies in areas including biotech, IT and life sciences.

The forum had conceptualised a cross-border marketing programme and would collaborate with the Indian Institute of Management to conduct the programme, he said.

PTI