The screening solution has been found to be highly accurate in detecting cancer in dense breasts among Asian women. It is also able to reduce false positives for interval cancers, or cancers that are diagnosed in between routine screening episodes. Additionally, it enhances clinical workflow by reducing screening time and workforce.
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- Singapore: FathomX AI startup raises $1.6M in lead-up to Series A funding round, focusing on cancer detection in breast tissue
- Singapore: NTU Food Science & Tech develops fungi-based product as a healthier and even-greener alternative to plant-based proteins, cultivated using food waste and agricultural by-products
- Singapore: Eezee digital procurement platform raises $7.5M Series A, integrating with enterprise systems, including Oracle and SAP, allow businesses to find and purchase items from safety equipment to industrial supplies
- Singapore: An interview intro to Transcelestial’s CENTAURI, designed to deliver high-speed internet via laser beam
- Singapore: Global food firm Cargill inks 3-year partnership with Singapore Economic Development Board to incubate startups working on solutions for Asia-Pac’s food and agriculture industries
- Singapore: A look at KNN3, permissionless, decentralized tool for developers to pull insights from cross-blockchain user data, seeing dApp and smart contract integration opportunities
Bain & Co: 2022 Technology Report
- An intro to Singapore-based Itsmyne, a Web3 startup delivering a ‘social network meets marketplace’ for licensed NFTs, recently the official NFT partner of 2022 Global Sports Tech Summit
- Nutrition Technologies, Singapore/Malaysia agri-tech, raised $20M, manufacturing protein from black soldier fly larvae as a sustainable alternative to fishmeal for animal feed
- Singapore’s Buy2Sell B2B platform partnered by Mastercard for cross-border payment solutions in Vietnam
- Taiwan’s Gogoro EV battery-swap ecosystem provider gains sandbox pilot scheme from Singapore transport authority, green-lighting use of electric scooters and installation of battery-swap infrastructure
- Turtle Venture startup ecosystem development and consultancy launches first Singapore-based venture studio to aid Bangladeshi entrepreneurs launch in the city-state
- Korean Startup Showcase 2022 StartTour heads to Singapore from October 24-28, boosting visibility of Korean firms and solutions with sights on market expansion and investment
in August 2022
- Singapore: Singtel telco adds $100M to Innov8 VC arm to expand portfolio across SE Asia, China, Australia, Israel and the US
- Venture & Capital 2022 conference set for August 16th, running from Singapore and looking at Web3, DeepTech and Property/Funds ecosystems
- Singapore’s Network for Electronic Transfers and Thailand’s National ITMX inter-bank payments firm confirm expansion of cross-border QR payment partnership
- Revolut launches cryptocurrency trading services in Singapore, allowing customers to convert 27 fiat currencies, gold or silver into crypto, fees-free
- Singapore: NTU Singapore selected by Algorand Foundation to host research and education centre aimed at developing and advancing blockchain tech
- Singapore: Take App gains backing from Meta, Y Combinator and others with WhatsApp-based e-commerce tools
- Singapore: Safeheron raises $7M pre-Series A with focus on private key security for crypto transactions, looking at distributed signing
KPMG: Pulse of FinTech H1 2022
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- Singapore: BetterData selected as first startup for the Franklin Templeton Singapore FinTech Incubator with AI-driven data analysis platform
- Singapore: An overview of Wateroam’s development, aiming to boost access to clean drinking water
- Singapore: Hugosave raised $4M pre-series A with app to manage wealth and savings with over 40K users, and options including Visa debit card and ability to buy and sell gold
- Singapore’s JiPay backed by Manila Angel Investors Network, to provide wide-spectrum financial services to migrant domestic workers across SE Asia
- Singapore: Fintonia financial services firm secures provisional virtual asset license from Dubai authorities, allowing the firm to offer crypto services in the city
- GIA Ho Chi Minh City Acceleration Programme applications are open now for Singapore-based startups keen to step into Vietnam
- Singapore: FOMO Pay partners Ripple to improve on cross-border treasury flows, using XRP-based treasury payments as a bridge between fiat currencies
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