Singapore’s tech, startup and venture capital funding news from January 2020 – a collected snapshot of headline items covered in the online English-language press, collecting news in fields including e-commerce, fintech and banking-related technologies, digital payments and many more.
You can also read Singapore’s startup news online in monthly news collections and quarterly news round-ups.
- Singapore: Razer Fintech applies for digital banking license, aiming to launch consortium-led digital bank for the underserved youth and millennials segment
- Singapore: A look at how GrabPay Mastercard compares to other credit and debit cards
- Singapore’s Accelerating Asia VC firm unveils 10 startups from accelerator program’s second cohort
- Singapore: Digital banking license race heats up, with 21 applicants – 7 applying for retail bank licences, 14 for wholesale banks – for 5 licenses available
- Singapore: Antler venture builder invests US$1.4M into new portfolio companies from third program
- Money20/20 Asia Startup Pitch competition applications close January 29th, with shortlisted startups presenting at main event in Singapore in March
- Singapore: Homage startup raises double-digit millions with platform connecting qualified care professionals with individuals, families and organisations
- Singapore: Singapura Finance believed to have partnered with MatchMove Pay digital payments startup to pursue digital bank license
- Singapore: Klub fintech startup raises $2M pre-seed to provide growth financing to high-affinity brands across sectors including F&B and direct-to-consumer
- Singapore: Lumitics food waste-tracking startup raises S$750K with sensor and image-recognition tech to weigh and identify restaurant waste
- Singapore’s iSTOX gains $5M from Korea’s Hanwha Asset Mgmt with regulated platform for issuance, settlement, custody and secondary trading of digitised securities
- Singapore: Punggol town set to become tech-enabled, sustainable town showcasing Singapore’s Smart Nation ambitions
- Singapore: TurtleTree Labs raises pre-seed funding with cell culture biotech that creates the full nutritional content of milk
- Korea Start-up Centre to open in Singapore in May, allowing South Korean firms to plug into the city state’s start-up ecosystem
- Singapore: Southeast Asia Newsroom Data Bootcamp applications are open, to help newsrooms integrate data analytics into editorial operations
- Singapore: China’s Zall Smart Commerce joins digital bank license race, partnering Japan’s Marubeni trading company and Singapore-based Global eTrade Services
- An intro to 5 startups selected for the People Matters TechHR Startup Program 2020, working on aspects of employment
- Singapore: A look at the Payment Services Act, new payments legislation offering global cryptocurrency firms a chance to expand their business in the city-state
- Singapore: SGInnovate’s founding CEO to depart, moving on to lead Singularity University
- Singapore: Contour blockchain-based trade finance platform launches, backed by eight banks including ING, HSBC, BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered
- Anyplace, online marketplace offering extended stays without long-term commitment, expanding to APAC, partnering Singapore’s lyf and Indonesia’s Outpost
- Singapore: foodpanda launches pandamart, on-demand delivery service for groceries, flowers and household essentials, available 24/7
- Singapore’s Digicro lending startup expands to Cambodia, providing the unbanked population with access to mobile app-driven microloans
- An intro to Sri Lanka’s nCinga tech startup, acquired by Singapore’s Zilingo e-commerce major for $15.5M
- ICYMI: e27’s Echelon Roadshow runs from February 18th to April 2nd, visiting 11 cities across APAC
