July, August & September 2019
July 2019 / August 2019 / September 2019
Singapore’s startup news:
July 2019
- Singapore: Vikingcubator media-related startup pitch night set for August 1st – applications open now
- Singapore: VisionBanker launches token sale, aiming to disrupt $150M eye care market using blockchain, mobile apps and facial recognition
- Singapore: Mighty Jaxx designer toy collectibles studio raises S$2.15M pre-A with blockchain-backed collectibles certification
- Singapore: Antler incubator invests $2.4M into batch 2 – here’s an intro to the startups
- Singapore: Inland Revenue Authority proposes exempting certain uses of cryptocurrency from GST
- Singapore: F10 FinTech Hackathon – 48-hours Idea to Prototype – set for September 13-15
- Singapore: An intro to BlockPunk, turning digital assets into ltd edition collectibles by recording creations and exchanges of works on the blockchain
- Singapore: Moneythor fintech startup selected for Mastercard Start Path programme
- Singapore Exchange makes strategic investment in Smartkarma fintech to advance investment research
- Singapore: igloohome smart lock and lockbox startup secures $15M
- Singapore: dltledgers announces 18-month processing total of over $1BN in trade finance on its blockchain trade platform
- Singapore’s Near, big data-driven advertising tech startup, lands Au$143M
- Singapore: Electrify preps to provide blockchain-enabled P2P trading of renewable energy to allow utilities and consumers to produce and sell electricity
- Rise corporate accelerator preps to run AI accelerator program from Singapore, in partnership with the government’s Enterprise Singapore program
- Singapore: Cocoon Capital VC firm raises $30M for second SEA fund, focusing on enterprise tech startups
- Singapore: An intro to the moves being made into AI and healthtech by the city-state’s hospitals
- Singapore: Leben Care AI-powered retinal diagnostic startup gains funding to tackle avoidable blindness
- Singapore: Entrepreneur First holds 5th edition of investor day, presenting 24 deep tech companies
- Singapore: The 4 startups joining EY Foundry, Ernst & Young’s incubator program
- Singapore: Tuzo retail-tech startup aims to help retailers hyper-personalise stores in real time using AI
- Singapore: RedDoorz hotel management and booking platform backed for $45M, set to pursue growth in South-east Asia’s hospitality segment
- Enterprise Singapore adds Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to Global Innovation Alliance network
- Taiwan startups secure deals of over US$20M at the recent Innovfest Unbound conference and exhibitition in Singapore
Singapore’s startup news:
August 2019
- Singapore: Startup Station Accelerator, a Facebook and Infocomm Media Development Authority partnership, unveils 10 graduating startups
- Singapore’s Terra gains backing from HK’s blockchain investor HashKey Capital with price-stable cryptocurrency aimed at mass adoption
- Singapore: StakeWithUs blockchain infrastructure startup secures $595K
- Singapore’s DiMuto blockchain startup preps to turn durian fruit into traceable digital assets before distribution from Thailand
- Singapore: TRIBE Accelerator unveils OpenNodes, platform aiming to bring together gov’t agencies, corporates, and blockchain firms for innovation and collaboration
- Singapore: A brief look at the 5 blockchain startups recently graduated from the government-backed LongHash blockchain incubator
- An overview of the 8 startups selected for Accenture’s 2019 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific program
- Singapore: Financial services and e-payment firms must follow new ‘cyber hygiene’ rules from August 2020, in effort strengthen defence against rising threats
- Singapore: PowerACE 2019 seeks startups working in clean energy solutions, with participation in Asia Clean Energy Summit 2019 to follow
- Singapore: Aspire neo-bank raises $32.5M with SME-focused banking services
- Singapore: Bambu digital wealth-tech startup raises $10M series B, led by Franklin Templeton and Chicago’s PEAK6 Strategic Capital
- Singapore: F10 FinTech Hackathon – 48-hours Idea to Prototype – set for 13-15 September
- Singapore: Ai Palette gains $1M seed funding with machine learning to predict food-related trends for companies, and to fast-track new product development
- Singapore: Play Ventures raises $40M to fuel game-focused seed-stage VC fund, exceeding initial target by $10M
- Singapore Gov’t Health Promotion Board partners Fitbit on Live Healthy SG initiative, encouraging citizens towards physical activity, better sleep and nutrition
- Singapore: HOMI IoT startup raises $1.3M with end-to-end service customer services
- Singapore: Padang & Co partners Aardvark Labs for CATALYST Collaborative Workspace coworking space to support medical and health tech startups
- Singapore: REALly property management marketplace and app secures $361K to streamline real estate management
- Singapore: A brief look at 3 retail startups’ unmanned stores tech, spanning RFID, biometrics, facial recognition, cashless payment and AI
- Singapore: abillionveg, reviews platform for plant-based food and lifestyle, secures $2M to build social impact
- Singapore: NUS Enterprise partners Wonderlabs data analytics startup for TechASEAN ecosystem database
- seedstars Singapore set for August 22
- Singapore adds to tech and startup focus with launch of Innovation Enablers Network
- Singapore Airlines’ AppChallenge – 5th edition applications close August 23rd
- Singapore: An interview with Seedplus venture firm partner, Tiang Lim Foo, outlining the seed stage investment firm’s plans for SEA
- Vulcan Capital enters Singapore with $100M corpus to invest in Southeast Asia’s startups
- Singapore: A brief intro to the 10 startups that recently presented at the *SCAPE HubQuarters Fellowship Demo Day
- Cambodia: Phnom Penh to gain a blockchain-powered neighborhood with Singapore’s Limestone Network connecting homes, offices, malls and schools
- Singapore’s Anywheel buys 5999 license-lapsed share bikes from Land Transport Authority to donate to needy students in Myanmar
- Gozem, Singapore-registered ride-hailing startup operating in West Africa, to launch digital wallet and food and parcel delivery service next year
- Vietnam’s HCM City representative suggests Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam’s southern hub take turns holding SE Asia startup fair to develop and collaborate
- Cambodia: Development Council approves Creatanium Blockchain Smart City project with PLMP Fintech blockchain firm in Belt & Road tie-in with China
- Enterprise Singapore’s take on the key developments in Vietnam’s startup scene that make it an ideal market for Singaporean startups to consider
Singapore’s startup news:
September 2019
- Singapore: Australia Cyber Startup Showcase set for September 26
- Singapore: Electric-vehicle charging points set to grow to 200 island-wide, including the first fast charger in the CBD area
- Singapore’s PundiX unveils blockchain smartphone, Blok On Blok, in Berlin
- Singapore’s Huobi crypto exchange launches Acute Angle, low-cost blockchain-backed mobile phone with built-in cryptocurrency wallet
- A broad overview of how Singapore aims to use AI to secure 5G networks
- Singapore: Team Flash esports startup lands $1.5M seed funding, with professional players and content creators across Vietnam, Singapore, and Indonesia
- Singapore: YupGG e-sports and content creator marketplace launches platform to connect brands with creators and audiences
- Singapore: An intro to Innovate 360, the city-state’s first commercially-driven food start-up incubator
- Singapore: Razer gaming company CEO to invest $7.2M in the local esports scene
- Singapore: An intro to GTRIIP, app streamlining hotel check-ins using machine learning and facial recognition
- Singapore: An overview of mobilityX’s Zipster app, cost comparison app focused on Asia’s ride-hailing services backed by Toyota
- Singapore: Docquity medical professionals social network preps for expansion into Japan and South Korea, aiming to also raise up to $35M by August 2020
- Singapore: Move SG mobility accelerator launched by Goldbell Group vehicle leasing company, looking for Asia-Pacific solutions in transport and logistics
- Singapore: Vertex Growth Fund adds $290M fund for high-growth tech firms, aiming for $10M to $15M per investment and 3rd and 4th round fundings
- Singapore: Big Data World 2019 expo and conference set for October 9-10
- Bahrain Economic Development Board launches fast-track program to aid Singaporean businesses and startups with entry to MENA markets
- 500 Startups partners Enterprise Singapore for 500 Global Launch program, building bridges from Silicon Valley to Singapore and beyond
- An overview of Startup Guide Singapore, 235 pages profiling founders, co-working spaces, investors, educational programs, and ecosystem players
- Australian Landing Pad in Singapore unveils 9th startup cohort
- Singapore-based Antler venture builder to establish Indonesia office in 2020, with sights set on boosting at least 20 local ventures annually
- Japan: Fintech Business Camp Tokyo 2019 unveils participants, including 3 startups from Singapore and 2 from Hong Kong
- An overview of the recent Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council delegation to Singapore to explore B2B opportunities and startup introductions
