Rickson Goh

founder and CEO in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rickson Goh an adventurous, visionary passionate entrepreneur, graduated from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia.

Founder and CEO of Tourplus App, a travel tech company mission to help connecting local business with travelers, to help digitizing travel industry.

Despite COVID impact to travel scene, Rickson manage to prove Tourplus to investors by raising USD1mil in Nov 2020 and prepared for post-COVID travel bounce back.

Rickson was represented Malaysia to Copenhagen on Creative Business Cup on 2014

Rickson also won several Hackathons:

Winner of Best App For Commercialization @ MYDD 2014 KL CONVERGE.

2nd Runner up @ D3 Hackathon Media Prima Wakalab #d3mdd

National Winner of Creative Business Cup 2014 Malaysia

Winner of UBER Challange Award @ AngelHack Hackthon 2014

Most Voted Award @ QUT Idea Change The World 2012

Idealistic, visionary person and dream to create better living way by utilizing technology, eventuality changes the world.

Press Coverage:

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/travel-tech-travel-startup-positioning-itself-expected-surge-domestic-tourism

https://36kr.com/p/949145375173504

https://biz.blogdady.com/journey-tech-startup-tourplus-secures-rm4-1mil-in-seed-funding/

https://www.businessfast.co.uk/travel-tech-startup-tourplus-secures-rm4-1mil-in-seed-funding-the-star-online/

https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20201103A01YRU00?startextras=0_9011083a74821&from=xw_newuser_dcbanner

https://m.sohu.com/a/418071769_120354834

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/DealStreetAsia/Malaysia-s-travel-tech-Tourplus-secures-1m-amid-pandemic

https://www.phocuswire.com/Tourplus-raises-1M-to-connect-tourists-to-guides

https://themalaysianews.com/tourplus-secures-rm4-1-million-in-investment/

https://skift.com/2020/10/30/getyourguide-grabs-134-million-loan-for-experiences-bookings-travel-startup-funding-this-week/

https://e27.co/ecosystem-roundup-singtel-may-commit-over-us440m-to-digital-bank-venture-with-grab-is-vietnam-the-next-hub-for-high-tech-startups-20201028/

https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2020/10/29/tourplus-secures-rm4-1-million-in-investment/

https://www.bernama.com/en/business/news.php?id=1894919

https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/startups/tourplus-raises-us1mil-seed-round-despite-brutal-market-travel-sector

https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2020/10/29/travel-tech-startup-tourplus-secures-rm41mil-in-seed-funding

  • Work
    • Tourplus Technology Sdn Bhd
  • Education
    • Queensland University of Technology
    • Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation
    • Chong Hwa Independent High School, Kuala Lumpur