A broad round-up of Singapore’s tech, startup and funding news from November of 2019.
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- An intro to Singapore’s Home Team Simulation System, world-first training platform combining live and VR elements to train security officers
- Singapore’s Jungle Ventures VC firm raises $240M for its third SEA fund, aiming to back 10-15 consumer brand and software startups
- Singapore’s Mesh Bio, predictive analytics startup for diagnosis and management of chronic diseases, selected for batch 3 of Germany’s Startup Creasphere accelerator
- Singapore: A brief intro to HyperHack global sustainability hackcelerator, set for a 3-day hackathon from November 8-10
- Singapore: DBS Bank launches fee-free DBS Startup Unleashed business toolkit in attempt to attract high-growth startups
- Facebook Accelerator Singapore applications open for Season 2, a 6-month program by Facebook and IMDA Singapore for innovative, data-driven startups
- Singapore: Spaze Ventures seed capital firm launches EduSpaze accelerator to back early-stage education technology startups
- Singapore: Pand AI chatbot developer secures US$1M with focus on finance industry
- Singapore: Xfers fintech firm to launch StraitsX Singapore-dollar stablecoin initiative, running on Zilliqa blockchain, aiming for SEA-wide payments ecosystem
- Singapore takes 4th spot globally in ‘best cities for entrepreneurs’ report; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia takes 8th; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia take 9th and 15th
- Singapore: EVOS Esports startup raises US$4.4M Series A in play for untapped gaming influencer management market in SE Asia
- Singapore: Antler startup generator and early-stage VC firm partners NUS for initiative to enable entrepreneurs to build successful deeptech startups
- ICYMI: BlockShow Asia 2019 Conference set for November 14-15 in Singapore
- Singapore: Crypto DeFiance Conference set for November 16th, focusing on all aspects of decentralized finance using blockchain platforms
- Singapore: DEXTF raises $460K in seed funding with platform connecting investors with asset managers, minus intermediaries
- Singapore: A brief overview of what the UK’s Rapyd all-in-one platform for payments provides
- Monetary Authority of Singapore completes development of blockchain-based cross border payments system, in partnership with JPMorgan and Temasek
- Singapore: BEENEXT VC aiming to raise $100M for new Emerging Asia tech startups fund; so far raised $8M
- Singapore: Smarten Spaces property software firm secures $12M series A with microservice approach to building management
- Singapore: Giftano startup raises $845K with B2C online marketplace focused on gift cards
- Singapore: Silent Eight raises $6.2M series A with AI-driven finance services focused on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism
- Singapore: A look at the recent FinTech Festival and Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology, and how the city-state is fast emerging as a fintech hub
- Singapore: An intro to Asia Partners VC firm, aiming to capitalise on the rising affluence of the middle class, and with a focus on Series C and D funding
- Singapore: Coda Payments fintech lands $20M to help games and digital content providers accept payments via Codapay platform’s 100+ payment methods
- Singapore: More than 40 companies set to apply for 5 available digital banking licenses on offer; 2 full digital bank licenses, and 3 wholesale digital licenses
- Singapore: iSTOX secures $5M with regulated capital markets platform supporting the issuance, custody, and trading of digitized securities
- Singapore: An overview of the approaching CyberCrimeCon event, aiming to give the public and industry knowledge on the state of global cybersecurity
- Singapore’s Acumen Research Labs takes win at Asian Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 in Japan with medtech focused on blood sepsis detection
- Singapore: TrophyRoom mobile football game raises $554K in 3rd fundraise, with sights set on global launch
- Singapore: Eastern Pacific Accelerator powered by Techstars launches with 9 startups selected to take part in the dedicated maritime accelerator
- Singapore: GuardRails cybersecurity startup raises S$1M with tech helping developers find, fix and prevent security vulnerabilities in real time
- Singapore’s Eko AI startup takes S$250K grand prize at SLINGSHOT 2019 pitching competition with ML-driven early detection of heart disease
- Singapore: Quilt AI raises $9M Series A with focus on big data-driven insights into human behaviour, for firms
- Singapore: Lucence gains $20M Series A with blood-based tests for cancer screening and treatment selection
- Singapore Tourism Board launches E-Visitor Authentication in 3-hotel pilot, offering facial recognition check-in – which data is transmitted to immigration authorities
- Singapore’s Portcast wins inaugural Captain’s Table global maritime startup pitch competition in Hong Kong, taking $25K with predictive data analytics platform
- Singapore: Osome fintech-as-a-service startup secures $3M with cloud-based service helping SMEs manage corporate paperwork and reporting
- Singapore: F10 fintech incubator and accelerator from Switzerland to expand to Singapore with P2 ‘Prototype to Product’ startup program
- Indonesian ride-hail giant Gojek to expand existing business in Singapore through partnership with local taxi company Trans-Cab
- HSBC partners Singapore Exchange and Temasek sovereign wealth fund explore the use of blockchain for issuance and servicing of fixed income securities
- Singapore’s VeChain launches blockchain-based Yunnan Pu’er Tea Traceability Platform in China
- Singapore’s Eatsy integrates payments with Grab platform for expansion to Indonesia, allowing users to order and pay for food before reaching restaurants
- SE Asia’s first Korea Startup Centre set for Singapore launch in 2020, supported by South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Enterprise Singapore
- A quick intro to 7 SE Asian startups offering pet-related services, from treats to health insurance
- Philippines: Singapore’s BCB Blockchain firm to support incubators and accelerators under Department of Science and Technology via 15M Peso fund
- Vietnam: BLOCK71 ecosystem builder to launch following MOU between Singapore’s NUS Enterprise and Becamex, industrial infrastructure developer
