October 2019
A collection of tech, startup and funding news from Singapore in October of 2019, as covered in the English-language online press.
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- 4 startups selected for BlueChilli Australian accelerator’s inaugural Singapore healthtech accelerator
- Singapore: Deskera SaaS firm unveils pivot, aiming at business mobile super-app, providing balance sheet, inventory, payroll, attendance management and beyond
- Singapore: “DBS Must Bulk Up or Lose Fintech Turf in Southeast Asia” – opinion piece in the Washington Post
- Singapore: University students create Makan Rescue app to help fight food waste, letting users know where unsold food is set to be thrown out
- An overview of Singapore/Amsterdam FemTech Partners, getting more women into fintech and helping fintechs scale
- Singapore: An intro to HReasily, SaaS firm enabling companies to boost productivity with tech to streamline traditional processes
- Singapore-Malaysia MyCash raises funding to take financial services platform for unbanked migrant workers to new Asia-Pacific markets
- Singapore: Insignia Ventures closes $200M Southeast Asia fund focusing on early-stage technology firms
- Singapore’s Liquid Group and Taiwan’s ESUN Bank partner for cashless payments via customers’ preferred domestic mobile payment apps in either market
- Singapore Blockchain Landscape 2019, a one-pager from Infocomm Media Development Authority
- Singapore: CIMB Bank completes trade finance transaction using iTrust blockchain and IoT platform
- Singapore: An intro to Karana, using young jackfruit to create a sustainable and less processed plant-based meat alternative tailored for iconic Asian dishes
- Singapore: Hatcher+ venture investment firm raises $5.5M in seed funding round, aiming for at least one early-stage startup investment per day
- Singapore: Anywhr startup targets travelers who want to go on a holiday but have no idea where to go, or simply doesn’t want to do the planning
- Singapore: Mobikon raises $12.5M with AI-driven engagement and predictive analytics SaaS platform
- Ally on-demand travel service app trials in Singapore, a partnership between SWAT dynamic bus routing algorithm and NEC ML-driven personalization engine
- Singapore: Milieu Insight market research and data platform raises $2.4M pre-A with sights on launches in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
- Singapore: An overview soCash, cashless economy fintech active in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, and looking at Hong Kong and Thailand for expansion
- Singapore’s Monetary Authority grants remittance licence to UK fintech startup Rapyd, allowing it to scale digital remittance services in the Asia-Pacific region
- Singapore adds India to Global Innovation Alliance aiming to connect the city-state with India’s upcoming tech startups and SMEs
- Singapore’s Fractal ID management startup partners the Philippines’ Seedbox to given unbanked Filipinos access to financial products
- Singapore’s Doctor Anywhere partners Vietnam’s ViettelPay to provide online healthcare services in Vietnam
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• Check our daily LinkedIn updates or
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