Startup News
Singapore
A broad summary of Singapore’s startup news from 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
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