#StartupSG news
January, February & March 2019
- Investment Management Association of Singapore launches fintech-focused Digital Accelerator Programme
- Singapore: Infocomm Media Development Authority launches data system to track viewership over multiple platforms
- A look at how agritech could transform farming in Singapore
- Singapore Airlines launches digital innovation lab to explore blockchain, AI and data analytics with external partners and startups
- Singapore: Pixibo AI-driven fashion personalisation platform secures funding
- Singapore: Tookitaki SaaS firm lands $7.5M with AI-driven sustainable compliance solutions for financial institutions
- Singapore: TurnKey Lender AI-driven fintech targeting online and offline non-bank lenders secures Malaysian VC backing
- Singapore: FireVisor AI startup gains seed funding led by 500 Startups
- Singapore: BlockPunk anime startup raises US$957K seed funding with blockchain-driven merchandising
- Singapore: Nanyang Technological University and Volvo Buses launch world-first full size autonomous electric bus
- Singapore: Carmen Automotive secures US$730K with big data analytics to prevent vehicle breakdowns
- Singapore: GBCI Ventures launches US$100M smart city technologies fund
- Singaporean/Thai blockchain startup Band Protocol secures US$3M backing for token-curated community approach
- Singapore: Bigo social media startup acquired by China’s social network YY
- Singapore: Dathena AI-based data protection and privacy management platform gains funding for growth
- Singapore: Land Transport Authority launches SimplyGo contactless bank cards which double as travel payment cards
- Singapore: Autonomous robots and drones soon to patrol neighbourhoods
- Singapore: ViSenze AI startup secures $20M with e-commerce and online advertising focus
- Singapore: Entrepreneur LIVE event set for March 14th
- Singapore: JustCo Lab coworking provider partners Trive VC firm to launch Trive Labs early-stage startup incubator program
- Singapore: Blockchain For Finance Conference set for May 7-8
- Singapore: Blockchain For Finance Conference 2019 set for May 7-8
- Singapore: Hg Exchange formed by Zilliqa and MaiCoin – centralized security token exchange using blockchain in trading traditional asset classes
- Singapore: An intro to how DUO’s smart derivative and blockchain tech can protect cryptocurrency traders
- Plug and Play Singapore fintech/insurtech program introduces 2 partners from Indonesia
- Singapore’s TMRW mobile-only bank preps for Thailand debut
- Singapore: InstaReM digital cross-border payments firm secures $58M to extend Visa-powered cards platform
- Singapore’s Chope restaurant booking platform lands partnership with China’s Meituan-Dianping, adding overseas options in-app for travellers
- Singapore sets sights on robots and automation to run its ports
- BMW Group Asia, Intel and Nielsen become corporate partners of Singapore government-supported Tribe blockchain accelerator
- Singapore: GrabJobs secures funding to grow jobs portal presence in retail, restaurants
- Singapore: A brief intro to some of TechHR Singapore Startup program’s entrants
- Singapore: EY Foundry startup incubator program now open for applications
- Singapore: Supply Chain Asia to launch tech accelerator program focused on logistics
- Singapore: SilverPush AI-based marketing tech platform secures $5M
- Facebook and Infocomm Media Development Authority unveil 11 startups at Startup Station Singapore
- Singapore: Delegate startup secures US$1M with ‘Airbnb for events’ approach
- Singapore: The Island Exchange conference offers startups chance to win Sg$12K grant
- Singapore: The next step in the sharing economy – pram rentals via PramShare
- Singapore: The founders’ journey to demo day for the first Antler Singapore cohort
- Singapore: An intro to Kalpha 1-to-1 knowledge-sharing startup
- Singapore: Eastern Pacific Shipping partners Techstars for maritime-tech accelerator
- Singapore: Anthill Ventures to launch A-Scale ‘speed-scaling’ program for growth-stage tech startups to enter large markets
- Singapore: Quest Ventures to launch early-stage digital commerce startup funds worth US$120M, including $20M impact funding
- Enterprise Singapore’s SEEDS Capital to co-invest $66.6M in agtech startups
- Singapore: Innovation House Finland opens 200-seat office space co-working
- Singapore: Carro auto marketplace unveils car subscriptions plans
- Singapore: Kalpha edtech startup backed with 1-to-1 knowledge sharing approach
- Singapore: Credit Culture secures $29.5M pre-launch with digital loan business
- Singapore’s TranSwap takes Gold Award for Payment Tech Category (Startup) at the IFTA Fintech Achievement Award 2018 in Hong Kong
- Singapore: Validus P2P lending fintech closes US$15.2M funding round
- Singapore: UOB expands 15-minute loan approvals for SMEs with OctoRocket e-commerce platform partnership
- Singapore: Silot fintech startup secures $8M with AI-driven decision-making
- Singapore: Rely fintech startup raises 7-figure pre-A funding with buy-now-pay-later service
- Singapore: Shiok Meats brings cultured meat to Y Combinator for the first time
- Singapore: Nutrition Innovation secures US$5M with healthier low-GI sweetener
- Singapore: Docquity medical professionals social network secures US$11M
- Singapore: Doctor Anywhere partnered by GOJEK to offer online and offline medical consultations to drivers
- Singapore: Snaphunt AI-driven HR marketplace lands $1M funding to match talent to roles for skill and culture
- Singapore: CXA health-focused digital insurance startup secures $25M
- Symbo launches online insurance broking business in Singapore
- Singapore: Musiio AI-powered music startup raises US$1M
- Singapore: An intro to Gym Pods, shipping container-based exercise room startup
- Singapore: Tigerhall knowledge sharing mobile platform secures $1.8M
- Singapore: ZUZU Hospitality Solutions raises $3.7M series A with software-and-service model
- Singapore: An intro to Travelstop, aiming to disrupt the huge corporate travel management space on the back of $1.2M funding
- Singapore: 90 Seconds video creation platform secures US$20M
- Singapore: iVideoSmart video publisher platform raises US$4.5M
- Singapore: An intro to The Codette Project, aiming to get more minority/Muslim women into technology
- Singapore: TradeTrust blockchain based system for the maritime sector launched to securely exchange digital trade documents and improve efficiency
- Singapore: Building and Construction Authority launches $6M accelerator to fast-track building-tech
- Singapore: Google launches developer space
- Singapore: AnyMind Group startup secures US$21.4M, in part to grow digital-out-of-home advertising technology in Thailand
- LongHash blockchain incubator launches 5-strong first cohort backed by Singapore government
- Singapore: TRIVE Ventures unveils first 10 startups selected for Tribe Accelerator blockchain-focused program
- Blockchain Life 2019 Asia conference set for April 23-24 in Singapore
- Singapore: Overdrive IoT startup raises US$2.9M with business-focused platform
- An intro to 10 of Singapore’s internet-of-things startups
- Singapore: IoTAsia 2019 Conference and exhibition set for end of March
- Singapore Academy of Law to launch legal tech accelerator as part of Future Law Innovation Programme
- Singapore: Perx SaaS customer loyalty platform and marketing system secures $5M
- Singapore Government allocates $74M for SME co-investments in 2019 budget
- Singapore: An intro to the Codette Project, helping Muslim women get into technology
- Singapore: A brief look at WhyQ hawker-focused food delivery service
- Singapore’s largest ‘co-living space’ Hmlet expands to Australia on back of US$6.5M funding
- IBM completes blockchain trial, tracking shipment from China to Singapore
- Vietnam: Topica Founder Institute accelerator graduates to gain at least $50K investment from Singapore’s Insignia Ventures
- Singapore’s Golden Gate Ventures partners South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management for $200M fund to invest in SE Asia’s tech startups
