Singapore tech news headlines in March of 2024 drew on items and subjects including:
- Singaporean semiconductor manufacturing in Italy;
- $700K for Singaporean fungi-based proteins;
- Singapore’s financial preparations for the quantum crime era;
- Collaboration on startup ‘soft landings’ between Singapore and Taiwan.
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- Singapore: 70/30 Food Tech closes $700K seed extension round, launching R&D lab in India’s Bangalore for fungi mycelium-based protein products / read it here
- Singapore’s Silicon Box semiconductors firm to invest $3.5BN in Italy to build a chip fabrication facility in the country’s north / read it here
- Singapore: SynPhNe lands $5M Series A with wearable tech for treatment of neurological disorders including ageing challenges – memory and functional decline – chronic stress and pain / read it here
- Singapore: Japan’s Toppan breaks ground on Singapore semiconductor packaging materials plant, targeting production of chip substrates by year-end 2026 / read it here
- Singapore: Infocomm Media Development Authority partners STABILITY Protocol blockchain for IMDA’s TradeTrust, aiming for trusted interoperability of electronic trade documents across digital platforms / read it here
2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index
- Monetary Authority of Singapore has advised financial institutions to prep for post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution tech / read it here
- India’s Tech Mahindra IT services major partners IBM for ‘Synergy Lounge’ in Singapore, looking to boost enterprise-level adoption of next-gen tech services AI, automation, cloud computing and beyond / read it here
- Singapore: ANEXT Bank secures $148M in new funding from parent Ant Group with focus on cross-border digital banking and transactions for SMEs / read it here
- Singapore: StealthMole AI-backed cybersec firm raised US$7M Series A, aiming to build on business-to-gov’t base wth enterprize-level investigation, risk assessment and threat monitoring / read it here
- Singapore: Pyxis maritime tech startup unveils first of all-electric port passenger vessel, X Tron / read it here
- Monetary Authority of Singapore extends ban on remittances to China in light of lack of action by PRC authorities to freeze channels / read it here
- A brief overview of the opportunities for Australia, Singapore and Malaysia to collaborate on addressing the various cyber issues that each nation faces / read it here
- Startup Island TAIWAN and Singapore’s Action Community for Entrepreneurship ink MOU to facilitate ‘soft landing’ support for startups in both countries / read it here
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