#StartupSG news
from 10/2017
- Oracle kicks off Startup Cloud Accelerator program in Singapore with 6 startups
- Singapore Fintech Festival – 5 days, mid-November
- An intro to Bluzelle, using blockchain in decentralized data mgmt
- Accenture ConsumerTech Awards go to four startups
- Venturecraft to raise US$500M 3rd fund, close set for Q1 2018
- Grab to trial merchant payment system in November
- How maps play a crucial support role for Singapore’s needy and elderly
- Venturecraft VC targets $500M for 3rd medtech fund
- ImpacTech aims to grow SEA accelerator beyond Thailand, Japan
- SumoStory, automated PR matching journalists with entrepreneurs
- Prudential Singapore launches fintech startups program for insurtech solutions
- MAS eases VC rules to boost startup access to capital
- Marvelstone Group to launch AI hub, aims for 100 startups a year
- Singapore adopts South Australia’s approach to citizen inclusion
- Vertex Ventures raises $210M for SE Asia startups investment
- Global DCX exchange partners Etherparty to make smart contract development easier
- FidentiaX intro’s marketplace for tradeable insurance policies
- Chain blockchain firm aims to replace banks; raises over $15M in ICO
- Chope online restaurant booking service raises $13M
- VentureStart aims to grow and fund 20 startups in 12 months
- Justco coworking space lands $12M from Thai property developer
- Oplifi programmatic media startup raises US$750K
- Big Data Asia conference and exhibition – October 30-31
- 8 startups take $132K in total at DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia
- Vertex’s SE Asia and India fund closes at $210M for early-stage tech
- Hatcher+ data-driven venture investment platform lands $3.5M
- Monetary Authority, Banks Assoc’n trial blockchain inter-bank payments
- Viddsee delivering cinema-quality short movies for the internet
- Taiwan Accelerator Batch #2 Demo Day – October 18
- Maybank trials blockchain payment for 19K unbanked migrant workers
- Content Summit Asia set to discuss Asia’s online media landscape
- AdAsia buys Japan’s FourM publisher trading firm
- Singapore, Thailand discuss e-payment connection
- A look at muru-D Singapore’s third startup cohort
- A look back at Slush – 3000 attendees, 360 startups, 90 speakers
- IE Singapore partners to reach into China’s tech ecosystem
