The March 2020 month-end round-up of Singapore’s startup news, from Startup News Asia.
Each month, we gather startup news from Singapore, along with venture capital funding items and tech news to produce a monthly summary, in this case for March 2020. Items are drawn from our daily news feeds, which collect startup news in Singapore from online news sources, tech news channels and Singapore-focused online news services; each item linked here will take you to the original news source.
- Singapore: FlixStock startup gains $2.5M with fashion imaging, allowing firms to create website-ready model images without the need for elaborate photo shoots
- Future Food Asia 2020 set for June 2-3 in Singapore, including startup competition and awards, and conference
- Singapore: New cybersecurity labelling scheme to help consumers make informed purchasing choices about network-connected smart devices to launch this year
- A snapshot of Singapore’s tech, startup and funding news reported online in February of this year
- Singapore: ESPL esports startup gains backing from 500 Startups with mobile ecosystems for amateur esports leagues
- Singapore: Matrixport startup reportedly aiming to raise $40M with focus on developing financial services for professional cryptocurrency traders and investors
- A CEO interview intro to Singapore’s YouTrip, fintech startup aiming to simplify overseas spending for travelers
- Singapore: Hoolah payments startup gains 8-figure funding with buy now, pay later solution allowing initial 1/3 payment, followed later by 2 interest-free instalments
- Singapore: Sama recruitment startup raises $1.15M with digital platform to match migrant workers to jobs
- SingTel, Thailand’s AIS and South Korea’s SK Telecom partner for regional gaming JV in play to gain presence in the sector and develop gaming-related revenue
- Grab ride-hailing giant partners Germany’s Wirecard, connecting their payment ecosystems with initial roll-out in Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines
- Singapore: ShopBack gains $75M funding with cashback app, claiming 19M users and 2K merchants
- Singapore: Right-Hand cybersecurity startup gains $1M seed funding with software-as-a-service platform focusing on employee behavior
- Singapore: Changi Airport Group partners Accenture for digital ‘factory’ to leverage emerging technologies in tackling the challenges Changi faces
- Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Conference 2020 set for June 9-12 in Singapore
- Singapore: EngageRocket raises over $2M Series A with ‘people analytics’ product suite to automate employee feedback
- Singapore’s AnyMind Group acquires India’s Pokkt Mobile Ads mobile video advertising platform, aiming for expansion into India and the Middle East
- Singapore: Land Authority unveils 3D Sandbox, aiming to boost use of city models and geospatial data to develop new applications and services
- Singapore: Horangi cybersecurity firm raises $20M to expand cloud security in Southeast Asia
- Singapore’s Expara Ventures early-stage VC firm launches accelerator seeking startups developing solutions to counter challenges presented by Covid-19
- Singapore-Australia Digital Economy Agreement unveiled, focusing on international rules, interoperability between systems and frontier issues from emerging tech
- An intro to Singapore’s ZeusX, one-stop online trading platform for gamers to exchange gaming services and virtual products
- Singapore’s Akadasia partners IndonesiaX to provide free access to education to all learners across Asia via FREEJOO, Akadasia’s learning management platform
- Singapore: UNL raises $2M to create universal addressing system focused on the digital economy, in part looking at 4BN people without formal street address
- Singapore: Clifford Chance law firm launches CompareNow text comparison tool for lawyers in its Singapore-based legal technology lab
- Hong Kong’s AMTD Digital to acquire Singapore’s PolicyPal insurtech startup, aiming to build a SE Asia-focused fintech platform HQ’d in Singapore
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Other subject-specific news from across Asia-Pacific in March 2020:
• Blockchain news across Asia-Pac
• Artificial Intelligence news, Asia
• Cybersecurity and data security news
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